Moesziomyces bullatus (J. Schröt.) Vánky 1977

Tolyposporium bullatum Schrot. Krypt. Fl. Schles. 3': 276. 1887
Sorosporium bullatum Schrot. Abh. Schles. Ges. Abth. Nat. Med. 1869-72 : 6. 1870.
Sori in ovaries, infecting occasional ones, ovate, about 3-5 mm. in length, covered with a thin greenish smooth membrane, upon rupture of which the black granular spore-mass becomes scattered; spore-balls black, opaque, oblong to spherical or polyhedral, usually containing 100 or more firmly agglutinated spores, chiefly 50-180 ^ in length; spores semihyaline to light reddish-brown, covered with a thin tinted outer coat, more or less folded in ridges by which the spores are bound together and which on rupture of -^spore-balls often show as spiny projections at spore-margin, usually ovoid to subspherical or polyhedral, chiefly 7-10 /^, or rarely 12 /i, in length.
On Poaceae :
Echinochloa Crus-galli {Panicum Crus-galH), Connecticut, Illinois, Iowa, Massachusetts, Nebraska, North Carolina. Type locality: Silesia, on Panicum Crus-galli {Echinochloa Crus-galli). Distribution : New England to North Carolina and Nebraska ; also in Kurope.

Moesziomyces bullatus is a fungal plant pathogen.