Ustilago uniolae Ellis & Everh. 1887

Ustilago uniolae Ellis & Ev. Jour. Myc. 3 : 56. 1887
Sori in ovaries, showing between the glumes as slightly swollen ovoid bodies, about 2-4 mm. in length, rather firm, with a semi-agglutinated or finally dusty spore-mass ; spores dark reddish-brown, oblong or ovate to spherical or occasionally angled and irregiilar, obscurely and minutely verruculose, 9-13 fi in length.
On Poaceae :
Uniola laxa {U. gracilis), Delaware, Georgia, Mississippi, Texas. Type locality : Texas, on Uniola gracilis {U. laxa). Distribution : Delaware to Texas.