THELEPHORACE.E 87 
in Nov. It sparkles when fresh with crystals of oxalate of 
lime. Uncommon. 
C. sulphurea (from its colour). 
Forms brownish-yellow patches, with a bright sulphur- 
coloured margin on bark, leaves, etc. Often fibrillose, the 
radiating strands cord-like. Frequent in early win. 
ALDRIDGEA 
(After Miss Emily Aldridge, a Sussex mycologist) 
A. glutinosa (from its gelatinous consistency), the only 
British species, forms broadly effused pallid or purplish- 
brown patches on sawdust, extending for several inches. 
THELEPHORA 
(Gr. thele, a teat; phero, to bear—from the sometimes pa. 
pillose hymenium) 
T. laciniata ( lacinia , a flap—from the fringed margin ot 
the pileus). Plate XXX. 9. 
Sph. brown, fibrous, with a shaggy margin, roundish, the 
lobes overlapping, thin and soft. In fir woods, terrestrial 
and running up twigs, heather, etc. Common in woods and 
on heathy Greensand moors. Perennial. Ant. and early win. 
T. anthocephala (Gr. anthos, a flower; kephale , the head) 
is rusty brown, with whitish fringed tips. Frequent on the 
ground in woods, with the habit of a Clavaria. 
SOPPITTIELLA 
(After T. H. Soppitt, a Yorkshire mycologist) 
S. cristata ( crista , a crest). Plate XXX. 10. 
Forms thin, pallid, paint-like patches (5 in. diam.) on the 
ground, or encrusting leaves, moss, grass, etc, in ant. 
Sometimes forming cristate branches (1 in. high), with 
beautifully fringed apices. Never silky. 
