- Tylopilus sp display Chicaque
A Tylopilus species growiung next to Andean oak. The mushroom tasted bitter and the reddish flesh at the stem base turned blue after scratching. - Deflexula Chicaque
Another Deflexula species seen in Chicaque - Pterula Chicaque
A Pterula with its typically forking spines seen in Chicaque growing on a big palm fond - Panoid mushroom
Cool colored panoid mushroom. - Panoid mushroom disp
Laterally attached, wood decaying, panoid mushroom from above and below. - Auricularia delicata
Auricularia delicata - It is always a delight to encounter this wood ear with its gorgeous veins. - Chicaque ID table
Our specimen table in Chicaque - Chicaque entrance
Chicaque Nature preserves entrance building. To hike to the lodge one has to drop 600m in altitude. - Rainshower w rainbow over Amazon
Rainshower with rainbow over the Amazon - Amazonian forest expanse
The vast expanse of the Amazonian forest - Leucocoprinus cretaceus Leticia
Leucocoprinus cretaceus, a noble wood decayer. - Multiclavula Leticia
Multiclavula sp, is a lichen-forming basidiomycete, which are fungi that incorporate cells of a green alga within their tissues. - Giant Heliconia forest
Giant Heliconia creating a secondary forest, or at least what we usually call a forest. - Podostroma group
Probably a Podostroma growing in the Heliconia forest. - Coprinellus disseminatus Leticia
The ubiquous Coprinellus disseminatus seen in Leticia - Frog Osteocephalus taurinus
Osteocephalus taurinus frog seen during our night walk near OmShanty Lodge, Leticia - Spider Tarantula?
Tarantula spider seen at night in Leticia - Trunk covered in moss vines
A trunk covered in moss and vines - boat on Tacana river
Going by boat on the small Tacana river - Rowing down the Tacana River
Rowing down the Tacana River