Ustilaginaceae (Noun)
Meaning
A fungus family of loose smuts.
Classification
Nouns denoting plants.
Examples
- ustilaginaceae is a family of fungi that causes loose smut disease in various grasses and cereal crops.
- The ustilaginaceae fungus attacks the ovaries of inflorescences causing replacement of the host ovaries with masses of sooty spores.
- Ustilaginaceae includes various species of fungi that typically infect plants in the families Poaceae and Cyperaceae.
- The ustilaginaceae family contains many economically important plant pathogens, especially those affecting wheat, oats, and barley.
- Many ustilaginaceae species can produce masses of dark spores, hence earning them the common name loose smut.