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fungus causing a disease characterized by a white powdery mass of conidia

1. : any of various fungous diseases of plants caused by fungi of the genus Albugo and characterized by a white powdery mass of conidia exposed by the rupture at maturity of sori produced just beneath the epidermis of the host

2. : a fungus of the genus Albugo

1. Plant Pathol. a disease of plants, characterized by pustules of white spores on affected parts that become yellow and malformed, caused by fungi of the genus Albugo.

2. any fungus of the genus Albugo.

[1880-85]

white rust,

1. a fungous disease of plants characterized by the eruption of white spores on the affected parts.

2. the fungus causing this.