Tilletia laevis
| 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 | |
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Tilletia laevis J.G. Kühn, (1873) |
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| Synonyms | |
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Erysibe foetida |
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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.
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