A grain of wheat or another cereal affected by smut.
Example sentencesExamples
- Each kernel becomes a spore filled ‘smut ball ‘that is enclosed by a thin membrane until plant maturity.’
- The stinking smuts attacking wheat replace the grain with dark smut balls containing the fungus spores.
- While smut balls may be removed by cleaning and recleaning seed, spores will still be carried on kernels.
- The smut balls on the cobs grow instead of the seeds giving the cob a grapelike appearance.
- In infected heads, light brown smut balls filled with dark brown spore masses replace all or part of the kernels.