Flowers of Virginia sweetspire (Itea virginica) near the creek in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, April 20, 2019
Dry seeds of Virginia sweetspire (Itea virginica) in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, April 20, 2019
Virginia sweetspire (Itea virginica) near the creek in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, April 20, 2019
Virginia creeper on a mossy tree in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, March 10, 2019
Close up of Indian pipe flowers (Monotropa uniflora) in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, November 27, 2019
Close up of Indian pipe flowers (Monotropa uniflora) taken from Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, November 27, 2019
Close up of orange mushrooms Mitrula lunulatospora in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, April 20, 2019
Close up of Xylaria magnoliae mushrooms on a magnolia cone in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, April 20, 2019
Close up of ascomycete mushrooms Phaeohelotium epiphyllum (Hymenoscyphus epiphyllus) in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, April 20, 2019
Twin flowers of partridge berry (Mitchella repens) in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, April 20, 2019
White flowers of partridge berry (Mitchella repens) in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, April 20, 2019
Close up of 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
Close up of Brigantiaea(?) lichen on a deciduous tree near the creek in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, January 5, 2019
Close-up of mushrooms Agrocybe acericola in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, April 30, 2023
Indian pipe flowers (Monotropa uniflora) taken from Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, November 27, 2019
Indian pipe flowers (Monotropa uniflora) in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, November 27, 2019
Flowers of bog white violet (Viola lanceolata) in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, March 10, 2019
Close-up of gills of Hohenbuehelia mushroom on a small log in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, April 25, 2020
White flowers of spring cress (Cardamine bulbosa) in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, March 10, 2019
Close up of corticioid mushroom Physisporinus(?) on a vertically cut surface of a fallen pine in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, October 20, 2019
Close-up of hairy rubber cup mushrooms (Galiella rufa) in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, April 30, 2023
Shoot of blackberry (Vaccinium) in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, April 20, 2019
Red brittlegill (Russula) mushroom in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, April 20, 2019
Close up of brick-spored firedot lichen Brigantiaea leucoxantha on tree bark in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, February 1, 2019
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
Close up of crust fungus Camillea punctulata(?) on a fallen branch in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, April 28, 2018
Pale pinkish orange mushrooms Mitrula lunulatospora in wet area near the creek in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, April 20, 2019
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
Some small milkcap (Lactarius) mushroom in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, April 20, 2019
Insect gall on a shoot of blackberry in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, April 20, 2019
Partridge berry (Mitchella repens) with flowers and a fruit in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, April 28, 2018
Female (inflated) and male flowers of some sedge (Carex) in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, April 25, 2020
Pale pinkish 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
Panicle of royal fern (Osmunda regalis) in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, April 20, 2019
Partridge berry (Mitchella repens) in bloom in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, April 20, 2019
Green branch of some tree fallen after a windy day in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, April 20, 2019
Leaves of parsley hawthorn (Crataegus marshallii) in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, April 20, 2019
Xylaria magnoliae mushrooms on a magnolia cone in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, April 20, 2019
Cap of Agrocybe(?) mushroom on a sandy terrace above the creek in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, April 20, 2019
White flowers of bog white violet (Viola lanceolata) in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, March 10, 2019
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
Shoot of Lizard s Tail (Saururus cernuus) near the creek in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, April 20, 2019
Dissected Agrocybe(?) mushroom on a sandy terrace above the creek in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, April 20, 2019
Orange mushrooms Mitrula lunulatospora on wet leaves near the creek in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, April 20, 2019
Close-up of green cups of Ascomycete fungus Catinella olivacea on underside of a thick pine log in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, April 30, 2023
Side view of Agrocybe(?) mushroom on a sandy terrace above the creek in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, April 20, 2019
Spike of royal fern (Osmunda regalis) with sporangia near the creek in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, April 20, 2019
Panicle of royal fern (Osmunda regalis) with sporangia near the creek in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, April 20, 2019
Ascomycete mushrooms Phaeohelotium epiphyllum (Hymenoscyphus epiphyllus) on wet rotting leaves in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, April 20, 2019
