Amazon Tour

Day 5
Canoe up the Beni river from Rurrenabaque to Wizard Mountain, which has great mushroom diversity. Picnic Lunch. Return to Rurre in the evening.

Day 11
Morning forest mushroom walk. After lunch boat ride down the Tuichi and Beni Rivers. Return to "civilization" in Rurrenabaque. Laundry and Dinner!

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A view from the bow of a traditional river-going canoe on Rio Beni. River-going canoes are the best means of travel in the upper Amazon basin.  Bolivia, Jan. 2006 © L. Evans

 

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The Arched Sawgill, Lentinus concavus, a beautiful wood decaying polypore often grows clustered and is edible. It has saw-toothed light yellow gills. Chalalan Lodge, Madidi NP, Bolivia, January 2014. © Daniel Winkler

What looks like a bizarre piece of art is a locust being digested by a fungal parasite, Beauveria acridophila on Agriacris plagiata (Orthoptera: Romaleidae). Found during the MushRoaming Bolivii tour in January 2012 in Madidi NP © D.Winkler 

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Detailed itinerary of MushRoaming Bolivia 2012

by Daniel Winkler

Metacordyceps martialis? on insect larva BOB - 0325

Metacordyceps martialis? on insect larva DaW – 0357 to 64

Monilia? -  on Cacao: white, powdery, filamentous

Ophicordyceps australis on ant, red capitates stroma, DaW - 0330

Oudemansiellia canarii - with the distinctive pyramidal squamules on the viscid cap

Paneolus sp. on soil

Polyporus sp.

Polyporus tenuiculus* (Beauv.: Fr.) Fr.

Pleurotus djamor var. roseus* – pink oyster

Pluteus sp.

Lentaria? – white leathery coral on wood

Schizophyllum commune* - Splitgill

Stemonitis sp. – brown Mycomycete

Trichaptum perrottetii – purple edge on hymenium when fresh

Xylaria sp.

Xylaria anamorph, cauliflower like, tiny

* edible mushroom

Santa Ana Hotel

Jan 23 boat upriver to Chalalan Lodge,

Stop at Madidi National Park Entrance

Navigate up Beni River into the Tuichi tributary

Wildlife spotted from canoes:

Tropical Kingbird – Tyramus melancholicus (still in Rurre)

Black Vulture – Coragyps atratus

Snowy Egret - Egretta thula

Cocoi Heron - Ardea cocoi

Large billed Tern - Phaetusa simplex

Capybara - Hydrochaeris hydrochaeris

Neotropic Cormorant - Phalacrocorax brasilianus

Oropendula flock – Psarocolius sp.

Great Egret - Ardea alba

White-lipped Peccary - Tayassu pecari

Red-and-green Macaw - Ara chloropterus

Razor-billed Curassow - Mitu tuberosum

Giant Amazon Otter - Pteronura brasiliensis

White-winged Swift –Tachycineta albiventer

Yellow spotted River turtle - Podocnemis unifilis

Giant Cowbird - Molothrus oryzivorus

Osprey – Pandion haliaetus

White-winged Swift –Tachycineta albiventer

Ruddy Ground dove – Columbina talpacoti

Black Cookoo – Crotophaga ani

Orinoco goose - Neochen jubata

Arrive in Chalalan (altitude of Lago Chalalan 380 m / 1178 ft asl)

Mushrooms along Jaguar trail

Agaricus sp. - phenolic smell, light gills

Ascomycete on leaf, small yellow disc

Daldinia sp. – a Coal fungus

Flamulina sp. on wood velvety stem

Favolaschia sp. on wood, orange when fresh

Filoboletus sp.

Geastrum saccatum on ground in debris

Lentinus crinitus on wood

Lepiota sp. dark umbo, light cap, annulus missing

Lepiota sp. / Pluteus annulus absent

Marasmiellus cubensis - stem darkens, foot at stipe base, hundreds on palm

Mycena sp. – hollow cartilaginous stem, yellow fresh

Mycormella sp. – on wood white when fresh

Nothopanus eugrammus – white, laterally attached, on wood, common

Ophicordyceps australis on ant, red capitate, Jaguar trail, DaW

Pleurotus concavus / albidus acc. Guzman on wood

Pleurotus sp./ Crepidotus – on wood Jaguar trail

Tricholomataceae – tan when fresh

Trogia sp.

