Hygrophorus? Pileus 3.2 cm., convex, viscid, very dark chestnut-brown, margin appendiculate with universal veil, which fringes as tri- angular patches 2 mm. long; gills thick, adnate, covered by partial veil which clings to edges of gills as pileus expands; stipe fleshy 5 cm # 7 mm., tapering below to a fusiform bulb, fibrous, tomentose from universal veil in lower half, shining, silky, above white. Potrero south of house. Specimen from dead wood at Laguna de Bonilla is very close to the above but is somewhat smaller stipe only 2.5 cm X 7 mm & only slight enlarge ment at base where attached to wood. Specimens examined: Costa Rica, San Jose, Rancho Redondo, Alt. 1160-1180 m., Dodge & Thomas 5/36, 5138