Ustilaginales

Ustilaginales is an order of fungi within the class Ustilaginomycetes.

The order Ustinaginales is also known and classified as the "smut fungi"

Morphology
Has a thick-walled resting spore (teliospore), known as the "brand" (burn) spore or chlamydospore.

Economic Importance
Ustilaginales are serious plant pathogens, with only the dikaryotic stage being obligately parasitic.