Tanaka: New Japanese Fungi 



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Illustration : One lithographic plate with a photograph of af- 

 fected leaf. Teliospores and a magnified cross section of telia 

 are given. 



The fungus, discovered only in the place above mentioned, is 

 of doubtful importance so long as the connections with other 

 forms remain obsolete. The fungus occurs on the plant about the 

 beginning of May and lasts until the end of June. 



PoLYPORUS PUBERTATis Yasuda sp. nov. in Shokubutsugaku Zasshi 

 (Botan. Magaz.) Tokyo, 3o'''^^ : 66. Mar., 1916 (Japanese); 

 1. c. 31^02. Feb., 1917 (nom. nud.). 



Pilei firmly suberose, sessile, dimidiate, margin semi-circular, 

 cross-section triangular, thick, 7.5-8 X 3-4 X 2-3 cm., light ; sur- 

 face even, minutely velvety with soft fuzzy hairs, azonate, sub- 

 fuscous ; context sub-fuscous, thick ; tubes long, about 0.5-1 cm., 

 thick-walled, pinkish ; mouths small, rotund ; spores numerous, 

 ellipsoid, smooth, 5 X 3 ft. 



On wood bark. 



Type locality : Miyagi-mura Kashiwagura, Seta-gun, Kodzuke- 

 nokuni (Gunma-ken prefecture), collected by Jugoro Tsunoda. 

 Japanese name : Honen-take. 



Notes : In the latter article this fungus is placed under Sect. 

 4. Fiisci, c. " Hymenium ohne Zystiden ; Sporen gefarbt." 



Neottiospora Theae Sawada sp. nov. in Noji Shikenjo Toku- 

 betsu Hokoku (Special report, Agr. Exp. Station) Taiwan 

 (Formosa), No. 11 : 113, pi. 4, figs. 30-31. T. 4, ii, Feb., 1915. 

 (Japanese.) 



Spots epiphyllous, irregular, cinereous to brown, sparingly 

 dotted with black, minute fruiting bodies, margin definite, ele- 

 vated, purplish-black; pycnidia subepidermal, black, depressed 

 globose to spheroid, 84-93 X 108-135 /x, erumpent with ostiola ; 

 pycnospores cylindrical, both ends rounded or obtuse, 12-14 X 3 

 unicellular, hyaline, ciliate at one end ; setae filamentous, 9-1 1 /x 

 long. 



On leaves of Thea sinensis. Occurring rarely on mature leaves 

 in Formosa and seems to cause no serious damage. 



Type locality : Shinchikucho Nansho, May 3, 1910. Y. Fujikuro. 

 Illustrations : Two black and white lithographic figures. 



