I04 THE WEST X'lRGINIA FLORA 



C. cocciNEA (Pers.) Seaver. {Nectria coccinea Fr., ditissiuia 

 Tul). 



On bark of dead Magnolia Fraseri, March, 1894. Asci 

 65 X 7.5 jtt. Spores 10 to 15 x 3.5 to. 6 ju, {Nuttall, 14/2, 451). 



On dead and fallen Robinia Pseudacacia, on Magnolia 

 Fraseri, Oct. 17, 1893 {Nuttall, 11 15, 162). 



NECTRIA Fries. 

 N, Peziza (Tode) Fries. (A^. vulpina E. & E.). 



On bark of dead Ulmus pubesccnsf Oct. 17, 1894. Spores 

 10 X 5 /i., i-septate, 2-guttnlate {Nuttall, 1216, 164). 

 N. EPispHAERiA (Tod.) Fr. 



On dead fallen twigs, Aug. 15, 1893 {Nuttall, 1175, 143) • 

 On Fagits, Monongalia: near Morgantown {Sheldon) . 



APONECTRIA Sacc. 

 A. iNAURATA (B. & Br.) Sacc. 



On Rhus copallina, Mar. 24, 1894 {Nuttall, 1431). ^licro- 

 spores 3 X I /x,. Spores 10 to 12.5 x 3 /x. 



HYPOCREA Fr. 

 n. LENTA (Tode) Berk. & Br. {H. Schzvcinitzii Sacc). 



On an Oak log. Boone: near Lick Run {Sheldon). 

 H. PATELLA Cooke & Pcck. 



On dead wood, Fayette: near Nuttallburg {Nuttall, y^). 

 H. ViRGiNiENSis E. & E. Proc. Phila. Acad., 442 (1893). 



Type habitat: On leaves of Rhododendron nia.vinium, 

 Aug. 12, 1893 {Nuttall, discov. 1163). 



Epiphyllous, stroma carnose, scattered, sub-hemispherical 

 or depressed-turbinate, i to 2 mm. diameter, of a yellowish 

 gray color, subtruncate above and obscurely margined 

 (when mature). Perithecia buried in the stroma, ovate, 

 membranaceous, no to 150 /j. diameter. Ostiola hemis- 

 pherical, prominent, black, broadly perforated and some- 

 times collapsed. Asci clavate-cylindrical, p. sp. 40 to 45 x 7 

 to 8 /x, short-stipitate, filiform-paraphysate, 8-spored. Spori- 

 dia biseriate, oblong-fusoid, yellowish-hyaline, uniseptate, 

 slightly constricted at the septum, obtusely pointed at the 

 ends, ID to 12 X 3 to 3.5 ju,. 



H. viridans B. & C. seems to differ in its hidden ostiola 

 (ostiolis latitantibus). 

 This species is said by Seaver to be a discomycete. 

 H. tenerrima E. & E., Proc. Phila. Acad., 442 (1893). 



Type habitat : Incrusting moss, leaves, twigs, living 

 Gaultheria procmnhens, etc. July, 1893 {Nuttall, discov. 

 1138, 123). 



