Leucocintractia leucoderma (Berk.) M. Piepenbr. 2000

Cintractia leucoderma (Berk.) P. Henn. Hedwigia
Ustilago leucoderma Berk. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. II. 9 : 200. 1852.
Cintractia Krugiana Magn. Bot. Jahrb. 17: 490. 1893. (Type from Porto Rico, on Rynchospora
CiJricHalffinis Peck, N. Y. State Mus. Bull. 67: 28. 1903. (Type from New York, on Rynchospora macrostachya.)
Sori surrounding peduncles or pedicels or often involving base of the rachis (sometimes even on stems), forming conspicuous elongate bodies 7-30 mm. in length, covered with a thick white false membrane that gradually flakes away, leaving exposed the firmly agglutinated black spore-mass ; sterile cells more or less gelatinized, often almost in fragments ; spores medium to dark reddish-brown, somewhat compressed laterally and so appearing oblong to circular according to view, occasionally obtusely angled, at times with hyaline fragments still attached, verruculose though sometimes rather obscurely, 13-16 ^, rarely 18 (Ji or even 20 ju, in length.
On Cyperaceae :
Rynchospora corniculaia^ Florida.
Rynchospora corniculata macrostachya {R. macro s tacky a) ^ New York,
Rynchospora gigantea , Porto Rico.
Rynchospora Tracyi, Florida.
Rynchospora sp., Mexico.
? Rynchospora^ Cuba, San Domingo. Type locality : San Domingo, "on the sheaths of some sedge " [probably Rynchospora sp.] . Distribution : New York, Florida, Cuba, San Domingo, Porto Rico, Mexico ; also from South America, Asia and Australia.

Leucocintractia leucoderma je grzib, co go nojprzōd ôpisoł Miles Joseph Berkeley, a terŏźnõ nazwã doł mu M. Piepenbr. 2000. Leucocintractia leucoderma nŏleży do zorty Leucocintractia i familije Anthracoideaceae. Żŏdne podgatōnki niy sōm wymianowane we Catalogue of Life.