HyperDic: genus_sphacelotheca

English > 1 sense of the expression genus Sphacelotheca:
NOUNplantgenus Sphacelotheca, Sphacelothecagenus of smut fungus
English > genus Sphacelotheca: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaninggenus of smut fungus.
SynonymSphacelotheca
Member ofUstilaginaceae, family UstilaginaceaeA fungus family of loose smuts
Membershead smut, Sphacelotheca reilianasmut fungus attacking heads of corn or sorghum and causing a covered smut
Broadersmut, smut fungusAny fungus of the order Ustilaginales

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