![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1618/jpeg/15t.jpg) Puffball like horse dung fungus (Bohemian truffle, Pisolithus arhizus, Pisolithus tinctorius, dyeball mushrooms) with emerging mass of cinnamon-brown spores on a lawn in Al Shamal City Park. Ruwais, Northern Qatar, July 3, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1618/jpeg/26t.jpg) Cross section of horse dung fungus (Bohemian truffle, Pisolithus arhizus, Pisolithus tinctorius, dyeball mushroom) showing reddish-brown peridioles (spore sacs) developing in a black gelatinous matrix taken from a lawn in Al Shamal City Park, in Ruwais. Qatar, July 3, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2354/jpeg/18t.jpg) Horse dung fungus (dyeball mushroom, Pisolithus arhizus, Pisolithus tinctorius) taken from a lawn on campus of Texas A and M University. College Station, Texas, September 13, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2354/jpeg/19t.jpg) Dissectedorse dung fungus (dyeball mushroom, Pisolithus arhizus, Pisolithus tinctorius) taken from a lawn on campus of Texas A and M University. College Station, Texas, September 13, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2359/jpeg/05t.jpg) Dyeball mushroom (Pisolithus arhizus, Pisolithus tinctorius) on a sandy lawn in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, September 18, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2354/jpeg/17t.jpg) Dyeball mushroom (Pisolithus arhizus, Pisolithus tinctorius) taken from a lawn on campus of Texas A and M University. College Station, Texas, September 13, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2565/jpeg/24t.jpg) Dyeball mushroom (Pisolithus arhizus, Pisolithus tinctorius) taken from a lawn on campus of Texas A and M University. College Station, Texas, September 18, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2362/jpeg/33t.jpg) Dyeball mushroom (Pisolithus arhizus, Pisolithus tinctorius) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, September 21, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2362/jpeg/34t.jpg) Close up of dyeball mushroom (Pisolithus arhizus, Pisolithus tinctorius) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, September 21, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2381/jpeg/13t.jpg) Dyeball mushroom (Pisolithus arhizus, Pisolithus tinctorius) in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, October 14, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2381/jpeg/27t.jpg) Dyeball mushrooms (Pisolithus arhizus, Pisolithus tinctorius) on wood chips in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, October 14, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2372/jpeg/07t.jpg) Tuff puffball mushrooms (Scleroderma texense) and dyeball fungus (Pisolithus arhizus, Pisolithus tinctorius) on a flowerbed with mulch at Spence Street on campus of Texas A and M University. College Station, Texas, October 1, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3098/jpeg/06t.jpg) Texture of dyeball mushroom (Pisolithus arhizus) from a lawn of the university golf course. College Station, Texas, January 17, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3530/jpeg/28t.jpg) Dyeball mushroom (Pisolithus arhizus) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 8, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3530/jpeg/29t.jpg) Cross section of dyeball mushroom (Pisolithus arhizus) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 8, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2971/jpeg/32t.jpg) Close-up of a broken dyeball mushroom (Pisolithus arhizus) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, June 30, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3098/jpeg/05t.jpg) Dyeball mushroom (Pisolithus arhizus) collected from the university golf course. College Station, Texas, January 17, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3623/jpeg/04t.jpg) Dyeball mushroom (Pisolithus arhizus) from Lick Creek Greenway Trail. College Station, Texas, September 19, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3540/jpeg/01t.jpg) Dyeball mushroom (Pisolithus arhizus) in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, May 17, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3540/jpeg/03t.jpg) Mature dyeball mushroom (Pisolithus arhizus) in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, May 17, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2882/jpeg/11t.jpg) Dyeball mushrooms (Pisolithus arhizus) in Old Baylor Park. Independence, Texas, March 15, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3623/jpeg/05t.jpg) Section of dyeball mushroom (Pisolithus arhizus) from Lick Creek Greenway Trail. College Station, Texas, September 19, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3540/jpeg/04t.jpg) Cross section of a mature dyeball mushroom (Pisolithus