false smut
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Related to false smut: Ustilaginoidea virens
false smut
[¦fȯls ′smət] (plant pathology)
A fungus disease of palm caused by Graphiola phoenicis and characterized by small cylindrical protruding pustules, often surrounded by yellowish leaf tissue.
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