Biology:Ustilago
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Short description: Genus of fungi
| Ustilago | |
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| Ustilago maydis (Corn smut) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Ustilaginomycetes |
| Order: | Ustilaginales |
| Family: | Ustilaginaceae |
| Genus: | Ustilago (Pers.) Roussel 1806 |
| Type species | |
| Ustilago hordei (Pers.) Lagerh.
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Ustilago is a genus of approximately 200 smut fungi, which are parasitic on grasses.[1] 170 species are accepted by Wijayawardene et al. 2020;[2]
Uses
Ustilago maydis is eaten as a traditional Mexican food in many parts of the country, and is even available canned. Farmers have even been known to spread the spores around on purpose to create more of the fungus. It is known in central Mexico by the Nahuatl name huitlacoche. Peasants in other parts of the country call it "hongo de maíz," i.e. "maize fungus."[3]
The genome of U. maydis has been sequenced in 2006.[4]
Hosts
Some selected species and hosts;
- U. avenae (Pers.) Rostr. - loose smut of oats
- U. esculenta P. Henn. - zizania smut
- U. hordei (Pers.) Lagerh. 1889 - covered smut (barley)
- U. maydis (DC.) Corda - corn smut
- U. nuda (C.N. Jensen) Kellerm. & Swingle - loose smut of barley
- U. tritici C. Bauhin - loose smut of wheat
See also
References
- ↑ Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford: CABI. 2008. p. 718. ISBN 0-85199-826-7. https://archive.org/details/dictionaryfungit00kirk.
- ↑ Wijayawardene, Nalin; Hyde, Kevin; Al-Ani, Laith Khalil Tawfeeq; Somayeh, Dolatabadi; Stadler, Marc; Haelewaters, Danny et al. (2020). "Outline of Fungi and fungus-like taxa". Mycosphere 11: 1060–1456. doi:10.5943/mycosphere/11/1/8.
- ↑ Laferrière, Joseph E. 1991. Mountain Pima ethnomycology. Journal of Ethnobiology 11(1):159-160.
- ↑ "Insights from the genome of the biotrophic fungal plant pathogen Ustilago maydis". Nature 444 (7115): 97–101. 2006. doi:10.1038/nature05248. PMID 17080091. http://www.broad.mit.edu/annotation/genome/ustilago_maydis/Home.html.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q2361375 entry
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