Tilletia caries

Definitions of Tilletia caries
  1. noun
    fungus that destroys kernels of wheat by replacing them with greasy masses of smelly spores
    synonyms: bunt
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    type of:
    smut, smut fungus
    any fungus of the order Ustilaginales
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