The neotropical páramo is a singular environment found only in the mountains of Central America and the northern Andes, between 3,000 and 5,000 meters above sea level. Sandwiched between treeline and snowline, these rugged, glacially-shaped landscapes are distinguished by their humid, cold climate a...

The South American country of Colombia is unimaginably special, topping the charts as 3rd highest in the world on the global biodiversity index. One of only 17 mega-diverse countries on the planet, Colombia’s sometimes-rugged high elevation terrain is still vastly under explored by mycologists. So i...