flag smut fungus

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   a smut fungus causing a smut in cereals and other grasses that chiefly affects leaves and stems and is characterized chains of sori within the plant tissue that later rupture releasing black masses of spores

   Broadersmut

   Narrowerwheat flag smut

   Part ofUrocystis

Questions about flag smut fungus

What does flag smut fungus mean?

flag smut fungus means "a smut fungus causing a smut in cereals and other grasses that chiefly affects leaves and stems and is characterized chains of sori within the plant tissue that later rupture releasing black masses of spores".

Is flag smut fungus a common word?

flag smut fungus is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.