Smut Ustilago destruens Schlechtendal    
Kingdom Fungi   >   Phylum Basidiomycota   >   Class Ustilaginomycetes   >   Order Ustilaginales   >   Family Ustilaginaceae   >   Genus Ustilago   

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Attacks Fall Panicgrass, turning the developing flower heads into a mass of black spores (R. Orr, pers. comm.).

There are 2 records in the project database.

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Smut attacking Fall Panicgrass in Howard Co., Maryland (9/15/2014). Photo by Richard Orr. (MBP list)

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. Photo by Robert Solem. (MBP list)


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