Abstract
The author collected two kinds of fungi attacking leaves of Aspidistra elatior at Tokyo in 1938. The one was referable to Phyllosticta Aspidistrae Oud., and the other, which produced minute brown spots 1-3mm in diameter, was considered as an undescribed species and the name Macrophoma Aspidistrae n. sp. was assigned to it. The diagnosis is as follows. Macrophoma Aspidistrae Iwata, n. sp. Maculis minutis, rotundatis vel angularibus niternervies, avellaneis centro, fuscis margine, 1-3mm diam. Pycnidiis hypophyllis vel epiphyllis, 1-compluribus in 1 macula, globosis, 60-120μ diam. hypodermicis, cum hiato, quo 15 -30μ magno. Pycnosporiso vatis vel ellipticis, hyalinis, continuis, oleosis, 11-20×6.5-12.5u. Hab. in foliis vivis Aspidistrae elatioris, Tokyo, Japonia (Nov. 21, 1938, Y. Iwata). The type specimen is deposited in the herbarium of National Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Tokyo, Japan.
