We are teaming up with FungalJungal's Larry Evans, an expert on Bolivia's rain forest fungi and Ecuador's Jungle Chocolate Lodge for the next MushRoaming Tour.
MushRoaming Ecuador's Rainforest
We will be based in a beautiful and clean Canadian-run jungle lodge connected to an organic chocolate plantation located in Ecuador's Amazon Rain Forest. Arrival and departure from Quito, Ecuador's Andean capital.
Early bird special when booking before Nov. 1, 2010
Link to Amazon MushRoaming tour
Cordyceps digesting a Scarabaeus beetle. Photo: Larry Evans
An ecclectic member of the Stinkhorn family, Staheliomyces cinctus. Photo: Larry Evans
Canoes are the way to go. Most travels and excursions will be done by canoe on the Amazonian river system.
Photo: Larry Evans
The Color Purple, fungal feature. Photo: Larry Evans
Bioluminescent fungi have turned into a recent sensation in the rain forest.
Fungi use insects attracted by the emitted light for spore dispersion. Photo: Larry Evans
Link to Pictures of the 2011 Ecuador tour
Link to Fungi article on the Ecuador Mushroaming Tour
Link to Bolivia MushRoaming 2012 tour
Early bird special when booking before Nov. 1, 2010
Link to Amazon MushRoaming tour
Cordyceps digesting a Scarabaeus beetle. Photo: Larry Evans
Bryce Kendrick encountered this spider in Ecuador killed by a fungus, probablyCordyceps ignota Marchion. According to Bryce, the spider is Tarantula(Theraphosidae) within the infraorder Mygalomorphae.
What a sight!!!
What a sight!!!
An ecclectic member of the Stinkhorn family, Staheliomyces cinctus. Photo: Larry Evans
Canoes are the way to go. Most travels and excursions will be done by canoe on the Amazonian river system.
Photo: Larry Evans
The Color Purple, fungal feature. Photo: Larry Evans
Bioluminescent fungi have turned into a recent sensation in the rain forest.
Fungi use insects attracted by the emitted light for spore dispersion. Photo: Larry Evans
Link to Pictures of the 2011 Ecuador tour
Link to Fungi article on the Ecuador Mushroaming Tour
Link to Bolivia MushRoaming 2012 tour