A chromosome-level genome assembly of Thecaphora frezzii, cause of peanut smut, reveals the largest genome of the true smut fungi.
Peanut smut, caused by the fungus Thecaphora frezzii, is a significant disease of peanuts in Argentina. Infected plants have seeds replaced by a mass of dark teliospores, reducing yield and seed quality. Following successful in vitro culture of the fungus in its haploid stage, we produced a chromosome-level genome asse...