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- very young Cyptotrama asprata
- Deconica sp. with gorgeous striations on the cap growing in Chivor.
- Same Deconica sp. with interesting speckled stipes growing in Chivor forest above Sta Maria.
- close up of the gills of Deconica sp. seen in Chivor forest
- Hygrocybe waxgill seen in Chivor forest
- Chlorophyllum molybdites ? with 10cm scale. Note the bright reddish stain near the stem base. Found near Macanal
- Chlorophyllum molybdites annulus and gills - note the greenish hue in the gills from the green spores, near Macanal
- possibly Chlorophyllum molybdites seen along the highway near Macanal
- Gibellula sp. growing on a tiny spider in Santa Maria
- Gliophorus or Hygrocybe sp seen Chivor forest
- What cool colors! This Gliophyllus sp. - waxgill is probably still undescribed; seen in Chivor
- Gorgeous greenish Gliophorus or Hygrocybe, probably undescribed seen in Chivor
- A tiny, agaric with a top attached stipe growing from a dead plant stem
- Clavulinopsis fusiformis in 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. - Gerronema subclavatum seen in Santa Maria
- Favolaschia white growing in Chivor forest, Santa Maria
- Marasmius berteroi? with widely spaced gills
- Calvatia cyathiformis fruitingbody with its transect showing the immature fertile tissue. With maturity it will turn purple due the spore color.
- Calvatia cyathiformis, the purple-spored puffball seen in Chivor forest near Santa Maria