- Balanophora fungosa var. indica
Balanophora fungosa var. indica, a strange parasitic plant without chlorophyll often mistaken for a fungus. - 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 - Hygrocybe & Clavaria
Hygrocybe sp and probably a Clavaria grwoing near Top Hill, South of Munnar, Kerala - Agaric Shola
A beautiful agaric encountered in Pampadum Shola National Park in 2000m asl. - Marasmius seen in Pampadum
Marasmius group in Pampadum Shola NP - Maybe a gorgeous Mycena seen in Pampadum Shola
Mycena sp. in Pampadum Shola around 2000m asl right on the Tamil Nadu-Kerala border - Hygrocybe group Pampadum Shola
Looks line a Hygrocybe to me we, found in Pampadum Shola National Park. Beautiful pink gills and red light under the cap - Xylaria sp
Not surprisingly we saw many different Xylaria species in the forests of Kerala. - Auricularia sp
Auricularia sp, maybe Au. delicata, a wood ear seen in Kerala - 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 - Ipomea flower Munnar
Ipomea flower, a common weed around Munnar, Western Ghats - Cyanotis flower seen in Eravikulam
Cyanotis flower Eravikulam NP, Western Ghats, Kerala - Nilgiri Thar herd Eravikulam
Nilgiri Thar herd in Eravikulam NP, Western Ghats, Kerala - Drongo
A Drongo in Thattekkad - Rufous Treepie (Dendrocitta vagabunda)
Rufous Treepie (Dendrocitta vagabunda) in Thattekkad - Lentinus (Polyporus) arcularius seen in Thattekad
Polyporus arcularius from below in Thattekad - Polyporus arcularius cap Thattekad
Polyporus arcularius cap seen in Thattekad - Hexagonia with its honeycomb pores
Hexagonia sp polypore looking like snakeskin seen in Kerala. - Hexagonia sp.
Hexagonia sp. - A good common name should be Honeycomb polypore, seen in Thattekkad.