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BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)
Dennis, R.W.G., 1956
A Revision of the British Helotiaceae in the Herbarium of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, with notes on related European species
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.
| Publisher |
Commonwealth Mycological Institute (CMI) |
| Volume |
No. 62 |
| Pages |
216 |
| Coverage |
All the British species known at the time. |
| Illustrations |
A black and white photographic frontispiece, plus copious line drawings of habitus and microscopic structures accompany the text. |
| Identify |
Under a Compound Microscope. |
| Specimen Prep. |
Microscope slide preps, often stained with Melzer's Iodine. |
| Difficulty |
The microscopic structure of the excipulum is of primary importance at subfamily level, although you can usually manage without it. Some groups quite challenging. |
Malcolm Storey
Taxonomic Scope
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