Jan. 1896. Flora of W. Virginia — Millspaugh & Nuttall. ioi 



r. roseum Link. 



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

 4- 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 

 {Millspaugh). 



P. roseum Var. nov? 



On dead fruit of Diospyros Virginiana, Aug. 1895 {Nuttall, 

 1831, 721). 



~ sp. 



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

 pink. Conidia oblong to obovate7.5 to 10x2.5/^ {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, .5 mm. 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 subcupuliforni 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 II. hyaline, narrowing to a slender point 

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

 more or less branched above. 



Differs from M. coccophila Desm. m 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. 



E. purpurascens Ehrenb. 



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



E. NEGLECTUM Desm. 



On living leaves of Arena saliva and Catalpa Catalpa, Monon- 

 galia Co., at Morgantown, 1891 {Millspaugh). 



E. Duriaeanum Mont. 



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

 {Nuttall, 1285, 229). 



EPIDOCHIUM Fries. 

 E. melanochlorum Desm. ? 



On Carex Fraseri, Feb. 11, 1894 {Nuttall, 1376, 337). 



