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THE WEST VIRGINIA FLORA

SPATHULARIA Pers. S. CLAvaTA (Schaef.) Sacc. ? In woods among dead leaves, stipe dark brown, spores short 25 1x, July 10, 1893 (Nuttall, 1087). S. 1'elUTIPES C. & F. Among mosses on a decaying log (Sheldon, 3437). VIBRISSEA Fr. V. TRUNCORUM (A. & S.) Fr. On wet dead sticks, alt. 1,800 ft., June 15, 1893 (Nuttall. 991). On wood in running water (Sheldon, 2986. 2922). PEZIZACEAE. RHIZINA Fr. R. INFLATA (Schaef.) Quel. On sandstone rock in sandy loam. Blackish-brown, spreading, 2 to 9 cm. x 1 to 3 cm., convex, loosely attached to the soil by strong rootlets from all parts of the underside, margin strongly rolled inward. Asci 375? to 415 x 12.5 /1, spores hyaline, apiculate, large, 40 x 10 ц. Keeney's Creek, Nov. 3, 1893 (Nuttall, 1224). GEOPYXIS Pers. G. nebulosa Cooke. On dead wet wood at low and high altitudes, Aug. 10, 1893 (Nuttall, 1 177). On a decaying log (Sheldon, 2453, 2455, 3425, 3467). G. CARBONARIA A. & S. On ground upon which logs had been burned the previ ous autumn, April 18, 1893 (Nuttall, 908). G. cupuLARis Linn. (Sheldon, 3469). PEZIZA Dill. P. AURANTIA PerS. On wet and freshly crushed sandstone ballast, and on filling of sandstone cut on railroad. Spores curiously rough and apiculate at both ends. Nov. 3, 1893 (Nuttall, 1225). On soil (Sheldon, 1239, 3239). P. ваша Pers. On ground, Short Creek, April 18, 1893 (Nuttall, 922). P. repanda Wahl. On earth and decaying wood (Sheldon, 3519, 2909, 2844). P. vesiculosa Bull. On earth in a greenhouse (Sheldon, 31 17).