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Tilletia tritici

Tilletia tritici is the causal agent of common bunt of wheat. The tilletia was named after French agronomist Mathieu Tillet (1714-1791).

Morphology

Teliopsores are thick-walled, globiose, reticulate and 13-23 μm in diameter.[1]

Sources

Index Fungorum
USDA ARS Fungal Database

References

  1. Wiese, M.V. (1987). Compendium of wheat diseases. American Phytopathological Society. p. 124.

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