Tilletia | |
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Teliospore of Tilletia indica | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Basidiomycota |
Class: | Exobasidiomycetes |
Order: | Tilletiales |
Family: | Tilletiaceae |
Genus: | Tilletia Tul. & C.Tul. |
Type species | |
Tilletia caries (DC.) Tul. & C.Tul. |
Tilletia is a genus of smut fungi in the Tilletiaceae family. Species in this genus are plant pathogens that affect various grasses. Tilletia indica , which causes Karnal bunt of wheat, and Tilletia horrida , responsible for rice kernel smut, are examples of species that affect economically important crops. [1]
The widespread genus contains about 175 species. [2] The genus was circumscribed by Edmond Tulasne and Charles Tulasne in Ann. Sci. Nat. Bot. ser.3, vol.7 on page 112 in 1847.
The genus was named after a agronomist from France, Mathieu Tillet (1714–1791). [3]
As accepted by Species Fungorum; [4]
Former species; [4] Note: Assume if no family mentioned (at the end), Tilletiaceae