Tricholoma nearest T .$alapensis?-Murr . 
an Amanitopsis. (See painting) 
Pileus hemispherical to plane with slight umbilic$us, 
slightly viscid, margin striate, sulcate, "black on disc, lighter 
toward margin; flesh very thin andwhite; gills narrow , crowaea , 
adanate, alt ho. easily breaking away from stipe; stipe white, 
tapering downward completely, silky „ scaly , no trace or annulus, 
cottony, stuffed, hollow, fleshy, not cartilaginous , closely suggesf- 
very dark Amanitopsis i , but no voiva found. Since whole plant, 
very fragile , lower end of stipe broken, and voiva searcheu tor 
In dense Jiungie near banana trail. 
Specimens examined : 
©osta Sica, Cartago, Pe j ivalle ,Alt .6bO-800 , Dodge & Thomas 4478 
Specimens examineu.: 
