Jan. 1896. Flora of W. Virginia — Millspaugh & Nuttall. 121 



LEPTOSTROMACE^. 



LEPTOTHYRIUM Kunze & Schm. 

 Li. sp. 



On living leaves Ilex opaca, Aug., 1894 {Nuttall, 1679, 584). 

 Maculae white. 



Li. Liriodendri Cke. 



On dead fallen leaves Liriodetidron Tiilipifera, April 17, 1895 

 {Nuttall, 1805). 



Li. dryinum Sacc. 



On living leaves Quercus 7-ubra, alt. 1,300 ft., June 29, 1894 

 {Nuttall, 1592, 540). 



L. Castanese (Spr. ) Sacc. 



On fallen leaves Castanea dentata, April 17, 1895 {Nuttall, 1806). 



L. petiolorum 



On dead leaves Magnolia Fraseri, April 11, 1895. Sporules 

 5 X I !>. {Nuttall, 1802, 689). 



Li? foraminulatum Sacc. & Ell. 



On fallen leaves Ilex opaca, Aug. 16, 1894. Sporules 25 x 3 // 

 {Nuttall, 1657). 



Li. vulgare (Fr.) Sacc. 



On Dioscorea villosa, on Aralia spinosa, and on Onagra biennis. 

 Sporules 5 to 7 x .75 // on each host, Feb. 8, 1894 (^^v/ZA?//, 1368, 

 323)- 



SACIDIUM Nees. 



S. Vitis E. & E., sp. nov. 



Type habitat: On Vitis cordifolia, Nov. 6, 1893 {N^uttall, 1254, 

 198). Fungi Columbiani 290, N. A. F., 3067. 



Perithecia scattered; scutellate not perforated, 180 to 220 //. 

 diameter. Sporules oblong-cylindrical, straight or curved, 15 to 

 20 X 4 to 5 !>., filled with small nuclei. 



In the specimens of Sacidiuni viticolum, B. & C. in Rav. F. Am. 

 the sporules are ovate or elliptical, 6 to 7 x 5 //, and the peri- 

 thecia are only 75 to 100 ,". diameter. 



DISCOSIA Lib. 



D. Artoceras (Tode) Fr. 



On Castanea dentata, Oct. 20, 1893. On Epigaa repens, Jan. 18, 

 1894. On Be tula lutea, Fraxinus Pennsylvaiiica, Magnolia Fraseri, 

 Cornus florida. Sassafras Sassafras, and Cephalanthus occidentalis 

 {Nuttall, 1228, 173). 



D. MACULicoLA Gcr. 



On living leaves Disporum lanuginosufu. Grant Co., near Bayard 

 {Millspaugh). On Smilax rotundifolia and Oxydendron arboreum, 

 July 8, 1894 {Nuttall, 1598). 



