AuthorDennis, R.W.G.
Year1956
TitleA Revision of the British Helotiaceae in the Herbarium of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, with notes on related European species
SeriesMycological Papers
TypeBook/Report
How CompleteAll the British species known at the time
SourceMycological Papers, No. 62, 216pp, Commonwealth Mycological Institute
IllustrationsA black and white photographic frontispiece, plus copious line drawings of habitus and microscopic structures accompany the text
Review (by Malcolm Storey)

A very detailed exposition of these small to minute cup fungi with non-hairy apothecia. A list of diagnostic features of subfamilies is followed by detailed treatment of each with indented keys to genera and to species. The species accounts at half a page or so include drawings of habitus, LS, and microscopy. List of substrates at the back.

Still useful, alongside Ellis & Ellis (Land Plants) etc

A companion to the Revision of the British Hyaloscyphaceae, by the same author.

Examine Compound Microscope
Specimen PreparationMicroscope slide preps, often stained with Melzer’s Iodine.
Identification difficultyThe microscopic structure of the excipulum is of primary importance at subfamily level, although you can usually manage without it. Some groups quite challenging.

Notes & PurposeStatusTaxonEnglishClassification
For identificationCurrentHELOTIALESan order of discomycetes and lichensFungi
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