Tilletia caries (DC.) Tul. & C. Tul.
(Bunt Of Wheat, Stinking Smut)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesTilletia caries (Bunt Of Wheat, Stinking Smut)
GenusTilletia (a genus of smut fungi)
FamilyTILLETIACEAE (a family of smut fungi)
OrderTILLETIALES (an order of smut fungi)
SubclassEXOBASIDIOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of ustilaginomycetes)
ClassUSTILAGINOMYCETES (smut fungi and relatives)
SubphylumUSTILAGINOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of fungi)
PhylumBASIDIOMYCOTA (spore droppers, basidiomycetes)
KingdomFUNGI (true fungi)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Tilletia caries (Bunt Of Wheat, Stinking Smut) :
1: Tilletia caries (Bunt Of Wheat, Stinking Smut)
27 Jun 1972 OSGR: SE75 53° 60’ N, 0° 50’ W Vice County: South-east Yorks (VC 61) England
infected ear of Wheat
Image 1: Infected ear - enlarged

Tilletia caries (Bunt Of Wheat, Stinking Smut) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Tilletia caries (Bunt Of Wheat, Stinking Smut)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 2 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Tilletia caries (Bunt Of Wheat, Stinking Smut)

Endangered

EN/B

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