![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2461/jpeg/33t.jpg) Flowers of sweetleaf (Symplocos tinctoria) with galls caused by the fungus Exobasidium symploci-japonicae in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, March 10, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2461/jpeg/35t.jpg) Galls caused by the fungus Exobasidium symploci-japonicae on a tree of sweetleaf (Symplocos tinctoria) in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, March 10, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2886/jpeg/15t.jpg) Galls caused by the fungus Exobasidium symploci-japonicae on sweetleaf (Symplocos tinctoria) in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, March 20, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3249/jpeg/25t.jpg) Sweetleaf (Symplocos tinctoria) with galls caused by fungus Exobasidium symploci-japonicae on Winters Bayou Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Cleveland, Texas, September 24, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1472/jpeg/12t.jpg) Galls caused by fungus Exobasidium symploci-japonicae on sweetleaf (Symplocos tinctoria) (?) on Sundew Trail in Big Thicket National Preserve. Kountze, Texas, August 2, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2886/jpeg/17t.jpg) Gall caused by the fungus Exobasidium symploci-japonicae on a young shoot of sweetleaf in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, March 20, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3249/jpeg/24t.jpg) Galls caused by fungus Exobasidium symploci-japonicae on sweetleaf on Winters Bayou Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Cleveland, Texas, September 24, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3249/jpeg/39t.jpg) Galls caused by fungus Exobasidium symploci-japonicae on sweetleaf under a microscope (in KOH, x40 objective), collected on Winters Bayou Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Cleveland, Texas, September 24, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2886/jpeg/16t.jpg) Close-up of a gall caused by the fungus Exobasidium symploci-japonicae in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, March 20, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2461/jpeg/34t.jpg) Blooming sweetleaf (Symplocos tinctoria) in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, March 10, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2461/jpeg/36t.jpg) Small blooming tree of sweetleaf (Symplocos tinctoria) in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, March 10, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2537/jpeg/18t.jpg) Azalea gall fungus Exobasidium vaccinii on leaves of rhododendron in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, June 26, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2017/2089/jpeg/28t.jpg) Cowberry with fleshy galls caused by the fungus Exobasidium vaccinii taken from Posiolok near Vyritsa, south from Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 9, 2017
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2017/2092/jpeg/21t.jpg) Cowberry with fleshy galls caused by the fungus Exobasidium vaccinii near Dibuny, north-west from Saint Petersburg. Russia, July 15, 2017
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2017/2089/jpeg/06t.jpg) Fleshy galls on cowberry leaves caused by the fungus Exobasidium vaccinii in Posiolok near Vyritsa, south from Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 9, 2017
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2578/jpeg/20t.jpg) Cap of velvet-top fungus (Phaeolus schweinitzii) in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, October 20, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2587/jpeg/12t.jpg) Brown crust fungus Phellinus at Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, November 2, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2578/jpeg/19t.jpg) Velvet-top fungus (Phaeolus schweinitzii) in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, October 20, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2461/jpeg/24t.jpg) Cap of Nolanea mushroom in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, March 10, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2578/jpeg/22t.jpg) Dissected velvet-top fungus (Phaeolus schweinitzii) in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, October 20, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2578/jpeg/23t.jpg) Mucorales mold fungus on a magnolia cone in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, October 20, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2581/jpeg/15t.jpg) Velvet-top fungus (Phaeolus schweinitzii) near a pine in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, October 20, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2580/jpeg/19t.jpg) Web-like silvery fungus on underside of a magnolia leaf in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, October 20, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2537/jpeg/06t.jpg) Underside of velvet-top fungus (Phaeolus schweinitzii) in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, June 26, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2578/jpeg/21t.jpg) Underside of velvet-top fungus (Phaeolus schweinitzii) in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, October 20, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2537/jpeg/14t.jpg) Sweet gum fruit fungus Xylaria liquidambaris in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, June 26, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2441/jpeg/09t.jpg) Some corticioid (crust) fungus on tree bark in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, February 1, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2461/jpeg/25t.jpg) Gills of Nolanea mushroom in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, March 10, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2461/jpeg/04t.jpg) Roundfruit hedgehyssop (Gratiola virginiana) in a wet area near the creek in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, March 10, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2587/jpeg/13t.jpg) Brown porous fungus Phellinus on a fallen tree at Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, November 2, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2587/jpeg/11t.jpg) Some white corticioid (crust) fungus on rotting wood at Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, November 2, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2602/jpeg/19t.jpg) Split porecrust fungus (Schizopora paradoxa)(?) on hardwood in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, November 27, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2581/jpeg/16t.jpg) Underside of velvet-top fungus (Phaeolus schweinitzii) near a pine in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, October 20, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2461/jpeg/13t.jpg) Eastern poison ivy (Toxicodendron radicans) in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, March 10, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2461/jpeg/16t.jpg) Christmas fern (Polystichum acrostichoides) in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, March 10, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2461/jpeg/20t.jpg) Virginia creeper on a mossy tree in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, March 10, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2461/jpeg/01t.jpg) Bog white violet (Viola lanceolata) in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, March 10, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2461/jpeg/26t.jpg) Spring cress (Cardamine bulbosa) in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, March 10, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2461/jpeg/03t.jpg) Bead fern (Onoclea sensibilis) in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, March 10, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2580/jpeg/20t.jpg) Zoned pattern of web-like silvery fungus on underside of a magnolia leaf in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, October 20, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2537/jpeg/05t.jpg) Velvet-top fungus (Phaeolus schweinitzii mushroom) on a pine stump in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, June 26, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2602/jpeg/20t.jpg) Split porecrust fungus (Schizopora paradoxa)(?) with Hypoxylon on hardwood in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, November 27, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2461/jpeg/06t.jpg) Blooming bog white violet (Viola lanceolata) in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, March 10, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2461/jpeg/08t.jpg) Leaves of netted chainfern (Woodwardia areolata) in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, March 10, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2461/jpeg/02t.jpg) Flowers of bog white violet (Viola lanceolata) in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, March 10, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2461/jpeg/18t.jpg) Leaves of crane-fly orchid (Tipularia discolor) in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, March 10, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2461/jpeg/21t.jpg) Peat moss, most likely Sphagnum lescurii, on floodplain in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, March 10, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2656/jpeg/08t.jpg) Cup fungus Anthracobia maurilabra(?) on a bonfire site in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, March 7, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2536/jpeg/19t.jpg) Black prostrate (corticioid) fungus Chaetosphaerella phaeostroma on a fallen tree in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, June 26, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2440/jpeg/14t.jpg) Black powdery corticioid fungus Chaetosphaerella phaeostroma on a fallen tree in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, February 1, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2461/jpeg/17t.jpg) Leaves and seeds of crane-fly orchid (Tipularia discolor) in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, March 10, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2461/jpeg/27t.jpg) White flowers of spring cress (Cardamine bulbosa) in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, March 10, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2461/jpeg/11t.jpg) Emerging plant of netted chainfern (Woodwardia areolata) in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, March 10, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2461/jpeg/23t.jpg) Dust lichen (Lepraria incana) on pine bark in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, March 10, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2461/jpeg/10t.jpg) Young leaves of netted chainfern (Woodwardia areolata) in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, March 10, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2461/jpeg/07t.jpg) Common lady-fern (Athyrium filix-femina)(?) in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, March 10, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2886/jpeg/10t.jpg) Crust fungus Kretzschmaria deusta with water droplets in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, March 20, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2656/jpeg/12t.jpg) Ascomycete fungus Anthracobia maurilabra(?) on an old bonfire site in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, March 7, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2656/jpeg/09t.jpg) Ascomycete fungus Anthracobia maurilabra(?) on a bonfire site in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, March 7, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2656/jpeg/13t.jpg) Ascomycete fungus Anthracobia maurilabra(?) on charred soil in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, March 7, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2602/jpeg/25t.jpg) Close up of mold fungus Tilachlidium setigerum(?) parasitising on pinewood gingertail (Xeromphalina) in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, November 27, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2602/jpeg/23t.jpg) Mold like fungus Tilachlidium setigerum(?) parasitising on gingertail (Xeromphalina campanella) on a pine log in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, November 27, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2461/jpeg/05t.jpg) Jack-in-the-pulpit (Indian-turnip, Arisaema triphyllum) near the creek in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, March 10, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2461/jpeg/09t.jpg) Dog vomit slime mold (Fuligo septica) on a piece of wood in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, March 10, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2656/jpeg/10t.jpg) Close-up of ascomycete fungus Anthracobia maurilabra(?) on a bonfire site in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, March 7, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2886/jpeg/20t.jpg) Root rot fungus (polypore mushroom) Heterobasidion annosum(?) on a pine log in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, March 20, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2461/jpeg/29t.jpg) Close up of aeciospores of pine-pine gall rust (Endocronartium harknessii, Cronartium harknessii rust fungus) in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, March 10, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2886/jpeg/09t.jpg) Crust