102 THE WEST VIRGINIA FLORA 



HERPOTRICHIA Fckl. 

 H. DIFFUSA (Schw.) E. & E. 



On dead twig, Sept. lo, 1893 (Niittall, 1197). On 

 Morns rubra, at Marilla {Slicldon). 



CALOSPORA Sacc. 

 C. AcuLEANS (Schw.) Sacc. 



On Rhus liirfa and copalliua, March 2^, 1894. Spores 

 15 to 17 X 3 ^, aculeate {Nut tall, 1440). 

 C. RiiOiNA (C. & Ell.) Sacc. 



On Rhus hirta, Dec. 9, 1893. Spores 15 to 18 x 5? ^ 

 hyaline, 4-nucleate, imiseptate constricted at septum. (Nutt- 

 all, 1348, 306). 



PYRENOPHORA Fr. 

 P. CALVESCENS (Fr.) Sacc. ? 



On Chenopodiuni aiithclininticiiin, Aug. 10, 1895 (Nuttall. 

 1845, 736). 



TEICHOSPORA Fckl. 



T. NITIDA E. & E. 



On Ruhus villosus, Apr. 25, 1895. Asci 75 x 12? fx. Spores 

 20 to 23 x 9 to 10 fx {Nuttall, 1817, 706). 



CARYOSPORA DeNot. 



C. PUTAMiNUM (Schw.) DeNot. 



On Hickoryuut, Monongalia, INTorgantown {Sheldon). 



PLEOSPHAERIA Speg. 



P. coRTicoLA E. & E., Proc. Phila. Acad., 1894, 332. 



Type habitat : On bark of Pimis rigida. Glade Creek, 

 June 24, 1894 (Nuttall, discov. 1582). 



Perithecia scattered, superficial, ovate, 300 to 400 fx diam- 

 eter, carbonaceo-membranaceous, pilose-strigose, hairs 100 

 to 200 X 5 to 6 ^ soon opaque, very faintly and sparingly 

 septate, here and there collected into closely compacted fas- 

 cicles resembling stout bristles. Ostiolum papilliform, ob- 

 tuse. Asci oblong-cylindrical, abruptly short-stipitate, 80 to 

 100 X 20 to 25 fx. Paraphysate? Sporidia crowded, acutely 

 elliptical, nearly hyaline at first, becoming 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. 

 P. ■- — sp. 



On Tccoma rad icons, Feb. 20, 1894 (Nuttall, 14 14, 385). 



