HyperDic: genus_tilletia

English > 1 sense of the expression genus Tilletia:
NOUNplantgenus Tilletia, Tilletiaa genus of fungi belonging to the family Tilletiaceae
English > genus Tilletia: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
MeaningA genus of fungi belonging to the family Tilletiaceae.
SynonymTilletia
Member ofTilletiaceae, family TilletiaceaeA family of smut fungi having a simple promycelium bearing the spores in an apical cluster
Membersbunt, Tilletia cariesfungus that destroys kernels of wheat by replacing them with greasy masses of smelly spores
bunt, stinking smut, Tilletia foetidaSimilar to Tilletia caries
Broaderfungus genusIncludes lichen genera
Spanishgénero tilletia, genus tilletia, tilletia
Catalangenus tilletia, tilletia, Tilletia

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