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289. Phyllosticta putrefaciens Shear, Bull. Torrey Club 
34: 307. 1907. 
Spots wanting or indistinct; pycnidia gregarious, buried or superficial, globose or sub- 
globose, dark-brown or nearly black, reaching a diameter of 75-100 yu, with a conspicuous 
ostiolum; spores variable in form, ovoid or ovoid-ellipsoid, often unequal-sided or slightly 
curved, hyaline or faintly yellowish in mass, 2.5-3  3.5-5 wu, attached by a very short sporo- 
phore. 
ON ERICACEAE: : 
ee macrocarpus (Ait.) Pursh (Vaccinium macrocarpon Ait.), Massachusetts, New 
ersey. 
TYPE LocaLity: Whitesville, New Jersey, on Vaccinium macrocarpon. 
DistRIBUTION: Massachusetts to New Jersey. 
290. Phyllosticta Linderae Ellis & Ev. Jour. Myc. 4:9. 1888. 
Spots rather large, circular or subcircular in form, yellowish or cinereous, rather indefinite 
in outline, usually reaching a diameter of about 1 cm., about equally visible on either side 
of the leaf; pycnidia very numerous, minute, thickly scattered over the infected spot, mainly 
on the under side of the leaf, reaching a diameter of 60-75 »; spores minute, rod-like, 0.5 
XK 3-4 uw. 
On LAURACEAE: 
Benzoin aestivale (1,.) Nees (Lindera Benzoin Blume), Delaware. 
Type Locaity: Faulkland, Delaware, on Lindera Benzoin. 
DistRIBUTION: Known only from the type locality. 
Exsiccati: Ellis & Ev. N. Am. Fungi 2154. 
291. Phyllosticta Sophorae Ellis & Ev. Proc. Acad. Phila. 
1891: 77. 1891. 
Spots circular or nearly so, small, scarcely exceeding a diameter of 1 mm., whitish in the 
center with an elevated blackish border, less conspicuous on the under side of the leaf, not 
discolored around the spot; pycnidia few, usually only one on each spot, subglobose, reaching 
a diameter of 100-150 u; spores numerous, 0.75 X 1.5-2.5 p. 
On FABACEAE: 
Sophora secundiflora (Ortega) DC. (Sophora speciosa Benth.), Texas. 
Type LocaLity: San Antonio, Texas, on Sophora speciosa. 
Disrrinution: Known only from the type locality. 
ExsiccaTi: Ellis & Ev. N. Am. Fungi 2683. 
292. Phyllosticta Toxicodendri Thiim. Flora 61: 180. 1878. 
Spots small, reddish-brown, irregular or subcircular, with a dark-red border; pycnidia 
occurring on the upper side of the leaf, scattered or solitary, black, medium-sized, lenticular; 
spores ellipsoid, hyaline, 1 X 1.5 », usually with an oil-drop. 
ON ANACARDIACEAE: . . 
Toxicodendron Toxicodendron (L.) Britton (Rhus Toxicodendron L,.), South Carolina. 
Type LOCALITY: Aiken, South Carolina, on Rhus Toxicodendron. 
DISTRIBUTION: Known only from the type locality. 
293. Phyllostitta spermoides Peck, Ann. Rep. N. Y¥. 
State Mus. 40:58. 1887. 
Phyllosticta turmalis Ellis & Ev. Erythea 2: 23. 1894, 
Spots subcircular or irregular in form, pale-brown or cinereous in the center, surrounded 
by a dark-brown area, with a more or less indefinite outline, reaching a diameter of 5 mm., 
the spots giving the whole leaf a mottled appearance; pycnidia numerous, small, reaching 
a diameter of 60-70; spores numerous, minute, rod-like, slightly thickened at the ends, 
1X 3.5-4.5 pw. 
