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Cooke, M.C. 1888: Australasian fungi. Grevillea 17(81): 7-8.

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Cooke, M.C. 1888: Australasian fungi. Grevillea 17(81): 7-8.
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Ustilago sclerotiformis Cooke & Massee 1888
Absorbing the ovaries of Uncinia caespitosa. Taheraite, New Zealand (Kirk. 321).
Black, compact, obovate, large (2 mm. diam), never becoming powdery,. spores subglobose, dark umber (16-18 µ diam.). Epispore granulose.
Somewhat resembling U. marmorata, B., but that species has spores distinctly verrucose, in the type specimens, although included by F. de Waldheim with the smooth-spored species.

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