WEST \-lRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SUR\'EY IIQ 



HYPODERMA DC. 

 H. Desmazieri DuBy. 



On living leaves of Piiiiis echinata. Wood Co., near 

 Lockhart's Run (MiUspatcgh). 



H. VIRGULTORUM DC. 



On Riibiis Bailcyattus, Dec. 5, 1893 (Nitttall, 1293). 

 H. COMMUNE (Fr.) Duby. 



On Hydrangea arborcscens, Nov. 3, 1893 (Nuttall, 1259) 

 On old petioles Aralia spinosa (Nuttall, 1830, 719). 



LOPHODERMIUM Chev. 

 L. Rhododendri (Schw.) 



On Rhododendron maximum, Sept. 4, 1893 (Nuttall. 

 1192). Boone: near Lick Run (Sheldon.) 

 L. PiNASTRi (Schrad.) Chev. 



On leaves of Piniis rigida, Short Creek, Aug. 2, 1893 

 (Nuttall, 1 1 58). 

 L. culmigenum (Fr.) Karst. 



On straw brought in from Ohio, May 24, 1894. Measure- 

 ments of asci and spores prove to be the same as those of 

 L. arundinaceum (Schrad.) Chev. (Nuttall, 1496). 



OSTROPA Fr. 

 O. ciNEREA (Pers.) Fr. ? 



Issuing from cracks in a decorticated log, May 31, 1894 

 (Nuttall, 1526). 



A G A R I C A C E AE . 

 AMANITA Pers. 



A. VERNA Fr. 



On ground in open woods, July 11, 1893. Spores round, 

 7.5 iu (Nuttall, 964). 

 A. MuscARiA Linn. 



Rooted on buried limb of Betula Icnta, Grant Co., near 

 Bayard ( MiUspaugh ) . 



An ecarunculate form, apparently of this species, on leaf 

 mold in deep woods, same locality. 



A. MUSCARIA ALBA Peck. 



On ground in laurel thicket. Short Creek, alt. 2,000 ft. 

 Has the odor of buttermilk. Spores 9 x 6 /x (Nuttall, 1131). 

 A. FLAvo-RUBENS Berk. 



On ground in woods, Short Creek, lulv 6, 1893 (Nuttall, 

 1078).^ 

 A. polypyra:mis B. & C. 



Among bushes, alt. 2,400 ft., July 6, 1893. Largest stipes 



