A tiny, agaric with a top attached stipe growing from a dead plant stem
Calvatia cyathiformis fruitingbody with its transect showing the immature fertile tissue. With maturity it will turn purple due the spore color.
Gymnopilus luteofolius seen in Raquira
Calvatia cyathiformis, the purple-spored puffball seen in Chivor forest near Santa Maria
Ascopolyporus sp. (Corducipitataceae) growing in Chivor above Sta Maria, Boyaca, Colombia
This interesting Cordyceps relative parasitizes aphids. However, most of its resources it receives from the plant , often a bamboo stem, the aphid tapped into before having a fungal infection. The aphid turns basically into a straw for the Ascopolyporus.
Gymnopilus luteofolius seen in Raquira
tiny Moelleriella fruiting bodies seen on a leaf in Chivor
Moelleriella is a genus of fungi within the Clavicipitaceae family (most famous for ergot - Claviceps purpurea) that infect and kill aphids. When checking leaves closely in the rainy season, Moeleriella species are everywhere, but due to their tiny size, most people never see this fungus.
Calvatia cyathiformis, the purple-spored puffball is a big and widely distributed puffball
Mature and young pairs of Phillipsia rugospora near San Louis, Casanare
young Phillipsia rugospora