Jan. 1896. Flora of W. Virginia — Millspaugh & Nuttall. 149 



li. umbrarum Fr. 



On open bare sandy soil, Short Creek, May, 1893 {Nuitall, 1107). 



Ij. hirta Schum. 



On floor of cave, July 25, 1893 {Nuiiall, 11 27). 



li. vitellina Pers. 



On dead log. Asci 235 x 15 //, Short Creek, July 2, 1893 {Nutt- 

 all, 1114). 



L. ERINACEUS, Schw. 



On underside of log Quercus alba, Monongalia Co., near Mor- 

 gantown [Millspaui:[li). 



SCLEROTINIA Fuckel. 

 S. trifoliorum Eriks. 



On ground in open woods, May 18, 1893 {Nuttall, 960). 



HELOTIUM Fr. 

 H. lacteum E. & E., Proc. Phila. Acad., 145 (1893). 



On bare log, Dec. 16, 1893. Pure white, stipitate, plane .4 to 

 .6 mm. asci clavate 95 to no x 7.5 ,a. Spores curved 16 to 25 x 3 

 to 4 //., nuclei 4, paraphyses slender. Short Creek near the falls 

 {Nuttall, 1 3 18). 



H. herbarum (Pers.) Fr. 



On Polyinnia Uvedalia, Nov. 15, 1894. Cups 6 to 12 mm. diam- 

 eter, stipes I to 2 mm. long. Asci 55 to 75 x 7.5 to 10 a. Spores 

 12 to 15 X 2.5 // {Nuttall, 1755). 



H. confluens Schw. 



On dead logs, alt. 1,800 ft. Oct. 20, 1893 {Nuttall, 121 3). 



H. citrinum (Hedw.) Fr. 



On wet dead log. Short Creek, alt. 1,800 ft. Sept. 12, 1893. 

 {Nuttall, 1 201). 



H. castaneum Sacc. 



On leaves of Rhododendron maximum. Short Creek, alt. 1,800 

 ft. Sept. 12, 1893 {Nuttall, 1206V 



PHIALEA Fr. 



P. virgultorum (Vahl.) Sacc. 



On old grape twigs on wet ground. Asci 105 x 7.5 ijl. Spores 

 18 X 4 //. Nov. I, 1894 {Nuttall, 1735). 



PSEUDOHELOTIUM Fckl. 



P. fibrisedum (B. & C.) Sacc. 



On wet dead wood of Juglans cinerca, Dec. 5, 1894. More than 

 2 mm diameter, margin ciliate, red-maculate; asci oblong short- 

 stipitate, total length 65 x 7.5 ,a {approx.), paraphyses filiform. 

 Spores hyaline i -septate (?) oblong, straight or slightly curved, 

 12 to 18 X 3 /i {Nuttall, 1764). 



