Ustilaginaceae

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Noun1.Ustilaginaceae - a fungus family of loose smuts
family Ustilaginaceae
fungus family - includes lichen families
order Ustilaginales, Ustilaginales - parasitic fungi causing smuts; sometimes placed in class Tiliomycetes
corn smut, cornsmut - a smut fungus attacking Indian corn
genus Sphacelotheca, Sphacelotheca - genus of smut fungus
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Within Basidiomycota, the predominant classes were Agaricomycetes and Ustilaginomycetes, with the latter consisting almost exclusively the orders Ustilaginales and the genus Ustilaginaceae.
Characterization of the fungal microbiome (Mycobiome) in fecal samples from dogs
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