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Russula
Pileilarge, old, distorted about 18 cm diam, black rimose areolate
ondisc, smooth to margin, flesh thick, now sorghum brown; gills thick,
fragile, adnate, white with black edge, subdistant, darkening; stipe
smooth, sorghum brown 5 cm long 5.5 cm thick
Grassy hillside under quercus
Specimens examined
Costa Rica: San Jose, Rancho Redondo, Dodge & Thomas 2250 m