![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2526/jpeg/12t.jpg) Reddish-green bladder galls on upper leaf surfaces of poison ivy produced by the eriophyid mite, Aculops rhois (A. toxicophagus, family Eriophyidae) in Bee Creek Park. College Station, Texas, June 10, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2526/jpeg/14t.jpg) Irregular, wart-like light green to reddish-green bladder galls on leaf surfaces of poison ivy produced by leaf gall mite Aculops toxicophagus in Bee Creek Park. College Station, Texas, June 10, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2526/jpeg/10t.jpg) Poison ivy leaf gall mite (irregular, wart-like light green to reddish-green bladder galls) in Bee Creek Park. College Station, Texas, June 10, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2526/jpeg/11t.jpg) Yellowish-green and brilliant red wart-like galls on leaf surfaces of poison ivy in Bee Creek Park. College Station, Texas, June 10, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2017/2079/jpeg/14t.jpg) Red velvety patches on a birch leaf caused by the eriophyid mite in Sosnovka Park. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 29, 2017
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2017/2079/jpeg/12t.jpg) Red velvety patches on a birch leaf caused by the velvet erineum gall eriophyid mite in Sosnovka Park. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 29, 2017
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2017/2126/jpeg/11t.jpg) Velvety patches on a birch leaf caused by the velvet erineum gall eriophyid mite in Sosnovka Park. Saint Petersburg, Russia, August 21, 2017
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2010/857/jpeg/14t.jpg) Grape Tomato Gall, Lasioptera vitis (mass of irregular swellings produced by the larva of a small two-winged fly) on mustang grape on Iron Bridge Trail in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 4, 2010
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2889/jpeg/30t.jpg) Leaves of crane s bill (Geranium carolinianum) with red galls caused by wart disease (false rust) by fungus Synchytrium geranii (Chytrids) taken from Bee Creek Park. College Station, Texas, March 23, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3134/jpeg/25t.jpg) Some mite from a plant leaf under microscope, collected in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, April 18, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3160/jpeg/06t.jpg) Persimmon leaf blister galls caused by bead gall mite Aceria theospyri on leaves of persimmon (Diospyros virginiana) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, May 26, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3012/jpeg/13t.jpg) Distorted leaves of common ragweed (Ambrosia artemisiifolia) with galls caused by eriophyid mites in David E. Schob Nature Preserve at 906 Ashburn Street. College Station, Texas, August 25, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2891/jpeg/22t.jpg) Leaf of crane s bill (Geranium carolinianum) with a wart caused by fungus Synchytrium geranii on a lawn in Hensel Park. College Station, Texas, March 25, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2998/jpeg/03t.jpg) Galls caused by eriophyid mites on leaves of common ragweed (Ambrosia artemisiifolia) at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, August 3, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2998/jpeg/09t.jpg) Leaves of common ragweed (Ambrosia artemisiifolia) with galls caused by eriophyid mites at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, August 3, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2998/jpeg/10t.jpg) Distorted leaves of common ragweed (Ambrosia artemisiifolia) with galls caused by eriophyid mites at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, August 3, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2995/jpeg/22t.jpg) Galls (numerous pale green warts) on leaves of common ragweed (Ambrosia artemisiifolia) caused by eriophyid gall mites at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, July 30, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2520/jpeg/08t.jpg) Leaf cutting ant mound on a sandy road in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, June 6, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2017/2079/jpeg/13t.jpg) Red velvety patches on a birch leaf (velvet erineum galls) in Sosnovka Park. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 29, 2017
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2017/2194/jpeg/24t.jpg) Cap surfaces of Trametopsis cervina mushrooms on an oak log in Bee Creek Park. College Station, Texas, November 4, 2017
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2486/jpeg/06t.jpg) Flowers of poison ivy (Toxicodendron radicans) in Wolf Pen Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 1, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2472/jpeg/11t.jpg) Eastern poison ivy (Toxicodendron radicans) in Wolf Pen Creek Park. College Station, Texas, March 24, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1462/jpeg/05t.jpg) Galls on an oak leaf near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, July 19, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1117/jpeg/22t.jpg) Galls under an oak leaf in Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, November 11, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1462/jpeg/06t.jpg) Close up of galls on an oak leaf near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, July 19, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3248/jpeg/23t.jpg) Some tiny mite under a microscope, fallen from a polypore collected a day before in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, September 21, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3182/jpeg/04t.jpg) Buttonbush with leaf galls caused by mites Aceria cephalanthi in Watson Rare Native Plant Preserve. Warren, Texas, June 25, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/632/jpeg/26t.jpg) Blob of foam (masses of frothy bubbles) produced by spittlebugs on grass in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, April 18, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2906/jpeg/03t.jpg) Blob of foam (masses of frothy bubbles) produced by spittlebugs on grass in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, April 12, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2010/856/jpeg/13t.jpg) Blob of foam (masses of bubbles) produced by spittlebugs on Iron Bridge Trail in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, April 27, 2010
