IO2 THE WEST VIRGINIA FLORA 



HERPOTRICHIA Fckl. 

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



On dead twig, Sept. 10, 1893 (Nuttall, 1197). On 

 Morus rubra, at Marilla (Sheldon). 



CALOSPORA Sacc. 

 C. ACULEANS (Schw.) Sacc. 



On Rhus hirta and copallina, March 29, 1894. Spores 

 15 to 17 x 3 fji, aculeate (Nuttall, 1440). 

 C. RHOINA (C. & Ell.) Sacc. 



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

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

 all, 1348, 306). 



PYRENOPHORA Fr. 

 P. CALVESCENS .(Fr.) Sacc. ? 



On Chenop odium anthelminticum, Aug. 10, 1895 (Nuttall. 

 1845, 736). 



TEICHOSPORA Fckl. 



T. NITIDA E. & E. 



On Rubus villosus, Apr. 25, 1895. Asci 75 x 12? //,. Spores 

 20 to 23 x 9 to 10 /A (Nuttall, 1817, 706). 



CARYOSPORA DeNot. 



C. PUTAMINUM (Schw.) DeNot. 



On Hickorynut, Monongalia, Morgantown (Sheldon). 



PLEOSPHAERIA Speg. 



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



TYPE HABITAT : On bark of Pinus rigida, Glade Creek, 

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



Perithecia scattered, superficial, ovate, 300 to 400 /A 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 /x,. 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 Tecoma radicans, Feb. 20, 1894 (Nuttall, 1414, 385). 



