Psalliota 
Plleus expanded, broadly umbonate, tomentose, scaly, 
brown on a white or slightly purplish background, margin thin 
lacerate; flesh thick on disc, thin on margin; gills free,dis 
tant , becoming purple- brown, crowded, ventricose; annulus 
thick, spreading, nearly free; stipe tapering up ward, white, 
silky; pileus 6.5 cm. diameter ; stipe 5*5 long # 6 mm. diam. 
above, 1 cm. diamter below. 
Forest . 
Specimens examined: 
Costa Rica, Cartago, N.TIV.La Carpintera, Alt. 
Thomas 
1600 m. , Dodge & 
4816 
