3 
Laccaria 
Pileus expanded 8 cm deeply umbilicate, pinkish buff, striate 
sulcate to diac, margin uprolled, crenate; gills broad, distant, 
adnate, Etruscan red; stipe fibrous fleshy 10 cm x 1 cm above, taperi 
ing downward 
on earth under fallen log in darkjungle. 
Specimen was old and insect eaten when collected. 
Specimens examined: 
Costa Rica: Heredia, Cerro .Central de Zurqui, 1620 m. Dodge, Valerio 
and Thomas 6134 
