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- The gilled polypore Lentinus crinitus or a closely related species. They are edible, but need a extended time of cooking to soften them up.
- The bloody Turkey tail, Trametes sanguinea seen in Yopal. It is a traditional remedy used by amerindians to lower a fever.
- The bitter taste and rusty brown spores make this gorgeous mushroom likely a Gymnopilus species. Seen in Montana, Casanare, Colombia.
- the backside of Favolaschia caps. The fertile tissue on the other side has big pores, some of them shining subtly through the orange caps.
- The always enticing Cookeina sulcipes (maybe C. speciosa) seen near Yopal
- Slime Mold Yopal DW Ms
- Slime mold seen in Raquira
- Slime Mold Detail Yopal DW Ms
- Same Pluteus as from the gill photo seen near Raquira
- Same Deconica sp. with interesting speckled stipes growing in Chivor forest above Sta Maria.
- Purpureocillium atypicola, a Cordyceps that attacks trapdoor spiders after I dug it out carefully. Seen near Yopal.
- Purpureocillium atypicola stroma
- Purpureocillium atypicola is a cordyceps relative specialized in digesting trap door spiders.
On the base of the stroma is the dug-out cocoon-like sac in which the spider waits underground to snatch a passing by insect or other small creature. In this case Purpureocillium atypicola surprised the spider! Previously Purpureocillium atypicola was known as Nomuraea atypicola, It is part of Ophiocordycipitaceae family. - Purpureocillium atypicola in situ
- Purplish Agaric with cm scale. Maybe a Lentinus?
- Purplish Agaric
- Punctularia atropurpurascens seen on oak wood in Raquira, Boyaca
What a stunning fungus! All hairy pink and the these red guttation drops! - Psilocybe cubensis in its habitat in Casanare growing from cow dung
- Psilocybe cubensis gills Casanare Cp DW Ms
- Psilocybe cubensis 2 Casanare DW Ms