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Schedae Mycologicae XII—XXXIV1*.

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With 6 Figures.
XII. — Spermochaetella Cif., n. nom.
Gomparing a fungus specimen collected in Venezuela, we had
the occasion to study a small fragment of the authentic specimen
(in the Herb, of Plant Path. Dept., Ministerio de Agricultura y Gria,
Maracay) of Chaetospermella tecomis Ghardon et Toro (Mon. Univ.
Puerto Rico, ser. B, N. 2, p. 227. 1934) described on Tecoma sp. from
the State of Aragua, Venezuela.
The systematic position of this fungus is quite doubtful; it is
clearly related to Chaetodiplodia Karst., but parasitic and having an
astomous pycnidium, as affirmed by the Puerto Rican students.
Almost certainly it is not related with the Meliolineae.
In any case, the generic name duplicate Chaetospermella Naou-
mov, previusly described (Mater. Mycol. Phytopathol. Leningrad, Vol.
VIII (2), p. 142. 1929), a saprophytic species on Populus tremula in
U.R.S.S., the genus being attributed to the Melanconiales. Prom the
description this genus is not clearly individuated.
In expect of a comprehensive revision of both genera, we pro-
pose the new name Spermochaetella with S. tecomae (Ghard. et Toro)
nob., n. comb. for Chaetospermella Ghard. et Toro non Naoumov and
for C. tecomae Ghard. et Toro. .
XIII. — Strattonia n. gen. and S ordaria fimetaria (Rabh.)
Strattonia Gif., n. gen.
Perithecia superficialia vel immersa aut erumpentia, nigra,
opaca, coriacella, aggregata vel singula, rostrata; ascis 4-sporis;
sporis continuis, brunneis.
(Etym.: Glar. R. S t r a t t o n , mycol. boreali-americano, die). :
Typus: S. tetraspora (Stratt.) nob., n. comb. = Fimetaria tetra-
spora Stratton (1921).
The genus is characterized by aeid asci 4-spored instead of 8-spored,
apparently a good differential characteristic in a somewhat homo-
genous order.

!) Gont. I—XI see Mycopathologia et Mycologia Applicata, Vol. VI (1),

p. 19—27, 1951.

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Hab.: in Charta putrida, in R. D., Valle del Cibao, prov. Santiago,
Moca, Estaciön Nacional Agronomica, IV. 1928 (No. 2560).
This is the second species of Fimetariales found in the Dominican
Republic, the first one being Sordaria curvula De By. (see C h a r -
d o n, Farlowia, Vol. II, p. 465. 1946), the third species being Sordaria
fimetaria (Rabh.) De Not., [found on old cow düng, Valle del Cibao,
prov. Moca, in a field, IX. 1929 (No. 5003 bis)], probably a species
new for the W. I.
XIV. — Pantospora guazumae Cif. (Fig. 1).
This peculiar fungus has been described by C i f e r r i (Ann.
Mycol., Vol. XXXVI, p. 29. 1938) on Guazuma ulmifolia in Santo

Fig. 1. Pantospora guazumae Cif. — a) Leaf with spots caused by the

fungus, on the upper and the lower page. — b) Tufts of conidiophores
>,i with conidia and branched hairs. — c) Conidici. ,, . .
• f

Domingo and distributed under the No. 210 of the Myc. Dom. Exs.
without a discussion on the systematic position.
A certain affinity is found with Steganosporium brasiliense Speg.
(Bol. Ac. Nac. Ci. Gordoba, Vol. XXIII, pag. 170. 1919), found in Brasil
on living leaves of a Leguminosae, possibly a Lonchocarpus (from
the description only). The Spegazzinian species appears to be
aberrant from the genus, being parasitic, and the doubtfulness of the
determination is marked also by the f act that in the latin diagnosis are
described the „acervuli", but glomeruli" in the spanish description, the
brasilian fungus being situated amongst Hyphales (Melanconiales
in Sacc, Syll. Fung., Vol. XXV, p. 612—613. 1931). Also admitting the
different Interpretation of Steganosporium Corda, the habitus only
acervuloid of S. brasiliense and not acervuloid of Pantospora guazumae
is against to the inclusion of the last named fungus in the genus
Steganosporium, as a member of the Melanconiales order; in addition
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Without the study of the truly representative members of the
genus Steganosporium Gorda and of the Spegazzinian species, a more
accurate comparison with our species is not possible.
In any case P. guazumae differs from S. brasiliense, in addition
to the parasitism on a different host plant, for the filiform, stratified
sterigmata in the latter, in comparison with the well evident conidio-
phores in the f ormer. ,
XV. — Asterina turneracearum Gif., n. sp. (Fig. 2).
Goloniis hypophyllis, raro etiam epiphyllis, per totam foliorum
superficiem laxe usque densiuscule, irregulariter distributis, isolatis
vel, rarius, partialiter confluentibus et magnam folii partem occupan-
tibus, plus vel minus rotundatis usque sub-irregularibus, nigris,

Fig. 2. Asterina turneracearum Cif. — a) Leaf with the fungus. — b) Myce-

lium with the hyphopodies. — c) Hyphopodies. — d) Spores.

centro atro, margine brunneo-fusco, 0,5—2 mm. diam.; mycelio ex

hyphis irregularibus vel oppositis aut alternantibus, sinuosis usque
anguloso-flexis, saepe anastomosantibus, septatis, brunneis, 3—4,5 JJ,
crassis, composito; hyphopodia haud numerosa, singula, solitaria,
attenuata, unicellularia, sphaerica usque sphaeroidea, rarius ovoidea
usque sub-cylindrica, 1-vel plurilobulata, pro more 3-lobata, forma
lilio gallico araldico plus vel minus revocante, in angulo inserta,
7—10 ji diam., vel 6—8^7—11 ^; thyriotheciis densiusculis sed irre-
gulariter dispersis, singulis, raro parce aggregatis sed non connatis,
rotundatis aut orbicularibus vel irregulariter oblongatis ellipsoideis-
que, 72—120 ^ diam. stellatim dehiscentibus; laciniis multiplis trian-
gularibus; ascis globulosis usque sub-ovoideis, tenuiter tunicatis, pro
more 8-sporis, 35-48 ^ 40-50 ^; membrana basali tenuiter radiata; strato
tegente radiatim contexto, ex hyphis castaneo-brunneis, septatis, fim-
briato-anastomosatis, 3,5—5 |x crassis composita; sporis conglobatis,
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et fortiter constrictis, brunneolis usque brunneis vel fuscis, cellulis
subaequalibus, levibus, 16—21 ^ 10—14 ^,; paraphysoidibus mucosis,
indistinctis.
Hab.: in foliis Turnerae ulmifoliae L., Republica Dominicana,
Cordillera Central, prov. Samana, Sabana de la Mar, El Valle, 13. VII.
1930, leg. E. L. E k m a n (No. 4199).
It appears to be the first species of the genus Asterina described
on members of the Turneraceae family. -,...,;.. •

Fig. 3. Asterostomella ornata Gif. — a) Mycelium with hyphopodia. —

b) Conidia.
XVI. — Asterostomella ornata Gif., n. sp. (fig. 3).
Coloniis paucis, isolatis, singulis, sparsis, nigris, sub-crustosis,
orbicularibus usque irregularibus; hypophyllis, infrequenter epiphyllis,
1,5—2,5 mm., rarius usque 3,5 mm. diam.; mycelio ex hyphis dense
sed irregulariter ramificatis, saepe anastomosantibus, brunneis, fre-
quenter septatis, rarius rectis, consuete sinuoso-angulatis, 4—5 ^
crassis constituto; hyphopodiis numerosis, oppositis, unilateralibus,
vel alternantibus, brunneolis usque brunneis, eximie variabilibus,
saepe cylindraceis, sursum leviter constrictis, angulatis usque hama-
tis, cellula basilari continua praesente vel non, 12—18^3—6 ^j
thyriotheciis sparsis vel sub-aggregatis, 70—100 p, diam., hyphis
radiato-fimbriatis, brunneo-fuscis, septatis, 3—3,5 ^ crassis, primum
distinctis, dein confusis nigrisque efformatis, rima stellari dehis-
centibus; laciniis 3—6, triangularibus aut irregularibus, variabilibus;
sporis ovatis, rarius ellipsoideis, brunneis vel'fusco-brunneis, sursum
fere cuspidatis, basaliter rotundatis, continuis, 1—2-guttulatis, banda
aequatoriali hyalina aut fumosa (3—4 jx crassa) symmetrica partitis,
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Hab.: in foliis Fevilleae cordifoliae L., Republica Dominicana;
Valle del Cibao, prov. La Vega, Cotui, circ. Yuna flum., 18. IV. 1930,
leg. E. L. E k m a n (No. 4589).
This species, which the perfect stage is unknown, appears to be
different from the Asterostomella species described on members of
the Cucurbitaceae family.
XVII. — Cicinnob ella truncatula Cif., C. e pim eliola Cif.

