Pluteus near spinulosus 
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Pileus 5 cm diam, slightly viscid, expanded, broadly umbonate 
margin striate, prouts brown to mummy brown, disc black; flesh very 
thin; stipe fragile cartilaginous, hollow, silky tortuose , smoke 
gray, 100 x 7 mm; gills close, broad, free, pinkish. 
Inside hollow stump, Nov. 
Specimens examined: 
Costa Rica: San Jose, Rancho Redondo, 2300 - 2400 m, Dodge & 
Thomas 5030 
