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Pileus "broad, conical tocampanulate, surface dry, scaly, color 
deeper on disc shading to light at the appendiculate marline; gills 
free or nearly so; annulus aqjjpEwixiKMixte prominent broad, persist- 
ent; stipe cartilaginous, hollow tapering to a subbulbous base, 
silky above the ring, floccose scaly below 
On bank among Cladonia thalli on roadside 
Specimens examined : 
Costa Rica: Alajuela, between Desamparados and Alajuela, Dodge & 
J. Valerio 4498. 
see painting 
