Ustilaginoidea
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Ustilaginoidea is a genus
of anamorphic fungi whose teleomorphic states are in the Hypocreales
order. The genus is widespread in subtropical regions, and contains six species. Ustilaginoidea was circumscribed by German botanist Julius Oscar Brefeld
in 1895. Ustilaginoidea virens
causes the disesase known alternatively as rice false smut, pseudosmut, or green smut.
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of anamorphic fungi whose teleomorphic states are in the Hypocreales
Hypocreales
The Hypocreales are an order of fungi within the class Sordariomycetes, consisting of 7 families, 237 genera, and 2647 species.Species of Hypocreales are usually recognized by their brightly colored, perithecial ascomata, or spore-producing structures...
order. The genus is widespread in subtropical regions, and contains six species. Ustilaginoidea was circumscribed by German botanist Julius Oscar Brefeld
Julius Oscar Brefeld
Julius Oscar Brefeld , usually just Oscar Brefeld, was a German botanist and mycologist.-Biography:Brefeld was a native of Telgte. He studied pharmacy in Heidelberg and Berlin, and afterwards became an assistant to Anton de Bary at the University of Halle...
in 1895. Ustilaginoidea virens
Ustilaginoidea virens
Ustilaginoidea virens, perfect sexual stage Villosiclava virens, is a plant pathogen which causes the disease False Smut of rice which reduces both grain yield and grain quality. The disease occurs in more than 40 countries, especially in the rice producing countries of Asia. but also in the U.S....
causes the disesase known alternatively as rice false smut, pseudosmut, or green smut.