Urocystis occulta

Urocystis occulta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Ustilaginomycetes
Order:	Ustilaginales
Family:	Tilletiaceae
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

^ Wallroth CFW. (1833). Flora Cryptogamica Germaniae. Vol. 2. p. 212.

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[Wallroth1833-1] Wallroth CFW. (1833). Flora Cryptogamica Germaniae. Vol. 2. p. 212.

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