Pl. cell. aph. 8. NEMATOMYCEZ. 183. Helmispor. 557 
2. Helmisporium velutinum. Velvet ring-byssus. 
Thalli spreading, black, forked, rather stiff; sporidia 
pearshape, on the thalli, and much shorter than them. 
Helmisporium velutinum, Link in Berl. Mag. 3, 10. 
On rotten birch-wood. 
XVIII. 184. HELICOSPORIUM. Esenb. Spiral-byssus. 
Thalli upright, stiff, seldom branched, opake; sporidia 
spiral, distantly kneed, fugacious, interspersed among the 
thalli. . 
Helicosporium vegetum. Quick spiral-byssus. 
Thalli black, distant; sporidia yellowish-green. 
Helicosporium vegetur, Esenbeck Syst. 2, 19. 
On oak-wood. 
XIX. 185. MONILIA. Link. Jvuinted-filre. 
Thalli fibrous, upright, in tufts, dark colour, opake, 
distinctly jointed, lasting; joznts ovate. 
Monilia antenneformis. Feeler jointed-fibre. 
Thalti in velvet black close tufts. ; 
Dematium anteuneforme, Hoffm. Germ. 13. 
Monilia antennata, Persoon Syn. 694, 
On trunks of trees, and plants; autumn. 
XX. 186. TORULA. Link. Clinging-fibre. 
Thalli threadlike, lying down, not branched, often crust- 
like, jointed; jozts globular, separating. 
Torula herlarum. Herb clinging-fibre. 
Thalli black, forming a broad crust.: 
Monilia herbarum, Persoon Syn, 693. 
Torula herbarum, Link in Berl. Mag. 3. 
- On the dry stems of large herbs; autumn. 
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XXII. 187. RACODIUM. Persoon. Headed-fibre. 
Thalli threadlike, closely entangled, not jointed, branch- 
ed, opake; interspersed with granules conglobated from 
the beadlike twigs. 
Racodium cellare. Cellar headed-fibre. 
Thalli greyish-black, entangled into a silky clothlike 
substance. 
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