- Haliastur indus Brahminy Kite
Haliastur indus Brahminy Kite Ed Cr S - Rufous Treepie (Dendrocitta vagabunda)
Rufous Treepie (Dendrocitta vagabunda) in Thattekkad - Spongipellis Hymenium Kerala
Spongipellis sp. hymenium growing on a dead root in a tea plantation near Munnar. Could have been the root of a Grevillea tree. Kerala S - Nilgiri Langur Trachypithecus johnii Walking
Nilgiri Langur (Trachypithecus johnii) walking on a branch - Xylaria sp
Not surprisingly we saw many different Xylaria species in the forests of Kerala. - Phallus costatus with fly
Phallus costatus visited by a fly that feeds on its tempting sporemass that reeks of decaying meet - Phallus costatus Disp Pampadum Shola
A stinkhorn, probably Phallus costatus and its disected egg seen in Pampadum Shola NP - Poronia sp seen in Pampadum
Poronia sp. fruiting bodies growing out of Gaur droppings. This asco looks quite like a Cordyceps, but no insect is being digested. Pampadum NP - Phallus costatus
Phallus costatus in his errected prime. Not 100% sure if it is Ph. costatus. - Termitomyces sp. seen in Kerala
A Termitomyces, probably T. clypeatus. Sushri Tripathy tells me it is commonly eaten in South India. Termite mushrooms are only known from cultivation by termites! Thattekkhad, Kerala