| Author | Dennis, R.W.G. |
| Year | 1949 |
| Title | A Revision of the British Hyaloscyphaceae with notes on related European species |
| Series | Mycological Papers |
| Type | Book/Report |
| How Complete | All the British species known at the time |
| Source | Mycological Papers, No. 32, 97pp, Commonwealth Mycological Institute |
| Illustrations | Line drawings of microscopic features accompany the text |
| Review (by Malcolm Storey) | A very detailed exposition of these small to minute cup fungi with hairy apothecia. An indented key to genera is followed by detailed treatment of each with indented keys to species. The species accounts at half a page or so include drawings of habitus, LS, and microscopy. Still useful, alongside Ellis & Ellis (Land Plants) etc. A companion to the Revision of the British Helotiaceae, by the same author. |
| Examine |  Compound Microscope |
| Specimen Preparation | Microscope slide preps, often stained with Melzer’s Iodine. |
| Identification difficulty | Structure of the excipular hairs is fundamental. Some groups quite challenging |