Cicinnobella truncatula Cif., n. sp.

Coloniis ut in Meliola; mycelio libero nullo vel non viso; pycnidiis
mycelium Meliolae parasitantibus rarius singulis, pro more plus vel
minus congregatis, saepe 3—6 aggregato-congestis, quasi connatis
aut confluentibus, plus vel minus regulariter sphaeroideis usque
irregulariter conformatis, valde variabilibus, singulis 45—75 ^ diam.,
connatis 200 |x et ultra diam., in mycelio matricorum arcte adnatis
sed liberis, quandoque basim peritheciorum circumdantibus et
obtegentibus, ostiolo vero nullo, sed verticibus pycnidiorum irregula-
riter concavis, pycnidiis majoribus poro unico (rarius 2—3) centrali
pertuso, 7—16 ^ diam., pariete crassiore variabili quandoque delicata
flaveola (praecipue in pycnidia juniora vel minora), quandoque
crassiusculis (10—13 yO sed irregulariter incrassatis, strato tegente
flavo vel melleo, indistincte celluloso vel sub-levi, strato interiore sub-
hyalino indistincte areolato, dilutissime flaveolo vel hyalinulo; coni-
diis totam cavitatem pycnidiorum explentibus, pro more in ipsa
pariete interiore evolutis, vel abundantibus quandoque irregulariter
distributis, pro more bacillariaceis aut cylindraceis, rarius asym-
metricis, apicibus truncatis usque obtusis, rarius sub-attenuatis, rectis,
rarius curvulis, non septatis, guttulatis vel nubilosis, hyalinis vel
melleis aut dilutissime fumosis, 7—9^2—2,5 jx; conidiophoris bre-
vissimis, variabilibus, sub-cylindricis usque papilliformi-oblongatis,
3—4 ^ 1—1,5 \i, vel 2—4 ^ diam., in cellulis pariete interiorum suf-
fulte evolutis.
Hab.: parasitica in mycelio perithecisque Meliolae (Ireninae)
coronatae var. triumfettae Stev. in foliis Triumfettae semitrilobae,
socia Hyphomycetibus pluribus, in Republica Dominicana, Valle del
Cibao, prov. Santiago, Santiago, Hato del Yaque, 16. VIII. 1931, leg.
R. Cif e r r i (No. 4925).

Cicinnobella epimeliola Cif., n. sp.

Coloniis ut in Meliola; mycelio denso, ex hyphis dense irregulari-
ter ramosis, reticulato-anastomosantibus, hyalinis, sub-hyalinis usque
dilute flavo-brunneolis, non hyphopodiatis, septatis, 2.5—3.5 ^ crassis
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flavo-brunneis, rufo-brunneis vel brunneis, globosis, globulosis vel
sub-ovoideis, 60—90 u diam., 60—75 |x altis, glabris vel indistincte sca-
briusculis, ostiolo quandoque piano, quandoque breviter elongato-
cylindraceo (15 |x longo vel minus), apicem versus dilatato, dilute
flavo -brunneolo, subinde irregulari, 18—25 ji lato, pariete molliter
membranaceo, 3,5—4,5 |x crasso, e singulo strato cellulari brunneo
constituto, indistincte cellulatis (junioribus tarnen distincte celiulo-
sis), cellulis polyedricis 6—8 JA latis, intus strato tenuissimo hyalinulo
fertili praeditis; conidiis abundantibus, ovoideo-ellipsoideis vel sub-
cylindraceis, obtusis, non vel parce attenuatis, rectis, continuis, sym-
metricis, melleis usque dilutissime flavidulis (in grege flavis), sim-
plicibus, 5—7#3—5 \i; conidiophoris suffultis, papilliformibus, sim-
plicibus, parum distinctis, 2,5—3,5 \i diam.
Hab.: in foliis Coccolobae sp., in consortio Meliolae sp. et fungo-
rum aliorum in Republica Dominicana, Valle del Yaque, prov. San-
tiago, Santiago, Hato del Yaque, prope Yaque flumen, 28. III. 1932,
leg. R. et E. G i f e r r i (No. 4931).
The species of the genus Cicinnobella P. Henn. (Hedw., Vol.
XLIII, pag. 386. 1904) as emended by P e t r a k and S y d o w (in
Fedde, Rep.Sp.Nov., Bein., pag. 314. 1927), associated with tropical,
Chiefly foliicolons Ascomycetes, were listed by H a n s f o r d (l.M.I.
Myc, Pap. 15, pag. 21. 200—202. 1946) together with some allied fungi,
in first place Ectosticta.
In the Dominican Republic at least two species are previously
known, namely: Ectosticta insignis Petr. et Cif. (Ann. Myc, Vol.
XXX, pag. 281, 1932) (together with Phagmodimerium insigne Petr.
et Gif. and Aschersonia [Hypocrella] turbinata Berk.) species not
quoted by H a n s f o r d , and Cicinnobella dommgensis Petr. et Gif.
(Ann. Mycol., Vol. XXX, pag. 271. 1932) („domdnguensis" in H a n s -
f o r d , 1. c.) (on the mycelium of Schiffnerula sp.).
The systematic position of C. truncatula is not sure because the
mycelium has not been observed, in contrast with the abundant fruc-
tification, litterally overgrowing the perithecia of Meliola. It appears
to be different from all described species of this genus for the shape
of spores.
C. epimeliola appears to be allied to C. megastoma Syd., buc
distinct on account of greater pycnidia and pycnospores, and for the
emergence — not allways evident — of the pore and ostiole; of
course, the mycelium is not hyphopodiated and scanty.
Both species are remarkable for the asfociation with Meliolae
and not, as customary, with species of the genera Phaeodimeriella,
Dimerosporium, Dimerina, Dimerium, Stigme, Parodiopsis and
Schiff nerula. This is another reason to refuse the metagenetical con-
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genera. In the writer's opinion, both genera of Sphaeropsidaceae are
only symbiothic with the Ascomycetes, as, e. g., the very many
species of Hyphales and Capnodiales growing together with tropical,
foliicolous Ascomycetes of the humid (chiefly rain and mountain)
forest.

XVIII. — Phyllachora macroloculata (Ghard) n. comb.

P hy Ilachor a macroloculata (Chard) nob., n. c o m b .
= Catacauma macroloculatum Ghardon in Toro et Ghardon, Ann.
Mycol., Vol. XXXII, pag. 113 (1934).
Hab.: in foliis Ternstroemiae obovatae, Republica Dominicana,
Valle del Cibao, prov. Santiago, Santiago de los Caballeros, road to
Moca, VII. 1930, leg. R. Gif e r r i (No. 4344).
A species previously identified only in Golombia on Temstroemia sp.,
well defined for the stromata circular and convex, black, dot-like
(as a rule 1—1,5 mm. diam.), regularly distributed on the upper
surface of the leaf. The microscopic characteristics agree with the
description.

XIX. — Hormodendron eupatori! Gif., n. sp.

Sine maculis; coloniis in pagina superiore foliorum densissime
aggregatis, pro more confluentibus, stratum superficiale nigrum,
crustosum, fumagoideum efformantibus, totum folium saepe oecu-
pantibus; hyphis sterilibus valde variabilibus, saepe flavidulis usque
flavo-brunneolis fuscisque, septatis, dense ramificatis, plus vel minus
curvatis, saepe anastomosatis et dense intertextis, subreticulatis,
levibus, 3—5 ^ crassis, brunneis, aut castaneo- vel olivaceo-brun-
neis, non vel parce ramosis, crassioribus (4—6 p,), densissime septatis
usque monilioideis; cellulis myceliaribus (chlamydosporis) seriatis,
plus vel minus individuatis, forma et dimensione variabilibus,
distinetissimis usque sub-indistinetis; hyphis fertilibus sterili-
busque peraffinibus sed crassioribus (4—7 ^ crassis), pro more
repentibus, non rarius plus minusve erectis; conidiis (chla-
mydosporis) catenulatis, 70—160 |x seriatis, saepe breviter (2—3
lateraliter) ramificatis, catenulis divaricatis, rectis vel curvulatis,
sub-erectis usque erectis, rarius repentibus, non facile seceden-
tibus, fuscis vel brunneis, ovatis vel oblongis, oblongatis, vel
cylindraeeo-truncatis (conidio terminali prope basim truncato,
prope apicem rotundato), dissimilibus saepe ob cellulis hypho-
rum non vel parum distinetis sed obscurioribus, dein prope apicem
partialiter elongatis, non septatis, apicaliter vel lateraliter pluriter
gemmatis, levibus 4—6 usque 30 vel plus seriatis, 5—10 \i diam., vel
4—8 # 5—12 JJL. •• • •

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Hab.: in foliis vivis Eupatorii sp. in Republica Dominicana, Valle
del Cibao, prov. Santiago, Santiago, El Hoyazo, 14. II. 1932, leg. \i.
Gif e r r i (No. 3972).
Admitting the genus Hormodendron in the S y d o w ' s sense, this
species is allied to H. nectandrae Syd. (Ann. Mycol., Vol. XXV, pag.
144. 1927) from Costa Rica on Nectandra, but, in any case, different
from the ordinary species of the genus Hormodendrum Bon., a Cla-
dosporium. The fungus may be classified among the confuse group
of sooty-molds having only conidial, hyphomycetic fructification, for
which the establishment of a new genus is not justified.

