Tilletia caries

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Definition Noun : - A species of fungus ( Tilletia caries ) that is a plant pathogen, specifically causing bunt or stinking smut of wheat. It destroys the developing kernels (grains) of the wheat plant by replacing the normal internal tissue with a dark, oily or greasy mass of foul-smelling fungal spores (teliospores). Usage The term is used in the fields of mycology (the study of fungi), plant...