jOURNAl. OF MYCOLOGY. 
Vol. n. MANHATTAN, KANSAS, FEBRUARY. 1886. No. 2. 
THE PHYELOSTICTAS OF NORTH AMERICA. 
BY OEORGE MARTIN. 
PHYLLOSTICTA, Pkus.; Frtks. S. M., 2, p. 257. 
( Etym. phyllon leaf and stictos, pricked or spotted, a punctate or 
spotted leaf.) Peritliecia lenticular, thinly membranaceous, covered by 
the epidermis, but often protruded, punctiform, growing in discolored 
areas of leaves, and rarely of branches. Sporuhe small, ovoid, entire, 
hyaline, or light green : basidia very small, or none. Syllook Fungo- 
nuM, 3, p. 3. 
They have been separated into two classes, for convenience: 
A. Those found on trees, shrubs or woody plants. 
P). Those found on herbaceous plants. 
Oescriptions that have been copied without being veritied are en- 
(;losed in quotation marks. 
A. Those found on trees, shrubs or woody plants. 
1. PllYLLOSTlCTA ACJKRIOOLA, Eke. & Ell. (Tl’eV., p. (>1. 
(Sphmrop.^is &C.) Grev., ni,p. 2.; Ellis,N. A. F., No.534., 
Epiphyllous; spots pallid. 5—8 millim. in diam., border purple; 
perithecia brown-black, globose, scattered. 120 !>■: sporula^ovate, hyaline, 
8—0 X 5—6 !>. On maple leaves. 
2. Phyllosticta abortiva, E. & K. Journ. Mycoh, 1, 4. 
Spots brown, suborbicular, .25—1 cm., with a delinite, darker colored, 
scarcely raised margin; perithecia innate, punctiform, minute, black, and 
thickly scattered over the spots on botli sides of the leaves; sporulaa 
imperfectly developed. On leaves of MemHpermum (Janadenae, Kansas. 
3. PkYLL os'i'unw .xFFiNis. E. i'c K. iVm. Nat. 17, ]). 1115. 
Spots brown, lighter in the center, elongate or angular, .5—1 cm., 
border dark, elevated ; perithecia yellowish, depressed, rather large, few, 
subcentral; sporula^ oblong, or oblong-elliptical, 4—6 x 2 !>■. On Sassafras 
leaves. Probably only a synonym of P. Sassafras. Eke. 