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3388/jpeg/19t.jpg) Irregular, cotton-like or web-like corticioid fungus on a fallen oak(?) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, April 19, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2889/jpeg/24t.jpg) Wart disease (false rust) caused by fungus Synchytrium geranii (Chytrids) on crane s bill (Geranium carolinianum) near the creek in Bee Creek Park. College Station, Texas, March 23, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3388/jpeg/20t.jpg) Pattern of irregular, cotton-like or web-like corticioid fungus on a fallen oak(?) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, April 19, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2555/jpeg/04t.jpg) Leaf of sycamore in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, July 21, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3388/jpeg/38t.jpg) Spores of irregular, cotton-like or web-like corticioid fungus from a fallen oak(?) collected in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, April 19, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3412/jpeg/09t.jpg) Dry galls of hackberry in Bee Creek Park. College Station, Texas, August 31, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2557/jpeg/15t.jpg) Venation of sycamore leaf in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, August 2, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2557/jpeg/14t.jpg) Back lit sycamore leaf in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, August 2, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2557/jpeg/13t.jpg) Underside of a young sycamore leaf in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, August 2, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3122/jpeg/06t.jpg) Wart disease (false rust) caused by fungus Synchytrium geranii (Chytrids) on crane s bill (Geranium carolinianum) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, March 30, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2889/jpeg/26t.jpg) Plant of crane s bill (Geranium carolinianum) with wart disease (false rust) caused by fungus Synchytrium geranii (Chytrids) taken from Bee Creek Park. College Station, Texas, March 23, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2889/jpeg/27t.jpg) Close-up of wart disease (false rust) caused by fungus Synchytrium geranii (Chytrids) on crane s bill (Geranium carolinianum) taken from Bee Creek Park. College Station, Texas, March 23, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1072/jpeg/09t.jpg) Leaf of greenbrier (Smilax) in Bee Creek Park in College Station, Texas, June 21, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2367/jpeg/12t.jpg) Irregular shape of a mushroom (Thelephora cuticularis) growing around stalks of plants among oak leaves in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, September 25, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2902/jpeg/07t.jpg) Insect galls on mustang grape(?) in Bee Creek Park. College Station, Texas, April 9, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2471/jpeg/09t.jpg) Back lit hickory like leaf on Raccoon Run Trail in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, March 22, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2602/jpeg/08t.jpg) Hydnoid mushrooms Mycoaciella bispora on a leaf under an oak log in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, November 26, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1284/jpeg/16t.jpg) Mushrooms with wart-like scales Leucocoprinus cretaceus on a tree stump on Bee Creek Trail. College Station, Texas, October 4, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3096/jpeg/20t.jpg) Leaf texture of an icy leaf of curly dock near the creek in Bee Creek Park. College Station, Texas, January 4, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1072/jpeg/13t.jpg) Veination of a leaf of greenbrier (Smilax) in Bee Creek Park in College Station, Texas, June 21, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1072/jpeg/11t.jpg) Close up of a leaf of greenbrier (Smilax) in dew in Bee Creek Park in College Station, Texas, June 21, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1072/jpeg/02t.jpg) Leaf of mustang grape in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, June 20, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1072/jpeg/10t.jpg) Back lit leaf of greenbrier (Smilax) in dew in Bee Creek Park in College Station, Texas, June 21, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1072/jpeg/07t.jpg) Back lit leaf of mustang grape in Bee Creek Park in College Station, Texas, June 21, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2889/jpeg/29t.jpg) Malformed basal leaves of crane s bill (Geranium carolinianum) with wart disease (false rust) caused by fungus Synchytrium geranii (Chytrids) taken from Bee Creek Park. College Station, Texas, March 23, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3060/jpeg/03t.jpg) Irregular caps of blushing rosette mushrooms (Abortiporus biennis) on a low stump on a recently cleaned roadside in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, November 15, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3011/jpeg/16t.jpg) Irregular rosette of black-staining polypore mushrooms Meripilus sumstinei at the base of dry Mexican plum in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, August 21, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3172/jpeg/05t.jpg) Common true katydid on a leaf in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, June 8, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3181/jpeg/01t.jpg) Leaf of silk tree (Albizia julibrissin) in Bee Creek Park. College Station, Texas, June 24, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2883/jpeg/24t.jpg) Leaf of poison ivy in McKinney Roughs Nature Park near Austin. Texas, March 17, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/652/jpeg/02t.jpg) Ivy leaf Morning glory (Ipomoea cordatotriloba) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, June 15, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2283/jpeg/23t.jpg) Leaf cutter ant highway across a sandy road in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, June 6, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3181/jpeg/02t.jpg) Pattern of a leaf of silk tree (Albizia julibrissin) in Bee Creek Park. College Station, Texas, June 24, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1069/jpeg/26t.jpg) Leaf