Bess beetle (Odontotaenius disjunctus) on rotting wood in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, April 5, 2019
Bess beetle (Odontotaenius disjunctus) on pieces of wood on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, April 30, 2022
Bess beetle (Odontotaenius disjunctus) on rotting wood on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 16, 2022
Bess beetle (Odontotaenius disjunctus) on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest near Huntsville. Texas, April 16, 2019
Larva of bess beetle (Odontotaenius disjunctus) on rotting wood in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, July 24, 2021
Bess beetle (Odontotaenius disjunctus) from Texas in entomological collection in Pushkin (former Tsarskoe Selo), a suburb of Saint Petersburg. Russia, June 21, 2009
Larva of bess beetle (Odontotaenius disjunctus) under a log in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, July 24, 2021
Dead bess beetle (Odontotaenius disjunctus) with green muscardine disease caused by mold like parasitic fungus Metarhizium anisopliae(?) collected during a mushroom walk on a property at 5369 Farm to Market Road 770 near Kountze. Texas, June 8, 2019
Bess beetle (Odontotaenius disjunctus) under a rotting log on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 26, 2020
Click beetle found on a rotten tree in Wolf Pen Creek Park. College Station, Texas, March 10, 2018
Coral mushroom Ramaria stricta on well rotten wood under pines on Chinquapin Trail in Huntsville State Park. Texas, November 21, 2018
Elastic polypore mushroom Wrightoporia avellanea making rotten pine wood lightly colored on Chinquapin Trail in Huntsville State Park. Texas, November 21, 2018
Ripartitella brasiliensis mushrooms found in a cavity of a rotten log on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest, near Huntsville. Texas, July 21, 2018
Gills of Ripartitella brasiliensis mushrooms found in a cavity of a rotten log on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest, near Huntsville. Texas, July 21, 2018
Eastern bess beetle larva on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, October 18, 2022
Xylaria cubensis mushrooms on rotten wood on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Huntsville, Texas, March 24, 2018
Lepiota phaeostictiformis mushrooms with black scales on a cap on rotten pine wood on Lone Star Hiking Trail south from Stubblefield Campground in Sam Houston National Forest. Huntsville, Texas, October 13, 2018
Brown vase-shaped polypore mushrooms Ganoderma lobatum on rotten wood on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Huntsville, Texas, June 2, 2018
Young mystery chick polypore mushroom (Piptoporellus soloniensis) on a piece of rotten oak wood on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Huntsville, Texas, May 19, 2018
Hydnaceae spreading mushrooms Radulodon or radulomyces copelandii(?) on wood in Huntsville Park. Texas, April 1, 2018
Black slime mold Symphytocarpus on rotten wood on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest, near Huntsville. Texas, March 10, 2018
Texture of Hydnaceae spreading mushrooms Radulodon or radulomyces copelandii(?) on wood in Huntsville Park. Texas, April 1, 2018
Hyphodontia fungus on rotten wood in Wolf Pen Creek Park. College Station, Texas, February 18, 2018
Small Xylaria mushrooms on rotten wood in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, October 3, 2018
Big sheath mushroom (Volvopluteus gloiocephalus) on rotten wood in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, November 22, 2018
Rotten wood with peeling oysterling mushroom (Crepidotus mollis) in Bee Creek Park. College Station, Texas, February 24, 2018
Reddening Lepiota mushrooms (Leucoagaricus americanus) on rotten wood in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 30, 2018
Small pebble-shaped Xylaria mushrooms on rotten oak wood in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, October 3, 2018
Darkling beetle (Tenebrionidae) found under bark of a fallen oak in Wolf Pen Creek Park. College Station, Texas, October 28, 2017
