This Is What It's Like to Make a Discovery in the Amazon Rainforest

"Huh, that's weird," I muttered as I trudged through a muddy trail in the Amazon rainforest. Even though the sun was setting, the heat was still sweltering and sweat dripped into my eyes as I stared at something I had never before seen -- a tree covered with bizarre yellow outgrowths. Some sort of fungus? That was my first thought. After all, I've seen tons of strange looking fungi in the Amazon. But something about these yellow bulby-looking things piqued my curiosity. A tree covered with stran...