Hygrocybe pakelo  is a relatively common species in native montane rain forests
on the islands of Hawai`i and Moloka`i.  It is allied with H. psittacina  and several
other glutinous north temperate taxa.  The epithet pakelo is Hawaiian for "to slip
out of the hand like a slippery fish."  A manuscript describing all of the known
Hygrophoraceae in the Hawaiian Islands has been submitted to Mycologia for
publication.