black rust
any of several diseases of plants caused by rusts and characterized by black discoloration resulting from the fungal teliospores.
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Dreadful effects are said to be produced by a species of black rust which attacks the large South of Europe reed, Arundo donax.
Fungi: Their Nature and Uses | Mordecai Cubitt CookeIn Britain it has been almost universally banished from hedgerows, owing to its connection with the black rust of wheat.
British Dictionary definitions for black rust
a stage in any of several diseases of cereals and grasses caused by rust fungi in which black masses of spores appear on the stems or leaves
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