XX. — Cercospora tagetea Gif., n. sp.

Maculis propriis nullis, sed decolorationes irreguläres indetermi-
natas, amphigenas, viridulo-flavas, dein sordide-flavas efformanti-
bus; coloniis amphigenis, sed pro more hypophyllis, olivaceo-nigris
usque nigridulis, centro fusco, margine dilutiore, isolatis, sparsis,
effusis, subinde propter confluentiam majoribus, sed distinctis, ro-
tundatis, orbicularibus aut irregularibus, plus vel minus laxe floccu-
losis, 0,7—2 mm. diam., pro more 1—1,5 mm., aggregatis, in vivo
perspicuis, in sicco sub-indistinctis; caespitulis sub lente laxe floccu-
loso-lanosis, fumosis, regulariter dispersis, abundantibus, circiter
150 |x remotis, 120—160 ^ diam., sine basi stromatica; mycelio super-
ficiali tenui parce ramoso, septato, sub-hyalino usque fumoso, parce
evoluto, 2,5—3,5 \i crasso; conidiophoris 5—15 fasciculatis, laxe stipi-
tatis, adscendentibus,rarius sub-erectis, prope basim fasciculatis, prope
apicem isolatis, brunneo-nigridulis (junioribus fumosis), 3—8 septatis,
semper simplicibus, basi non vel lenissime incrassata, cylindraceis,
saepe anguloso-dentatis, tunica externa crassiuscula, 3—4,5 ^ crassis,
70—200 n longis, pro more 90—150 ^ rectis vel curvulis, rarius irre-
gulariter toruloso-monilioideis vel sub-inflatis, sursum obtuso-trun-
catis usque obtusis vel sub-obtusis; conidiis acrogenis vel sub-acro-
genis, aciculari-filiformibus vel angustissime cylindraceis aut fusoi-
deis, elongatis, prope basim rotundatis vel sub-truncatis, prope api-
cem longissime acuminatis, junioribus dein septis pluribus (4—10)
sub-indistinctis praeditis, pro more 6—8 septatis, ad septa non con-
strictis hyalinis vel sub-hyalinis, singulis (vel 2—3 catenulatis, sed
facile secedentibus), 72—120 \i longis, saepe 44—80 jx prope basim
3 JA, latis, prope apicem 1—1,5 |x latis.
Hab.: in foliis vivis Tagetes patulae L. cult. (Compositae), in
Republica Dominicana, Valle del Gibao, prov. Santiago, Hato del
Yaque, in horto, 21. XII. 1931, leg. A. M. C i f e r r i et R.
Gif e r r i (No. 3950).
This species is clearly different from the North American species
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XXI. — Acrothecium yaqueanum Gif., n. sp. (Fig. 4).
Gaespitulis isolatis, sparsis usque aggregatis, saepe 3—7 seriatis,
pro more longitudinaliter dispositis, punctiformibus, 1—2 mm. diam.,
nigris, velutinis vel sub-lanosis; mycelio parce evoluto, ex hyphis
paucis, laxe ramosis, saepe ex centro radiatis, dilute brunneis vel
f umosis aut olivaceis, dense septatis, pellucidis, non vel ad septa con-
strictis, 3,5—4,5 \i crassis composito; conidiophoris fasciculatis, diver-
gentibus, erectis vel sub-erec(tis, rarius sub-repentibus, olivaceo-
brunneis, subimpellucidis, apice sub-inflatis, quasi inflatis, usque
simplicibus, basi bulboso-inflata, saepe a cellula basali sphaeroidea
assurgentibus, frequenter prope basim quasi connatis (cellula basali

Fig. 4. Acrothecium yaqueanum. — a) Gonidia. — b) Conidiophores.

8—11 [i diam.), plus vel minus distinctis, remote septatis, hinc inde
sub-inflatis vel sinuosis, 200—300^4,5—7 ^, pro more 220—260 ^
longis, apice saepe monosporibus, conidiis acrogenis vel sub-acro-
genis, pro more singulis, rarius 2—3 capitulatis, sub-hyalinis usque
fuscidulis, subimpellucidis, typice ovoideis vel ellipsoideis, apicibus
rotundatis vel rotundato-acutatis, rarissime sub-truncatis, basi rotun-
dato-applanata vel truncatula, rarius 2-septatis, typice 3-septatis, non
constrictis, septis crassis sed irregulariter incrassatis, cellulis sub-
aequalibus, 18—24 ^ 10—12 jx.
Hab.: in pagina superiore foliorum rarius in inferiore Cynodontis
dactylonis Pers., socia Puccinia cynodontis Lacr., Republica Domini-
cana, Valle del Cibao, prov. Santiago, Santiago, 25. V. 1931, leg. A. M.
G i f e r r i e t R . G i f e r r i (No. 4659).
It is possible that this species is parasitic (symbiotic) on Pucci-
nia cynodontis Lacr., being frequently (but not allways) associated
with this rust on the same spots.
XXII. — Oreophylla nob., n. gen. (Fig. 5). . ; , .^
Biophilus, sine mycelio superficiali; caespituli basi pseudostro-
matica; conidiophora erecta, brunnea, simplicia, recta vel tortuosa,
septata; conidia singularia, acrogena, cylindraceo-attenuata, trans-
versaliter pluriseptata, recta vel curvula, hyalina.

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:
Oreophylla angelaemariae nob., n. sp.
Biophilus; maculis parvissimis amphigenis, in pagina superiore
foliorum ochraceis vel rufo-brunneis, plus vel minus aggregatis,
punctiformibus, 0,5—1 mm. diam., in pagina inferiore rufo-viola-
ceis vel purpureo-cinereis, parum distinctis; caespitulis irregulariter
distributis, quandoque plus vel minus isolatis, quandoque aggregatis
usque sub-conf luentibus, inperspicuis, punctiformibus, circiter 0,2 mm.
diam., elevato-emergentibus, pro more in pagina superiore
(rarius in pagina inferiore) foliorum efformatis, rarius singulis,
binis vel ternatis, pro more in greges (4—15 vel plus) congestis, us-

Fig. 5. Oreophylla angelaemariae Cif. — a) Tip of fertile conidiophores.

— b) Conidia. , (

que subconfluentibus sed individualiter distinctis, variabilibus, pro

more 75—200 ^ diam. vel 100—200 # 70—150 ^ usque 300 ^ altis; sine
mycelio superficiali; mycelio endogeno inperspicuo, parce ramoso,
dilutissime flaveolo vel hyalino, subepidermieo vel intraparenchy-
matico; basi caespitulorum confuse pseudostromatica; stromate ba-
sali erumpente, sphaerico-applanato, irregulariter prosenchymatico,
ex hyphis 4—7 \i latis, sub-articulatis, divbrgentibus, bruneo-fuscis
constituto; conidiophoris caespitulatis, adscendentibus, sursum levi-
ter divergentibus, erectis vel sub-erectis, pro more arcuato-undulatis,
angulatis sinuosis usque tortuosis (rarius rectis), rarius toruiosis,
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brunneo-fuscis, apice dilute flavis usque sub-hyalinis, 30—75^
6—8 jij conidiis singulis, acrogenis, valde variabilibus, quandoque
breviter cylindraceis vel ellipsoideis ovatisve, 1—3 septatis, quandoque
angustis, cylindraceo-elongatis vel subfuscatis, rectis vel leniter cur-
vatis usque flexis, clasterosporieis, basi attenuato-elongata vel ab-
rupte obtusa aut truncata, apice attenuato-obtusato usque acutato-
truncato, 1—4 usque 6—9 (pro more 3—7) transversaliter septatis ad
septa non constrictis, cellulis plus vel minus regulariter distributis
(sed apicalis basilarisque irregularibus), hyalinis vel dilute viridulis
aut flavescentibus, 22—45 \i, rarius ultra, longis 6—8 ^ latis.
Hab.: in foliis vivis Glyricidiae saepii cultiv. vel subcultiv., in
R. D., prov. Santiago, Batey de Hato del Yaque, 16. II. 1932, leg. A. M.
G i f e r r i (sine numero).
In some cases associated, in the same leaf, with a number of
saprophytic fungi, more frequently with Periconia pycnospora.
This genus is characterized for the absence of superficial myce-
lium but with endogenous hyphae; aggregate conidiophores from a
pseudostromatic base, as a rule undulate or sinuate up to hamate;
conidia very polymorphic, hyaline. The conidium is developed from
an apical cell on the conidiophore, ovate, elongate or piriculate in
shape, at first not septate, then more and more elongate and septate.
This genus is a slightly allied to Ramularia, Cercosporidium and
similar genera, but clearly distinct a number of characteristics.
This fungus is a mild parasite on leaves of Glyricidia saepium,
a Leguminosaceous tree very diffuse in the West Indian islands as
fence tree. It has been found very common in one locality of the Gibao
Valley (Hato del Yaque), at the end of the principal rain season, but
rapidly disappearing with the new flush of leaves. Probably it has
not been observed, up to-now, in account of the almost microscopic
tufts developing on a very little evident, small foliar spots.
This species has been dedicated to my wife Angela Maria, col-
lector of the specimen.

