WEST VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURN'EY I4I 



MYRIADOPORUS Peck. 

 M. INDURATUS Peck. 



Top of decayed oak stump, Monongalia Co., near Mor- 

 gantown (Millspaugh) . Professor Peck remarks, in a letter, 

 on receipt of the specimens : "This is. probably only an im- 

 perfect condition of Porta abducens." 



HEXAGONA Pollini. 



H. ALxEOLARis (DC.) Murrill. (Favolus Europaeus Fr.V 



On dead wood, Monongalia: on Dorseys Knob near Mor- 



gantown (Sheldon). On dead branch, Feb. 12, 1894 (Nutt- 



all, 1360). Spores 12.5 x 3 ;a somewhat curved, obliquely 



apiculate. Feb. 17, 1895 (Nuttall, 1788). 



GLOEOPORUS Mont. 

 G. coNCKOiDES Mont. 



On oak chips, Monongalia Co., near Morgantown {Mills- 

 patigh). On decaying log, Monongalia :' at Sabraton and 

 on Prunus serofiiia at Mona : on apple, Preston : at Albright, 

 and on dead wood, Wayne: near Ceredo (Sheldon). 



MERULIUS Hall. 

 M. TREMELLosus Schrad. 



Under bark Qncrcus alba log, Monongalia Co., near iNIor- 

 gantown (Millspangh). On Alntis rugosa, Oct. 31, 1893 

 (Nuttall, 1220). 

 M. RUBELLus Peck. 



On dead Quercus alba, Short Creek, Nov. 9, 1893 (Nutt- 

 all, 1244). 



Also found parasitic on Stereum versicolor. In some 

 cases the hymenium simply covers the under surface of the 

 Stereum. In nearly all specimens observed it g-rows at the 

 base of the host to which it is at least partly adherent. 

 Largest pileus 5x5 cm., sometimes laterally connected for 

 15 cm. 

 N. CoRiUM Fr. 



On branches, April 27, 1895 (Nuttall, 1822, 699). 

 M. MOLLUscus Fr. 



On dead limb Tsuga Canadensis, Short Creek, alt. 1,800 

 ft., Feb. 8, 1894 (Nuttall, 1399). 

 M. AMBiGUUS Berk. 



On dead Prunus serotina. Short Creek, alt. 975 ft., Jan , 

 1894 (Nuttall, 1602). 

 M. LACHRYJiANS (Jacq.) Fr. 



On bottom of box in cellar, Feb. 14. 1894 (Nuttall, 1379, 

 341)- 



