Tuberculina. 299 
» Entorrhiza cypericola. Magnus. 
In the cells of the periblem of the living root, causing swellings 
from 3mm. thick toro mm. long. Spores elliptical, sometimes 
pointed at the end, 17-20 X 15-174. Epispore thick, yellow 
or brown, rough with large hemispherical or irregular warts. 
Promycelial spores crescentic, whorled and very small (Schrot., 
loc. cit., Pp. 290). 
On the roots of /uncus bufonius and lamprocarpus. ‘The 
Links, Old Aberdeen; Prof. J. W. H. Trail. 
Mr. P. Cameron records it on Juncus uliginosus and squarrosus. 
TUBERCULINA. Sacc. 
Mycelium parasitic on the hyphze and spore-beds of the Ure- 
dineze. Spore-beds flat, formed by erect hyphze, which bear on 
their summits conidia. Conidia spherical, smooth, pulverulent, 
germinating by erect branched promycelia, which bear sickle-shaped 
promycelial spores. Older spore-beds forming sclerotia (Schrot., 
loc. ctt.). 
Tuberculina persicina. Ditm. 
Parasitic upon zecidiospores and uredospores, at first flat, pale violet 
or dirty red, spore-bearing hyphz 30-60 xX 2-34. Conidia 
globose or shortly elliptical, 7-14 wide. Epispore smooth, 
almost colourless, or very pale violet. Sclerotia convex, 
sometimes globose, smooth externally, violet, internally white.* 
Synonyms. 
Schrot., Joc. cé¢., p. 291. 
Tuberculina persicina, Ditm. Schrot., “ Krypt. Flor. Schl.,” 
vol, iii, p. 291. 
Tuberculina vinosa, Sacc. 
On eidium aspertfolit, tussilaginis, Restelia lacerata. 
* C. Gobi, Uber Tubercularia persicina Mém. de P Académie Impériale des 
Sciences de St. Pétersbourg, s, vii., t. xxxii,, 1884. 