Xylaria sp. bottle brush on wood DaW

Jan 24 Chalalan Lodge

Monkeys:

Bolivian Red Howler - Alouatta sara

Brown Capuchin – Cebus apella apella?

Squirrel monkey - Saimiri sciureus

Peruvian spider monkey - Ateles chamek

On giant tree above kitchen:

Black Vulture – Coragyps atratus

Mushrooms:

Amauroderma sp. 2 specimen, forking stems.

Amauroderma sp.

Auricularia sp.- wood ear

Caripia / Gymnopus montagnei – white tiny bells on wood Marasmiaceae

Collybia aurea – in clumps on fallen wood, yellow fresh

Cotylidia sp. on standing wood, tiny, single

Cyanthus striatus – bird’s nest fungi

Cymatoderma sclerotoides with sclerotia, brown cap, white hymenium, long stem

Cymatoderma sp. nearly sessile

Cymatoderma sp. double, indeterminate, white hymenium, cup shape, short stem

Cymatoderma sp. on palm seed, white hymenium staining brown, fan shaped

Filoboletus crassus

Filoboletus / Favolus tricholoma – white polypore with hairy margin

Flammulina sp. 0636-38

Ganoderma 'lucidum'  smallish

Gerronema sp. all yellow

Gerronema sp. A  crenulate margin in duff

Gerronema sp. B

Gerronema sp. C Maneche trail

Hygrocybe miniata– vermillion waxcap, tiny red waxgill

Hymenochaete sp. on buried wood, orange when fresh, no stain

Hymenochaete damicornis - on wood,

Hypoxylon sp.

Lentinus velutinus – tall velvety, Jaguar trail

Leptonia /Entoloma sp. - midnight blue, pink salmon print,

Phlebopus beniensis? - very slowly staining blue, mild 

Pluteus sp., LLE

Polyporus dictyopus - tough, thick flesh, rosy hymenium

Polyporus / Favolus tenuiculus, 2 white caps

Polyporus / Favolus tenuiculus, 3 darkish caps, tough stem, on wood

Pycnoporus sanguineus blood red thin conk

Rhodoarrhenia sp. anastomose, white to transparent, pendiculate, reticulate translucent fungus under palm stem 0800

Xerula steffenii -  radicate, root like stem

Xylaria sp. - fuzzy, little hairy heads

Xylaria aenea? – brown when fresh, white interior

Boat ride plants:

“Colomero” - Red-flowered tree with monkey whistle fruit

Royal Palm – Mauricia sp.

Hot lips – Psychotria sp. maybe Ps. elata?

Wildlife:

Social fly catcher - Myiozetetes similis

Red-capped Cardinal - Paroaria gularis

Black Caiman - Melanosuchus niger

Night Walk

“Colorful spider”

tree frog - Hyla geographica?

A black tartantula

Surinam toad - Pipa pipa

Eel shown to us as “watersnake”

Green-and-rufous Kingfisher - Chloroceryle inda

Jan 25 Chalalan Lodge

Birds:

Hoatzin – Opoisthocomus hoazin

many missing..

Walk on Jaguar and then Tapacare trail

Wildlife:

a Polison Dart Frog – Epipedobates sp.

a Snouted tree frog - Scinax garbei - grayish frog sitting on palm leaf

Red Howler - Alouatta seniculus - up in tree

Leaf-cutter ants – Atta sp.

Plants:

Rooster-crest?

Mushrooms

Agaricus sp. on ground, full of beetles, photo

Agaricus sp., chocolate gills, yel/red stain on stipe, mild odor, annulus, bulbose base, fibrulose cap reddish,

Amauroderma sp.

Antrodiella? sp., lateral stipe white

Cystoderma nom prov. Yellow gills, scaly cap, dark brown center, white spores, yel flesh, stuffed hollow stem, mild farinaceous odor, white rhizom 0773 to 776

Caripia / Gymnopus montagnei – tiny, goblet-like white fungus on wood, monotypic genus in Marsmiaceae

Cordyceps sp., 6 white stromata, Jaguar trail, palm roots, no insect

Coriolis unknown sp., on wood, Jaguar trail

Coriolopsis polyzana

Cortinarius sp. - stem with dried in cap

Hydnopolyporus petaloides - white Podoscyphaciae

Hydnopolyporus  fimbriatus - Cassie on standing dead wood

Hexagonia sp.

