Definition of Tilletiaceae

1. Noun. A family of smut fungi having a simple promycelium bearing the spores in an apical cluster.

Exact synonyms: Family Tilletiaceae
Generic synonyms: Fungus Family
Group relationships: Order Ustilaginales, Ustilaginales
Member holonyms: Genus Tilletia, Tilletia, Genus Urocystis, Urocystis

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tilletiaceae

Tilda
Tilden
Tilia
Tilia americana
Tilia cordata
Tilia heterophylla
Tilia japonica
Tilia tomentosa
Tiliaceae
Tiliomycetes
Tillandsia usneoides
Tillaux
Tilletia
Tilletia caries
Tilletia foetida
Tilletiaceae
Tillich
Tillie
Tilly
Tim.
Tim Leary
Timalia
Timaliidae
Timbit
Timbits
Timbuktoo
Timbuktu
Times
Times Square
Timese

Literary usage of Tilletiaceae

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Fungous Diseases of Plants: With Chapters on Physiology, Culture Methods and by Benjamin Minge Duggar (1909)
"This order is divided into two families, Ustilaginaceae and tilletiaceae, based upon characters which become evident only in germination. ..."

2. Fungous Diseases of Plants, with Chapters on Physiology, Culture Methods and by Benjamin Minge Duggar (1909)
"This order is divided into two families, Ustilaginaceae and tilletiaceae, based upon characters which become evident only in germination. ..."

3. Proceedings of the Indiana Academy of Science by Indiana Academy of Science (1922)
"... the affected ovaries differing only slightly from the normal. Usually all the seed of diseased plants are affected. tilletiaceae. 62. ..."

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