Paxillus Pilei cespitose, 6 cm, expanded, disc smooth, dark brown to black rest of pileus [illegible] scaly fibrillose, scabrous, marginsthin, somewhat lacerate, flesh thick, wood brown or darker with a darker subgelatin- ous mine next the gills; gills separable, thick, close, sinuate to almost free, broad; stipe fleshy 8-9 cm x 6-9 mm, smooth, equal Terrestrial under fallen log in dark jungle Specimens examined: Costa Rica:Heredia, Cerro Central de Zurgqui 1620 m, Dodge, Valerio Thomas 6137