Pl. cell. aph. 8. NEMATOMYCEiE. 183. Helmispor. 557 
2. Helmisporium velutinum. Velvet ring-byssus. 
Tkalli spreading, black, forked, rather stiff; sporidia 
pearshape, on the thalli, and much shorter than them. 
Helmisporium veluUnum, Link in Berl. Mag. 3, 10. 
On rotten birch-wood. 
XVIII. 184. HELICOSPORIUM. Esenb. SpiraVbyssus. 
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 vegeturn, Esenbeck Syst. 2, 19. 
On oak-wood. 
XIX. 185. MONILIA. Link. Jointed-jibre. 
Thalli fibrous, upright, in tufts, dark colour, opake, 
distinctly jointed, lasting; joints ovate. 
Monilia antennceformis. Peeler jointed- fibre. 
Thalli in velvet black close tufts. 
Dematium antennaeforme, Hoffm. Germ. 13. 
Monilia antennata, Persoon Syn. 694. 
On trunks of trees, and plants; autumn. 
XX. 186. TORULA. Link. Clinging-jibre. 
Thalli threadlike, lying down, not branched, often crust- 
like, jointed ; joints globular, separating. 
Torula herb arum. Herb clinging-jibre. 
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. 
XXL 187. RACODIUM. Persoon. Headed-fbre. 
Thalli threadlike, closely entangled, not jointed, branch- 
ed, opake; interspersed with granules conglobated from 
the beadlike twigs. 
Racodiwn cellare. Cellar headed-jibre. 
Thalli greyish-black, entangled into a silky clothlike 
substance. 
