Calyptospora columnaris J. G. Kühn 1886

Calyptospora columnaris (Alb. & Schw.) Kiihn; Rab.-Wint. Fungi
Eur. 3521. 1886. (Hedwigia 26 : 28. 1887.)
Aecidium columnare Alb. & Schw. Consp. Fung. 121. pi. 5,f. 4. 1805. Peridermium columnare Schmidt & Kunze, Deuts. Schwamme 6 : 4. 140. 1817. Caeoma columnare Link, in Willd. Sp. PI. 6 2 : 66. 1825. Calyptospora Goeppertiana Kiihn, Hedwigia 8 : 81. 1869. Melampsora Goeppertiana Wint. in Rab. Krypt. Fl. 1* : 245. 1881. Pucciniastrum Goeppertianum Kleb. Wirtsw. Rostp. 391. 1904.
Pycnia uncertain
1. Aecia hypophyllous, from a limited mycelium, not changing form of leaf, in two irregular rows on yellowish spots occupying a part or all of a leaf, cylindrical, 0.5-1 mm. long, dehiscent at apex ; peridium colorless, margin rather finely lacerate, cells overlapping, both outer and inner walls thin, finely verrucose on inner face ; aeciospores broadly ellipsoid, small, 14-18 by 19-24/"; wall colorless, thin, 1-1.5/*, finely and rather closely verrucose ; contents orange-red fading to pale-yellow.
On Pinaceae :
Abies alba Mill, and other species, Europe ; not recorded for America.
Telia caulicolous, from a perennial mycelium, forming a continuous layer around the abnormally elongated and thickened stems, surface even, polished, reddish-brown, becoming dull ; teliospores in the epidermal cells, closely pressed, prismatic, usually 4-celled, oblong or ellipsoid, 10-14 by 18-30//; wall golden-brown, smooth, thin, 0.5-0.8/*, slightly thicker at apex, 1-1.5/*.
On Vacciniaceae :
Vaccinium canadense Rich,, Massachusetts.
Vaccinium Chandleri J eps., California.
Vaccinium corymbosum I,., Massachusetts.
Vaccinium membranaceum Dough, Idaho, Washington.
Vaccinium oreophilum Rydb. (V. Myrtillus A. Gray), Colorado; Alberta.
Vaccinium ovatum Pursh, California, Washington.
Vaccinium parvifolium J. E. Smith, Washington.
Vaccinium pennsylvanicum I^am., Maine, Massachusetts; Newfoundland.
Vitis-Idaea Vitis-Idaea (I,.) Britton (Vaccinium Vitis-Idaea I,.), New Hampshire. Type locality : Upper I^usatia, Germany, on Abies alba.
Distribution : Massachusetts to northern California and northward ; also in Europe.