Mushroom Xeromphalina tenuipes (Heimiomyces tenuipes) found on a pice of rotting wood in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 28, 2018
Orange jelly fungus (Dacryopinax spathularia mushrooms) on rotten wood in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, September 21, 2018
Elastic fungus Wrightoporia avellanea on a rotten pine log on Chinquapin Trail in Huntsville State Park. Texas, November 21, 2018
Details of elastic fungus Wrightoporia avellanea on a rotten pine log on Chinquapin Trail in Huntsville State Park. Texas, November 21, 2018
Elastic polypore mushroom Wrightoporia avellanea on a rotten pine log on Chinquapin Trail in Huntsville State Park. Texas, November 21, 2018
Ironclad beetle (Zopherus haldemani(?)) found under tree bark on Raccoon Run Trail in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, October 7, 2013
White tooth-like corticioid fungus on soft rotten wood in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, April 19, 2023
White and yellowish tooth-like corticioid fungus on soft rotten wood in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, April 19, 2023
Tooth-like texture of yellowish corticioid fungus on soft rotten wood in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, April 19, 2023
Close-up of white tooth-like corticioid fungus on soft rotten wood in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, April 19, 2023
Hyphae of white tooth-like corticioid fungus on soft rotten wood in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, April 19, 2023
Texture of yellowish tooth-like corticioid fungus on soft rotten wood in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, April 19, 2023
Flexible fruiting body of fungus Wrightoporia avellanea that pulls apart like gum on a rotten pine log on Chinquapin Trail in Huntsville State Park. Texas, November 21, 2018
Plums and Custard mushrooms (Tricholomopsis rutilans) on a rotten pine log on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest, near Huntsville. Texas, April 22, 2018
Mushrooms Leucocoprinus viridiflavoides (Leucoagaricus viridiflavoides) on rotten wood in a shady place in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, September 18, 2018
Spores of white tooth-like corticioid fungus from soft rotten wood collected in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, April 19, 2023
Pinkish mold fungus Hypomyces rosellus(?) on rotten wood in area of New Sylvia in Pavlovsk Park. Pavlovsk, a suburb of Saint Petersburg, Russia, September 8, 2018
Some black beetle found on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, August 18, 2022
Sphaerosporium lignatile mushrooms on brown rotten wood of a big oak on Kiwanis Nature Trail. College Station, Texas, February 19, 2018
Wood pinkgill mushrooms (Entoloma rhodopolium) in Huntsville State Park. Texas, October 27, 2018
Wood hedgehog mushrooms (Hydnum repandum) in Huntsville State Park. Texas, October 27, 2018
Hey scorpion(?) on rotten wood on a beach in Safliya Island near Doha. Qatar, April 3, 2013
Gills of a wood pinkgill mushroom (Entoloma rhodopolium) in Huntsville State Park. Texas, October 27, 2018
Pale wood pinkgill mushrooms (Entoloma rhodopolium) in Huntsville State Park. Texas, October 27, 2018
Thick shield of resupinate poria mushroom on cut surface of a thick pine log, completely rotten, on Chinquapin Trail in Huntsville State Park. Texas, December 15, 2018
Silverfish like animal on rotten wood on a beach in Safliya Island near Doha. Qatar, April 3, 2013
Brown tooth fungus Mycoaciella bispora (Hydnaceae) on rotten wood on Kiwanis Nature Trail. College Station, Texas, January 14, 2018
Wood hedgehog mushrooms (Hydnum repandum) under elms and pines in Huntsville State Park. Texas, October 27, 2018
Brown caps of wood pinkgill mushrooms (Entoloma rhodopolium) in Huntsville State Park. Texas, October 27, 2018
Cup mushrooms Peziza phyllogena (Peziza badioconfusa)(?) on rotting oak wood in Little Thicket Nature Sanctuary. Found at mushroom walk of GSMS. Cleveland, Texas, November 3, 2018
Rotten wood on Tattapanum Trail one mile north-east from Fall River. Massachusetts, April 12, 2003.
