Gymnosporangium fraternum F. Kern 1911

Gymnosporangium frateruum Kern, Bull. N. Y. Bot
Gard. 7 : 439. 1911.
O and I. Pycnia and aecia unknown.
Telia foliicolous, from an annual mycelium, solitary, scattered, oval, 0.8-2 mm across, pulvinate, chestnut-brown, ruptured epidermis usually noticeable; teliospores 2-celled, ellipsoid, 16-19 by 39-48//, rounded above, narrowed below, slightly constricted at the septum; wall cinnamon -brown, moderately thin, 1.5-2.5/f, thicker above, 3-5 /i, the pores 2 in each cell, near the septum ; pedicels cylindrical, uniform, 5-6// in diameter.
On Juniperaceae :
Chamaecyparis ihyoides (I^.) B.S.P. (C sphaeroidea Spach, Cupressus thyoides ly.), Massachusetts, New Jersey.
Type locality : Newfield, New Jersey, on Chamaecyparis thyoides.
Distribution : Small area along the Atlantic coast from Massachusetts to New Jersey.

Gymnosporangium transformans (Ellis) Kern, Bull. N. Y
Bot. Gard. 7 : 463. 1911.
Roestelia transformans Ellis ; Peck, Bull. Torrey Club 5 : 3. 1874. Aecidium transformans Paz.; Rab.-Paz. Fungi Eur. 4238. 1901.
Pycnia chiefiy epiphyllous and fructicolous, gregarious, rather crowded, in small groups 0.5-1 mm. across, on discolored spots 2-7 mm. across, noticeable, honey-yellow becoming brownish, globoid, rather large, 144-170^ in diameter by 112-150 ju high ; ostiolar
w
filaments 60-75 ju long.