Table 1.

Morphologically similar teliospore details of Tilletia species.

Tilletia Species	Teliospore Size (µm)	Ornamentation Color	Surface View	Profile
T. indica	28–54	Densely tuberculate to narrowly cerebriform	Conical to truncate	Dark reddish brown to black, opaque
T. inolens	31–41	Coarse polygonal scales, made up of many fine spines	Coarse, cylindrical, flared and broken at tips	Dark golden yellow to dark chocolate brown
T. cathcartae	30–40	Densely verruculose to tuberculate	Cylindrical, truncate	Golden brown
T. eragrostidis	28–37	Coarse polygonal scales	Coarse truncate projections	Light to dark reddish brown
T. walkeri	23–45	Coarsely cerebriform to coralloid scales	Conical to truncate	Pale yellow to dark reddish-brown
T. horrida	17–36	Polygonal to cerebriform scales	Sharply pointed to truncate	Chestnut brown
T. ehrhartae	18–25	Coarse polygonal scales	Cylindrical, truncate	Olivaceous, dark
T. rugispora	17–28	Coarse polygonal scales	Conical, bluntly pointed	Mid-reddish brown
T. barclayana	14–36	Fine, polygonal to cerebriform scales	Sharply pointed to truncate	Chestnut brown