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30390<br />

THE BRITISH SMUT FUNGI 101<br />

promycelia, basal fusions between the promycelial branches, and the growth of<br />

these to form'hyphae (Fig. 10 b, d). Juel (1894) also figured germination noting<br />

the short promyceUa (15 /x) with three or four terminal branches, but he did not<br />

observe fusions. Some of the branches formed long septate hyphae (diameter<br />

2 fi) and small, somewhat bent sporidia (9 x 3 ja). In nutrient solution derived<br />

from dung the apical branches of the promycelium formed a bunch of sterile<br />

filaments. Viennot-Bourgin (1937), using a filtrate of soil and compost, germinated<br />

spores from plants of Linaria striata which had been exposed to the<br />

weather until April. The promycelia (70-130 /x.) were thin and flexuous with one<br />

or two slender apical branches (20-30 X 3 ft) which bore at the tip thin slightly<br />

acuminate sporidia (9-18 X 3-5 fi) on rudimentary stalks. l^^.<br />

Melanotaenium endogenum (Unger) de Bary<br />

Protomyces eridogenus Unger, Die Exantheme der Pflanzen, pp. 342, 419, 183:<br />

Protomyces galii Nees von Esenbeck, 1837, fide de Toni, 1888.<br />

Melanotaenium endogenum (Unger) de Bary, Bot. Zeit., xxxii, p. 106, 1874.<br />

Entyloma endogenum (Unger) Wiinsche, 1877.<br />

Sori in the stems and leaves blackening the stunted shoots of the infected plants,<br />

covered by the epidermis of the host. Spore mass firmly agglutinated, black.<br />

Spores rather irregular, globose, sub-globose, polygonal<br />

or elhpsoidal, dark brown, almost opaque,<br />

16-22 X12-20 ja (Figs. 19, 10 c).<br />

On Qalium verum.<br />

Scotland, Aberdeen (see Trail, Scot. Nat., vii (N.S. i),<br />

p. 243, 1884), St. Fagans, Aberdeens. (A. Smith,<br />

July, 1932, Herb. Kew.); Newcastle-on-Tyne (A. W.<br />

Bartlett, 1938, Herb. I.M.I. 32325); Guernsey (E. A.<br />

Ellis, July, 1939, Herb. I.M.I. 32326); Cambs. Fio-19- Melanotaenium endogenum.<br />

Spores. x500.<br />

Spore germination. Woronin (1882) germinated, in<br />

October and November, spores collected at the end of June. The epispore spht<br />

and the endospore grew out as a blunt, cylindrical germ-tube which often<br />

branched, but only one branch developed further, forming a promycelium<br />

•\vith four to seven apical branches which fused at the tip or at the base. After<br />

fusion some of these developed septate mycelium but no sporidia were observed.<br />

Melanotaenium hypogaeum (Tul.) ScheUenb.<br />

Ustilago hypogaea Tulasne, Fung, hypog., p. 196, 1851.<br />

Melanotaenium hypogaeum (Tul.) ScheUenberg, Die Brandpilze der Schweiz,<br />

p. 108, 1911.<br />

Sori in the root stock. Spore mass compact, black, intersected by white fibres.<br />

Spores rounded or rounded polygonal, dark brown, smooth, contents very<br />

oleaginous, 20-24 x 14r-20/x. [n.v., after Phillips & Plowright.]<br />

On Linaria spuria.<br />

Freshwater, Isle of Wight, 1869, John Lowe (see Phillips & Plowright, Orevillea,<br />

xiii, p. 52, 1884).<br />

Spore germination. Unknown.

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