Cordyceps and everything else in the Jungles of Ecuador

We are teaming up with FungalJungal's Larry Evans, an expert on Bolivia's rain forest fungi and Ecuador's Jungle Chocolate Lodge for the next MushRoaming Tour.

MushRoaming Ecuador's Rainforest
We will be based in a beautiful and clean Canadian-run jungle lodge connected to an organic chocolate plantation located in Ecuador's Amazon Rain Forest.  Arrival and departure from Quito, Ecuador's Andean capital.
Early bird special when booking before Nov. 1, 2010
Link to Amazon MushRoaming tour


Cordyceps digesting a Scarabaeus beetle. Photo: Larry Evans


Bryce Kendrick encountered this spider in Ecuador killed by a fungus, probably Cordyceps ignota Marchion. According to Bryce, the spider is Tarantula (Theraphosidae) within the infraorder Mygalomorphae.
What a sight!!!





An ecclectic member of the Stinkhorn family, Staheliomyces cinctus.  Photo: Larry Evans


Canoes are the way to go.  Most travels and excursions will be done by canoe on the Amazonian river system.
Photo: Larry Evans


The Color Purple, fungal feature. Photo: Larry Evans




Bioluminescent fungi have turned into a recent sensation in the rain forest. 
Fungi use insects attracted by the emitted light for spore dispersion. Photo: Larry Evans

Link to Pictures of the 2011 Ecuador tour

Link to Fungi article on the Ecuador Mushroaming Tour

Link to Bolivia MushRoaming 2012 tour
 


Posted by Daniel Winkler at October 9, 2010 9:18 AM
Categories: uncategorized
Tags: mushrooms fungi Ecuador eco-tourism mushroom tourism rain forest fungi Cordyceps tropical fungi
 

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