1. Disease of wheat characterized by replacement of the grains with greasy masses of smelly smut spores
   "Stinking smut reduced the quality of the grain harvest";
   - bunt
    
2. Similar to Tilletia caries
   "Stinking smut caused significant losses in the wheat harvest";
   - bunt, Tilletia foetida

Derived forms: stinking smuts

Type of: smut, smut fungus

Part of: genus Tilletia, Tilletia

Encyclopedia: Stinking smut