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 those causing Karnal bunt in wheat. The species was described in 1999.[1]

Ryegrass bunt
Tilletia walkeri spore
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Exobasidiomycetes
Order: Tilletiales
Family: Tilletiaceae
Genus: Tilletia
Species:
T. walkeri
Binomial name
Tilletia walkeri
Castl. & Carris (1999)

References

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  1. ^ Castlebury LA, Carris LM (1999). "Tilletia walkeri, a new species on Lolium multiflorum and L. perenne". Mycologia. 91 (1): 121–31. doi:10.2307/3761200. JSTOR 3761200. (subscription required)