Thecaphora tunicata G. P. Clinton 1904

Thecaphora tunicata Clinton, Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. 31: 422. 1904
Sori in the flowers, forming subspherical bodies about 2-3 mm. in diameter, enclosed by the floral envelopes, at first firm but later shedding out the granular spore-mass ; sporeballs light chestnut-brown, oblong to chiefly subspherical or spherical, composed of many spores, firmly united (at least at first), chiefly 70-100 // in length ; spores subhyaline or yellowish-tinted, with free surface at least provided with a prominent deeper-colored verrucose epispore (sometimes even 3-6 i thick), quite irregular, chiefly oblong to subspherical^ 12-18/^, or the most elongate-clavate forms even 27 //, in length.
On Nyctaginaceae :
Boerhaavia sp., Mexico. Type locality : Chihuahua, Mexico, on Boerhaavia sp. Distribution : Known only from the type locality.