Hoehenbuehelia “georgina” on buried wood, Jaguar trail

Hydnopolyporus fimbricatus

Hypholoma fasiculare? - on wood, bitter, DaW, Tapacare

Isaria tenuipes - a Cordyceps anamorph,on larva,Tapacare, DaW

Isaria sp, on larva, Paraba near septic, DaW

Lepiota sp. A, two specimen

Lepiota sp. B

Lepiota cretaceus

Lentaria / Ramaria sp. – on debis, broad patch of mycelium LLE

Lenzites elegans - white conk, dadaeloid

Lentinus strigosus

Lycoperdon “pyriforme”, on log, Tapacare, DaW

Marasmius sp., buff granulate margin, plicate cap, attached white? gills, big rhizomorph, appressed stipe, LLE

Phallus indusiatus, formerly Dictyophora indusiata – veiled stinkhorn

Lentinus (Pleurotus) concavus - white oyster-like on wood

Pluteus sp., A, small on wood

Pluteus sp., B on wood

Pluteus sp., C on wood

Pluteus sp., D, tiny on wood

Polyporus sp. on wood

Polyporus sp. on termite nest, all white

Polyporus guyanensis

Rigidoporus sp. – white to rose pore surface, dry fibrolus cap, thick context, thin pore layer, both same color

Thamnomyces chordalis s.l.“pelo de brujo”, barbed wire Xylaria

Xylaria cubensis - anamorph

Xylaria bambooensis, clustered with apical perithecia LLE

Xylaria sp. on wood, white conidium DaW, Tapacare

Indeterminate – tiny white caps? On wood

 Jan 26 Chalalan Lodge

Wildlife

Esmarald Racer - Drymobius rhombifer – small snake Steffen had found

Mushrooms:

Akanthomyces sp. on sphinxoid moth, white DaW

Agaricus sp. on leaf cutter ant, 3 o’clock dock, LLE

Ameghiniella sp. – asco, black rose, on wood , LLE, Silvador

Asco on palm, LLE

Auricularia DaW

Asco, cup side pointing down, on ficus?, no smell/stain, 3 o’clock dock, LLE

Clitocybe sp smell of fish, on ant hill, LLE Silvador

Clitocybe inversa?, fruity to farinose, forked gills, orange cap & stem, LLE, Silvador

Cookeina speciosa, on wood

Cordyceps pruinosa? , 3 red stroma out of wood on larva, Wabucuru, PHill, DaW, 0087 to 96

Ophiocordyceps kniphofioides var. ponerinae  orange top, flatish stroma on ant, 12 O’clock dock, DaW, 0070 to 78

Dacryopinax, on wood, no photo, LLE Silvador

Favolaschia sp. orange, on wood, Wabucuru, DaW, 0134 to 146

Geastrum on termite nest DaW, Tucan

Gymnopilus lepidotus Hesler – small orange attached gills, bitter taste

Lentinellus crinitus [on wood] this common and durable edible is also eaten by monkeys

Lepiota clypeolaria gr., 3 o’clock dock, 3 collections LLE

Lepiota, reddish stain on stem base, 3 o’clock dock, LLE

Marasmius sp.LLE

Meripilus persicinus n.p., giant Ganoderma-like polypore, indeterminate, not bitter, Tucan trail 099,

Innonotus schweinitzii, on log, yellow context, 3 o’clock dock, LLE

Ophiocordyceps australis on ant, red capitates, Wichi trail, DaW - 0330

Pluteus sp., 3 o’clock dock LLE

Pluteus sp. 2 , 3 o’clock dock LLE

Polyporus on wood, white, LLE, Silvador

Polyporus elegans? on wood, brown cap, 3 o’clock dock, LLE

Polyporus udus dark brown cap-white pores, soft spongy tissue (DaW, BOB)

