Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Ustilago crus-galli Tracy & Earle, Bull. Torrey Club 22 : 175. 1895
Cintractia Seymouriana Magn. Ber. Deuts. Bot. Ges. 14: 217. 1896. (Type from Wellesley, Massachusetts, on Panicum Crus-galli,) Cintractia Crus-galli Magn. Ber. Deuts. Bot. Ges. 14: 392. 1896.
Sori often encircling stem at nodes or at the place of the inflorescence infecting both stem and leaves, prominent, often nodular, one to several centimeters in length, protected by tough hispid membrane which upon rupture discloses an olive-brown dusty spore-mass ; spores ovoid to spherical, occasionally more elongate, rather bluntly echinulate or even verruculose, chiefly 10-14 ^ in length.
On Poaceae :
Echinochloa Crus-galli {Panicum Crus-galli), Arkansas^jColorado, Connecticut, Illinois,
Massachusetts, Minnesota, Oregon, South Dakota, ^mahJ Washington. Echinochloa Walteri {^Panicum Walieri), Delaware. ^-
Type locality : Salt I^ak e City. Utah, on Panicum Crus-sralli {Echinochlo a O'us-zalH^ • IlS Distribution : New Wglan^ to Delaware, Utah and Washington:
- bibliographic citation
- George Perkins Clinton. 1906. USTILAGINALES; USTILAGINACEAE, TILLETIACEAE. North American flora. vol 7(1). New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
