Sporisorium sorghi

Sporisorium sorghi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Phylum:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Ustilaginomycetes
Order:	Ustilaginales
Family:	Ustilaginaceae
Genus:	Sporisorium
Species:	S. sorghi
Binomial name
	Sporisorium sorghi; Ehrenb. ex Link (1825)
Synonyms
	Cintractia sorghi-vulgaris (Tul. & C.Tul.) G.P.Clinton (1897); Sphacelotheca sorghi (Ehrenb. ex Link) G.P.Clinton (1902); Tilletia sorghi-vulgaris Tul. & C.Tul. (1847); Ustilago condensata Berk. (1877); Ustilago sorghi (Ehrenb. ex Link) Pass. (1873); Ustilago tulasnei J.G.Kühn (1874)

Sporisorium sorghi is a species of fungus in the Ustilaginaceae family. It is a plant pathogen, causing covered smut of sorghum spp.^[1] such as Sorghum bicolor (S. vulgare) (sorghum), S. sudanense (Sudan grass), S. halepense (Johnson grass) and Sorghum vulgare var. technichum (broomcorn).^[2]

References[]

^ "Sporisorium sorghi Ehrenb. ex Link 1825". MycoBank. International Mycological Association. Retrieved 2011-01-24.
^ Zundel, The Ustilaginales of the World, p. 110, 1953; Fischer, Manual of the North American smut fungi, p. 149.

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[urlMycoBank:_Sporisorium_sorghi-1] "Sporisorium sorghi Ehrenb. ex Link 1825". MycoBank. International Mycological Association. Retrieved 2011-01-24.

[2] Zundel, The Ustilaginales of the World, p. 110, 1953; Fischer, Manual of the North American smut fungi, p. 149.

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