148 THE WEST VIRGINIA FLORA 



ASTEROSTOMA Massee. 

 A. CORTICOLUM Massee. 



On wild vine Vitis sp., in pine woods, alt. 2,000 ft., Feb. 

 1893 (Nuttall, 1000). 

 A. CERVICOLOR (B. & C.) Massee. 



On bark of living Quercus sp., Short Creek, alt. 1,800 

 ft. (Nuttall, 1325, 282). 



PENIOPHORA Cooke. 

 P. QUERCINA (Fr.) Cooke. 



On Castanea dentata, Jan. 18, 1893 (Nuttall, 1346, 305) 

 P. CINEREA (Fr.) Cooke. 



On dead limb, March, 1893 (Nuttall, 945, 170). 



CONIOPHORA DC. 

 C - - sp. 



.Near C. svbmembranacea, (B. & Br.). On Zea Mays, 

 Aug. 10, 1895 (Nuttall, 1846, 737). 

 C. OLIVACEA (Fr.) Karst. 



In dark place underside old railroad ties, Nov. 5, 1894 

 (Nuttall, 1750, 631). 



EXOBASIDIUM Woron. 

 E. RHODODENDRI Cram. 



Forming "cups" near the tips or margins of living leaves 

 of Rhododendron maximum. Common in Grant and Tucker 

 Counties. I understand from Prof. Peck that this is his 

 first knowledge of the occurrence of this species in North 

 America ( Millspaugh ) . 



CLAVARIACEAE. 

 CLAVARIA Vaill. 



C. AMETHYSTINA Bull. 



On ground, June 20, 1893 (Nuttall, 993) 

 C. PYXIDATA Pers. 



On rotten log, June 10, 1893 (Nuttall, 975). 

 C. FORMOSA Pers. 



On ground in laurel thicket, and deep woods, alt. 2,000 

 ft., July 9, 1893. Spores 12.5 x 5 /* (Nuttall, 1085). 

 C. FLACCIDA Fr. 



On leaf mold, in deep woods, Grant Co., near Bayard 

 (Millspaugh). 

 C. FUSIFORMIS Sowerb. 



On low ground in open woods, alt. 2,000 ft., July 9, 1893 

 (Nuttall, 1086). 



