 Along the way in the forest, if you observe on the ground or rotten wood, you may see
some colourful mushrooms (fungi with flat tops). As a part of the natural world, they
are important organisms with a role in decomposing substances so as to restore
organic matters into nature’s cycle.… They have one special qualification which
is an ability to penetrate substances, to grow into huge and solid materials, such as logs, while other natural
decomposers do not have such ability. …
"On a process of
decomposition, a male Greater flameback
bores a dead trunk to find small creatures such as caterpillars,
insects etc. together with the small brown mushrooms grown up
as seen on a left main branch." (F0001 @Suwit Punnadee)
However, in order to have the process of
decomposition successfully performed, several factors are required. The combination
includes not only small living organisms – Consider the decomposition of logs. Small creatures such as weevils, long horn beetles, termites, millipedes, caterpillars and earthworms break the wood into smaller pieces in a process called fragmentation, and are helped by microorganisms – ie protozoa and bacteria – but the process also requires a suitable climate,
sunlight and humidity. Moreover, these small creatures are the main food source for various wild animals such as woodpeckers, pangolins, wild boars, rats, squirrels, monitor lizards etc., so they come to break the log during the foraging activity on or around it.
 At most times of the year but especially during the wet season can be seen so many species and colourful life forms of Fungi/mushrooms in KPT forest. They are either nonedible or highly poisonous so the rule when finding any mushroom or fungus in the wild is DO NOT EAT IT!
"A physical damage of dead trunk by a female
Greater flameback can help make the other
composers work easier". (F0002 @Suwit Punnadee)
Even though some fungus species are the annoying type such as mould growing on cookies, bread or the costly type that invade camera lenses. However, they are critical to life on earth, especially in the vegetatively rich rainforest environment. Fungi invade wood and soil and break these down into their smallest nutrients so that they can be reused by other plants and animals. Many mushrooms will only live on certain plant species and the means by which they reproduce is fascinating and diverse. Some mushrooms can be found in this forest as shown below.
 Boletoid mushrooms
 
Filoboletus manipularis (Berk. ) Singer and Pulveroboletus ravenelii (Berk.& Curt.) Murrill. (F0010, F0015 @Phamon Sumphanthamitr)
 
 
 
Other Boletoid mushrooms.
(F0020, F0025, F0030, F0035, F0040, F0045 @Phamon Sumphanthamitr)
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Cantharelloid fungi
Canttharellus odoratus (Schw.) Fr
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Other Cantharelloid fungi. (F0055 @Suwit Punnadee; F0060, F0065 @Phamon Sumphanthamitr)
Coral fungi
 
Clavulinopsis sp and Deflexula subsimplex (Henn.) Corner (F0070 @Suwit Punnadee; F0075 @Phamon Sumphanthamitr)
  
Pterula vinacea Corner, Ramaria cyanocephala (Berk.& Curt.) Corner and Scytinopogon angulisporus (Pat.) Cornor. (F0080, F0085, F0090 @Phamon Sumphanthamitr)
 
Other Coral fungi. (F0095, F0100 @Phamon Sumphanthamitr)
Cup fungi
 
Cookeina sp and Sarosoma javanicum Le Gal. (F0105, F0110 @Phamon Sumphanthamitr)
Jelly fungi
 
Dacryopinax spathularia (Schweintz) Martin and Tremella cinnabarina (Mont.) Lioyd (F0115 @Phamon Sumphanthamitr; F0120 @Suwit Punnadee)
 
Another Tremella sp. (F0125, F0130 @Phamon Sumphanthamitr)
Kernel fungi
 
Various Kernel fungi. (F0135, F0140 @Suwit Punnadee)
 
Another Kernel fungi belongs to the Xylariaceae family, grow up underneath the huge fallen logs and often find a Violin beete cling below. (F0145 @Suwit Punnadee; F0150 @Phamon Sumphanthamitr)
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