Smut (fungus)
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The smuts are multicellular fungi characterized by their large numbers of teliospores. The smuts get their name from a Germanic word for 'dirt' because of their dark, thick-walled, and dust-like telio
Carex utriculata with smut fungus affecting individual seeds
Corn smut
Teliospore
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Teliospore is the thick-walled resting spore of some fungi, from which the basidium arises.
Smut (fungus)
…The smuts are multicellular fungi characterized by their large numbers of teliospores. The smuts get their name from a Germanic word for 'dirt' because of their dark, thick-walled, and dust-like teliospores. They are mostly Ustilaginomycetes…
Two-celled teliospore of Gymnosporangium globosum