XXIII. —Morenoella ormosiana (Sacc.) n. comb.

On leaves of Ormosia krugii Urb., Dominican Rep., Gordiilera
Central, prov. Santo Domingo, La Cumbre, rain forest, 12. XII. 1926,
leg. R. G i f e r r i (No. 4928).
This is description of the fungus: colonies found, as a rule, in
the lower page, rarely in the upper, poorly developed, superficiai,
crustose, black, more or less irregularly elongated, 2—4 mm. in lenght,
scattered, rarely confluent; mycelium poorly developed, formed by
hyphae sparingly and irregulary branched, brown, septate, very rarely
anastomized, 4—6 ^ in thickness; hyphopodia sparse, irregularly
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irregularly lenghtened, obtuse on the upper side, without septa,
simple (not lobate), without basal cell, 6—10^3—4 ^; thyriothecia
orbicular, oblong to elongate, very rarely 2—3-connate and also aggre-
gate, as a rule Single and scattered, 200—465 |x in lenght, 96—146 u
of transversal size, formed by linear-radiate, brown, opac, fimbriate
hyphae, 2—3 ^ in thickness, without evident septa, around the peri-
phery almost fringed, yellow-brownish, individually distinct; dehis-
cence by a longitudinal fissure, up to linear, central (rarely sub-
central), irregularly elongate, then linear-fringed, 125—380 y, in
lenght, and, at first only 18—42 |x; asci aggregated but irregularly
distributed, ovoid or ellipsoid, up to globular, sessile, or with a little
evident basal end, 8-spore, without paraphyse, 32—44^20—28 fx;
spore ellipsoid ovoidal or ovate-oblong, rarely almost globular,
agglomerated, with both ends rounded, septate about the middle part
and here narrowed, forming two, almost identic cells or the superior
a little larger than the inferior, yellow-brownish in color up to opac-
brown, 14—22 ^ 8—12 p.
In our opinion this f ungus is identic to Lembosia ormosiana öacc.
(Bull. Orto Bot. Napoli, Vol. VI, pag. 14. 1918), found in Malaya on
leaves of Hormosia (Ormosia) sumatrana, in the supposition that the
„pilis septulatis" described in the diagnose near the base of thyrio-
thecia were conidiophores or mycelic hyphae of one of the frequent,
symbiotic Hyphales found on or around the foliicolous Ascomycetes.

