However, in the rainy season, most of the baits were washed away by very strong flooding, while other baits were buried in silt and sand. Therefore, baits were collected only twice – 17 February 2003 (month 3; 25 samples) and 20 May 2003 (month 6; 25 samples). Sixty samples (ca 30 cm long, 1–2.5 cm diameter) of naturally decaying M. liliifera, that had fallen to the ground under the trees, were also collected from areas alongside the stream for general fungal diversity assessment. For terrestrial succession studies, two-hundred living samples (ca 30 cm long, 1–2.5 cm diameter, with bark) were cut and collected from living trees. Samples were oven-dried at 70 °C for 1 week and tied with labelled plastic tags.