flag smut fungus

NOUN
16 LETTERS · STARTS WITH F

flag smut fungus is a valid 16-letter word worth 24 points in Scrabble and 32 points in Words with Friends.

SCRABBLE WORDS WITH FRIENDS
F4L1A1G2S1M3U1T1F4U1N1G2U1S1
4 + 1 + 1 + 2 + 0 + 1 + 3 + 1 + 1 + 0 + 4 + 1 + 1 + 2 + 1 + 1 =24 PTS
DOUBLE WORD → 48TRIPLE WORD → 72
MEANING

What does flag smut fungus mean?

NOUN · 1 SENSE
1

A smut fungus causing a smut in cereals and other grasses that chiefly affects leaves and stems and is characterized chains of sori within the plant tissue that later rupture releasing black masses of spores.