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- Calvatia cyathiformis, the purple-spored puffball is a big and widely distributed puffball
- tiny Moelleriella fruiting bodies seen on a leaf in Chivor
Moelleriella is a genus of fungi within the Clavicipitaceae family (most famous for ergot - Claviceps purpurea) that infect and kill aphids. When checking leaves closely in the rainy season, Moeleriella species are everywhere, but due to their tiny size, most people never see this fungus. - A tiny Xylaria flabelliformis, an anamorph, and such in the past also known as Xylocoremium flabelliforme, seen in Chivor
- Pleurotus sp. cluster in Chivor forest near Santa Maria
- an oyster mushroom - Pleurotus sp. patch in Chivor forest
- Macrolepiota colombiana gills growing above Villapinzo
- Majestic Macrolepiota colombiana, the Colombian Parasole, a choice edible mushroom growing above Villapinzo.
- Amanita muscaria seen above Villapinzo growing with pine (Pinus sp.)
Fly amanita and its symbiotic partner pine are both introduced to Colombia and not native. - Amanita brunneolocularis growing with Pinus sp. above Villapinzo. This Amanita stains reddish and is close to Amanita rubescens.
- Possibly a Clavariopsis sp. seen in Pozo de Nutria, in the lower Paramo, 3200 m asl
- Cladonia lichen, possibly C. secundana seen in Pozo de Nutria, 3200 m
- pink earth lichen Dibaeis and Cladonia (C. secundana?) lichen
- Dibaeis sp., pink earth lichen, a tiny, gorgeous fruticose lichen belonging to the family Icmadophilaceae
- Pink apothecia of the fruticose lichen Dibaeis, maybe D. columbiana
- Lepista af nuda with scale growing in Guachengui in 3200m asl.
- Lepista af nuda growing at the entry of Pozo de Nutria, Guachengui
- A young Pluteus sp. seen in the Andean oak forest of Raquira, Boyacá, Colombia
- Same Pluteus as from the gill photo seen near Raquira
- pockets of collected pinkish-brown spores indicate this is a Pluteus sp.
- Punctularia atropurpurascens seen on oak wood in Raquira, Boyaca
What a stunning fungus! All hairy pink and the these red guttation drops!