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Li. umbrarum Fr. 



On open bare sandy soil, Short Creek, May, 1893 (Nuttall, 1107). 



3j. hirta Schum. 



On floor of cave, July 25, 1893 (Nuttall, 1127). 



Xu vitellina Pers. 



On dead log. Asci 235 x 15 /*, Short Creek, July 2, 1893 (Nutt- 

 all, 1114). 



L. ERINACEUS, Schw. 



On underside of log Quercus alba, Monongalia Co., near Mor- 

 gantown (Millspaugh). \ . 



SCLEROTINIA Fuckel. 

 S. trifoliorum Eriks. 



On ground in open woods, May 18, 1893 {Nuttall, 960). 



HELOTIUM Fr. 

 H. lacteum E. & E., Proc. Phila. Acad., 145 (1893). 



On bare log, Dec. 16, 1893. Pure white, stipitate, plane .4 to 

 .6 mm. asci clavate 95 to no x 7.5 //. Spores curved 16 to 25 x 3 

 to 4 !>., nuclei 4, paraphyses slender, Short Creek near the falls 

 (Nuttall, 1318). 



H. herbarum (Pers. ) Fr. 



On Polymnia Uvedalia, Nov. 15, 1894. Cups 6 to 12 mm. diam- 

 eter, stipes i to 2 mm. long. Asci 55 to 75 x 7.5 to 10 (j.. Spores 

 12 to 15 x 2.5 ;L (Nuttall, 1755). 



H. confluens Schw. 



On dead logs, alt. 1,800 ft. Oct. 20, 1893 (Nuttall, 1213). 



H. citrinum (Hedw.) Fr. 



On wet dead log. Short Creek, alt. 1,800 ft. Sept. 12, 1893. 

 (Nuttall, 1201). 



H. castaneum Sacc. 



On leaves of Rhododendron maximum. Short Creek, 1 alt. 1,800 

 ft. Sept. 12, 1893 (Nuttall, i2o6V 



PHIALEA Fr. 



P. virgultorum (Vahl.) Sacc. 



On old grape twigs on wet ground. Asci 105 x 7.5 p.. Spores 



1 8 x 4 //. Nov. i, 1894 (Nuttall, 1735). 



PSEUDOHELOTIUM Fckl. 



P. fibrisedum (B. & C.) Sacc. 



On wet dead wood of Juglans cinerea, Dec. 5, 1894. More than 

 2 mm diameter, margin ciliate, red-maculate; asci oblong short- 

 stipitate, total length 65 x 7.5 <>. (approx.}, paraphyses filiform. 

 Spores hyaline i -septate (?) oblong, straight or slightly curved, 

 12 to 1 8 x 3 fj. (Nuttall, 1764). 



