3 * 
Armillaria 
j^e pl - erta 
Pileus hemispheric, margin thin, unrolled, appendiculate 
up to 7 mm. diam, surface pyramidal, warts like Elaph . variegat - 
us hut much finer, antimony yellow, flesh, medium thickness, a 
Mtile lighter than surface; gills close,, white, ventricose, sin- 
uate-adnate; ring like Cortinarius hut thicker; stipe tomentose 
ahove^. ring^helow with warts like pileus, but larger and of loos- 
er texture, 2 cm. # 12 mm. above ring, 2 mm. below, ending in 
slight bulb 
Bank of roadside 
Specimens examined: 
Costa Rica, San Jose, Rancho Redondo, Ait. 2250 m. Dodge & Thomas 
5000 
