Tilletia horrida
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| Family: | Tilletiaceae
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| Species: | horrida
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| Tilletia horrida Takah., (1896)[1]
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Neovossia horrida (Takah.) Padwick & A. Khan, (1944)[CCG 1] | |
Tilletia horrida, rice kernel smut, caryopsis smut, black smut, or grain smut, is a fungal rice disease believed to only affect the Oryza genus.[CCG 2][CCG 3] It presents as a partial bunt.[CCG 4]
Taxonomy[]
T. horrida has had a chaotic taxonomic history. It has been reclassified within Neovossia,[CCG 1] and synonimised with congener T. barclayana. It has now been definitively de-synonymised from T. barclayana on the basis of molecular evidence.[CCG 5]
Morphology[]
Teliospores[]
Diameter between 20 and 38