CARPOMYCETEAE 347 
consisting of teliospores.. (Sp. about 
4,200.) 
Order UrepinaLes. Rusts. Typically with sporidia, 
pycniospores, aeciospores, uredinio- 
spores and teliospores. 
Family 132. Aecidiaceae. Teliospores free or fas- 
cicled.—‘‘ Puccinia,’”’ Dicaeoma, Ni- 
gredo, Uropyxis, Aecidium, Phrag- 
midium, Uromyces. 
Family 133. Uredinaceae. Teliospores compacted 
into a crust or column.—‘ Melamp- 
sora,” Uredo, Cronartium. 
Family 134. Coleosporiaceae. Teliospores compacted 
laterally into waxy layers.—Coleo- 
sporium, 
Order UstinaGINALes. Smuts. Typically with sporidia 
and teliospores. 
Family 135. Ustilaginaceae. Germinating teliospore 
producing a septated promycelium.— 
Ustilago, Sphacelotheca. 
Family 136. Tilletiaceae. Germinating teliospore pro- 
ducing a tubular promycelium.— 
Tilletia, Entyloma. 
FUNGI IMPERFECTI. The “Imperfect Fungi.” Including 
16,000 to 17,000 species with regard 
to which our knowledge is quite im- 
perfect. Most of them areregarded as 
conidial states of Ascosporeae. The 
classification here given is merely 
provisional. 
Order SPHAEROPSIDALES. Spot Fungi. Conidia developed 
in pycnidia, 
Family 137. Sphaerioidaceae. Pycnidia more or less 
spherical, black.—Phyllosticta, Sphae- 
ropsis, Septoria. 
Family 138. Nectrioidaceae. Pycnidia more or less 
spherical, bright colored.—Sphaero- 
nemella, Aschersonia. 
Family 139. Leptostromataceae. Pycnidia  shield- 
shaped, black.—Leptostroma, Lepto- 
thyrium. 
