1. a family of smut fungi having a simple promycelium bearing the spores in an apical cluster; [syn: Tilletiaceae, family Tilletiaceae]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
family Tilletiaceae
n 1: a family of smut fungi having a simple promycelium bearing
the spores in an apical cluster [syn: Tilletiaceae,
family Tilletiaceae]