Cintractia axicola (Berk.) Cornu 1883

Cintractia axicola (Berk.) Comu, Ann. Sci. Nat. VI. 15 : 279. 1883
Ustilago axicola Berk. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. II. 9 : 200. 1852. Ustilago axicola var. Berk. Grevillea 3 : 59. 1874.
UsHlago Fimbristylis Thiim. Bull. Torrey Club 6 : 95. 1876. (Type from Virgrinia, on Fimhristylis auiumnalis. )
Sori usually at base of peduncles or pedicels, rarely in the spikelets, usually roundish, about 3-5 mm. in diameter, at first with whitish false membrane covering the olive-black agglutinated spore-mass, but this soon disappearing and spores becoming less firmly agglutinated ; sterile cells usually indefinite through gelatinization of wall, cellular or somewhat thread-shaped, with little or no lumen ; spores reddish-brown, compressed laterally and so appearing oblong to subcircular according to view, often somewhat angled, smooth, 12-18^ in length.
On Cyperaceae :
Fimbristylis autumnalis, Alabama, Delaware, Mississippi, Virginia.
Fimbristylis diphylla, Porto Rico.
Fimbristylis Holw ay ana ^ Mexico.
Fimbristylis sp., Costa Rica, Cuba, Jamaica, Mexico, San Domingo, St. Kitts. Type locality: San Domingo, on "some scirpoid plant " {FiMbristylis sp.]. _ Distribution : Delaware to Mississippi, Mexico, Costa Rica, and the West Indies.