The Mushrooms and Fungi from the Rainforest

Learn about the Mushrooms and Fungi in the Amazon Rainforest in Ecuador. The Fungi or Mushrooms are a phylogenetically diverse group of microorganisms that are all heterotrophic (absorptive nutrition) eukaryotes, unicellular (i.e. yeasts) or hyphal (i.e. filamentous), and reproduce by sexual and/or asexual spores. The Mushrooms and Fungi from the Amazon Rainforest are essential functional …