Russula Pileus viscid, 4 cm.,expanded, verrutoseom disc, dark Mars brown, shading to hazel & russet, long striate, sulcate mrgins, pellicle not separable;flesh thick, now russet (incipient decay) taste slowly acrid; gills close, narrow, pale ochraceous- salmon, discoloring to grayish- lavender; spores cream-color; stipe pale ochraceus-salmon, discoloring to russet where handled, tapering upward, 3.5 cm. # 6-8 mm. Mossy bank. Specimens examined: Costa Rica, San Jose, Rancho Redondo, Alt.2300-2400 m., Dodge & Thomas 5144