JAN. 1896. FLORA OF W. VIRGINIA MILLSPAUGH & NUTTALL. 147 



Xi. compressum (Pers.) Sacc. 



On Salix nigra falcata, April 23, 1894. Asci 70 to 100 x 15 p, 

 Spores 25 to 30 x 8 to 10 /JL (Nuttall, 1481, 461). 



HELVELLACE.E. 

 MORCHELLA Dill. 



M. esculenta (Linn.) Pers. 



Along an old road among grasses and leaves under an oak, 

 April 1 8, 1893 (Nut tall, 897). 



M. angusticeps Peck. 



On ground, Short Creek, April 18, 1893. Spores 25 to 28 x 15 n 

 (Nuttall, 895). 



M. sp. 



On ground, Short Creek, 5 cm. high, with smooth spores 28 x 

 17 /n, April 1 8, 1893 (Nut tall, 896). 



GYROMITRA Fr. 

 G. curtipes Fr. 



On ground below cliffs, Short Creek. Asci, fertile part 50 x 16 

 to 18 //. Total length 350 p. Spores 22 to 30 x 10 /a, 2-nucleate 

 (Nut tall, 1813). 



HELVELLA Linn. 



H. macropus (Pers.) Karst? 



On ground in woods at base of cliffs, July 15, 1893 (Nuttall, 

 1097). 



MITRULA Fr. 



M. phalloides (Bull.) Chev. 



In water on leaves of Quercus Prinus, etc., spores to 20 x 3 fi. 

 Masterson's Glade, June n, 1893 (Nuttall, 935). 



M. lutescens B & C. 



On ground and on dead logs in deep woods, alt. 2,000 ft. 

 (Nuttall, 1024). 



SPATHULARIA Pers. 



S. clavata (Schaef.) Sacc? 



In woods among dead leaves, stipe dark brown, spores short 

 25 n, July 10, 1893 (Nuttall, 1087). 



VIBRISSEA Fr. 

 V. truncorum (A. & S.) Fr. 



On wet dead sticks, alt. 1,800 ft., June 15, 1893 (Nuttall, 991). 



