1904.] 



NOTES ON THE JAPANESE FUNGI. 



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slightly constricted at the septa, wall thin, smooth, not or slightly thickened 

 at the apex, olive hrown, epispore thick, pale glayish, contents ovange 

 coloured, 49-85 x 22-30 /i ; pedicels thick-walled, not smooth, with orange- 

 yellowish contents, 10 x 70 //. 



On the leaves of Rubus Thunbergii S. et Z. Oct. 30. 1904, Komaba 

 (M. Shirai). 



There are 2 germ-pores in eadi cell, placed laterally in the apical 

 cell and under the septa in others. This fungus is allied to Ph. griseum 

 Diet., but it differs from the latter by having 2 germ-pores and broader 

 spores with shorter pedicels. 



Spores germinate immediately after ripening. The promycelium and 

 globular sporidia contain orange coloured granules. 



Puccinia Cacalice Kus. 

 X 400. 



Puccinia Diplachnis Arth. 

 X 400. 



Puccinia Benkei Kus. X 400. 



Phacjpsora Meliosmce Kus. X 400. 

 b. 



a, paraphyses 



b, surface view of a 

 teleutosorus. 



c, cross section of the same. 



