Hygrophorus (Hygrocybe) 
Pileus 3.5 cm, Begonia rose, minutely fibrillose, margin irregu- 
larly lacerate, flesh thinjgills fcroad, subdistant, hermosa pink, 
free or nearly so; stipe fragile, subcartilaginous, white above, 
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coral pink shading to flesh ochre below, 5 cm x 5 mm with fusiform 
base 7 mm in di am. 
Leaf mould at foot of tree inthe edge of the jungle 
Specimens examined: 
CostaHica: Heredia, Cerro Central de Zurqui, 1620 m. Dodge, Valerio 
& Ihomas 6022 
