| Urocystis | |
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| Urocystis colchici on an onion seedling | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Ustilaginomycetes |
| Order: | Urocystidales |
| Family: | Urocystidiaceae |
| Genus: | Urocystis Rabenh. ex Fuckel, 1870 [1] |
| Type species | |
| Urocystis occulta (Wallr.) A.A. Fisch. Waldh., 1867
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Urocystis is a genus of smut fungi containing plant pathogens, which infect grass species and other plants.
- ^ Fuckel, L. 1870. Symbolae mycologicae. Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Rheinischen Pilze. Jahrbücher des Nassauischen Vereins für Naturkunde. 23-24:1-459