Noun: Tilletia caries
- Fungus that destroys kernels of wheat by replacing them with greasy masses of smelly spores
"The wheat field was infected with Tilletia caries, ruining the entire crop";
- bunt
Derived forms: Tilletia caries
Type of: smut, smut fungus
Part of: genus Tilletia, Tilletia
Encyclopedia: Tilletia caries