(/, O C 7$ Vol. 77, pp. 1-4 26 June 1964 PROCEEDINGS OF THE BIOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON ELSINOE STAGE OF SPHACELOMA SACCHARI By T. C. Lo Department of Plant Pathology, College of Agriculture, Taiwan Provincial Chung-Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan, China In their account of spotted anthracnose of sugarcane (Sac-charum officinarum L. ), in Taiwan called "white speck," Jenkins and Bitancourt (1960) showed that in Brazil, S. C. Arruda had discovered (1957) Elsinoe fruiting on the leaf spots, while in Taiwan, in the same year, Lo ( 1957 ) had described Sphaceloma sacchari as the cause of the disease. Discoveiy ( 1961 ) of Elsinoe on white speck lesions in Taiwan substantiates Jenkins and Bitancourt's implication of the new species of Elsinoe as the perfect stage of S. sacchari. In order that the new species may have a specific name it is here described as Elsinoe sacchari. Elsinoe sacchari, sp. nov. Ascomata organismi causalis pulvinata, intraepidermalia 50 X 31.2 fi in epithecio pseudoparenchymatico. Asci elliptici vel globosi, 10.3—13 X 9.6-10.6 /jl, in ascomatibus dispersi. Ascosporae hyalinae, oblongo-ellip-ticae, rectae vel plus minusve curvatae, unitriseptatae, saepe quoad septa notabiliter constrictae, 8-10 X 3.3 /j.. Forma imperfecta, Sphaceloma sacchari Lo (J. Agr. & Forest., 6: 71, pis. 1-3. 1957). Hah.: In foliis Saccharum officinarum L. Loc: Tainan, Taiwan, China. Typus est in foliis Saccharum officinarum L., cv. 'NCO:310.' Tainan, Taiwan, China, 25 Feb. 1961, T. C. Lo 22 (TPU 60-4-22). TPU num-bers are accession numbers in the Taiwan Provincial Chung Hsing Univ., Coll. Agr. Herb. Likewise, BPI numbers are accession numbers in the National Fungus Collections, Crop Research Division, U. S. Department of Agriculture, Beltsville, Maryland. SPIB numbers are accession num-bers in the Herb. Seccao Fitopat, Instituto Biologico, Sao Paulo, Brazil. Ascomata pulvinate, intraepidermal, 50 X 31.2^, with a dark pseudo-parenchymatic epithecium; asci elliptical to spherical, 10.3-12 X 9.6-1— Phoc. Biol. Soc. Wash., Vol. 77, 1964 (1) MHHSORIU .. JN g g 1Q ^
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