XXIV. — Eriomycopsis acrophioglossa n. sp. and E. fusarioides

*i (Stev.) n. comb.
'^ Eriomycopsis acrophioglossa Cif., n. sp.
Goloniis oculo inermi non vel parum manifestis, non maculicolis,
tenuiter pulverulentis aut subarachnoideis, effusis, indelimitatis,
irregularibus, isolatis aut confluentibus, 2—6 mm. diam. vel longis,
supra hyphis myceliaribus Microthyriacearum sterilium quorund-
arum vegetantibus; mycelio ex hyphis hyalinis, parce irregularibus-
que ramosis, remote et indistincte septatis, repentibus, laxe intricatis
(rarius densiusculis), 2—2,5 jx crassis formato; conidiophoris hinc
inde ornatis, erectis vel sub-erectis, rarius sub-repentibus, rectis
rarius curvalis usque undulatis, singulis vel pluribus laxiuscule aggre-
gatis, sed non connatis, remote indistincteque septatis, hyalinis,
aimplicibus, 420—870 ^ longis, saepe 500—600 [x, 2,5—3,5 \i altis,
papillis paucis (1—3, pro more 1—2), hyalinis, minutis, ellip-
tico-filiformibus, usque fusatis ,minutissimis* 1,2—2 ^ 9,7—1,2 ^ prae-
ditis, rarius sine papillis; conidiis solitariis, Scrogenis, super papillas
sitis, typice oblongo-clavatis, rarius ovoideo-elongatis, aut sub-fusatis,
prope apicem rotundatis, prope basim valde attenuatis usque sub-
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oribus 1—2-septatis, sed conidiis maturis typice 3-septatis, ad septa
non consTrictis, septis irregulariter distributis, saepe prope partem
incrassatam locatis, cellulis inaequaliter et irregulariter latis, guttu-
latis vel granulatis, 22—37 ^ 7,5—10,5 JA.
Hab.: in mycelio Microthyriacearum sterilium quorundam in
foliis vivis Solani ciliati Lam., in Republica Dominicana, Valle del
Cibao, prov. Espaillat, Moca, Estacion Nacional Agronomica, 8. 111.
1930, leg. E. L. E k m a n (No. 4205).
A species found on an Asterinea with hyphopodiate mycelium,
spheric hyphopodia of 6—8 ^ diam., and in mature thyriothecia
of 43—75 n diam.; if a number of ovoidal, brown conidia, of 13—17
# 6—8 |x, found around the thyriothecia are pertaiiiing to these same
fungus, it may be a species of Asterostomella or an allied genus.
This species is apparently allied but distinct from Eriomycopsis
englerulae Hansf. according H a n s f o r d (Bothalia, Vol. IV, p. 464.
1942; I. M. I. Myc. Pap. No. 15, pag. 206. 1946), but a direct compari-
son of both specimens would be necessary.
Eriomycopsis fusarioides (Stev.) Gif., n. comb. has been de-
scribed as Trichothecium fusarioides by S t e v e n s (Trans. 111. Ac.
Sei., Vol. X, pag. 201. 1917) as parasitic on stromata of Bagnisiopsis
peribebuyensis (Speg.) Theiss. et Syd. (as Phyllachora peribebuyen-
sis Speg.); A r n a u d (Ann. Epiph., Vol. IX, pag. 36. 1923) quoted
this fungus as parasite of Parodiellinaceae.
We have found in the Dominican Republic [Gordillera Central,
prov. Azua, S. Juan de la Maguana, Loma La Viuda, ca. m. 1500,
without data, coll. E. L. E k m a n (No. 4966)] a fungus apparently
identic with Steven's specimen also on Bagnisiopsis peribebuyensis
on leaves of Miconia punetata (Desr.) D. Don. This is the description
of our specimen: the stromata of Bagnisiopsis are surrounded — and
in some cases almost covered — by this fungus, forming whitish,
cottony (if sterile) or arachnoid, powdery spots, 1—4 mm. diam. if
Single, up to 10 or more mm. if confluent, rounded or oblong to irre-
gulär in shape; mycelium formed by hyaline creeping, not denseiy
septate hyphae, irregularly branched (and in many cases at right
angle) 2—2,5 jx diam.; conidiophores inserted on the hyphae, hyaline,
2—6-septate, erect to suberect, not or very sparingly branched, scat-
tered or pseudo-aggregate in fascicle composed of 2—6 or more
elements, each one straight, curved up to sinuate, about 2 [x thick,
more or less acutate at the free end, having from 1 to 5 or more
papillae (sterigmata) punetiform, very small (about 1 p, diam.), not
easily observable; on each sterigma a Single (acrogenous) conidium is
found, but for the aggregation, the conidia appears to be fasciculate,
the number of conidia being from about 10 to 40, in rather close
groups of 2 to 10 for each free end of conidiophore, and not very
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easily isolated; conidia hyaline, 1-septate (rarely 2-septate), typically
fusoid, straight or slightly curved, with upper end almost acute and
basal end narrowed but truncate or obtuse, with protoplasm granu-
lated or guttäte, rarely shiny, 12—18 ^ in lenght, 2,5—3 ^ thick in the
central side and 1,2—2 p, at the ends.
For shape and size of conidia, it is an apparently different species
from those described by H a n s f o r d (I.e.).
In Puerto Rico a Diplosporium album Bon. var. fungicolum Stev.,
which description is unknown to us has been found on Parodiella
cayaponiae on Cayaponia sp. (see S t e v e n s , 1. c, p. 202); it is well
possible that it is a poor developed form of a species of Eriomycopsis,
with apparently Single conidium.
XXV. — On the genus V as c ulomy c e s Ashby.
The monotypic genus Vasculomyces has been described as
V. xanthosomae, and at first as Hormiscium xanthosomae Ashby
(see Bull. Dept. Agric. Jamaica, Vol. II, pag. 150; 1913) on the cuiti-
vated Xanthosoma in Jamaica, causing the so called „dry rot" or
„sak-petre" disease of the tuberized roots of this Aracea.
In the eulture of Xanthosoma spp. plurib. (X. sagittifolium Schott
and other species) found at the middle elevation in the rain forest
belt of Santo Domingo, this fungus is not infrequent on half-rotted
roots. We dont isolated the species, but it is frequently associated
with a Fusarium of the oxysporum group, while in many cases the
leaves are affected by Phylophthora colocasiae Rac, and it is pos-
sible that one or the other species are the primary, pathogenic ones.
The fungus is intravascular, but also (in rotted portions of the
tuberized root) extravascular; the mycelium is formed by hyaiine,
up to yellowish hyphae, densely but irregularly branched, also den-
sely septate, not anastomized, septate, superposed but not aggregated,
as a rule 2,5—4 ^ diam., forming intercalar as well as apical sessile
chlamydospores, but in many cases found on a kind of undifferen-
tiated hyphae acting as „conidiophore", of the same size and colour;
the chlamydospores are typically found in short acrogenous or inter-
calar chains; the acrogenous chains are composed also by 30—50 or
more spores, not easily dissolved or only in monilioid fragments,
which short intercalar chains (as a rule composed of 2 to 5
elements), rarely short-branched or furcate; the chlamydospores are
very variable in shape (spheroidal, ovate, elliptic to subelliptic or
cylindroid, rarely spheric or elongate) without septa or with a
central septum, and, in this case, slightly tiarrowed at the septum,
and flattened near the junetion, with a thick (2—3 ^) epispore,
smooth from 14—19 ^ 7—12 ^ to 32 ^ 15 \i (in eulture, aecording
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gularly aggregated, forming sub-polyedric, subcuboidal or glomeru-
lated masses, more or less intersecated by mycelic hyphae.
This genus appears to be a regressive or inferior metagenetic
stage of a more evoluted fungus, forming only chlamydospores, then
of doubtful affinity. A redescription of the genus is:
V as cul omy c e s Ashby emend.
Biophilum, mucedineum, micronemeum; mycelium endogenum,
hyalinum, septatum, ramosum; hyphae sporigenae non vel parum
disünctae; chlamydosporae typicae, firmeque catenulatae, acrogenae,
rarius intercalares, vel irregulariter conglomeratae usque sarcinatae,
hyalinae vel dilutissime coloratae, ovoideae usque cylindraceae, con-
tinuae usque 1-septatae.
The affinities are doubtful; apparently this genus is near
Myceliophthora Cost., but distinct for many characteristics.
XXVI. — Lembuncula pothoidei n. gen. et n. sp. and Morenoella
pothoidei (Rehm) n. comb.
Lembuncula Gif., n. gen. (etym., ob lembus, lembun-
culus).
Mycelium superficiale ab hyphis ramosis, fuscis, septatis, hypho-
podiatis compositum, pycnothecia pluristratosa, dimidiata vel acutata,
lineari vel oblongo-elongata, nigra, rima longitudinali irregulari
dehiscente; conidia brunnea, continua.
Typus: L. pothoidei Gif., n. sp.
Plagulae et mycelium ut in statu ascophoro [Morenoella potho-
ideis (Rehm) Gif.]; pycnotheciis dispersis aut pluribus aggregatis,
250—350 ^ 80—120 |x, contextu atro, sub-carbonaceo, opaco, rima
longitudinali latiuscula apertis, strato tegente ex hyphis sub-tenui-
bus, rectis vel sub-sinuosis, parce anastomosantibus, latissime indi-
stincte septatis, fusco-brunneis aut atriusculis, 2—2,5 \i crassis com-
posito; membrana in superficie interna loculi dilute flavo-brunneola,
papillis sub-conoideis, truncatis, sub-indistinctis, concoloribus, in
parte basali obtectis; conidiis oblongis, ellipsoideis vel sub-elongatis,
continuis, rectis vel leniter curvatis, dilute brunneis usque brunneis,
basaliter plus vel minus attenuatis, in apice attenuato-truncatis, saepe
minutissime guttulatis aut nubilosis, 22—28 # 5,5—7 ^.
Hab.: in foliis vivis Anthurii scandentis (Aubl.) Engl., in Repu-
blica Dominicana, Gordillera Central, prov. Santo Domingo, Villa
Altagracia, secus Rio Isabela, 7. VII. 1928, ipse legi, No. 4960.
In spite of the f act that the original specimen studied b y R e h m
is unknown to us, is very probable that our species is identic with
Morenoella pothoidei (Rehm) Gif., n. comb. ( = Lembosia pothoidei
Rehm, Journ. Philipp. Sei, Vol. VIII, pag. 191. 1913) found on
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In our specimen, the imperfect stage of the fungus is miich more
abundant and better developed than the ascosporic stage. Apparently
the imperfect fructification has been found also by R e h m judging
from the reference in S a c c a r d o's (Sylloge Fungorum, Vol. XXIV,
pag. 491. 1926); the description is short and the imperfect stage
anonimous, but we dont know the original description of the species.
The characteristics of the dominican specimen in the ascophoric
stage are the following: colonies as a rule epiphyllous, and aggregate
in spots 5—10 mm. in diam., also up to 15 mm., rarely Single, fre-
quently well evident, orbicular or irregulär, black, opac; mycelium
composed of brown hyphae, laxely and irregularly branched, with
a few, not well defined septa, seldom anastomozing, and in certain
sectors, almost nettled; hyphopodia few and rudimental, uniceliular,
alternate but very irregularly distributed, simple, not lobate, globular
to ovoidal, 6—8,6 ^ diam. or 6—8^5—7 JA; thyriothecia laxely or
densely dispersed, elongate to linear, rarely straight, as a rule curved,
in a few cases confluent and crossed (Y or St. Andrew cross), 250—
400 # 90—150 n; esternal layer in optical section plano-convex, for-
med by hyphae, individually not well distinct, 2—3 ^ in thickness,
indistinctly septate, straight or curvulate up to sinuate, rarely ana-
stomizing of fibulated, better individualized in the marginal side, and
here sub-radiate, black, opac, almost carbonaceous; internal layer
yellowish to ligfrfy brown-yellowish; asci ovoid or ellipsoid, not aggrega-
ted, a little thickened at the end, octospore, with not regularly disposed
ascospores, without paraphysoid, 62—85 #42—50 (x; spores almost
spheric, ovoid or ellipsoid, yellowish to light brown, with a central
septum, dividing the spore in two symmetrical or almost symmetrical
portions, alrnttst not narrowed at the septum, smooth, 22—26 #
10—13 n.
The dehiscence of the thyriothecium is evident by longitudinal
fission, at first narrowed and reduced in length (mostly at the central
portion), then of the same lenght of thyriothecia and sparingly but
irregularly laciniated, then fully laciniate, star-like at all. The pycno-
thecia are identic to thyriothecia with exception of the presence of
pycnospores instead of ascospores.

XXVII. — Phyllo8ticta alternantherae Gif., n. sp. .,

Maculis rotundatis, orbicularibus, isolatis vel sub-confluentibus,
2 mm. diam., definitis, centro albidulo et halone brunneo circumdatis;
pycnidiis flavo-brunneis, hemisphaerico-compressis, vel sub-ellipti-
cis, gregariis, confuse cellulato-parenchymaticis, 80—115 ^, ostiolatis,
cum ostiolo centrali evidente, irregulariter rotundato, 15—25 \i diam.,
conidiophoris brevibus, hyalinis, simplicibus; pycnosporis hyalinis,
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Hab.: in foliis Alternantherae sessilis, Republica Dominicana,
Valle del Gibao, prov. Espaillat, Moca, Estacion Nacional Agronomica,
IX. 1929, leg. R. G i f e r r i (No. 2613).
Small (about 2 mm.), circular, isolated or sub-confluent, weli
definite spots, with a brown marge and a withish center; pycnidia
yellow-brown hemispheric-compressed or sub-elliptic, gregarious,
confusely cellular-parenchymatic, 80—115 \i in diam.; central, large,
irregularly rounded ostiole, 15—25 ji in diam.; conidiophores Short,
hyaline, simple; pycnospores hyaline, 1-cellular, small, scarce, 4—7
by 2—3 ^
Living on the leaves, and associate with another abundant but
immature Sphaeropsidales on the same spots, with a poor developed
undetermined Hyphales. So far we know, no Phyllosticta species
were indicated on Alternanthera. \

X X V I I I . B a g n i s i o p s i s t i j u c e n s i s T h e i s s . e t S y d . , B . p e r i-
b e buy ens is (Speg.) Theiss. et Syd., and Protoscypha.
This fungus is of very common occurence in the rain forest of
the Garibbean lands, Continental and insular, on leaves of very many
species of Melastomataceae, and we collected specimes from the
Dominican Republic, Haiti, Venezuela and Golombia.
M i l l e r and B u r t o n (Mycol., Vol. XXXV, pag. 318—325. 1943)
concluded that the above named species are distinguibable only on
the spores size, namely: 11,4—17 by 7,6—12 (x, as a rule 15 by 9 ^ for
B. tijucensis and 13,3—24 by 7,6—12 \i, as a rule 19 by 10 fi for
B. pefibebuyensis.
From the comparison of a number of specimens, we are in con-
dition to assert that really, judging from the variability in size of the
ascospore, the species are indistinguishable, and the valide binomial,
then, is B. peribebuyensis. i
The specimens studied were:
1. On Miconia nematophora Urb. et Ek. R. 0., Gordillera Central, prov.
Seybo, El Jovero, road to Sabana del Hato, (without number and date),
leg. E. L. E k m a n . Spores 12—18 by 8—11 |A, as a rule 13—16 by 9—10 |A.
2. On Miconia impetiolaris (Sw.) D. Don, R. D., Valle del Cibao, prov.
Le Vega, Cotue, edge of forest, 18. IV. 1930 (No. 4796), leg. E. L. E k m a n .
Spores 10—20 by 7—13 \i, as a rule 12—16 by 9—12 \n.
3. On Miconia prasina (Sw.) P. DG., R. D., Gordillera Central, prov.
Samanä, Sabana de la Mar, 9. VII. 30, No. 4805, leg. E. L. E k m a n . Spores
12—22 by 8—12 n, as a rule 16—20 by 8—12 \i.
4. On Miconia ottoschulzii Urb. et Ekm., R. D., Gordillera Central, prov.
Santo Domingo, La Cumbre m. 250, 12. XII. 1929, No. 2745, leg. E. L. Ek-
man. Spores 13—24 by 8—14 fi, as a rule 15—18 by 9—12 \L.
5. On Miconia prasinaeformis Ekm. ad interim ? R. D., Gordillera Cen-
tral, prov. La Vega, Moncion, La Cumbre, VI. 1929, No. 2377, leg. E. L. E le-
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6. On Miconia pteropoda Benth., R. D., Cordillera Central, prov.
Samanä, Sabana de la Mar, 9. VII. 1930, No. 4943, leg. E. L. E k m a n. Spores
10—18 by 7—13 p, as a rule 13—16 by 8—11 n; conidia 14—28 by 1—1,5 |x.
7. On Miconia racemosa (Aubl.) P. DG., R. D., Cordillera Central, prov.
Santo Domingo, La Cumbre. 3. III. 1930, No. 3246, leg. E. L. E k m a n .
Spores 14—20 by 9—12 JA, as a rule 14—17 by 9—11 \i.
8. On Clidemia strigillosa (Sw.) D. C, R. D., Cordillera Central, Arroyo
Manacle, m. 1100, VIII. 1929, No. 2862 p. p., ipse legit. Stromata almost
sterile; a few spores of 11—15 by 10—12 \i.
9. On Clidemia hirta R. D., c. s., No. 2898, p. p., c. s. Spores 12—20 by
9—14 [x, as a rule 14—18 by 10—13 n; conidia 13—25 by 1—1,5 ^.
10. On Heterotrichum umbellatum (Will.) Urb. (Myc. Dom. Exs., 274).
Spores 12—17 ^ 8—12 \i, as a rule 13—16 ^ 9—12 \i.
11. On Tibouchina longifolia (Vahl.) Baill., R. D., sine loc. et sine mm.
Stromata well developed, but apparently not mature, of Bagnisiopsis.
12. On Graffenrieda ottoschulzii Urb. et Ekm., R. D., Gordillera Cen-
tral, prov. La Vega, La Cumbre, 3. 1930. No. 4443 bis, leg.?
Sterile stromata of Bagnisiopsis, mixed with a second stroma, perhaps
of the genus Protoscypha.
13. In Meriana involucrata (Desr.) Naud., R. D., sine loc, leg. E. L.
E k m a n , sine number. Spores 12—16 ^ 9—12 |x, as a rule 12—14 ^ 10—12 \i,
subsphaeroidal; conidia 16—26^1—1.5 \i.
14. On Ossaea ? sp., Venezuela, Est. Miranda, road to Ocumare del
Tuy, XII. 1947, leg. R. C i f e r r i.
Stromata not well mature; a few spore of 16—22^7—11 |i.
15. Blakea sp., Venezuela, ex Syd., Fungi Ven. (almost certainly
B. longibracteata Cogn.), leg. H. S y d o w.
Spores 13—18^8—12 \i. as a rule 14—17^9—11 pi.
16. On Clidemia ? plumosa (Desv.) DC, Venez., Est. Aragua, Rancho
Grande, V. 1948, leg. R. C i f e r r r i.
Spores of 13—24 # 1—13 n, as a rule 15—19 ^ 8—11 JA.
17. On Conostegia speciosa Nard., Venez., as above, VII. 1948.
Spores of 10—18 ^ 8—12 \i, as a rule 13—16 ^ 9—11.5 \i.
18. On Graffenrieda latifolia Triana, as above, VI. 1948, ipse leg.
Sterile stromata of Bagnisiopsis, parasitized by a Helminthospo-
rium sp.
19. On Miconia sp., Columbia, Valle del Cauca, near Cali, II. 1948,
ipse leg.
Spores 13—19^8—13 \i; as a rule 15—18^9—12 \i; conidia 16—25
^ 1—1.5 [L.
In conclusion, the spore size is quite variable, and also the shape
is variable from relatively short and elongated to almost spheroidal,
with an individual, sensible variability also in the same stromata.
In addition the allied characteristics of the imperfect stage in a
number of specimen confirm the identity of both species.
The imperfect stage of B. peribebuyensis has been described in
the British Guyana by S t e v e n s (111. Biol. Mon., Vol. VIII, pag. 180.
1923), and appears to be referable to Hemidothis miconiae Syd.
H. pitlierii Syd. is certaintly the same species.
Protoscypha subtropica (Wint.) Petr. is frequently associated with
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the last case it appears to develop directly from the leaf of the Mela-
stomatacea, as, e. g., in the specimen No. 4443 bis.
We have nothing to add to the accurate paper of M i l l e r and
B u r t o n (Mycologia, Vol. XXXV, pag. 83—87. 1943) in relation
the synonimy with Myriangiella Stev. and Pittierodothis Chard., as
well as in regard to the systematic position. But, in our opinion, the
identification of Dothiora Pries emend. Sacc. emend. Theiss. et Syd.
with Protoscypha Syd. is inopportune, lacking of a through com-
parative, morpho-anatomical study of Dothiora and Protoscypha in
different stages of development. In addition, Protoscypha appears to
be a biophilous, fungicolous fungus of the tropic-equatorial regions,
Chiefly of the rain (or moist) forest; Dothiora may be the vicariant
genus of the temperate some, saprophilous, if not only ligni-corti-
cicolous genus. . .. <<;

