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Hygrophorus conicus group
(See painting)
Pileus campanulate with sharp, pointed umbo, blackening
on drying, not viscid, moist, innate, fibrillose, margins inrolled;
flesh very thin; gills free, narrow, orange-buff, blackening; stipe
fibrous, cartilaginous, hollow, silky, fibrous without. Pileus
attached to underside of huge, moss-covered log!
Specimens examined:
Costa Rica, Cartago, Finca Coliblanco above Sta. Theresa de Cape-
lladas, Alt. about 1800 m., Dodge & Thomas
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