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Definition of Tilletiaceae
1. Noun. A family of smut fungi having a simple promycelium bearing the spores in an apical cluster.
Generic synonyms: Fungus Family
Group relationships: Order Ustilaginales, Ustilaginales
Member holonyms: Genus Tilletia, Tilletia, Genus Urocystis, Urocystis
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tilletiaceae
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. ..."