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Sphacelotheca pamparum (Speg.) Clinton, Jour. Myc. 8 : 140. 1902
UsHlago Seiariae " Niessl? ", Speg. Anal. Soc. Ci. Argent. 10 : 5. 1880. Not U. Setariae Niessl. Us tilago pamparum Speg. Anal. Soc. Ci. Argent. 17: 89. 1884. UsHlago Kolaczekii Kiihn ; Rab.-Wint. Fungi Bur. 3401. 1886.
Sori infecting all of the ovaries of the spike, extending between the glumes as oblong bodies about 3-7 mm. in length, with evident false membrane which ruptures irregularly from apex into several elongate lobes and discloses a somewhat dusty, olive-black sporemass and an evident columella ; cells of false membrane chiefly hyaline, oblong to subspherical, adhering together rather permanently, chiefly smaller than the spores; spores reddish-brown, ovoid to spherical but chiefly polyhedral through pressure, minutely verruculose, 9-12 /i, rarely 14 /^, in length.
On Poaceae :
Chaeiochloa imherbis {Setaria imberbis') , Cuba.
Chaetochloa {Setaria') sp., Mexico. Type LOCALITY : Argentina, on Setaria glauca {Chaetochloa glauca) . Distribution : Mexico ; Cuba ; also in South America and :Burope. BxsicCATi : Sydow, Ust. 162.
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George Perkins Clinton. 1906. USTILAGINALES; USTILAGINACEAE, TILLETIACEAE. North American flora. vol 7(1). New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
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