Cap of a small yellow mushroom Cyptotrama chrysopepla (C. asprata) found on a stump in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, April 20, 2019
Small yellow mushroom Cyptotrama chrysopepla (C. asprata) found on a stump in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, April 20, 2019
Orange mushrooms Mitrula lunulatospora in shallow slowly moving water in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, April 20, 2019
Ascomycete mushrooms Phaeohelotium epiphyllum (Hymenoscyphus epiphyllus) on wet rotting leaves near a creek in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, April 20, 2019
Virginia dayflower (Commelina virginica) in wet area on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, September 17, 2020
White apothecia of ascomycete mushrooms Phaeohelotium epiphyllum (Hymenoscyphus epiphyllus) on wet leaves in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, April 20, 2019
Close-up of rufous rubber cup mushrooms Galiella rufa (Bulgaria rufa) on a piece of wood in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, April 25, 2020
Mushrooms Leucogloea compressa (Helicogloea compressa) on a wet pine log in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, April 20, 2019
Pale pinkish orange mushrooms Mitrula lunulatospora in shallow slowly moving water near the creek in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, April 20, 2019
Blooming Virginia dayflower (Commelina virginica) in wet area on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, September 17, 2020
Tiny white disks of ascomycete mushroom Phaeohelotium epiphyllum (Hymenoscyphus epiphyllus) on a leaf in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, April 20, 2019
Masses of tiny ascomycete mushrooms Phaeohelotium epiphyllum (Hymenoscyphus epiphyllus) on a wet rotting leaf in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, April 20, 2019
Small disk apothecia of ascomycete mushrooms Phaeohelotium epiphyllum (Hymenoscyphus epiphyllus) on wet leaves in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, April 20, 2019
Close-up of guttation (water droplets) on a resupinate form of brown-staining cheese polypore mushroom (Fuscopostia fragilis) on a pine log in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, April 30, 2023
Close up of mushrooms Hymenochaete iodina in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest near Shepherd. Texas, October 3, 2021
Close-up of lichen Cryptothecia striata in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, March 20, 2021
Close-up of mushrooms Xylobolus subpileatus in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest near Shepherd. Texas, October 3, 2021
Cardinal flower (Lobelia cardinalis) in wet area in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, October 20, 2019
Close up of webcap mushrooms Cortinarius collinitus in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, October 28, 2018
Close-up of Lyell s Ribbonwort (veilwort, Pallavicinia lyellii) in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, May 30, 2020
Close-up of teeth of a mushroom Climacodon pulcherrimus on a log in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, November 21, 2021
Close-up of a bolete mushroom Retiboletus ornatipes in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, July 10, 2021
Close-up of resupinate polypore mushroom on rotting oak in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, January 19, 2020
Close-up of peat moss Sphagnum lescurii(?) in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, March 20, 2021
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
Cap of Nolanea mushroom in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, March 10, 2019
Cap of Amanita mushroom in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, October 20, 2019
Pyxine(?) lichen in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, February 1, 2019
Parmotrema lichen in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, February 1, 2019
Mosses on the ground in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, January 5, 2019
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
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
Close-up of corticioid mushroom Physisporinus vitreus(?) on a fallen oak in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, January 19, 2020
Close-up of caps of mature mushrooms Pluteus longistriatus on an oak log in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, September 12, 2020
Close-up of root rot fungus Heterobasidion annosum on a pine log in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, January 19, 2020
Close-up of corticioid (crust) fungus on a fallen pine in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, January 19, 2020
Close-up of Amanita mold fungus (Hypomyces hyalinus) in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest near Shepherd. Texas, October 3, 2021
Close-up of peat moss Sphagnum lescurii(?) on floodplain in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, March 7, 2020
Virginia dayflower (Commelina virginica) in wet area on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, July 23, 2021
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
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
Hoof polypore mushrooms Fomes fasciatus in area of floodplain in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, June 26, 2019
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
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
Close-up of Lyell s Ribbonwort (veilwort, Pallavicinia lyellii) near the creek in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, March 7, 2020
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
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
Medallion lichen (Dirinaria)(?) in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, February 1, 2019
Some milkcap (Lactarius) mushrooms in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, October 20, 2019
Lichen Cryptothecia striata in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, January 5, 2019
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