WEST VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 95 



H. COCCINEUM Bull. 



On Aralia spiiwsa, alt. 1,300 ft., Aug. 18, 1893 {Nuttall, 

 1173, 140). 

 H. NuTTALLii E. & E., Proc. Phila. Acad., 346 (1894). 



Type habitat : On bark of dead Magnolia Fraseri at 

 Glade Creek, May, 1894 (Nuttall, discov. 1494, 477). 



Stromata gregarious, subconfluent, depressed-hemispher- 

 ical or strongh' convex, 3 to 6 mm. diameter, purplish- 

 black, mammillose. Perithecia small (about .25 mm.) scat- 

 tered irregularly through the stroma, which is rather soft 

 and brownish within. Ostiola crowning the mammillose 

 projections on the surface of the stroma, papilliform, soon 

 deciduous, leaving a round perforation. The asci in the 

 spec, examined had disappeared. Sporidia brown, oblong- 

 elliptical, sub-inequilateral, 7 to 8 x 3 to 4 /j. (exceptionally 

 9x5/^). 

 H. HowEiANUM Peck. 



On decorticated Magnolia Fraseri, alt. 1,800 ft., Sept. 

 12, 1893 (Nuttall, 1203, 158). 

 H. FuscuM (Pers.) Fr. 



On dead and decorticated Acer saccharum, Grant Co., 

 near Bayard (Millspaugh). On dead Alnns rugosa, Oct. 

 31, 1893. Spores 12 X 6 to 7 ju, (Nuttall, 1221). 



H. MULTIFORME Fr. 



On dead Bctiila sp., alt. 1,800 ft., Short Creek, Aug. 11, 



1893 (Nuttall, 1 147). 



H. PERFOR.^TUM (Schw.) Fr. 



On dead twig, Feb. 3, 1894. On Ilex opaca, Dec. 28, 



1894 (Nuttall, 1351). Spores 10 x 5 /j.. On Magnolia Fra- 

 seri. Nov., 1895. 



PI. RiTBiGixosuJi (Pers.) Fr. 



On dead hard wood of Robinia Pseudacacia. Feb. 25, 

 1893 (Nuttall, 949, 39). 

 H. Sassafras (Schw.) Berk. 



On Sassafras Sassafras, ]March 21, 1893. Spores 8 to 12 

 X 3 to 4 (IX (Nuttall, 917). 

 H. stigmateuji Cooke. 



On living Ouercus sp., originating under the outer bark 

 which it pushes off, or at times remains attached at one 

 edge and stands away like a lid. Asci, total length, 150 

 X ID /JL. fertile portion 120 x 10 /n, spores black, elliptical, 

 16 to 20 X 6 to ID /JL. Feb. 2. 1894 (Nuttall, 1350). 

 H. coLLicuLOSUiE (Schw.) Nits. 



On Rhododendron maximum, alt. 1,800 ft.. Short Creek, 

 Dec. 16, 1893 (Nuttall, 1330, 289). 



