70 THE WEST VIRGINIA FLORA 



S. FRAXINI (Peck) Sacc. 



On dead limbs Fraxinus Americana, Short Creek, alt. 1,300 

 ft., July 16, 1894. Sporules 50 to 60 x 2.5 fi (Nuttall, 1609). 



NECTRIOIDACEAE. 



ASCHERSONIA Mont. 



A. - sp. 



On Cornus norida. Spores 3 to 5 x .75 n (Nuttall, 1800, 

 687). 



LEPTOSTROMACEAE. 



LEPTOTHYRIUM Kunze & Schm. 



L. PYRI Sacc. 



Berkeley: On Mains Mains at Gerrardstown (IV ait e). 

 L. - sp. 



On living leaves Ilex opaca, Aug., 1894 (Nuttall, 1679, 

 584). Maculae white. 

 L. LIRIODENDRI Cke. 



On dead fallen leaves Liriodendron Tulipifera, April 17, 

 1895 (Nuttall, 1805). 

 L. DRYINUM Sacc. 



On living leaves Quercus rubra, alt. 1,300 ft., June 29. 

 1894 (Nuttall, 1592, 540). 

 L. CASTANEAE (Spr.) Sacc. 



On fallen leaves Castanea dentata, April 17, 1895 (Nuttall, 

 1806). 



L. PETIOLORUM - var. 



On dead leaves Magnolia Fraseri, April n, 1895. Sporules 

 5x1^ (Nuttall, 1802, 689). 



L? FORAMINULATUM SaCC. & Ell. 



On fallen leaves Ilex opaca, Aug. 16, 1894. Sporules 25 x 

 3 //, (Nuttall 1657). 

 L. VULGARE (Fr.) Sacc. 



On Dioscorea villosa, on Aralia spinosa, and on Onagra 

 biennis. Sporules 5 to 7 x .75 ju on each host, Feb. 8, 1894 

 (Nuttall, 1368, 323). 



SACIDIUM Nees. 



S. Vms E. & K, Field Mus. Bot., 1:121 (1896). 



TYPE HABITAT: On Vitis cordifolia, Nov. 6, 1893 (Nuttall, 

 12^4, 198). Fungi Columbian! 290, N. A. F., 3067. 



Perithecia scattered ; scutellate not perforated, 180 to 220 

 /x diameter. Sporules oblong-cylindrical, straight or curved, 

 15 to 20 x 4 to 5 /JL, filled with small nuclei. 



