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Puccinia Podophylli Link, in Willd. Sp. PL 6-: 79. 1825. 



Puccinia aurea Spreng. Syst. Veg. 4: 568. 1827. 



Caeoma (Aecidium) podophyllatum Schw. Trans. Am. Phil. Soc. 



II. 4: 293. 1832. 

 Puccinia aculeata Schw. Trans. Am. Phil. Soc. II. 4: 296. 1832, 

 Dicaeoma Podophylli Kuntze, Rev. Gen. 3^: 470. 1898. 



Aecia chiefly hypophyllous, closely gregarious on yellowish 

 spots, sometimes over large areas; aeciospores 18-24 by 19-29 /x; 

 wall about i ijl thick, minutely verrucose. 



Telia amphigenous and caulicolous, small, round, often gre- 

 garious in more or less orbicular areas on yellowish spots, tardily 

 naked, chocolate-brown; teliospores clavate to elliptical, 19-26 

 by 40-55 /x; wall chestnut-brown, uniformly 1.5-2 /x thick, spar- 

 ingly beset with spines about 7 /j. long; pedicel golden yellow, 

 rarely half length of spore. 



On Berberidaceae: 



Podophyllum peltatum L. 

 Type locality: North Carolina, on Podophyllum [peltatum]. 

 Distribution: New York to Minnesota and southward to the 



Gulf of Mexico. 

 ExsiccATi: Rab.-Wint. Fungi Eur. 2gii, 2gi2; Ellis, N. Am. 



Fungi 2S^, 2j8; Seym. & Earle, Econ. Fungi 25 j; Thuem. 



Myc. Univ. 347, 626; Vesterg. Micr. Rar. Sel. ^83; Roum. 



Fungi Gall. 242Q; Sydow, Ured. 7^, 1318, 1378, 2127; Kellerm. 



Ohio Fungi 13, SS; Barth. Fungi Columb. 2267, 336$, 3462, 



3566, 3858, 3960, 4158, 4760; Barth. N. Am. Ured. 163, 256, 



2 SI. 463. 655, 959; Rav. Fungi Am. 482, 729. 



13. AUodus consimilis (E. & E.) comb. nov. 



Puccinia consimilis Ell. & Ev. Jour. Myc. 6: 120. 1891. 

 Dicaeoma consimile Kuntze, Rev. Gen. 3^: 468. 1898. 



Aecia hypophyllous, apparently arising from a perennial 

 mycelium, distributed rather evenly over the entire surface of 

 leaves; aeciospores 16-20 by 20-28 /x; wall about 1.5 /x thick, 

 appearing smooth when wet. 



Telia hypophyllous, arising from around or within the aecia, 

 circular, pulvinate; teliospores broadly ellipsoid, 16-22 by 31-37 m; 

 wall 1.5-2 /x thick, dark cinnamon-brown, smooth, apex 7-10 ^u 

 thick, rounded; pedicel colorless, up to the length of spore, fuga- 

 cious. 



