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Phyllosticta borinquensis E. Young, Mycologia 7: 147. 1915
Spots circular usually, or subcircular, occasionally more or less irregular in form, yellowish or whitish in the center, surrounded by a reddish-brown area< reaching a diameter of 5 mm. or rarely larger, faintly visible on the under side of the leaf; pycnidia abundant, rather thickly clustered near the center of the spot, visible on the under side of the leaf but apparently opening on the upper side, reaching a diameter of 100-200 n spores ovoid, 1-1.5 X 2.5-5 /«.
Accompanied by an Ascomycete which may be its perfect stage.
On SterculiaceaE:
H elicteres jamaicensis Jacq., Porto Rico.
Type locality: San German, Porto Rico, on H elicteres jamaicensis.
Distribution: Porto Rico.
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Fred Jay Seaver. 1922. PHYLLOSTICTALES; PHYLLOSTICTACEAE (pars). North American flora. vol 6(1). New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
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