Thecaphora saponariae (F. Rudolphi) Vánky 1998

Sorosporium Saponariae F. Rudolphi, Linnaea4: 116. 1S29 Ustitago Rudolphi Tul. Ann. Sci. Nat. III. 7: 99. 1847. Microbotryitm Rudolphi Lev. Diet. Univ. Hist. Nat. 12: 787. 1849. Thecaphora Tunicae Auersw. Oesterr. Bot. Zeits. 18: 242. 1868. Caeoma SchlechUndalii Klotzsch, Herb. Viv. Myc. 87. 1832. Schizoderma Saponariae Fries, Syst. Myc. 3: 477. 1832. Sorosporium dianthorum Ciferri, Ann. Myc. 26: 24. 1928. Sorosporium Cypsophilae Ciferri, Ann. Myc. 26: 25. 1928. Sorosporium Silenis-inflalae Ciferri, Ann. Myc. 26: 26. 1928. Sorosporium Alsinearum Ciferri, Ann. Myc. 26: 27. 1928.
Sori prominent in the flowers, forming a light-brown, dusty, granular spore-mass enclosed by the floral envelopes; spore-balls quite temporary, composed of numerous spores, ovoid to subspheric, about 40-100 /i in length; spores light-golden-brown, ovoid, ovate (or occasionally even oblong) to subspheric, frequently somewhat irregular or flattened by pressure, with verruculate or slightly reticulately wrinkled epispore, often smoother on the sides of spores in contact, chiefly 12-19 ^ in length.
On CARvop(nxi.ACEAE :
AUine Curtisii (Stellaria Curlisii), Utah.
Alsine Jamesiana (Stellaria Jamesiana). Colorado, Utah.
Ceraslium anense. New York.
Cerastium occidentaU, Colorado.
Ceraslium oreophilum. Colorado.
SiUrte Xtenziesii, Utah.
Silene IVatsoni, Nevada. Type uocai.itv: Germany, on Saponaria officinalis. Distribution: New York tu Nevada; also in Europe and western Asia.