Pholio ta 
Cortinarius 
Hypodenclron 
Pileus convex, expanded, viscid, innate fibrillose scaly, 
5 cm diam, russet disc shading to antimony yellow, margin fibrillose 
slightly inrolled, gills close, almost free, broad; flesh thin, y 
yaddtaxxk except thicker on disc, yellowish 
stipe fleshy cartilaginous, hollow, covered with a floccose scaly 
thick t omen turn which crushes and darkens on handling, at base 
uniting with soil particles to form a pseudovolva at top forming 
an indefinite cortinoid auuuus 6.5 cm x 5 mm 
In mossy soil 
Specimens examined 
Costa Rica: San Jose: Rancho Redondo 2300-2400m Dodge & Thomas 5130 
