Auto-SummaryThis forum post discusses various mushroom species encountered during a jungle hike, highlighting their growth patterns, ecological roles, and identification tips. Key points include:
1. Most mushrooms in the jungle grow on wood, with 80% originating from wood, due to high rainfall and heat accelerating organic matter degradation.
2. Some mushrooms, like Pycnoporus, indicate open areas with disturbance, while others like Amanita, Phillipsia, and Cookeria thrive in pristine jungles.
3. Common tropical mushrooms include Marasmius, Leptia, Laetiporus sulphureus (chicken of the woods), and Collybia species.
4. Identification is aided by characteristics like gill spacing, pore structures, and smell.
5. Notable finds include Ganoderma australe, Auricularia fuscosuccinea, and Amanita muscaria var. formosa.
hello my friend , is good to see you are having a good time. since you are now more use to hunt in the jungle , you have notice the jungle is diferent. the mayority of the mushrooms grow from wood almost the 80%, why is that . well because many factors, in this places the rains are more than 1400 mm all years and even more than 2000 mm in some places,and this plus the high heat , help to degradate all organic matter that why you dont find many leaves or compost leaves, in this forest there is a thing space of humus in the ground, that why mushrooms have trouble to leave in this tipe of medium since it dissappear before they can complete their cicle , well this is not the case for mold, and other tipe of mushrooms as marasmius very coomon in leaves litter. all the mushrooms grow mayority on wood, in live wood or trees some parasit other as first decomposer of wood, other as second decomposer etc, most lepiotas are lighicolas here , is very well notice the abbsence of micorrisic fungus simple beacuse of the lack of the tree host, and climate , and the competence in the jungle is crucial , you can notice all trees are some how diferent more that the comooond temperate forest where all tyhe mass of tree tend to be for 3 or 4 species in acres of forest, well in the jungle competition is the rule of the day, is interest to notice certaing mushrooms can be use as target indicator or some how or degradation or conservance of the forest , for example pycnoporus indicate open area ,sunny and with some disturbance, pristinejungle have species of amanita,phillipsia , cookeria, coenogium, ramaria, marasmius,etc. ok let´s get to the id contest:
-First shrooms of the day: have a caracteristic space gill , tha leave it from lepiota,maybe is marasmiellus sp. those have spaced gills. -At trailhead: Laetiporous sulphereus? That would be awesome. I've never seen or eaten them. yes those are the chicken , real nice one , they still see eatable. -others from th. maybe marasmius are very commond many species in the tropic. -On to the hike: Lepiota? that a lepiota , i see that is growing in the area of the cedar and red woods or cupresus sp. , i wonder from where does it come from may be introduce. -These guys were everywhere: now that a perfect example of marasmius sp, maybe the tropical version of oreades, is importand to notice smell in this species, -The trail near beginning: this look like mexico a mix of tropical and neotropical species, those cedar are big real old now. -These flowers were sick. Looks like they were made for a long bird beak to suck out nectar: sure it does, those are probably like that for the prosbocide of zone hummind birds or nocturnal butterfly´s. -Brugmansia sp.: that floripondio is big and look diferent than us ,nice i love this plant for the flowers i have many in my house , or used to have. -? that is posible a Trametes sp. very commond in tropical enviroment i will have to look the underside to be sure and the structures of the pores but all match , posible too trichaptum,hexagonia,daedalea, but my money is in trametes. -?, gonna be alot of ?marks: this mushrooms recive many names for micotaxonoimist but is recognice for the teeh like pores in the underside,flavodum sp. -Dope flower: for sure. -Possibly unopened lepiota:
 -lepiota look like the same as above but more mature maybe lepiota are very coomond growing in log . -Bad photo, but this thing was tight. Similar to conocybe filaris: if that is not conocybe what is?? filaris brother. -shit loads of these: those look like perfect exazmple of collybya sp. some collybya are edible , indias in amazon eat then. -Cornucopia of oddities: as long as you keep finding asaroe, coprinus,and posible lycogalopsis solmsii the white ball thing. -lepiota:
 -no gills: haha , you are not familiar with auricularias, this one seem to be auricularia fuscosuccinea , since is common in tropical enviroment and don´t seem to have venacion as other auricularias, this mushrooms are edible and medicinal , at leat for asian people. -These look like gaaalllerrriiinnnaaas: sure also as more conocybe. -more damn lepiotas: told you lepiota are very commnond along with marasmius and the massive fruit bodys of the poliporaceus are the most coomond find in jungle, -Perfect artist's conk (this thing was huge): that can easy be ganoderma australe, very common in the tropics -fungal paradise: maybe favolus brasilensis, or dyctiopanus, corius versicolor. -Intermission: Sit back, have some fried chicken and cheap beer. This fucker looks alot like me: i can´t id with out a spore print, did it bruise, don´t rub to much. -Mossy: beautifull. -And we're back, I love these things: so soon . love those thing too. -Amanita muscaria var. formosa (apparently quite rare here): that is a great find . beutifull specimens -Lycoperdon:
 -Above that waterfall: you guys walk a lot. thanks . -Where's Landsnorkler: you are not there because you are taking the picture. -Pretty polypores: i guees you are right , and the name can vary on upon taxonomist. all my best, to you.
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