JAN. 1896. FLORA OF W. VIRGINIA MILLSPAUGH & NUTTALL. 101 



F. roseum Link. 



On follicles of Asclepias Syriaca, May 31, 1894. Conidia55 x 4 ji 

 -\- 6-septate (Nuttall, 1530, 503). 



F. SOLANI Mart. 



Found associated with " black rot " on Tomato fruits that have 

 fallen to the ground. Monongalia Co., at Morgantown, 1891 

 (MillspaugK). 



F. roseum - Var. nov? 



On dead fruit of Diospyros Virginiana, Aug. 1895 (Nut tall, 

 1831, 721). 



F. - sp. 



On stems of Asparagus officinalis, Oct. 28, 1893. Color, light 

 pink. Conidia oblong to obovate7-5 to 10x2.5/1 (Nuttall, 1239, 

 1248, 185). 



MICROCERA Desm. 



M. erumpens E. & E. , Proc. Phila. Acad. , 1894, 386. 



TYPE HABITAT: On dead limbs of Tsuga Canadensis, March, 1895 

 (Nuttall, discov. 1398, 371). 



Sporodochia scattered, depressed-globose, -5mm. diameter, at 

 first covered by the epidermis, raising it into little whitish pus- 

 tules, then erumpent and closely embraced by the ruptured epi- 

 dermis, at first orange-red, then becoming nearly black, and finally 

 leaving subcupuliform cavities in the bark, when dry. Conidia 

 falcate to fusiform, multinucleate, and finally three or more sep- 

 tate, 60 to 83 x 3 to 4.5 // hyaline, narrowing to a slender point 

 at each end, borne on short sporophores (20 to 35 /*), which are 

 more or less branched above. 



Differs from M. coccophila Desm. in the shape of the sporodo- 

 chia and their subcuticular origin. 



(The additional description, incorporated in this relation of the 

 specific characters, is by E. & E.) 



EPICOCCUM Link. 



J. purpurascens Ehrenb. 



On cardboard box in grass, April 13, 1894 {Nuttall, 1453). 



E. NEGLECTUM Desm. 



On living leaves of Avena sativa and Catalpa Caialpa, Monon- 

 galia Co., at Morgantown, 1891 (MillspaugK). 



E. Duriseanum Mont. 



Underside of outer bark of Robinia Pseudacacia, Nov. 10, 1893 

 (Nuttall, 1285, 229). 



EPIDOCHIUM Fries. 



E. melanochlorum Desm. ? 



On Carcx Fraseri, Feb. n, 1894 (Nuttall, 1376, 337). 



