Position in a system
| system | Vitae - living organisms |
| domain | Eukaryota Whittaker & Margulis, 1978 - lifeforms with nucletic cells |
| superregnum | Unikonta |
| system | Opisthokonta Cavalier-Smith, 1987 |
| kingdom | Fungi Whittaker - fungi |
| divisio | Basidiomycota R. T. Moore - club fungi |
| subphylum | Ustilaginomycotina |
| class | Exobasidiomycetes Begerow, Stoll & R. Bauer |
| order | Tilletiales Kreisel ex R. Bauer & Oberw. |
| family | Tilletiaceae J. Schröt. |
| genus | Tilletia Tul. & C. Tul. |
| species | Tilletia controversa J.G. Kühn - Dwarf Bunt |