Thecaphora frezzii information

Thecaphora frezzii
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Ustilaginomycetes
Order:	Urocystidales
Family:	Glomosporiaceae
Genus:	Thecaphora
Species:	T. frezzii
Binomial name
	Thecaphora frezzii; J.M. Carranza and J.C. Lindquist (1962)

Thecaphora frezzii, commonly referred to as peanut smut, is a species of smut fungus of the genus Thecaphora and the family Glomosporiaceae. It is a basidiomycete fungus that infects peanut plants (Arachis hypogaea).^[1] It is currently only found in South America, more specifically in Argentinian peanut farms.^[2]

^ Arias, Silvina L.; Mary, Verónica S.; Velez, Pilar A.; Rodriguez, María G.; Otaiza-González, Santiago N.; Theumer, Martín G. (2021-09-01). "Where Does the Peanut Smut Pathogen, Thecaphora frezii , Fit in the Spectrum of Smut Diseases?". Plant Disease. 105 (9): 2268–2280. doi:10.1094/PDIS-11-20-2438-FE. ISSN 0191-2917. PMID 33904333. S2CID 233409797.
^ Rago, Alejandro Mario; Cazón, Luis Ignacio; Paredes, Juan Andrés; Molina, Juan Pablo Edwards; Conforto, Erica Cinthia; Bisonard, Eduardo Matías; Oddino, Claudio (March 2017). "Peanut Smut: From an Emerging Disease to an Actual Threat to Argentine Peanut Production". Plant Disease. 101 (3): 400–408. doi:10.1094/PDIS-09-16-1248-FE. hdl:20.500.12123/1629. ISSN 0191-2917. PMID 30677350.

[:1-1] Arias, Silvina L.; Mary, Verónica S.; Velez, Pilar A.; Rodriguez, María G.; Otaiza-González, Santiago N.; Theumer, Martín G. (2021-09-01). "Where Does the Peanut Smut Pathogen, Thecaphora frezii , Fit in the Spectrum of Smut Diseases?". Plant Disease. 105 (9): 2268–2280. doi:10.1094/PDIS-11-20-2438-FE. ISSN 0191-2917. PMID 33904333. S2CID 233409797.

[:3-2] Rago, Alejandro Mario; Cazón, Luis Ignacio; Paredes, Juan Andrés; Molina, Juan Pablo Edwards; Conforto, Erica Cinthia; Bisonard, Eduardo Matías; Oddino, Claudio (March 2017). "Peanut Smut: From an Emerging Disease to an Actual Threat to Argentine Peanut Production". Plant Disease. 101 (3): 400–408. doi:10.1094/PDIS-09-16-1248-FE. hdl:20.500.12123/1629. ISSN 0191-2917. PMID 30677350.