Tilletia laevis
Species of fungus
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Tilletia laevis is a plant pathogen that causes bunt on wheat.
| Tilletia laevis | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Exobasidiomycetes |
| Order: | Tilletiales |
| Family: | Tilletiaceae |
| Genus: | Tilletia |
| Species: | T. laevis |
| Binomial name | |
| Tilletia laevis J.G. Kühn, (1873) | |
| Synonyms | |
|
Erysibe foetida | |
It was used as a biological weapon by Iraq against Iran during the Iran–Iraq War in the 1980s.[1]