Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Cintractia luzulae (Sacc.) Clinton, Jour. Myc. 8 : 143. 1902
Ustilago Luzulae Sacc. Myc. Ven. Spec. 73. 1873.
Sori in the ovaries or occasionally extending to the base of the flowers, subspherical, about 2 mm. in diameter, usually concealed by the perianth, forming at first a firmly agglutinated but eventually a somewhat granular black spore-mass, with inconspicuous columella; spores dark-reddish to black-brown, subopaque or opaque, compressed somewhat laterally and so appearing oblong to chiefly oval or circular according to view, usually more or less angled, apparently smooth but under an immersion showing subreticulately pitted, 20-30 /i in length.
On Juncaceae :
Juncoides campestre {Luzula campestris), Indiana. Type locality : Italy, on Luzula Forsteri. Distribution: Indiana; also in Europe.
- bibliographic citation
- George Perkins Clinton. 1906. USTILAGINALES; USTILAGINACEAE, TILLETIACEAE. North American flora. vol 7(1). New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
