Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Urocystis Giliae Speg. Ann. Mus. Nac. Buenos Aires III. 12: 294. 1909 'J'uburcinia Giliae Liro, Ann. Univ. Fenn. Aboen. A. 1': 101. 1922. Sori forming conspicuous, usually ellipsoid nodules, about 7-15 mm. long, on roots, at first firm and whitish, then grayish and finally showing black subgranular contents; sporeballs reddish-brown, subopaque to opaque, irregular, oblong to subspheric, chiefly 30-45 n, occasionally 27-60 ii in length; sterile cells rather incompletely and closely but obscurely covering fertile cells, dark-reddish-brown, usually rather thick-walled, subspheric and frequently flattened, S-15 ^ in length; spores chiefly 1-3 or rarely more in a ball, ovoid to subspheric, difficult to separate from cortex-cells, 16-20 ;u in length.
On Pouemoniaceae: Gilia sp.. Wyoming.
Type locality; Puerto del Inca, Argentina, on Gilia foetida.
Distribution: Wyoming: also in Argentina.
- bibliographic citation
- George Lorenzo Ingram Zundel, John Hendley Barnhart. 1939. (USTILAGINALES); ADDITIONS AND CORRECTIONS, HOST-INDEX. North American flora. vol 7(14). New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
