Urocystis occulta

Urocystis occulta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Dothideomycetes
Order: Pleosporales
Family: Pleosporaceae
Genus: Urocystis
Species: U. occulta
Binomial name
Urocystis occulta
(Wallr.) Rabenh. (1870)
Synonyms

Erysiphe occulta Wallr. (1833)
Polycystis occulta (Wallr.) Schltdl. (1852)
Polycystis parallela (Berk.) Fr. (1849)
Sphaeria parallela Sowerby
Tuburcinia occulta (Wallr.) Liro (1922)
Uredo parallela (Sowerby) Berk. (1836)
Urocystis parallela (Berk.) A.A. Fisch. Waldh. (1870)

Urocystis occulta is a smut fungus which attacks the leaves and stalks of rye (Secale cereale). It is found in Australia, Europe, and North America. The fungus was first described by German botanist Karl Friedrich Wilhelm Wallroth under the name Erysiphe occulta in 1833.[1]

References

  1. ↑ Wallroth CFW. (1833). Flora Cryptogamica Germaniae. 2. p. 212.
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