Scct. 5. Helicospora; Saco. 



Conidia spiraliter convoluta, cylindracea, subseptata, liyalina vel 

 laite colorata. 



Clavia analytica Generis 



Helicomyces. Hyphce brevissimae. (Est l'ei'e Hclicosxtori.um muoedineum ot 

 micronemeumj. 



HEUCOMYCES Lirik Obs. myc. 1, p. 10 (Etym. helix et myce^). — 

 PIyph.'e brevissimcv, continua^. Conidia cj^lindracea in spiram con- 

 voluta seu helicoidea, subhyaiiiiH vel la;te colorata, guttata vel 

 spurie septata. 



1. Helicomyces roseus Link Obs. myc. I, p. 19, t, I, L 35, Sacc. F. nis 

 it. t. 813, Mich. II, p, 287. — Hyphis brevissimis hyaiinis, tere- 

 tiuscuiis apice nodulosis ibique sporigeris; couidiis vermicularibus 

 160-180 i; 6, utrinque lenitor attenuatis rotundatisque pluri-fl^- 

 20-)nueiealis, tandeni tenuiter rnultiseptatis, roseis. 



Hab. in ramis iig-nisque Quercus, Salicis, IJ 1 m i etc in 

 Germania, Italia, Rritannia. — Color tungi tandem expallescit et 

 tunc Hel/oomyces aihus Preuss forte non diflei't. 



2. Helicomyces aureus Corda Ic. fung. 1. p. 9, L 142. — Cajspitulis iii6 

 effusis aureis. nitidis ; conidiis filiformibus prajlongis in spiram plu- 

 ries convolutis, remote septatis, basi nodulosis : mycelio proprio 

 non observato 



Hab. in pilis sterilibus luxuriautibus C oel os p liai r i jh exilis 

 in Sudetis et in Bohemia,, in flmo daniarum in Belgio (Marchal). 



3. Helicomyces mlrabllls Peck 34 Pv.ep. St. Mus. p. 46, t, II, 1'. 6-10. iin 



— Caispitulis irregularibus, albidis, 2 mm. circ. diam. ; hyphis te- 

 nuibus, ramulosis, hyalinis ; ramulis subconvolutis, subinde sursum 

 incrassatis; conidiis copiosis crassis subhyalinis in spiras duas vel 

 an:iplius arcte convolutis, 10-15--septatis, nucleatisque, 12-15 y.. 

 crassis; toto conidio convoluto 40-62 ij.. diam. 



Ifab. \n rachide Z e ai aqua Jam immersa, Ithaca Amer. bor. 



— In sicco ca?spituli compactiusculi. Hyphis satis evolutis a ge- 

 nere aliquid recedit. 