fungus Kretzschmaria deusta at the base of a large beech near the creek in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, March 20, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2461/jpeg/22t.jpg) Dust lichen (Lepraria incana) on bark of a large pine tree in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, March 10, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2656/jpeg/11t.jpg) Brown cups of Ascomycete fungus Anthracobia maurilabra(?) on a bonfire site in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, March 7, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2602/jpeg/24t.jpg) White mold fungus Tilachlidium setigerum(?) parasitising on pinewood gingertail (Xeromphalina campanella) on a pine log in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, November 27, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2461/jpeg/15t.jpg) Flower of slender trillium (Trillium gracile) in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, March 10, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2461/jpeg/12t.jpg) Leaves of slender trillium (Trillium gracile) in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, March 10, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2461/jpeg/30t.jpg) Swollen pine root with pine-pine gall rust (Endocronartium harknessii, Cronartium harknessii rust fungus) in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, March 10, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2602/jpeg/21t.jpg) Hydnoid crust fungus Hymenochaetopsis olivacea (Hydnoporia olivacea) on a fallen oak branch in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, November 27, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2461/jpeg/14t.jpg) Blooming plant of slender trillium (Trillium gracile) in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, March 10, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2461/jpeg/19t.jpg) White flowers of bog white violet (Viola lanceolata) in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, March 10, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2461/jpeg/28t.jpg) Pine-pine gall rust (Endocronartium harknessii, Cronartium harknessii rust fungus) on a swollen root at the base of a pine in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, March 10, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2657/jpeg/18t.jpg) Crust fungus Virgariella (mitosporic stage of Hypoxylon fuscum) and liverworts on a fallen branch in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, March 7, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2657/jpeg/17t.jpg) Brown crust of fungus Virgariella (mitosporic stage of Hypoxylon fuscum) on a fallen branch in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, March 7, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2461/jpeg/31t.jpg) Partially dissected swollen pine root with pine-pine gall rust (Endocronartium harknessii, Cronartium harknessii rust fungus) in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, March 10, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2587/jpeg/08t.jpg) Orange corticioid fungus Leucogyrophana olivascens (Penttilamyces olivascens, or Serpula, Coniophora) on a pine log at Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, November 2, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2602/jpeg/22t.jpg) Texture of hydnoid crust fungus Hymenochaetopsis olivacea (Hydnoporia olivacea) on a fallen oak branch in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, November 27, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2579/jpeg/05t.jpg) Cardinal flower (Lobelia cardinalis) in wet area in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, October 20, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2580/jpeg/17t.jpg) Cap of amethyst deceiver mushrooms (Laccaria amethystina) in wet area in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, October 20, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2238/jpeg/05t.jpg) Fuzzy strawberry oak galls caused by wool-sower gall wasp (Callirhytis seminator) on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Huntsville, Texas, March 24, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2238/jpeg/06t.jpg) Close up of strawberry oak galls caused by wool-sower gall wasp (Callirhytis seminator) on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Huntsville, Texas, March 24, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2579/jpeg/11t.jpg) Cap of Amanita mushroom in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, October 20, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2426/jpeg/13t.jpg) Mosses on the ground in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, January 5, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2442/jpeg/03t.jpg) Parmotrema lichen in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, February 1, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2440/jpeg/19t.jpg) Pyxine(?) lichen in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, February 1, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2581/jpeg/11t.jpg) Bolete mushrooms Suillellus subluridus or may be Neoboletus in a pine forest in upper area in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, October 20, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2580/jpeg/09t.jpg) Milkcap mushrooms Lactarius frustratus in a swampy area near the creek in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, October 20, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2578/jpeg/18t.jpg) Small milkcap mushrooms Lactarius neotabidus(?) in wet area near the creek in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, October 20, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2537/jpeg/09t.jpg) Hoof polypore mushrooms Fomes fasciatus in area of floodplain in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, June 26, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2602/jpeg/31t.jpg) Cap of a small brown mushroom Galerina paludosa(?) on moss in wet area in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, November 27, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2580/jpeg/18t.jpg) Underside of amethyst deceiver mushrooms (Laccaria amethystina) in wet area in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, October 20, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2484/jpeg/26t.jpg) Group of orange mushrooms Mitrula lunulatospora in seepage area near the creek in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, April 20, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2580/jpeg/11t.jpg) Dissected milkcap mushrooms Lactarius frustratus in a swampy area near the creek in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, October 20, 2019
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