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from The Century Dictionary.
- An order of parasitic fungi containing the two families of smuts, Ustilaginaceæ and Tilletiaceæ.
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- noun parasitic fungi causing smuts; sometimes placed in class Tiliomycetes
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vendingmachine commented on the word ustilaginales
Which is worse... being parasitic fungi or belonging to the smut family?
August 17, 2019