stinking smut

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stinking smut

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stinking smut

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plant Pathology) a smut that affects wheat and is caused by the fungus Tilletia caries Also called bunt

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Noun	1.	stinking smut - disease of wheat characterized by replacement of the grains with greasy masses of smelly smut spores bunt smut - destructive diseases of plants (especially cereal grasses) caused by fungi that produce black powdery masses of spores
	2.	stinking smut - similar to Tilletia caries Tilletia foetida, bunt smut fungus, smut - any fungus of the order Ustilaginales genus Tilletia, Tilletia - a genus of fungi belonging to the family Tilletiaceae

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