arhizus) in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, May 17, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2882/jpeg/13t.jpg) Dissected dyeball mushrooms (Pisolithus arhizus) in Old Baylor Park. Independence, Texas, March 15, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2971/jpeg/33t.jpg) Dyeball mushrooms (Pisolithus arhizus) on a pipeline right of way in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, June 30, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2882/jpeg/12t.jpg) Cross section of dyeball mushrooms (Pisolithus arhizus) among lupinus in Old Baylor Park. Independence, Texas, March 15, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2971/jpeg/34t.jpg) Cross section of dyeball mushrooms (Pisolithus arhizus) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, June 30, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3623/jpeg/07t.jpg) Dissected dyeball mushroom (Pisolithus arhizus) both in natural light and under 365 nm ultraviolet (UV-A) blacklight from Lick Creek Greenway Trail. College Station, Texas, September 19, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3450/jpeg/03t.jpg) Dyeball mushrooms (Pisolithus arhizus) in prairie on Post Oak Trail in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, December 23, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3623/jpeg/06t.jpg) Interior of dyeball mushroom (Pisolithus arhizus) when exposed to regular daylight as well as when illuminated by a 365 nm ultraviolet (UV-A) blacklight from Lick Creek Greenway Trail. College Station, Texas, September 19, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3418/jpeg/10t.jpg) Texture of cross section of a dyeball mushroom (Pisolithus arhizus) under pine tree on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, October 29, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3418/jpeg/08t.jpg) Dyeball mushrooms (Pisolithus arhizus) under pine tree on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, October 29, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3240/jpeg/18t.jpg) Spores of dyeball mushrooms (Pisolithus arhizus) collected a day before on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, September 12, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3239/jpeg/16t.jpg) Dyeball mushrooms (Pisolithus arhizus) on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, September 11, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3418/jpeg/23t.jpg) Spores (in KOH) of dyeball mushrooms (Pisolithus arhizus) collected under pines on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, October 29, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3418/jpeg/09t.jpg) Cross section of dyeball mushrooms (Pisolithus arhizus) under pine tree on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, October 29, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3245/jpeg/28t.jpg) Spores of a mature dyeball mushroom (Pisolithus arhizus) from a pipeline (no picture taken), collected on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, September 17, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3239/jpeg/17t.jpg) Cross section of dyeball mushrooms (Pisolithus arhizus) on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, September 11, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3434/jpeg/17t.jpg) Dyeball mushrooms (Pisolithus arhizus) on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) east from Trailhead No. 4 in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 25, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3434/jpeg/16t.jpg) Dyeball mushrooms (Pisolithus arhizus) in cross section on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) east from Trailhead No. 4 in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 25, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1691/jpeg/26t.jpg) Purple nut sedge (Cyperus rotundus) grown on a lawn in Al Shamal City Park. Ruwais, Northern Qatar, November 20, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1691/jpeg/16t.jpg) Asparagus with flowers planted in Al Shamal City Park. Ruwais, Northern Qatar, November 20, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1708/jpeg/12t.jpg) Leaves of Acalypha wilkesiana planted in Al Shamal City Park. Ruwais, Northern Qatar, December 19, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1708/jpeg/13t.jpg) Blooming Acalypha wilkesiana planted in Al Shamal City Park. Ruwais, Northern Qatar, December 19, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1708/jpeg/15t.jpg) Tuxedo kitten near a stone wall in Al Shamal City Park. Ruwais, Northern Qatar, December 19, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1572/jpeg/05t.jpg) Australian pine (Casuarina equisetifolia) in Al Shamal City Park. Ruwais, Northern Qatar, April 3, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1708/jpeg/06t.jpg) Kitten