Reprinted from Mycologia, Vol. X.. No .'. March, (918. 



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NEW JAPANESE FUNGI 



NOTES AND TRANSLATIONS— IV 



Tyozaburo Tanaka 



BoTRYTis i.ii.KiKi'M Y. Fujikiiro sp. nov. in Shokubutsu-gakii 

 Zasshi (lU.t. .Mai(.) Tokyo, 28''=^ 228-230, i fig. T. 3, v, May, 

 1914. 



Mycelia hyaline, branching, 3-12 /x across, septate and granulate 

 inside; conidiophores projecting from the stomata of the host: 

 solitary or two together, dark-brown in color, gradually paler 

 toward the outer ends and nearly hyaline at the tips, 490-780 X 

 16-21 iJL, provided with 3-4 deciduous branchlets, which are some- 

 times dichotomously divided at the ends; conidia 4-6 to 1 

 branchlet, pale-gray, smooth, ovoid, broadly ovoid, or nearly 

 spherical, sometimes irregularly shaped, 28-37 X 21-31 /x, averag- 

 ing 32X27/1. with granules 2-3 /x, germinating at the apex or 

 lateral surface with 1-2 germination tubes 6-9 /x diam. 



On Liliuin longiflorum Tlnmib. 



Type locality: Taikazeiho, Taihoku-cho, Formosa (Agr. Exp. 

 Sta. farm). 



Illustrations : One halftone text-figure showing hyphae, coni- 

 diophores, and conidia. 



The author compared this fungus with others of the same 

 genus, reported as attacking the lily plant (Botrytis caiicsccns 

 and the Botrytis form of Sclcrotinia parasitica), but could not 

 find any similarity, so he described it as a new species. 



Discovered by the author at the experiment farm of the Taiwan 

 (Formosa) agricultural experiment station, among plants sent 

 from Luchu Island. The disease, according to the author's state- 

 ment, is as bad as any other three lily diseases ever found in 

 Japan. It affects the plant mostly on the leaves, first appearing 

 as small spots about i mm. diam.. immediately spreading all 

 over the surface, causing the total decay of the host plant. The 



