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64. Ustilago Calandriniae Clinton, Proc. Bost. Soc. 



Nat. Hist. 31: 378. 1904. 



Sori in the flowers, enclosed by the floral envelopes, about 3 or 4 mm. in diameter, 

 forming a purplish-black dusty spore-mass ; spores dark reddish -purple, ovoid to subspherical 

 or spherical, regularly and rather minutely reticulately winged (with reticulations about 

 1.5-2 fi wide and 1-2 ^ high), 13.5-17 [i in length. 



On Portulacaceae : 



Calandrinia Breweri^ California. 



Calandrinia Menziesii^ California, 

 Type locality : Santa Barbara, California, on Calandrinia Breweri. 

 Distribution : California. 



65. Ustilago anomala J. Kunze (Fungi Sel. Exs. 23; hyponym. 1877); 



Wint. in Rab. Krypt. FL l': 100. 1881. 



Ustilago pallida Schrot.; Fisch. de Waldh. Aper^u Syst. Ust. 30. My 1877. (Type from Germany, 

 on Polygonum Convolvulus.') Not U. pallida 'K.qxti. Mr 1877. 



Sori in ovaries or essential organs, the infected parts often remaining distinct; 2-3 mm. 

 in length, protected by the perianth, forming a dusty purplish spore-mass ; spores light- 

 violet, chiefly ovoid to spherical or occasionally somewhat irregular, with rather fine reticu- 

 lations (chiefly 1-3 fi wide by 1 /£ deep), 10-15 z^, rarely 17 fi^ in length. 



On Polygonaceae : 



Tiniaria cilinodis (^Polygonum cilinode), Maine, New Hampshire, New York, Vermont. 



Ttniaria Convolvulus {Polygo7ium Convolvulus), Illinois. 



Tiniaria scandens {Polygonum scaridens, P. dumetorum scandens), Connecticut, Delaware, 

 Indiana, Missouri, Vermont, West Virginia. 

 Type locality : Saxony, on Polygonum. dum.etorum. {Tiniaria dumetorum). 

 Distribution : New England to Delaware and Missouri; also in Europe. 

 Illustration : Brefeld, Unters. Gesammt. Myk. 12: pi. 8,f. 10-12. 

 ExsiCCATi : Ellis, N. Am. Fungi 1094 ; Seym. & Earle, Econ. Fungi J'tf^, C 63, C 134. 



66. Ustilago utriculosa (Nees) Tul. Ann. Sci. Nat. III. 7: 102. 1847. 



Caeoma uiriculosum Nees, Syst. Pilze 1 : 14. 1817. 



Sori in ovaries and probably in stamens, protected by floral envelopes, ovate, about 

 3^ mm. in length, forming a dusty purplish spore-mass ; spores violet, chiefly subspheri- 

 cal or spherical, with prominent winged reticulations (2-4 fi wide by about 1.5 /* deep), 

 chiefly 9-14 f- in diameter. 



On Polygonaceae : 



Persicaria amphibia {Polygonum- amphibium)^ Indiana, Pennsylvania. 

 Persicaria Careyi {Polygonum Careyi), Maine. 



Persicaria Hydropiper {Polygonum Hydropiper) , Alabama, Connecticut, Iowa. 

 Persicaria hydropiperoides {Polygonum, hydropiperoides) , Connecticut, Mississippi, Ver- 

 mont, Wisconsin. 

 Persicaria incarnata {Polygonum incarnaiiim, P. lapathifolium, incarnatum)^ Illinois, 



Iowa. 



Persicaria lapathifolia {Polygonum- lapathifolium)^ Connecticut, District of Columbia, 



Illinois. 

 Persicaria pennsylvanica {Polygonum pennsylvanicum) , Alabama, Connecticut, Delaware, 



Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hamp- 

 shire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Rhode Island, Vermont, West Virginia. 



Persicaria punctata {Polygonum punctatum, P. acre), Illinois, Kansas, Mississippi. 



Persicaria {Polygonum) sp., Illinois, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, New Jersey, 

 North Carolina, Rhode Island, Washington ; Mexico. 



Polygonum aviculare, California. 



Polygonum erectum, Mississippi. 



? Tracaulon sagittatum {Polygonum sagittatum), New York. 

 Type locality: Europe, on Polygonum sp. 

 Distribution : New England to Alabama, Mexico, and Washington ; also in South America, 



Europe, Asia, and Australia. ^ ^ 



Illustrations : Nees, loc. cit. pi. 1, f. 6 ; Ann. Sci. Nat. III. 7 : pi. 4, f. 2-6 ; Bull. Conn. Geol. 

 Nat. Hist. Surv. 5:f.4, 21, 54; Brefeld, Unters. Gesammt. Myk. 12 : pi. 8,f. 42^8; Bull. Soc. Nat. 



^'^ExsiCCATi : Ellis, N. Am. Fungi 2.?.?; Shear, N. Y. Fungi 84; Seym. & Earle, Econ. Fungi, 

 376 a-b, C94, C95, C96, C 150 ; Rab.-Wint.-Paz. Fungi Eur. JPt?J; Ellis & Ev. Fungi Columb. 42, 

 1798, 2196; Sydow, Ust. 258. 



