Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Dicaeoma consobrinum (Arth. &: Holway) Arthur
Puccinia consobrina Arth. & Holway; Arth. Mycologia 10: 129. 1918.
O and I. Pycnia and aecia unknown.
Uredinia hypophyllous, scattered, oblong, 0.2-0.4 mm. long, soon naked, cinnamonbrown, ruptured epidermis noticeable; urediniospores globoid or ellipsoid, 16-23 by 21-26 m; wall ciimamon-brown, 1.5-2.5 m» moderately echinulate, the pores 2, equatorial.
Teha hypophyllous, scattered, ellipsoid, small, 0.1-0.2 mm. long, soon naked, chestnut-brown, ruptured epidermis inconspicuous; teliospores ellipsoid or oblong, 19-23 by 3239 fi, rounded at base and apex, somewhat constricted at septum; wall smooth, chestnutbrown, 2-3 M thick, thicker at apex, about 7 /x, with lighter umbo; pedicel colorless, once to twice length of spore.
On Cyperaceae:
Rynchospora corymbosa (L.) Britton, Jamaica.
Rynchospora polyphylla Vahl, Costa Rica; Jamaica. Type locality: San Ram6n, Costa Rica, on Rynchospora polyphylla. Distribution: West Indies and Central America, a local species.
- bibliographic citation
- Joseph Charles Arthur, Fred. Denton Fromme, Frank Dunn Kern. 1920. (UREDINALES); AECIDIACEAE (continuatio); DICAEOMA ON POACEAE (continuatio), DICAEOMA ON CAREX. North American flora. vol 7(5). New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