X X I X . — Stromatographiumv. H . e m e n d . &11 d Sp haer o-

s tilb e s u b g . Mammostilbe n o b.
To identify a Sphaerostübe sp. apparently parasitic on scale
insects on leaves of Poncirus trifoliata in Venezuela (Estado Gara-
bobo, Valencia, in a garden, XII. 1947 ipse leg.), then identified as
S. aurantiicola (B. et Br.) Petch. for the courtesy of the late phyto-
pathologist Dr. M e r e d i t h we have the opportunity to study the
venezuelan specimen of S. mammiformis Ghard.
S. mammiformis Ghard. has been described (in S e a v e r and
C h a r d 0 n, Sei. Survey Puerto Rico Virg. Isl., Vol. VII, p. 1, p. 46.
1928) on the bark of a tree in Puerto Rico, then found on rotted bark
in Venezuela (cfr. G h a r d 0 n, Bol. Soc. Ven. Ci. Nat., Vol. V, no. 40,
p. 242. 1939).
In effect, the species is characterized by an ostiole clearly
mamillate and red, when the co,generic species (e. g. S. aurantiicola)
are characterized by a more or less smooth ostiole of the same color
of the stromata; in addition the typical species of Sphaerostübe are
biophilous, and, as a rule, insectophilous, when the Puerto Rican and
Venezuelan species is lignicolous and saprophilous.
In the original and in the subseguent description, G h a r d o n
referred the conidial stage as Stilbum. Really it is characterized by a
series of small synnemata, emerging from the sterile and fruetified
stromata and standing up, yellowish to straw in color, 1—2,5 mm.
long, not setose, 120—250 ^ in diam., erect, compact, not branched,
formed by hyphae individually hyaline or almost so, and having in
the top a spheric or subspheric capitulum (by cohalescence of the
synnemata), apparently more than one. The capitulum is of 120—300 ^
in diam., as a rule 150—250 \i, and it is formed by a mueous sub-
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a rule, 1-septate, elliptic or ellipsoidal to ovate in shape, of 20—40 by
8—12 [x, as a rule 25—35 by 10—12 JA.
For the structure of the conidia, this fungus must not be referred
to Stilbum; in any case, is more allied — but differing in many ways
— to Graphium, a genus that moreover is related to other Orders of
Ascomycetes.
In our opinion, for this species is possible to reconvalidate the
genus Slromatographium v. Höhn, (in F a l c k , Myk. Unters. Ber.,
Vol. I (3), p. 368. 1923), but with an emendation, to extend the genus
to the species with stromata light in color and not carbonaceous,
namely, to the Hypocreales: .
Stromatographium v. Höhn, emend.
Synnemata erecta cylindracea, simplicia, hyalina vel laete colo-
rata, monocapitata, ex stromatibus carbonaceis aut laete coloratis
assurgente; conidia acrogena, hyalina, 1-septata, muco in capitulum
sphaericum conglobata.
Typus: S. mammiformie nob., n. nom.; stadio perfecto
Sphaerostilbe mammiformis Ghardon.
Most of the old species of the genus Sphaerostilbe were transfer-
red by W o l l e n w e b e r on Nectria and/or allied genera (but this
Statement is discutable) including S. coccophila Tul. ( = S. aurantii-
cola (B. et Br.) Petch, according the last Student; Ann. Bot. Gard.
Peradeiya, Vol. VII, p. 119. 1920); on the contrary P e t c h established
5. coccidophthora (Zimm.) Petch for Nectria coccidophthora Zimm.
The same student described Microcera aurantiicola Petch as conidial
stage of iS. aurantiicola, and Microcera coccidiophthora Petch for
S. coccidophthora, namely Fusarium or a strictly allied genus.
We propose the subdivision of the genus Sphaerostilbe in two
subgenera (perhaps also two genera may be justified):
I) Ostiolo piano, concolore; species biophilae, typice entomogenae;
st. conid. Fusarium (Microcera)
"- •>; Subg. E u-s phaero s tilb e nob.
Typus: <S. (Eu-sphaerostilbe) aurantiicola (B. et Br.) Petch.
II) Ostiolo mammillato, numquam concolore; species saprophilae,
typice lignicolae?; st. conid. Stromatographium
Subg. M am mo s tilb e nob.
! =MI • Typus: S. (Mammostilbe) mammiformis Ghard.
XXX. — Phanerococculus n. gen., imperfect stage of Phanero-
c o c cus Theiss. et Syd.
The genus Phanerococcus Theiss et Sydv has been erected on
Asteridium feijoae Rehm, a brasilian species of the Pseudosphaeriales
order (Ann. Mycol., Vol. XVI, p. 9. 1918), a species apparently uncon-
firmed up to-now. A second species of the same genus (P. tricho-

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philus Syd., Ann. Mycol., Vol. XXXV, p. 265. 1937) from Uganda
has been referred by H a n s f o r d (Myc. Pap. I. M. I.; n. 15, p. 86.
1946) to the genus Aphanostigme, while the same student (Proc. Linn.
Soc. London, Vol. CLIX, p. 28. 1947) described on Rapanea, in the
Belgian Gongo, another species: P. rapaneae Hansf., among the
Dothideales.
On Rapanea ferruginea (R. et P.) Mey. we found a species cor-
responding a to P. rapaneae, with a poorly developed ascosporic
sta,ge, but with a well developed imperfect stage, that has been quoted,
but not described by H a n s f o r d (1. c.) (R. D., Gordillera Central,
prov. La Vega, Bonao, rain forest; without data, number and name
of the collector, but probably one of the last collections of the late
friend Dr. E. L. E k m a n ) . The pycnospores are very similar to the
true ascospores of the same fungus, pycnothecia and perithecia
being mixed on the same spot if not on the same stromata, so that,
at the first, we supposed to be free ascospores liberated from
diffluent asci; but really the asci are not evidently diffluent.
On account of the metagenetic bound, we suppose that a new
genus for the imperfect stage is justified: \? ,-:-,, •;•• u .
Phanerococculus n. gen.
Pycnothecia ut in Phanerococco, cum peritheciis congregatis;
loculis pycnidiorum immersis, stromaticis; conidiophoris brevibus
usque papillosis aut subnullis; pycnosporis fusatis, hyalinis, trans-
versaliter pluriseptatis.
Typus: P. rapaneae n. sp.: :( ., ,, •..,.,- -(. ., i,
Pycnotheciis ut in Phanerococco rapaneae; conidiophoris bre-
vissimis vel subnullis; pycnidiosporis fusatis, minus vel plus arcua-
tis, hyalinis, apicibus rotundato-truncatis sed attenuatis, 2—4, pro
more 3-septatis, levibus, ad septum leviter constrictis, 30—46 ^ 5—7 [i,
typice 35—40 ^ 5—6 JA.
Hab.: in foliis Rapaneae ferrugineae, socia Phanerococco rapa-
neae Hansf., in Republica Dominicana (vide supra).
XXXI. — Monosporium uredlnicolum Stev. and Oospora
ur e dinis (Link) Wallr.
Monosporium uredinicolum Stev. (Trans. 111. Ac. Sei., Vol. X, p.
201. 1917) has been described on Coleosporium ipomoeae on leaves
of Ipomoea batatas in Puerto Rico.
In the Dominican Republic this species is not unfrequent on the
same rust — apparently, an elective host — chiefly after the rain
periods. It develops on the rust spot, covering it in part, but
also covering the spot at all, with a white layer composed
of mycelium floeculose to woolly, but also delicate up to
arachnoid, hyaline, very branched — also more or less dicho-
tomically branched, but, as a rule, diffusely and irregularly
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branched — with indistinctly septate hyphae, thin (1—2,5 JA diam.);
the conidiophores are undifferentiated, being constituted by Short
hyphae, without distinctive characteristics; on the top of the more or
less acutate conidiophore, are found one conidial chain, very easy
to separate from the conidiophore and, as a rule, remaining only
with the basal, youngest conidium; really the chains are formed by
8—12 and more conidia; the conidia are hyaline, non septate, ovoid
or ellipsoid up to cylindric-cuboid, with obtuse but not truncate
ends, 14—17 JA diam. or 14—18 by 10—13 |x.
In spite of the f act that we never studied the autentic S t e v e n s '
specimen, there are no doubt on the identity of our specimen; but it
is not certainly a species of the conventional genus Monosporium
Bon. (Handb. Allg. Mykol., pag. 95. 1851) having well differentiated,
branched conidiophores with an acrogenous conidium each one. The
definition of the above named species is attributed to the fact the
chains are easily broken off, and on the conidiophore remains only
an apical conidium.
According the description, our fungus agree with Oospora uredi-
nis (Link) Wallr. (Pl. Krypt. Germ., Vol. II, pag. 86. 1833) (of which
we dont know the autentic specimen) in the conventional signification
attributed to this species, adopted by L i n d a u (in Rabenh., Die
Pilze, VIII, Abth., pag. 30. 1907), an european species living on rusts
of Ewphorbia and Rubus. Yet the genus Oospora is amazingly con-
fused and the signification fully conventional, there are some doubt
also on the fungus according S a c c a r d o (Ann. Mycol., Vol. I,
pag. 24. 1903). The systematic position of this Oospora, and the
synonimy must be revised on autentic specimen; in expect, we are
accepting the identity of M. uredinicolum with the conventional
Oospora uredinis.

X X X I I . — O phione ctria p alic our e ae S e a v . e t W h e t z . , a n d

T ov ariella pittieriana Syd.
Ophionectria palicoureae Seav. et Whetz. (in Seav. et ühard.,
Scient. Survey of Porto Rico and Virgin Isl., Vol. VIII, p. 1, pag. 45.
1926) has been described on leaves of Palicourea sp. in Puerto Rico,
and Tovariella pittieriana Syd. (Ann. Mycol., Vol. XXVIII, pag. 173.
1930) on leaves of Psychotria (Palicourea) riparia in Venezuela.
We found on living leaf of Palicourea domingensis (Jacq.) P.
DC. (Dominican Republic, Gordillera Central, prov. Santo Domingo, La
Cumbre, road to Bonao, 300 m., 20. V. 1928, leg. R. C. (No. 3943) a fun-
gus not completely developed. The characteristics of the dominican
fungus are corresponding to those of the venezuelan fungus: almost
hyaline or light-yellowish to yellowish-pink in color; asci ovoidal in
shape, 8—12 JA diam.; spores with 7—15 septa, of 8—100^3—4 JA;

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paraphyses very abundant and well branched, chiefly on the upper
part, filiform, 130—190 -y. long (up to 245 y,). In the young specimen
they are forming almost an epithecium, but, near the maturity, they
are disposed more or less without regularity, and are almost cottony
or wooly.
In spite of the fact that we dont studied the autentic specimen
Ophionectria palicoureae, it is almost sure that it is identic with
Tovariella pütieriana, at least from the Short description of the ame-
rican mycologists, for the morphology and the size of the elements,
on the base of the dominican specimen. In this case, the specific
name palicoureae must have the priority on the specific name pit-
tieriana.
It would be useful to compare the generic position of both fungi
wdth Dexteria Stev. (monotypic: D. pulchella Stev., Trans. 111. Acad.
Sc, Vol. X, pag. 174. 1917) on leaves of Paullinia pinnata, but the
description of this species is too short.

