Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Sorosporium rhynchosporae P. Henn. Hedwigia
Sori in ovaries, completely concealed by the glumes, more or less subspherical , about 1 or 2 mm. in length, forming a granular black spore-mass; spore-balls dark-reddish to black-brown, opaque, oblong to subspherical, more or less angular, rather firmly agglutinated, usually of about 6-20 spores, 25^5 ^ in length ; spores dark reddish-brown, oblong to spherical, with sides more or less angled, apparently smooth or obscurely verrucose, chiefly 10-16 II in length.
On Cyperaceae :
Rynchospora semiplumosa , Mississippi. Type locality : Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Rynchospora glauca. Distribution : Mississippi ; also in South America.
- bibliographic citation
- George Perkins Clinton. 1906. USTILAGINALES; USTILAGINACEAE, TILLETIACEAE. North American flora. vol 7(1). New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY