1. PaDIL Species Factsheet Scientific Name: Tilletia laevis J.G. Kühn Basidiomycota, Exobasidiomycetes, Tilletiales, Tilletiaceae Common Name Wheat smut Live link: http://www.padil.gov.au/aus-smuts/Pest/Main/140186 Image Library Smut Fungi of Australia Live link: http://www.padil.gov.au/aus-smuts/ Partners for Smut Fungi of Australia image library Queensland Government https://www.daf.qld.gov.au/ 2. Species Information 2.1. Details Specimen Contact: Roger Shivas - [email protected] Author: Roger Shivas Citation: Roger Shivas (2010) Wheat smut(Tilletia laevis)Updated on 12/13/2010 Available online: PaDIL - http://www.padil.gov.au Image Use: Free for use under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY- NC 4.0) 2.2. URL Live link: http://www.padil.gov.au/aus-smuts/Pest/Main/140186 2.3. Facets Columella: absent Distribution: NSW, QLD, TAS, VIC Host Family: Poaceae Peridium: present Sorus position: inflorescence Sorus shape: globose to short cylindrical Spore balls: absent Spore mass texture: powdery Spore shape: globose or subglobose, irregular, ovoid to ellipsoidal Spore surface ornamentation: smooth Status: Exotic establishment in Australia Sterile cells: present 2.4. Other Names Erysibe foetida Wallr. Tilletia foetens (Berk. & M.A. Curtis) J. Schröt. Tilletia foetida (Wallr.) Liro Ustilago foetens Berk. & M.A. Curtis 2.5. Diagnostic Notes **Sori** in ovaries, containing the powdery olivaceous brown foetid spore mass. **Spores** globose, ovoid to irregular, 16–24 × 14–17 µm, light yellowish to olivaceous brown, with granular or guttulate contents; wall smooth, 1.0–1.5 µm thick, often with a short papilla or mycelial fragment. **Sterile cells** sparse to abundant, globose to irregular, 11–18 µm diam., hyaline; wall thin, smooth, 0.5–1.2 µm thick. 3. Diagnostic Images Tilletia laevis on Triticum aestivum - BRIP Tilletia laevis on Triticum aestivum - DAR 15265. Scale bar = 5 mm 73302. Scale bar = 10 µm Host symptoms: Roger Shivas DEEDI Light micrograph: Roger Shivas DEEDI Results Generated: Monday, October 4, 2021 .