XXXIII. — Berteromyces aeneus Gif., n. gen. et n. sp. (Fig. 6).

The characteristics of this genus, dedicated to the italian botanist
C a r l o B e r t e r o (1789—1831), the first italian botanist collecting
plants in the spanish side of Hispaniola Island (now Dominican
Republic), are the following:
Berteromyces Gif., n. gen.
Biophilum, mycelium superficiale nullum, mycelium endogenum
ramosum, hyalinum, parce evolutum, conidiophora hyalina vel sub-
hyalina, erumpentia, dense suffulta, fasciculata, simplicia, erecta,
distincta; conidia solitaria acrogena, hyalina, ovoidea, primum con-
tinua, dein 1-septata, levia. -• ' - .
Typus: B. a e n e u s n. sp.
The genus is allied to Diploidium Arn., differing for the absence
of superficial mycelium and the modality of aggregation of the
conidiophores, as well as to Exosporina, Arn., differing also for the
absence of superficial mycelium, and having conidia of different
shape. In addition a basal pseudo-hypostroma is present.
Berteromyces is, then, allied to Parodiellinae and Parodiopsidae
(following the A r n a u d ' s System), of which Diploidium and Exo-
sporina are considered to be the conidial stages, also for the aspect
of the spots, and in spite of the fact that the pigment is absent (or,
at least, very poorly developed). In our opinion, Diploidium and
Exosporina, as well as Berteromyces, are Hyphales symbiotic with
species of Ascomycetous fungi but also free living, never an imperfect
stage of Parodiopsis or allied fungi (see Les Aster., Vol. I, p. 21.
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B e r t e r o m y c e s a e n e u s G i f . , n . s p . '•••• "'• •• ••• ^ .v--<;.-..:i
Maculis amphigenis in pagina superiore foliorum brunneis
usque sordide flavescentibus, margine indistincto viridulo cinctis,
halone decolorato plus vel minus rotundato 1—4 mm. diam., effuso,
sub-limitatis; in pagina inferiore lenissime viridulis effusis, sub-

Fig. 6. Berteromyces aeneus Cif. — a) Sterile tufts. — b) Conidia. —

c) fertile tips of ine conidiophores. — d) Conidiophores.
decoloratis, saepe rotundatis aut orbicularibus, indelimitatis, 2—5 mm.
diam.; coloniis semper hypophyllis, brunneo-viridulis, rotundatis,
orbicularibus aut irregularibus, saepe singulis, 2—4 mm. diam.
rarius sub-aggregatis majoribus sed individualiter distinctis,
frequenter punctiformibus, 1—2,5 mm. diam., mycelio superficiali
nullo; mycelio intramatricali ex hyphis tenuibus (2—2,5 \i), in-
distincte septatis, parce ramosis composito; caespitulis paucis, rarius
singulis in quoque macula, pro more 4—12, remote sparsis, erumpen-
tibus, basaliter dense coacervatis, pseudostromate sphaerico-appla-
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expanso sed denso, a stomatibus vel ab epidermide assurgentibus,
100—180 |x diam., 80—130 ^ altis, oculo inermi indistinctis, sub lente
imperspicuis, ob 30—70 (rarius ultra) conidiophoris compositis;
conidiophoris siimplicibusi, dense fasciculatis,rectis vel leniter curvula-
tis, plus vel minus erectis, sed irregularibus, apice non, vel paullo incras-
satis, 1-denticulatis vel incisis, cylindraceis vel sub-clavulatis, hyalinis,
sub-hyalinis vel dilute flavis, non septatis vel parce et remote septa-
tis, 46—57 [i altis, 7—12 fx crassis, apice monosporis; conidiis primo
simplicibus, continuis, ovatis vel cylindroideis, apicibus rotundatis,
dein 1-septatis (rarissime et indisticte 2-septatis), clavatis, superne
elliptico elongatis, apice rotundatis, ad basim sub-caudatis, angustato-
elongatis, apice inferiore obtusato-truncato, in toto 60—75 ^ longis
(cauda 18—36 |x longa) 9—10—14 |x lata (cauda 6—9 \i crassa), septo
prope medium incrassato, ad septum non constrictis, plasmate gra-
nulato vel nubiloso usque guttulato.
Hab.: in foliis vivis Cassiae indecorae H. B. K. vel sp. äff., Re-
publica Dominicana, Valle del Gibao, prov. Santiago, Santiago, Hato
del Yaque, Hatillo, 14. VIII. 1931, ipse legi (No. 4958).

XXXIV. — M is c eil an e ou s r e c ords.

Macrosporium amaranthi Peck, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club, pag. 394
(1895). On Amaranthus viridis, Valle del Gibao, prov. Espaillat, Moca,
Estacion Nacional Agronomica, IV. 1929, coll. R. G. (without number).
Living on half-dry leaves, apparently saprophytically or almost
so. Species new for Santo Domingo; also the host plant is new for
the species. Colonies very small, nearly punctiform, black or black-
greenish, isolated or sub-confluent, 2 mm. in diam.; conidiophores
fasciculate, erect or suberect, simple, not enlarged neither at the top,
nor at base, septate, brown-olivaceous, 26—40 by 5—9,5 fx. Gonidia
sub-clavate to sub-fusiform, acrogenous, scattered (?), brownish,
irregularly septate, with 3—6 transversal and 2—4 longitudinal septa,
22—36 by 6—12 ^.
The fungus occurring on Amaranthus viridis seems to be inter-
mediate in characters between that of A. relroflexus and the form
celosiae Br. et Cav. (P. parass. N. 366) of the same species, found
on Celosia cristata, particularly for the dimensions of the conidiopho-
res; this form was referred to the type by F e r r a r i s (Hyph., pag.
501. 1910). In the North American specimen, the conidiophores are
21—32 \L long; in the italian form 28—45 |x, and in our specimen
26—40 JA.
Aschersonia turbinata Berk. On Psidium guajava, Llano uostero,
prov. Santo Domingo, Santo Domingo City, banks of Rio üzama,
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Valle del Gibao, prov. Düarte, Pimentel, in savana, VIII. 1929,
coll. R. C, No. 2720. Llano Gostero, prov. Santo Domingo, Sabana de
Guerra, VIII. 1929, coll. E. L. E k m a n, No. 2874.
On Salmea scandens, Cordillera Central, prov. Santo Domingo,
Villa Altagracia, 7. I. 1930, coll. E. L. E k m a n, Nr. 2852.
With an indeterminate, immature Meliolinea.
Previously known in Santo Domingo on Coccidae on the first
host plant; a frequent species.
Fusarium heterosporium Nees.
On spikes of Paspalum plicatulum, Llano Gostero, prov. Santo
Domingo, Pimentel, in savana, VIII. 1929, coll. R. C., No. 2717.
?F. subulatum Appel et Woll., on the same host plant Valle del
Gibao, prov. Duarte, Pimentel, in savana, VIII. 1929, coll. R. G.,
No. 2702.
Associated with a Coniostroma sp.
Both species are known for Santo Domingo on other host plants.
Albugo platensis (Speg.) Sw., Journ. Mycol., Vol. VII, pag. 113
(1892). On Boerhaavea erecta L. (Nyctcuginaceae), Valle de San Juan,
prov. Azua, San Juan de la Maguana, Sabana de Santome. 18. Vlll.
1929, coll. E. L. E k m a n, No. 2875.
t Albugo candida (Pers.) Kuntze.
On Brassica rapa L. culi, Valle del Cibao, prov. Espaillat, Mona,
Safarraya, near Javava, 10. XII. 1929, coll. R. C, No. ?.
'.iPrecedently found in Santo Domingo on Brassica urbaniana.
Cercospora stevensii Young, Mycol., Vol. VIII, p. 45 (1916).
On leaves of Andira jamaicensis, Cordillera Central, prov. La
Vega, Bonao, in forest, about m. 500, IV. 1928, coll. R. G. (without
number).
A species new to Santo Domingo and a new host plant for the
species, described in Puerto Rico on Andira inermis (but it is pos-
sible that both host plants are the same species). The characteristics
of our specimens agree well with the description.

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