i9i4" I 9 I 5-] Notes on the Microfungi of the Forth A rea. 1 8 5 



USTILAGINE.E. 



Ustilago longissirna (Sow.) Tul. — On living leaves of various grasses. 

 Not common. 



"On Glvceria aquatica ; Longannet Point beside the Forth, above Culross." 

 Trail, Scot. Nat., 1891, p. 32. 



U. segetum Ditm. — In the inflorescence of various cereals and grasses, 

 destroying the ovary, and producing 'black smut.' 



U. avens Jensen. — On Oats, producing ' black smut.' Very common. 



U. tritiei Jensen. — On Wheat, producing ' black smut.' Very common. 



" Uredo segetum. Within the fructification and glumes of oats, wheat, rye, 

 barley, and man; grasses. Summer." Grev., Fl. Edinb., p. 443. 



U. caricis (Pers.) Wint. — In the inflorescence of various species of Sedge. 

 Not common. 



" Uredo urceolorum. On the fructification of several species of Carex, as 

 C. prcecox, stellulata, and panicea. Summer; not very common." 

 Grev., 1. c. 



U. scabiosee (Sow.) Wint. — In anthers of Scabiosa arvensis and S. succisa. 

 Not common. 



"Uredo floscidorum. On Scabiosa arvensis. Summer. About Edinburgh." 

 Grev., 1. c. 



U. violacea (Pers.) Wint. — In anthers of various species of Caryophyllete. 

 Frequent. 



" Uredo anther •arum. On various Caryophyllece. About Edinburgh on Lychnis 

 dioica and Cerastium viscosum. Summer." Grev., 1. c. 



*U. Vaillantii Tul. — In anthers and less frequently in ovaries of various 

 species of Liliacese. 



On Chionodoxa Lucilicc in the Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, Mar. 1913. E. C. 

 Davie, M.A., B.Sc, and Malcolm Wilson, D.Sc, F.L.S. Notes from the 

 Eoyal Bot. Gard. Edinb., No. XXXVIII. (Sept. 1914) p. 227. 



Tilletia tritiei (Bjerk.) Wint. — In ovaries of Wheat, producing 'stinking 

 smut' or 'bunt.' 



" Uredo caries. Within the grains of wheat; late in the summer and in the 

 autumn corn-fields." Grev., 1. c. 



Uroeystis anemones (Pers.) Schrot. — On living leaves of Creeping 

 Buttercup and Wood Anemone. Common. 



" U. pompholygodes. On Ranunculus and Anemone. Summer. Forth." Stev., 



Myc. Scot., p. 254. 

 Roslin, 10th Oct. 1908. D. A. B., Trans. Edinb. Field Nat. & Micr. Soc, Vol. 



VI. p. 150. 

 Haitli, 1st Oct. 1910 ; Currie Glen, Fushiebridge, 8th Oct. 1910; Hopetoun, 30th 



Sept. 1911 ; Aberdour, 7th Oct. 1911. D. A. B. 



*Entyloma microsporum (Ung.) Schrot. — On living leaves of Creeping 

 Buttercup. Frequent. 

 Currie Glen, Fushiebridge, 8th Oct. 1910. D. A. B. 



*E. ranunculi (Bon.) Wint. — On living leaves of various species of 

 Ranunculus. 

 On Pilewort (R. Ficaria) in Kippenrait Glen, near Bridge of Allan, 9th June 

 1914. D. A. B. 