Psathyrella sp. on wood everywhere, LLE

Psathyrella sp 2. on wood, LLE

Resupionoid Polypore, LLE, Silvador            

Resupinate, white, 3 o’clock dock, LLE         

Russuloid / Hygrophorus? white, DaW, Tucan trail  0109-112

Spatularia sp. - anastomose on termite nest, LLE, Silvador

Tricholoma?, little white, on wood, LLE, Silvador

Xylaria sp. - white core, on wood, LLE, Silvador

Xylaria sp. - twice forked, DaW, Silvador

Usnea rubicunda - red lichen, Wichi trail LLE

Unknown – red-brown stemmed & capped agaric, light gills on duff

Jan 27 Chalalan Lodge to Rurrenabaque.

Canoe ride down Tuichi & Beni Rivers

Wildlife

Capybara - Hydrochaeris hydrochaeris

Wood Stork - Mycteria americana

Snowy Egret - Egretta thula

Cocoi Heron - Ardea cocoi

Large billed Tern - Phaetusa simplex

Great Egret - Ardea albaRed-and-green Macaw - Ara chloropterus

Orinoco goose - Neochen jubata

Stop at Caquihuara Macaw Cliff

Animals:

Red-and-green Macaw - Ara chloropterus

White-eyed Parakeet - Aratinga leucophthalma

Mushrooms:

Cordyceps acridophila on Agriacris plagiata (Orthoptera: Romaleidae) - Cordyceps infested grasshopper

Dacryopinax sp.? - brown little asco

Jelly fungus – white, pendulant

Mycena sp. – blue, small

Nidularia / Cyatus? – a Bird’s nest fungus

Phillipsia domingensis – red fungus in the Sarcoscyphaceae family

Torrubiella sp. – A Cordyceps relative that covered spider in mycellium

Xylaria double branched 0302

Rurrenabaque: stay at Santa Ana’s

Jan 28 Rurrenabaque – flight to La Paz, bus to Coroico.

Morning hike along the Beni gorge.

Afternoon flight to El Alto above La Paz, mini bus ride via Upper La Paz to Coroico

CrossingLa Cumbre Pass, the highest point of our journey at 4,700 meters or 14,260 ft.
Descend on new highway to Coroico located officially at 1471m (4560 ft).

Hotel Esmeralda                   

Jan 29 Coroico - Visit Cloud Forest Yungas

Morning hike on waterfall trail

Sobralia Orchids – 2 species

Orchid, white, filigree

Mushrooms:

Ascomycete? / Clavarinoid? - teal colored, one stemmed

Cordyceps sp. – orange stroma, on larva, Nicole, DaW

Hygrocype conica? Witchhat

Hygrocybe sp. a yellow waxcap

Lepiotoid, tiny in moss

Afternoon excursion to Senta Verde Wildlife refuge

Animals

Bolivian Red Howler - Alouatta sara

Brown Capuchin – Cebus apella apella?

Squirrel monkey - Saimiri sciureus

Peruvian spider monkey - Ateles chamek

Turtles, Cotati, Mccaws, Parakets, Anaconda, Caiman etc.

Mushrooms:

Calocera cornea - Yellow earth tongue

Chlorophyllum molybdites - Green spored Parasol

Agaricus sp.

Hotel Esmeralda

 Jan 30 Coroico to La Paz, night bus to Uyuni

Bus ride up the “Road of Death”

Stop at waterfall with short mushroom hunt

Several other photo stops

Km 62 pavilion

Mushrooms:

Favolaschia sp. LLE

Cordyceps sp., capitate stromata on grasshopper, CMc pic Danny N. 2288-327

Oudemansiella canarii LLE

White jelly fungus on bamboo

Jan 31 Uyuni (altitude 3675 m / 11,393 ft)

Train grave yard of narrow gauge railroad completed in 1889

Vicuña - Vicugna vicugna  - along the highway.

Passing through Colchani village

Salt flats with Palacio de sale / salt museum build from salt bricks.

Salar de Uyuni / Salt flats are claimed to be the biggest on earth with a surface area of 10.582 square km (4.085 square miles)

Group splits – part remains in Uyuni, part returns to La Paz

 Feb 1 La Paz

Shopping                                   

Feb 2 Final day

visit at National Herbarium