basking on iron fence of Al Shamal City Park. Ruwais, Northern Qatar, December 19, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1572/jpeg/06t.jpg) Lucky nut (Thevetia peruviana or may be nerifolia) in Al Shamal City Park. Ruwais, Northern Qatar, April 3, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1691/jpeg/20t.jpg) Lucky nut (Thevetia peruviana or may be nerifolia) planted in Al Shamal City Park. Ruwais, Northern Qatar, November 20, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1644/jpeg/08t.jpg) Firewheel flower (Gaillardia pulchella) planted in Al Shamal City Park. Ruwais, Northern Qatar, August 22, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1644/jpeg/09t.jpg) Globe amaranth (Gomphrena globosa) planted in Al Shamal City Park. Ruwais, Northern Qatar, August 22, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1708/jpeg/11t.jpg) Flower of Turkcap (Malvaviscus arboreus) planted in Al Shamal City Park. Ruwais, Northern Qatar, December 19, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1708/jpeg/10t.jpg) Firewheel flower (Gaillardia pulchella) planted in Al Shamal City Park. Ruwais, Northern Qatar, December 19, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1644/jpeg/06t.jpg) Fruits of Desert fan palm (Washingtonia filifera)(?) in Al Shamal City Park. Ruwais, Northern Qatar, August 22, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1708/jpeg/08t.jpg) Firewheel flowers (Gaillardia pulchella) planted in Al Shamal City Park. Ruwais, Northern Qatar, December 19, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1572/jpeg/01t.jpg) Bush of natal plum (Carissa macrocarpa) in Al Shamal City Park. Ruwais, Northern Qatar, April 3, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1708/jpeg/07t.jpg) Kitten in defensive position on iron fence of Al Shamal City Park. Ruwais, Northern Qatar, December 19, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1644/jpeg/07t.jpg) Green fruits of Desert fan palm (Washingtonia filifera)(?) in Al Shamal City Park. Ruwais, Northern Qatar, August 22, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1708/jpeg/14t.jpg) Mexican marigold (Tagetes erecta) flower planted in Al Shamal City Park. Ruwais, Northern Qatar, December 19, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1691/jpeg/18t.jpg) Flower of natal plum (Carissa macrocarpa) planted in Al Shamal City Park. Ruwais, Northern Qatar, November 20, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1691/jpeg/19t.jpg) Fruits of Lucky nut (Thevetia peruviana or may be nerifolia) planted in Al Shamal City Park. Ruwais, Northern Qatar, November 20, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1691/jpeg/21t.jpg) China rose (Hibiscus rosa-sinensis) planted in Al Shamal City Park. Ruwais, Northern Qatar, November 20, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1644/jpeg/10t.jpg) Cluster of fruits of Desert fan palm (Washingtonia filifera)(?) taken from Al Shamal City Park. Ruwais, Northern Qatar, August 22, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1708/jpeg/16t.jpg) Acalypha wilkesiana plant with reddish leaves shaped as a tree in Al Shamal City Park. Ruwais, Northern Qatar, December 19, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1691/jpeg/22t.jpg) Stigma of China rose (Hibiscus rosa-sinensis) planted in Al Shamal City Park. Ruwais, Northern Qatar, November 20, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1691/jpeg/23t.jpg) Red flower of China rose (Hibiscus rosa-sinensis) planted in Al Shamal City Park. Ruwais, Northern Qatar, November 20, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1691/jpeg/24t.jpg) Glory bower (Volkameria inermis, Clerodendrum inerme) planted in Al Shamal City Park. Ruwais, Northern Qatar, November 20, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1691/jpeg/15t.jpg) Red flower of purslane (rose moss, Portulaca grandiflora) planted in Al Shamal City Park. Ruwais, Northern Qatar, November 20, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1708/jpeg/04t.jpg) Red flower of China rose (Hibiscus rosa-sinensis) planted in Al Shamal City Park. Ruwais, Northern Qatar, December 19, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1708/jpeg/09t.jpg) Globular seed head of firewheel flower (Gaillardia pulchella) planted in Al Shamal City Park. Ruwais, Northern Qatar, December 19, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1691/jpeg/25t.jpg) Flower bud of orange China rose (Hibiscus rosa-sinensis) planted in Al Shamal City Park. Ruwais, Northern Qatar, November 20, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1691/jpeg/17t.jpg) Flowers of planted Acalypha variegata(?) with feathery stigmas and white bracts in Al Shamal City Park. Ruwais, Northern Qatar, November 20, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1572/jpeg/04t.jpg) White flowers with pink specks of Carruthers falseface (Pseuderanthemum carruthersii or may be reticulatum) in Al Shamal City Park. Ruwais, Northern Qatar, April 3, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1708/jpeg/05t.jpg) Orange half opened flower of China rose (Hibiscus rosa-sinensis) planted in Al Shamal City Park. Ruwais, Northern Qatar, December 19, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1572/jpeg/03t.jpg) Flowers of crown of thorns (Euphorbia milii, Euphorbia splendens) in Al Shamal City Park. Ruwais, Northern Qatar, April 3, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1572/jpeg/02t.jpg) Crown of thorns plant (Euphorbia milii, Euphorbia splendens) in Al Shamal City Park. Ruwais, Northern Qatar, April 3, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1691/jpeg/14t.jpg) Crown of thorns (Euphorbia milii, Euphorbia splendens) planted in Al Shamal City Park. Ruwais, Northern Qatar, November 20, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1730/jpeg/05t.jpg) Red rose in Al Shamal City Park. Ruwais, Northern Qatar, January 16, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1730/jpeg/20t.jpg) Flower of rose in Al Shamal City Park. Ruwais, Northern Qatar, January 16, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1730/jpeg/08t.jpg) Pink rose in Al Shamal City Park. Ruwais, Northern Qatar, January 16, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1730/jpeg/06t.jpg) Flower of red rose in Al Shamal City Park. Ruwais, Northern Qatar, January 16, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1730/jpeg/09t.jpg) Close up of red rose in Al Shamal City Park. Ruwais, Northern Qatar, January 16, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1730/jpeg/21t.jpg) Red rose on the ground in Al Shamal City Park. Ruwais, Northern Qatar, January 16, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1730/jpeg/15t.jpg) Peppermint (Mentha piperita(?)) in Al Shamal City Park. Ruwais, Northern Qatar, January 16, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1730/jpeg/18t.jpg) Acalypha wilkesiana shaped as a tree in Al Shamal City Park. Ruwais, Northern Qatar, January 16, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1730/jpeg/04t.jpg) Acalypha wilkesiana shaped as a tree in Al Shamal City Park. Ruwais, Northern Qatar, January 16, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1730/jpeg/14t.jpg) Dark foliage of Acalypha wilkesiana in Al Shamal City Park. Ruwais, Northern Qatar, January 16, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1730/jpeg/03t.jpg) Leaves of Acalypha wilkesiana shaped as a tree in Al Shamal City Park. Ruwais, Northern Qatar, January 16, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1730/jpeg/16t.jpg) Fruit of jujube (Indian plum, Ziziphus mauritiana) in Al Shamal City Park. Ruwais, Northern Qatar, January 16, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1730/jpeg/11t.jpg) Red flower of China rose (Hibiscus rosa-sinensis) in Al Shamal City Park. Ruwais, Northern Qatar, January 16, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1730/jpeg/02t.jpg) Flower of Vinca Vitesse Rose (Catharanthus roseus) in Al Shamal City Park. Ruwais, Northern Qatar, January 16, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1730/jpeg/17t.jpg) Jujube tree (Indian plum, Ziziphus mauritiana) in Al Shamal City Park. Ruwais, Northern Qatar, January 16, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1730/jpeg/19t.jpg) Burgundy leaves of Acalypha wilkesiana shaped as a tree in Al Shamal City Park. Ruwais, Northern Qatar, January 16, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1730/jpeg/22t.jpg) Petals of China rose (Hibiscus rosa-sinensis) on the ground in Al Shamal City Park. Ruwais, Northern Qatar, January 16, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1730/jpeg/07t.jpg) Orange half opened flower of China rose (Hibiscus rosa-sinensis) in Al Shamal City Park. Ruwais, Northern Qatar, January 16, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1730/jpeg/13t.jpg) Needle-like foliage of Australian pine tree (she-oak, Casuarina equisetifolia) planted along a fence in Al Shamal City Park. Ruwais, Northern Qatar, January 16, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1730/jpeg/01t.jpg) White flowers with pink specks of Carruthers falseface (Pseuderanthemum carruthersii or may be reticulatum) in Al Shamal City Park. Ruwais, Northern Qatar, January 16, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1730/jpeg/10t.jpg) Close up of orange half opened flower of China rose (Hibiscus rosa-sinensis) in Al Shamal City Park. Ruwais, Northern Qatar, January 16, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1730/jpeg/12t.jpg) Trunk and fine greyish green needle-like foliage of Australian pine (she-oak, Casuarina equisetifolia) in Al Shamal City Park. Ruwais, Northern Qatar, January 16, 2016
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