Smut (fungus)
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For other uses, see Smut (disambiguation).
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 (phylum Basidiomycota) and comprise seven of the 15 orders of the subphylum. Most described smuts belong to two orders, Ustilaginales and Tilletiales.[1] The smuts are normally grouped with the other basidiomycetes because of their commonalities concerning sexual reproduction.[2]