Heliomyces rubritinctus Murrill 1915

Heliomyces rubritinctus Murrill, sp. nov
Pileus convex to plane, slightly umbonate when young, entirely subtranslucent, gregarious, 1-2 cm. broad; surface smooth, glabrous, striate over the lamellae, paUid with a latericeous tint which becomes very pronounced on drying, margin entire, concolorous: lamellae distant, twice inserted, not interveined, adnexed, of medium breadth for the genus, latericeous when dry: stipe smooth, glabrous, pallid or grayish, slender, equal, twisted on drying, at times red dishtinged, 2-3 cm. long, 1 mm, thick.
Type collected on dead wood in British Honduras, 1906, Morton E. Peck (herb. N. Y. Bot. Gard.). Distribution: Known only from the type locality.