of mustang grape (Vitis mustangensis) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, June 14, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2290/jpeg/11t.jpg) Silver-leaf nightshade (Solanum elaeagnifolium) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, June 21, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/652/jpeg/07t.jpg) Narrow-leaf water-primrose (Ludwigia octovalvis) with dew in Lick Creek Park. College Station, June 15, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3010/jpeg/12t.jpg) Irregular rosette from the same branched stem of black-staining polypore mushrooms Meripilus sumstinei at the base of dry Mexican plum in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, August 18, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2282/jpeg/30t.jpg) Rustweed (juniper leaf, Polypremum procumbens) on a new cutting in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, June 4, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3172/jpeg/06t.jpg) Green camouflage of common true katydid on a leaf in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, June 8, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3172/jpeg/07t.jpg) Side view of common true katydid on a leaf in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, June 8, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3130/jpeg/08t.jpg) Shoot of poison ivy in Bee Creek Park. College Station, Texas, April 12, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3138/jpeg/11t.jpg) Blooming poison ivy in Bee Creek Park College Station, Texas, April 25, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3361/jpeg/16t.jpg) Poison ivy in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, March 10, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3130/jpeg/09t.jpg) Fresh leaves of poison ivy in Bee Creek Park. College Station, Texas, April 12, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3496/jpeg/02t.jpg) Young leaves of poison ivy in Bee Creek Park. College Station, Texas, March 21, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2896/jpeg/16t.jpg) Shoot of poison ivy in Wolf Pen Creek Park. College Station, Texas, March 31, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3130/jpeg/10t.jpg) Poison ivy with flower buds in Bee Creek Park. College Station, Texas, April 12, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/583/jpeg/24t.jpg) Young leaf of poison ivy in Delaware and Raritan Canal State Park near Carnegie Lake. Princeton, New Jersey, May 8, 2007
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/650/jpeg/17t.jpg) Shrubby (narrow-leaf) water-primrose (Ludwigia octovalvis) flower in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, June 8, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2471/jpeg/02t.jpg) Round leaf of rusty blackhaw viburnum (Viburnum rufidulum) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, March 22, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2813/jpeg/31t.jpg) Fall colors of poison ivy in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, November 10, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3138/jpeg/12t.jpg) Back lit leaves and flowers of poison ivy in Bee Creek Park College Station, Texas, April 25, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2890/jpeg/13t.jpg) Shoot of poison ivy on an oak tree in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, March 24, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2689/jpeg/27t.jpg) Virginia creeper and poison ivy in Wolf Pen Creek Park. College Station, Texas, April 19, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1076/jpeg/23t.jpg) Yellow leaves of poison ivy in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, July 7, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3496/jpeg/12t.jpg) Reddish young leaves of poison ivy in Bee Creek Park. College Station, Texas, March 21, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2830/jpeg/07t.jpg) Fall colors of poison oak in Wolf Pen Creek Park. College Station, Texas, December 13, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2282/jpeg/29t.jpg) Tiny white flowers of rustweed (juniper leaf, Polypremum procumbens) on a new cutting in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, June 4, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2010/867/jpeg/21t.jpg) Purple pleat-leaf (Pinewood lily, Alophia drummondii, Eustylis purpurea) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, June 8, 2010
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3412/jpeg/11t.jpg) Black blotches on underside of the leaf of persimmon (Diospyros virginiana) caused by Cercospora leaf spot fungus Pseudocercospora diospyricola in Bee Creek Park. College Station, Texas, August 31, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2689/jpeg/25t.jpg) Eastern poison ivy (Toxicodendron radicans) in Wolf Pen Creek Park. College Station, Texas, April 19, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2897/jpeg/18t.jpg) Young leaves and flower buds of poison ivy in Bee Creek Park. College Station, Texas, April 2, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3450/jpeg/04t.jpg) Orange and green leaves of poison ivy in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, December 23, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2668/jpeg/05t.jpg) Eastern poison ivy (Toxicodendron radicans) in Wolf Pen Creek Park. College Station, Texas, March 19, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2010/867/jpeg/23t.jpg) Flower of purple pleat-leaf (Pinewood lily, Alophia drummondii, Eustylis purpurea) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, June 8, 2010
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2968/jpeg/02t.jpg) Sugarcane aphids (Melanaphis sacchari) covering underside of a leaf of johnsongrass (Sorghum halepense) in Wolf Pen Creek Park. College Station, Texas, June 21, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/691/jpeg/20t.jpg) Climbing poison ivy near Iron Bridge Trail in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, November 27, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2689/jpeg/28t.jpg) Leaves of eastern poison ivy (Toxicodendron radicans) in Wolf Pen Creek Park. College Station, Texas, April 19, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2689/jpeg/26t.jpg) Blooming eastern poison ivy (Toxicodendron radicans) in Wolf Pen Creek Park. College Station, Texas, April 19, 2020
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