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- Cantharellus lateritius
Very freshly grown chanterelles, which are probably Cantharellus lateritius; a tasty and fairly big growing chanterelle associated with Quercus humboldtii, the Andean oak. - Cornelio junior looking at mushrooms
Cornelio junior looking at mushrooms - Calostilbella calostilbe
Calostilbella calostilbe produces its spores in these red droplets. - Cookeina tricholoma young
Young Cookeina tricholoma. Apparently the cup keeps growing, but the hair are already fully grown. - Ophiocordyceps curculionum Quindio
Ophiocordyceps curculionum, a beetle infecting Cordyceps encountered in Quindio - Amazonian forest expanse
The vast expanse of the Amazonian forest - Grasshopper Leticia
Grasshopper in Leticia - Cookeina sulcipes Puerto Naurino
Cookeina sulcipes seen in Puerto Naurino - Cupuazú Theobroma grandiflorum fruit
Cupuazú (Theobroma grandiflorum). The fruit flesh of this cacao cousin is used for making a juice. - Grasshopper
A cool green brown grasshopper. I do appreciate these organisms even if they do not have a Cordyceps growing out of them. - Leucocoprinus cretaceus Leticia
Leucocoprinus cretaceus, a noble wood decayer. - Macrolepiota colombiana gill disc Chorrera
Gills of Macrolepiota colombiana. There is a poisonous green-spored look-alike Chlorophyllum molybdites, also common in Colombia. - Deflexula Chicaque
Another Deflexula species seen in Chicaque - Night-blooming Cactus Hotel Kalaka
Night-blooming Cactus in the garden of Hotel Kalaka, Armenia. Bats usually pollinate these 15 to 20ft plants. - Agaric
A very fragile Agaric - Cupuazú Theobroma grandiflorum fruit tree
Cupuazú (Theobroma grandiflorum) fruit tree. - Cordyceps tuberculata moth on Purple Heart Peltogyne aka violeta
Cordyceps tuberculata moth laying on violeta, Purple heart wood (Peltogyne sp.) - Dacryopinax spathularia Leticia
Dacryopinax spathularia, an jelly fungus, that is eaten in China, but not in Leticia. - Amauroderma sp
One of many Amauroderma conk species, which are close to Ganoderma - Giant Heliconia forest
Giant Heliconia creating a secondary forest, or at least what we usually call a forest.