Sporisorium consanguineum (Ellis & Everh.) Vánky 1988

Sorosporium consanguineum Ell. & Ev. Jour. Myc. 3: 56. 1887
Usiilago Aristidae Peck, Bull. Torrey Club 12 : 2>5. 1885. (Type from Texas, on Aristtda sp.) ?Not Sorosporium Aristidae Neger. 1896.
Sori in ovaries, entirely enclosed by glumes though often somewhat visible through
these; spore-baUs oblong to subspherical, more or less irregular, at first firm but with age
usually becoming entirely dissolved, about 80-135 (i in length ; spores reddish-brown, ovoid
to subspherical but chiefly polyhedral, smooth, mostly 6-9 (i in length.
On Poaceae : . x, i. •^ a ■
Aristida arizomca {A. Rusbyt), Arizona.
Aristida basiramea, South Dakota. Aristida longiseta {A . purpurea) , Nebraska. Aristida longiseta robusta, Nebraska. Aristida purpurascens , Colorado. Aristida Schiedeana, Arizona.
Aristida sp., Kansas, Texas ; Mexico. z.-,,,^ • •^^
Type locality: Northern Arizona, on " Aristida Rusbyt " {A. artzomca).