Coral mushrooms Ramaria stricta on decomposing wood on Chinquapin Trail in Huntsville State Park. Texas, November 21, 2018
Red colored wood caused by fungus Atheliachaete sanguinea (Phanerochaete sanguinea)(?) on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Huntsville, Texas, April 22, 2018
Pleasing fungus beetle (Megalodacne) found on a polypore mushroom from Watson Rare Native Plant Preserve. Warren, Texas, June 22, 2019
Volvariella(?) mushroom on a rotten stump in Hensel Park. College Station, Texas, April 4, 2018
Stereum complicatum(?) mushrooms on woodpecker s holes in rotten wood in David E. Schob Nature Preserve at 906 Ashburn Street. College Station, Texas, February 25, 2018
Dorsal view of red palm weevil snout beetle (Rhynchophorus ferrugineus) found near Dar Al Salam Compound in Abu Hamour area. Doha, Qatar, May 14, 2013
Dissected mushroom Volvariella(?) on a rotten stump in Hensel Park. College Station, Texas, April 4, 2018
Pleasing fungus beetle Megalodacne heros (Erotylidae) found on old dry polypore at Lake Somerville Trailway near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, February 26, 2023
Carrion beetle (Silpha) on a rotten mushroom near Orekhovo, 45 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, September 9, 2017
Bulbous honey mushrooms (Armillaria gallica) found on the ground on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Huntsville. Texas, December 16, 2018
Conifercone cap mushroom (Baeospora myosura) found among pine needles on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Huntsville. Texas, November 4, 2018
Mushrooms stalked scarlet cup (Sarcoscypha occidentalis) taken from a small piece of wood on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest, near Huntsville. Texas, April 8, 2018
Longhorn beetle (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae) on hairy fleabane (Erigeron pulchellus)(?) on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Huntsville. Texas, April 16, 2019
Hydnoid corticioid fungus on soft rotten wood in David E. Schob Nature Preserve at 906 Ashburn Street. College Station, Texas, April 20, 2023
Polypore mushrooms Microporellus obovatus(?) on rotten oak on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Huntsville, Texas, June 2, 2018
Polypore mushrooms Microporellus obovatus(?) on a rotten oak log on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Huntsville, Texas, June 2, 2018
Spores of hydnoid corticioid fungus on soft rotten wood collected in David E. Schob Nature Preserve in College Station three days before. Texas, April 23, 2023
Pores of pineapple bolete mushroom (Boletellus ananas) found at the base of a pine tree on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Huntsville, Texas, July 7, 2018
Small inkcap (Coprinellus) mushroom found on a pile of well rotten acorns and nuts in a cavity at the base of a large magnolia tree on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 23, 2020
Mushrooms Callistosporium luteo-olivaceum on a rotten pine log on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Huntsville, Texas, July 13, 2018
Gills of a mature Pholiota polychroa mushroom or may be wood oysterling Deconica horizontalis(?) on a small fallen rotten mossy tree in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, October 28, 2018
Dissected small inkcap (Coprinellus) mushroom found on a pile of well rotten acorns and nuts in a cavity at the base of a large magnolia tree on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 23, 2020
Climacodon pulcherrimus (Donkia pulcherrima) mushrooms on a rotten tree log on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Huntsville, Texas, March 24, 2018
Callistosporium luteo-olivaceum mushrooms on a rotten pine stump on Lone Star Hiking Trail south from Stubblefield Campground in Sam Houston National Forest. Huntsville, Texas, October 13, 2018
Bumelia Borer Long-horn Beetle (Stenaspis verticalis insignis, Plinthocoelium suaveolens plicatum) that was found in Antique Rose Emporium in Independence, dorsal view. College Station, Texas, July 27, 2013
Side view of a small inkcap (Coprinellus) mushroom found on a pile of well rotten acorns and nuts in a cavity at the base of a large magnolia tree on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 23, 2020
Bonnet mushrooms Mycena niveipes found on rotting wood in Sosnovka Park. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 31, 2019
Cap of Xanthoconium purpureum mushroom found in deep shade on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest, near Huntsville. Texas, June 2, 2018
Young pineapple bolete mushroom (Boletellus ananas) on a rotten and burnt pine log on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Huntsville, Texas, July 13, 2018
Tumbling flower beetle and a snout beetle (white-scaled flower weevil, Odontocorynus denticornis) on a black-eyes susan flower in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, April 27, 2008
Conocybe mushrooms found on pieces of rotting wood on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 10, 2021
Corticioid fungus on rotten wood in Hensel Park. College Station, Texas, December 9, 2017
Some corticioid fungus on rotten wood in Hensel Park. College Station, Texas, December 9, 2017
Poria mushroom on rotten wood in Hensel Park. College Station, Texas, December 2, 2017
Small viscid mushroom of Amanita minutula(?) found in a small dried creek on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Huntsville, Texas, July 7, 2018
Elm seedlings on a rotten log on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest, near Huntsville. Texas, March 10, 2018
White poroid fungus on rotten wood in Sosnovka Park. Saint Petersburg, Russia, September 2, 2017
Stilbella byssiseda mushrooms on rotten wood in Sosnovka Park. Saint Petersburg, Russia, September 23, 2017
Oysterling mushrooms Hohenbuehelia angustata on rotten oak on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest near Huntsville. Texas, December 16, 2018
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