Tilletia laevis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Phylum: | Basidiomycota |
Class: | Exobasidiomycetes |
Subclass: | Exobasidiomycetidae |
Order: | Tilletiales |
Family: | Tilletiaceae |
Genus: | Tilletia |
Species: | T. laevis |
Binomial name | |
Tilletia laevis J.G. Kühn, (1873) |
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Synonyms | |
Erysibe foetida |
Erysibe foetida
Tilletia foetens
Tilletia foetida
Tilletia tritici var. laevis
Ustilago foetens
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.