Smut (fungus)

The smuts are multicellular fungi characterized by their large numbers of teliospores. The smuts get their name from a Germanic word for 'dirt' because of their dark, thick-walled, and dust-like teliospores. They are mostly Ustilaginomycetes (phylum Basidiomycota) and comprise seven of the 15 orders of the subphylum. Most described smuts belong to two orders, Ustilaginales and Tilletiales.^[1] The smuts are normally grouped with the other basidiomycetes because of their commonalities concerning sexual reproduction.^[2]

^ Kijpornyongpan, T.; Mondo, S.J.; Barry, K.; Sandor, L.; Lee, J.; Lipzen, A.; Pangilinan, J.; LaButti, K.; Hainaut, M.; Henrissat, H.; Grigoriev, I.V.; Aime, M.C. (2018). "Broad Genomic Sampling Reveals a Smut Pathogenic Ancestry of the Fungal Clade Ustilaginomycotina". Molecular Biology and Evolution. 109 (8): 1127-39. doi:10.1007/s10482-016-0715-4.
^ Schumann G. L., D'Arcy C. J,. 2006. Essential Plant Pathology. The American Phytopathological Society. St. Paul. Pp. 28-29.

[Kijpornyongpan2018-1] Kijpornyongpan, T.; Mondo, S.J.; Barry, K.; Sandor, L.; Lee, J.; Lipzen, A.; Pangilinan, J.; LaButti, K.; Hainaut, M.; Henrissat, H.; Grigoriev, I.V.; Aime, M.C. (2018). "Broad Genomic Sampling Reveals a Smut Pathogenic Ancestry of the Fungal Clade Ustilaginomycotina". Molecular Biology and Evolution. 109 (8): 1127-39. doi:10.1007/s10482-016-0715-4.

[2] Schumann G. L., D'Arcy C. J,. 2006. Essential Plant Pathology. The American Phytopathological Society. St. Paul. Pp. 28-29.

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