Kingdom Fungi Order Hypocreales Higher classification Incertae sedis | Division Ascomycota Family Incertae sedis Rank Genus | |
Similar Ustilaginoidea virens, Sarocladium oryzae, Sarocladium, Clavicipitaceae, Cochliobolus miyabeanus | ||
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.
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