Tilletia

Tilletia Tul. & C. Tul., Annls Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 3 7: 112 (1847)   Background             Tulasne and Tulasne (1847) named Tilletia (Tilletiaceae, Exobasidiales) after Matthieu du Tillet (1714–1791), who first determined the pathogenicity of T. caries on wheat in France (Vánky and Shivas 2008). Tillet showed...