NEW JAPANESE FUNGI 



NOTES AND TRANSLATIONS— IV 



Tyozaburo Tanaka 



Botrytis liliorum Y. Fujikuro sp. nov. in Shokubutsu-gaku 

 Zasshi (Bot. Mag.) Tokyo, 28 320 : 22&-230, 1 fig. T. 3, v, May, 

 1914. 



Mycelia hyaline, branching, 3-12 ^ across, septate and granulate 

 inside; conidiophores projecting from the stomata of the host; 

 solitary or two together, dark-brown in color, gradually paler 

 toward the outer ends and nearly hyaline at the tips, 490-780 X 

 16-21 jx, provided with 3-4 deciduous branchlets, which are some- 

 times dichotomously divided at the ends ; conidia 4-6 to a 

 branchlet, pale-gray, smooth, ovoid, broadly ovoid, or nearly 

 spherical, sometimes irregularly shaped, 28-37 X 21-31 [i, averag- 

 ing 32 X 27 fi, with granules 2-3 fi, germinating at the apex or 

 lateral surface with 1-2 germination tubes 6-9^ diam. 



On Lilium longifldfum Thumb. 



Type locality: Taikazeiho, Taihoku-cho, Formosa (Agr. Exp. 

 Sta. farm). 



Illustrations : One halftone text-figure showing hyphae, coni- 

 diophores, and conidia. 



The author compared this fungus with others of the same 

 genus, reported as attacking the lily plant (Botrytis canescens 

 and the Botrytis form of Sclerotinia parasitica) , but could not 

 find any similarity, so he described it as a new species. 



Discovered by the author at the experiment farm of the Taiwan 

 (Formosa) agricultural experiment station, among plants sent 

 from Luchu Island. The disease, according to the author's state- 

 ment, is as bad as any other three lily diseases ever found in 

 Japan. It affects the plant mostly on the leaves, first appearing 

 as small spots about 1 mm. diam., immediately spreading all 

 over the surface, causing the total decay of the host plant. The 



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