Puccinia caricis-strictae Dietel 1889

Dicaeoma caricis-strictae (Dietel) Arthur & Kern
Uromyces Caricis Peck, Ann. Rep. N. Y. State Mus. 24: 90. 1872. Not Dicaeoma Caricis Kuntze,
1898. Puccinia Caricis-strictae Dietel, Hedwigia 28: 23. 1889.
O and I. Pycnia and aecia unknown.
II. Uredinia of the usual sort not seen; urediniospores of the usual sort ellipsoid or obovoid, 13-20 by 20-35 ix; wall light cinnamon-brown, about 1.5 m thick, finely and moderately echinulate, the pores 2, opposite, slightly below the equator. Uredinia of the modified sort (amphisori) hypophyllous, scattered, roundish, oval, or
oblong, 0.3-0.8 mm. long, early naked, pulvinate, chestnut-brown, ruptured epidermis not
conspicuous ; urediniospores of the modified sort (amphispores) globoid, obovoid, or ellipsoid,
17-24 by 21-31 fx] wall dark ciimamon-brown, uniform, 1.5-2.5 n thick, finely verrucose, the
pores 2, opposite, slightly below the equator; pedicel colorless, semi-persistent, once to twice length of spore.
III. Teha hypophyllous, scattered, oval, or oblong, 0.4—1 mm. long, early naked, pulvinate, blackish-brown, rupttired epidermis noticeable; teliospores clavate-oblong, 16-21 by 32-56 fi, usually rounded above, narrowed or roimded below, slightly constricted at septum; wall light chestnut-brown, 1-1.5 ju thick, much thicker above, 5-10 ft, smooth; pedicel nearly colorless, length of spore or less.
On Cyperaceae:
Carex stricta L. (?), Connecticut, Delaware, Massachusetts, New York. Type i^ocality: Center (now called Karner), New York, on Carex stricta. Distribution: Massachusetts and adjacent part of New York south to Delaware.