JAN. 1896. FLORA OF W. VIRGINIA MILLSPAUGH & NUTTALL. 143 



C. E-hoina (C. & Ell.) Sacc. 



On Rhus hirta, Dec. 9, 1893. Spores 15 to 18 x 5? , hyaline, 

 4-nucleate, uniseptate constricted at septum. (Nuttall, 1348, 306). 



PYRENOPHORA Fr. 



P. calvescens (Fr.) Sacc. ? 



On Chenopodium anthelminticum, Aug. 10, 1895 {Nuttall 1845, 

 736). 



TEICHOSPORA Fckl. 

 T. nitida E. & E. 



On Rubus villosus, Apr. 25, 1895. Asci 75 x 12? //. Spores 20 

 to 23 x 9 to 10 // {Nuttall, 1817, 706). 



PLEOSPH^RIA Speg. 



P. corticola E. & E., Proc. Phila. Acad., 1894, 332. 



TYPE HABITAT: On bark of Finns rigida, Glade Creek, June 

 24, 1894 {Nuttall, discov. 1582). 



Perithecia scattered, superficial, ovate, 300 to 400 //diameter, car- 

 bonaceo-membranaceous, pilose-strigose, hairs 100 to 200 x 5 to 

 6/ji, soon opaque, very faintly and sparingly septate, here and there 

 collected into closely compacted fascicles resembling stout bris- 

 tles. Ostiolum papilliform, obtuse. Asci oblong-cylindrical, 

 abruptly short-stipitate, 80 to 100 x 20 to 25 //. Paraphysate? 

 Sporidia crowded, acutely elliptical, nearly hyaline at first, be- 

 coming olive-brown and 5 to 7 septate and muriform, but not 

 constricted. 



Comes near P. strigosa Sacc., but perithecia rather smaller, not 

 depressed, and hairs fasciculate. 



P. - - sp. 



On Tecoma radicans, Feb. 20, 1894 (Nuttall, 1414, 385). 



CUCURBITARIA Gray. 

 C. Fraxini E. & E. 



On Fraxinus Americana, Apr. 27, 1894 (Nuttall, 1523). 



C. elongata (Fr.) Grev. 



On Robinia Pseudacacia, Jan. 15, 1894 (Nuttall, 1783). 



OPHIOBOLUS Riess. 



O. porphyrogonus (Tode) Sacc. 



On Vernonia Noveboracensis, Apr. 24, 1895 (Nuttall, 1820, 702). 



O. acuminatus (Sow.) 



On Zea Mays, Aug. 10, 1895 (Nuttall, 1839, 728). 



O. fulgidus (C. & P.) Sacc. 



On Vernonia Noveboracensis, Apr. 24, 1895 {Nuttall, 1821, 703). 



