620 UstilaginacesB, Ustilagiiiere, Theeaphora. 



XXVI, p. 118 (1914). — Ovaiiis iiifectis bypertropbicis, nigrescen- 

 tibiis, ellipsoideis, protniulentibns, cortice rigidulo fusco, opaco, se- 

 rins frnstnlatim decidno et glebani atraiu orauulosam denudante 

 donatis ; gloniernlis niajnscnlis, 100-250*60-100, irregulariter el- 

 lil)soideo-ovoideis; sporis dense counato-conglobatis, subglobosis, 

 8-10*6-10, crassinscnle tnnicatis, obsolete subareolatis, fuscooli- 

 vaceis, pellucidis. 



Hab. in spicis P e n i c i 1 1 a r i a e t y p h o i d i s, in cultis per 

 totum Senegal, Africa trop. 

 4. Tolyposporium setariicolum P. et H. Syd., Auu. Mycol. X, 1912, 2291 

 p. 77. — Soris in spicis evolutis easque omnino destruentibus, liaud 

 tumefacientibus atris; glomerulis rotundatis, ellipticis v. forma ir- 

 regulari, 35-70 [jl diam., ex sporis uumerosissimis compositis, sub- 

 firmis; sporis angnlatoglobosis v. angulato-ellipsoideis, brunneis, 

 7-10 * 6-9, verrucis facile deciduis obsitis. 



Bab. in folliis S e t a r i a e a n r e a e [Gramiuaceae] , Sidderi- 

 berg Kamerun, Africae (C. Ledermann). — A Tol. pampeano Speg. 

 quoque in S e t a r i a omuiuo diversnm. 



THECAPHORA Fiug. — Syll. TII p. 507, IX p. 289, XI p. 237, XIY 

 p. 428, XVI p. 379, XVII p. 487, XXI p. 516. 



1. Thecaphora Iresines (Joh. A. Elliott) H. S. Jackson, Mycologia, 12., 2292 

 1920, p. 154, Tolyposporium Iresines, J. A. Ell., Mycologia, 11., 1919, 



p. 87 cum icou. (corr. Iresine). — Soris floricolis, ovarinm v. periau- 

 tbium saepe etiam racbidem involveutibus, gallas 0,3-3,5 cm. long. 

 irregnlares efforinautibus, membrana fir.ma viridi-grisea limitatis, 

 irreguhiriter disrumpenti, massa sporarum rubro-brunuea ; glome- 

 rulis snbsphaeroideis ; 40-75 ;ji diam., v. ellipsoideis 60-90 * 50-70, 

 pallide castaneo-brnnneis e 15-70 sporis eflformatis; sporis magui- 

 tudine variabilibus, irregulariter polygouiis, prismaticis v. oblongis, 

 25-32*15-20; tunica ad partim internam teuniori 1-1,5 i^- cr. bya- 

 liua V. pallide cinuamomeo-bruunea, levi, ad paFtem externam 2-4 [a 

 cr,, obscuriori promineuter verrucoso-rngosa. 



Hab. in I r e s i n e p a u i c n 1 a t a [AmarautaceaeJ, Blufifton In- | 



diaua, Amer. bor. (C. C. Deam). 



2. Thecaphora Viciae Bubak, Die Pilze Bobmens. II T. Braudpilze, 2293 

 1916, p. 37. — A Th. deformans Dnr. et Mont. differt sporis nsque 

 28 aggregatis, verrucosis nec aculeatis. 



Hab. iu V i c i a t r i f i d a [Leguminosae], America. 



