False loose smut

Ustilago nigra
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Ustilaginomycetes
Order:	Ustilaginales
Family:	Ustilaginaceae
Genus:	Ustilago
Species:	U. nigra
Binomial name
	Ustilago nigra; Tapke (1932)

False loose smut is a fungal disease of barley caused by Ustilago nigra. This fungus is very similar to U. nuda, the cause of loose smut, and was first distinguished from it in 1932.^[2]

^ "Index Fungorum - Names Record". www.speciesfungorum.org. Retrieved 2008-03-16.
^ Mathre, D.E. (1997). Compendium of barley diseases. American Phytopathological Society. pp. 120 pp.

[1] "Index Fungorum - Names Record". www.speciesfungorum.org. Retrieved 2008-03-16.

[BarleyCompendium-2] Mathre, D.E. (1997). Compendium of barley diseases. American Phytopathological Society. pp. 120 pp.

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