''Mycosarcoma'' is a

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including ''Mycosocarma maydis'' (sometimes called ''Ustilago maydis)'', or 'corn smut fungus'. ''Mycosarcoma'' was an old retired genus name that was resurrected in 2016, based on new

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tic evidence, to better organize species that were previously thought unrelated. The six recognized species were in different genera originally until genetic testing showed their relations and they were reclassified as ''Mycosarcoma''.

Species

*'' Mycosarcoma aegyptiacum'' - no synonym, newly discovered *'' Mycosarcoma bouriquetii'' - synonym ''Ustilago bouriquetii'' *'' Mycosarcoma macklinlayi'' - synonym ''Macalpinomyces macklinlayi'' *''

Mycosarcoma maydis Corn smut is a plant disease caused by the pathogenic fungus ''Mycosarcoma maydis'', synonym (taxonomy), synonym ''Ustilago maydis''. One of several cereal crop pathogens called smut (fungus), smut, the fungus forms galls on all above-ground p ...

'' - synonym ''Ustilago maydis'' *'' Mycosarcoma pachycarpum'' - synonym ''Tolyposporella pachycarpa'' *'' Mycosarcoma tubiforme'' - synonym ''Macalpinomyces tubiformis''

References

Taxa described in 1912 Ustilaginomycotina Basidiomycota genera Taxa named by Julius Oscar Brefeld {{Ustilaginomycotina-stub