Phyllosticta convallariae Pers. 1818

Phyllosticta convallariae Pers. Champ. Comest. 148. 1818
Sphaeria lichenoides convallariaecola DC. Fl. Fr. 6; 148. 1815.
Sphaeria omenta Fries, Syst. Myc. 2: 531. 1823.
Depazea cruenta Chev. Fl. Paris 1: 452. 1826.
Sphaeria convallariaecola Duby, Bot. Gall. 2: 712. 1830.
Phyllosticta cruenta Kickx, f. Fl. Crypt. Fland. 1: 412. 1867.
Phyllosticta pallidior Peck, Bull. N. Y. State Mus. 105: 26. 1906.
Macrophoma cruenta Ferraris; Ferraris & Massa, Ann. Myc. 10: 288. 1912.
Spots subcircular or slightly elongate, reaching a diameter of 1 cm., or occasionally two or three coalescing giving rise to a compound spot which is irregular in form and much larger, at first almost blood-red, fading in the center to whitish or pinkish, the margin remaining very dark-red or reddish-purple or almost black; pycnidia numerous and closely crowded near the center of the infected area, about equally conspicuous on either side of the leaf, reaching a diameter of 150-200 m; spores subglobose to broad-ellipsoid, densely filled with a granular matter, about 8 X 10-12 /z.
On Convallariaceae :
Polygonatum bijlorum (Walt.) Ell., New York, Wisconsin. Polygonatum commutatum (R. & S.) A. Dietr., Wisconsin. Polygonatum sp., Missouri ?
Vagnera racemosa (L-.)_Morong (Convallaria racemosa h.,Smilacina racemosa Desf.), Alabama, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin. Vagnera stellata (I,.) Morong {Convallaria stellata I,., Smilacina stellata Desf.) North Dakota * Ontario. Type locality: Europe.
Distribution: Ontario to Idaho and Alabama; also in Europe.