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White spiny Lycoperdon puffballs

Small white Lycoperdon puffballs covered in conical spines grow on soil among dry twigs and grass.

Small white Lycoperdon puffballs covered in conical spines grow on soil among dry twigs and grass.

Album Small wonders beside the trail

Trail Running Ecuador · Uso editorial con crédito

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Red fruiting bodies top small Cladonia lichen cups among pale lichen scales and dry vegetation.
Red-tipped Cladonia lichen
A brown-capped Agaricus mushroom grows beside moss, exposed roots and leaf litter.
Brown Agaricus mushroom on mossy ground
Brown Suillus mushrooms lie among grass and pine litter, with a yellow sponge-like pore surface visible on a damaged fruit body.
Brown Suillus mushrooms in grass
Thin overlapping Stereum brackets form orange-brown bands on a tree trunk, with smooth orange undersides.
Orange-brown Stereum brackets on a trunk
Clustered Phlegmariurus clubmoss shoots branch repeatedly above páramo plants, with dense tiny leaves covering each stem.
Phlegmariurus clubmoss shoots in páramo
Upright reddish Phlegmariurus clubmoss shoots, densely covered in tiny overlapping leaves, grow among wet páramo moss.
Reddish Phlegmariurus clubmoss in wet moss