Comprehensive Description
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Tilletia foetens (B. & C.) Trel. Par. Fungi Wise. 35. 1884
Ustilago foe tens B. & C. (Rav. Fungi Car. V. 100; hyponyra. 1860) GrevilleaS: 59. 1874. Tilletia laevis Kuhn ; Rab. Fungi Eur. 1697. 1873.
Sori in ovaries, ovate or oblong, 5-8 mm. in length, more or less concealed by the glumes, all or only part of the ovaries of a spike infected ; spores lightto darkbrown, oblong to chiefly subspherical or spherical, occasionally somewhat angular, foetid especially when young, smooth, chiefly 16-22 /i, the most elongate rarely 28//, in length.
On Poaceae :
Triticum vulgare, Colorado, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, New Jersey, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, Wiscpnsin, Wyoming ; Manitoba, Northwest Territory. Type locality : North Carolina, on Triticum vulgare. Distribution : Coextensive with the cultivation of wheat.
- bibliographic citation
- George Perkins Clinton. 1906. USTILAGINALES; USTILAGINACEAE, TILLETIACEAE. North American flora. vol 7(1). New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
Tilletia laevis: Brief Summary
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Tilletia laevis is a plant pathogen that causes bunt on wheat.
It was used as a biological weapon by Iraq against Iran during the Iran–Iraq War in the 1980s.
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