Jan. 1896. Flora of W. Virginia — Millspaugh & Nuttall. 143 



C. Rhoina (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, 1 81 7, 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//, soon opaque, very faintly and sparingl}^ 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. 



~ 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 Fseudacacia, Jan. 15, 1894 [iVuttall, 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). 



