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Hygrophorus
Pileus gregrious to cespitose, 7 cm. diam.,dry verrucose-
tomentose, cinnamon-brown, shading lighter toward margin;flesh
thin, cartilaginous, continous with stipe; gills think, waxy,
distant, narrow to medium, slightly decurrent, maize-yellow;
stipe hollow, fragile, cartilaginous, 7 cm. # 9 mm.,white,
fibrous, sulcate.
Grassy potrero under Quercus.
Specimens examined:
Costa Rica, San Jose, Rancho Redondo, Alt.2250m., Dodge & Thomas
5023