Old gigantic Calvatia fruiting bodies. Check out the Coffee bean for scale. Seen in Los Santos

Xylaria giants sliced open to show the inner workings, which would be hollow when fully mature..

Xylaria giants measuring 15cm / 6 in in height seen in Los Santos, Santander.

Pet parrot living in Pauna

An Amanita, maybe A. fuligineodisca seen in Pauna

Excavated "egg" of very young Amanita vaginata seen in Pauna

A Grisette (Amanita vaginata gr.) is eyeing you. Seen in the oak forest in Pauna, Boyacá

Daldinia fruiting body transect. Daldinia is a member of the newly erected family Hypoxylaceae, formerly it was within Xylariaceae

Caterpillar among immature spiny Mycena pins seen in Los Santos, Santander

The very tough fruiting body of Daldinia seen in Pauna's oak forest

Hypoxylon haematostroma - an eye-catching member of the Hypoxylaceae, formerly within Xylariaceae RC HA DW Ms

Hypoxylon haematostroma - an eye-catching member of the Xylariaceae