Ustilaginoidea

Ustilaginoidea is a genus of anamorphic fungi whose teleomorphic states are in the Hypocreales order. The genus is widespread in subtropical regions, and contains six species. Ustilaginoidea was circumscribed by German botanist Julius Oscar Brefeld in 1895. Ustilaginoidea virens causes the disesase known alternatively as rice false smut, pseudosmut, or green smut.