458 PROCEEDINGS: BOSTON SOCIETY NATURAL HISTORY. 
Entyloma crastophilum Sacc. 
Thecaphora Dactylidis Pass., Fisch. de Waldh., Aper^. Syst. Ust., 34. 1877. 
Entyloma crastophilum Sacc., Mich., 1 : 540. 1879. 
Sori in leaves, subcircular to linear, about J-2 mm. in length, 
usually distinct though occasionally merged, black, long, covered by 
epidermis ; spores rather dark brown, tightly packed and more or 
less adhering together, chiefly ovoid to spherical or angled through 
piessuie, rather thick walled, 8—14 /x in length. 
Hosts . llolcus lanatus , Conn., N. Y.; Phleum, pratense, la., Ill.; 
undet. grass , Conn. 
Winter gives Thecaphora Dactylidis as a synonym of this species 
and if they really prove to be the same the specific name of the 
former will have precedence as it was first published. Johanson 
states that Karsten’s Ustilago ambiens is the same as Entyloma 
crastophilum. A fragment of the type received from Karsten, how¬ 
ever, shows it to be Schizonella melanogramma. 
Entyloma irregulare Johans. 
Entyloma irregulare Johans., Oefv. Ivongl. Svensk. Yet. Akad Forh 41 9 • 
159. 1884. 
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Sori in leaves, subcircular to oblong, about 1 mm., distinct or some¬ 
what merging into one another, lead color, long, covered by epi¬ 
dermis ; spores almost colorless to very light brown, very irregular 
to subspherical or polyhedral, chiefly 8-14 p, most elongated occa¬ 
sionally 17 /x, in length; conidia often present in very small white 
clusters on sori. 
Host: Poa pratensis, Ill. 
No conidia were found on the Illinois specimen but some of the 
European specimens on Poa annua also do not show their presence. 
In Saccardo’s Syllogye Fungorum this species is mentioned as 
possibly the same as Entyloma crastophilum. It seems to differ 
in the lighter colored more irregular spores and the possession 
of conidia. 
Entyloma speciosum Schrot. & P. Henn. 
Entyloma speciosum Schrot. & P. Henn., Hedw., 35 : 220. 
1896. 
