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Hygrophorus (Hygrocybe)
Pileus 3.5 cm, Begonia rose, minutely fibrilloose, margin irregularly lacerate, flesh thin; gills broad, subdistant, hermosa pink,
free or nearly so; stipe fragile, subcartilaginous, white above,
coral pink shading to flesh ochre below, 5 cm x 5 mm with fusiform
base 7 mm in diam.
Leaf mould at foot of tree in the edge of the jungle
Specimens examined:
Costa Rica: Heredia, Cerro Central de Zurqui, 1620 m, Dodge, Valerio
& Thomas 6022