WEST VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 4I 



Aralia spinosa, conidia 75 x 20 /x {Nnttall, 358). On Riuncx 

 obtusifolius, Rhus radicans and Ciciita maciilata? {Nnttall). 



M. ■ sp. 



Type habitat : On dead stems Polyuinia Uvcdalia, Nov. 

 3, 1893 (Nnttall, discov. 1736, 623). 



M. Abutilonis Speg. 



On AhiitUon AhutUon, July 21, 1895 (Nnttall, 1836). 



•M. sp. 



Type habitat : On decayed fruit Diospyros Virginiana, 

 April 25. 1895 (Nnttall, discov. 1825, 711). 

 M. AscLEPiADEUM Cooke ? 



On Asdepias Syriaca, Nov. 3, 1894 (Nnttall, 1730). 



M. CAUDATUM C. & E. 



On dead flowers of Yucca cult., Sept. 5, 1894 (Nnttall. 

 1680, 587). On stems of Phytolacca dccandra, conidia 88 



X 20 IX. 



M. Saponariae Peck. 



On Saponaria offtciualis, Oct. 6, 1894 (Nnttall, 1695). 



M. olivaceum E. & E., Proc. Phila. Acad., 1894, 383. 



Type habitat : Parasitic on Sphaeropsis Asiininae on 

 dead limbs of AsUnina triloba, Alarch, 1894 (Nnttall, discov. 

 1418, 388). 



Forms a li_2:ht olive velutinous coat over the pustules of 

 the Sphaeropsis. Hyph?e tufted, yellowish brown (under 

 the microscope), septate, erect, nearly straight or subun- 

 dulate, 80 to 100 x 4 to 5 ^u,. Conidia obovate or obpiriform, 

 3 to 5-septate and muriform, brown, 24 to 38 x 15 to 20 ju. 

 terminal, sessile. Conidia also occur subcubical or subglobose 

 15 to 20 /I diameter with 2 septa crossing each other at 

 right angles. 



M. antennaeforme P). & C. 



On Celtis occidentalis, Aug. 11, 1894 (Nnttall, 1652). 

 Conidia-f95 x 15/^. 



M. sp. 



Type habitat: On pods of Datnra Strainoninin, Feb. 10, 

 1894 (Nnttall, discov. 1369, 326). 

 M. Tomato Cooke? 



On ripe fruit Lycopcrsicnm escidenttini cult. Spores 

 shorter than described. Sept. 9, 1893 (Nnttall, 1195). Same 

 host ^Monongalia Co., at ]\Iorgantown, prevalent 1891 (Mills- 

 pan gh). 



M. Maydis C. & E. 



On leaves Zca Mays cult., with conidia smaller than de 

 scribed. Nov.. 1893 (Nnttall, 1334, 292). 



