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ently, to some fungus other than Pellicularia koleroga —possibly to some 
of the saprophytes by which it is sometimes accompanied. In some of 
the Venezuelan specimens, spores occurred which answered fairly closely 
to the descriptions. Later, an Aspergillus was found on some of the 
leaves which had clearly produced spores on the candelillo-atfected leaf. 
It seems probable that the spores described as belonging to Pellicularia 
koleroga are really those of some other fungus, so that the absence of 
spores in the species of Surinam and Porto Rico has no bearing on the 
identity of the fungus, but merely means that the saprophyte producing 
such spores is not present. 
In brief, Pellicularia koleroga of India occurs in the Antilles and also on 
the mainland of South America. Another fungus of similar habit, caus¬ 
ing the so-called candelillo, is also found on the continent and is appar¬ 
ently the only fungus of this nature found in those regions of Venezuela in 
which were collected the first specimens identified, apparently erroneously, 
as Pellicularia koleroga Cooke. 
LITERATURE CITED 
Cooke, M. C. 
1881. The coffee-disease in South America. In Jour. Linn. Soc. [London], Bot., 
v. 18, p. 461-467, pi. 18. 
Ernst, Adole. 
1878. Estudios sobre las Deformaciones, Enfermedades y Enemigos del Arbol de 
Caf6 en Venezuela. 24 p., pi. Caracas. 
Fawcett, G. L. 
1911. Coffee diseases. In Porto Rico Agr. Exp. Sta. Ann. Rpt., 1910, p. 35. 
Kuijper, J. 
1912. Zilverdraadziekte der koflfie in Suriname. In Dept. Landb. Suriname, 
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