5 THE WEST VIRGINIA FLORA 



Perithecia very small, scattered. Sporules curved, sharp 

 pointed, 18 to 25 x 2.5 to 3 /*. Setae -j- 100 x 10 /*. 



V. LILIACEARUM West. 



On Asparagus oMcinalis, Vagnera racemosa, Clintonia um- 

 bellulata and Iris cristata? Nov. i, 1893 (Nuttall, 1241, 188). 



DOTHIORELLA Sacc. 



D. ASIMINAE E. & E., Field Mus. Bot., 1:110 (1896). 



On Asimina triloba, Feb. 2, 1894 (Nuttall, 1392, 362). 

 Sporules 5 to 7 x 2 to 3 /.c oval or oblong, some of them 

 slightly curved. Perithecia suberumpent, seriate, .25 mm. 

 diameter, white inside and out, ovoid, in series of 3 to 5, 

 raising the epidermis into short ridges split along the top 

 so as to expose the pallid white apices of the perithecia. 

 Sporules oval or elliptical, hyaline, 5 to 7 x 2 to 3 p. 

 D. MINOR E. & E., Field Mus. Bot., i :no (1896). 



TYPE HABITAT : On dead limbs Liriodendron Tulipifera 

 April n, 1895 (Nuttall, discov. 1804, 691). 



Perithecia seriate-subconfluent, .5 to .75 mm. diameter, 

 irregularly ruptured above, white inside, erumpent, splitting 

 the epidermis into short (2 to 4 mm.) longitudinal cracks. 

 Sporules elliptical, hyaline continuous, 5 to 7.5 x 3 to 3.5 /x. 

 Differs from D. Liriodendri, Cke. in its much smaller 

 Sporules. 

 D. GLANDULOSA (Cooke) Sacc ? 



On Robinia Pseiidacacia, March 14, 1894 (Nuttall, 1423, 

 395)- 



FUSICOCCUM Corda. 



F. ILICINUM E. & E., Proc. Phila. Acad., 1894, 359. 



TYPE HABITAT : On dying, transplanted, Ilex opaca 

 (transplanted Dec. 28, 1893), May 24, 1894 (Nuttall, discov. 

 1521, 496). 



Stromata cortical, convex, about i or 1.5 mm. diameter, 

 multilocular, whitish inside, the tuberculiform apex pierced 

 with a single pore, rupturing the epidermis and slightly 

 raising it. Sporules fusoid, hyaline, nucleate 15 to 22 x 2.5 

 to 3 /*. 

 F. NERVICOLUM E. & E, Bull Torr. Club, 25:509 (1898). 



Stromata mostly on the midrib and nerves of the leaf, 

 elliptical, 400-600 /x. long, subcutaneous, black, convex, the 

 subconoid apex erumpent : sporules narrow-elliptical, hy- 

 aline, subacute, 2-nucleate, 7-10 x 2.5-3 /* 



On old fallen leaves of Magnolia Fraseri, Nuttallburg, 

 May, 1898 (Nuttall, 940). 



