What harm do parasitic mushrooms bring to plants: smut, late blight, tinder fungus?
May 30, 2020 | Education
| 1) Smut fungi affect the vegetative and flower buds of plants, leaves, stems, fruits and seeds. The diseases caused by these fungi are called smut. In the organs of plants affected by these parasitic fungi, dark “dust” is formed – the accumulation of spores. They are very viable, carried by the wind over long distances, infecting new plants;
2) late blight fungus infects potato leaves and tubers;
3) tinder fungus damages trees and causes their death.
