genus ustilago

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1. type genus of the Ustilaginaceae; genus comprising the loose smuts (noun.plant)

hypernym	:	fungus genus,
definition	:	includes lichen genera (noun.plant)

member holonym	:	loose smut,
definition	:	a smut fungus of the genus Ustilago causing a smut disease of grains in which the entire head is transformed into a dusty mass of spores (noun.plant)

member holonym	:	boil smut, ustilago maydis,
definition	:	a common smut attacking Indian corn causing greyish white swellings that rupture to expose a black spore mass (noun.plant)