Ryegrass bunt

Tilletia walkeri
Tilletia walkeri spore
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Ustilaginomycetes
Order: Ustilaginales
Family: Tilletiaceae
Genus: Tilletia
Species: T. walkeri
Binomial name
Tilletia walkeri
Castl. & Carris (1999)

Tilletia walkeri is a species of fungus in the Tilletiaceae family. It causes the disease Ryegrass bunt, which affects ryegrass. The fungus is related to the those causing Karnal bunt in wheat. The species was described in 1999.[1]

References

  1. ^ Castlebury LA, Carris LM. (1999). "Tilletia walkeri, a new species on Lolium multiflorum and L. perenne". Mycologia 91 (1): 121–31. JSTOR 3761200.  (subscription required)