Hamaspora ellisii (Berk.) Körn. 1877

Gymnosporangium ellisii (Berk.) Farl.; Ellis, N. Am
Fungi 271. 1879.
Podisoma Ellisii Berk. Grevillea 3 : 56. 1874. y/a?w^5/'ora^//mVK6rn. Hedwigial6: 23. 1877. Phragmidium Ellisii De-Toni, in Sacc. Syll. Fung. 7 : 750. 1888. Tremella Elhsii A.rt)i. Proc. Ind. Acad. Sci. 1900 : 135. 1901.
O and I. Pycnia and aecia unknown.
Telia caulicolous, from <x perennial mycelium which distorts the younger branches causing slight enlargements and usually dense fasciations, numerous, thickly scattered, often over considerable areas, cylindrical, filiform, rather long, 3-6 mm., about 0.5-1 mm. in diameter, orangecolored ; teliospores 2-5-celled, linear-fusiform, 9-16 by 85-170 m, not constricted at the septa; wall pale-yellow, thin, about Iju, the pores apical, 1 in the uppermost cell, 2 in each of the other cells ; pedicel cylindrical, uniform, slender, very long.
On Juniperaceae :
Chamaecyparis thyoides (L.) B.S.P. {Cupressus thyoides I,., Chamaecyparis sphaeroidea Spach), Alabama, Delaware, Florida, Massachusetts, New Jersey. Type locality : Newfield, New Jersey, on living white cedar {Chamaecyparis thyoides] . • Distribution : Along the Atlantic coast from Massachusetts to Delaware, and in northern Florida and southern Alabama.