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Hygrophorus (em Hyg.)
Whole plant surrounded by thick gel, viscid, universal
veil; pileus unexpanded when young, 2.2 cm., sepia, shading to
Isabella color; gills white, subdistant, waxy, adnate; stipe thick,
floccose, pruinose above; gelatinous annulus, white, reticulate,
striate with sepia, as gel dries, 4 cm # 7 mm.
Mossy banks under Quercus.
Specimens examined:
Costa Rica, San Jose, Rancho Redondo, Alt.2250m., Dodge & Thomas
5137