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Attacks Fall Panicgrass, turning the developing flower heads into a mass of black spores (R. Orr, pers. comm.).
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Smut attacking Fall Panicgrass in Howard Co., Maryland (9/15/2014).
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Richard Orr.
Spores collected from a Smut specimen on Fall Panicgrass in Howard Co., Maryland (9/15/2014). Irregular (5-sided?), smooth, black; measured 11.6-12.8 X 10.6-11.0 microns.
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Robert Solem.