![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3011/jpeg/10t.jpg) Decomposing giant panus mushrooms (Lentinus levis) on a mossy fallen oak on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, August 20, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2456/jpeg/26t.jpg) Caps of Polyporus arcularius (Lentinus arcularius) mushrooms on an oak log on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, March 1, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2457/jpeg/01t.jpg) Polyporus arcularius (Lentinus arcularius) mushrooms on rotting oak on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, March 1, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2456/jpeg/25t.jpg) Close up of Polyporus arcularius (Lentinus arcularius) mushrooms on rotting wood on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, March 1, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3011/jpeg/09t.jpg) Mature giant panus mushrooms (Lentinus levis) eaten by insects on a mossy fallen oak on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, August 20, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2262/jpeg/31t.jpg) Caps of Lentinus crinitus mushrooms on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Huntsville, Texas, May 19, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2262/jpeg/30t.jpg) Masses of Lentinus crinitus mushrooms on a log in a creek on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Huntsville, Texas, May 19, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2559/jpeg/04t.jpg) Dissected milkcap (Lactarius) mushrooms on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, August 11, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2456/jpeg/09t.jpg) Purple toothed polypore mushrooms (Trichaptum biforme) on a fallen oak on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, March 1, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2456/jpeg/14t.jpg) Cap of purple toothed polypore mushrooms (Trichaptum biforme) on a fallen oak on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, March 1, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2559/jpeg/20t.jpg) Mushrooms Callistosporium luteo-olivaceum(?) on a pine log on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, August 11, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2559/jpeg/03t.jpg) Some milkcap (Lactarius) mushrooms on a sandy trail on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, August 11, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3514/jpeg/05t.jpg) Spores of large fringed sawgill mushrooms (Lentinus crinitus) collected a day before on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, April 18, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3513/jpeg/25t.jpg) Large fringed sawgill mushrooms (Lentinus crinitus) on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 17, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2262/jpeg/29t.jpg) Mushrooms Lentinus crinitus growing on rotting trees submurged in a creek on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Huntsville, Texas, May 19, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2456/jpeg/12t.jpg) Caps of purple toothed polypore mushrooms (Trichaptum biforme) on a fallen oak on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, March 1, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2456/jpeg/10t.jpg) Close up of purple toothed polypore mushrooms (Trichaptum biforme) on a fallen oak on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, March 1, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2559/jpeg/22t.jpg) Mushrooms Callistosporium luteo-olivaceum(?) on a rotting pine log on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, August 11, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2559/jpeg/16t.jpg) Elastic polypore mushroom Wrightoporia avellanea or may be W. austrosinensis on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, August 11, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3513/jpeg/26t.jpg) Underside of large fringed sawgill mushrooms (Lentinus crinitus) on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 17, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2456/jpeg/15t.jpg) Velvety caps of purple toothed polypore mushrooms (Trichaptum biforme) on a fallen oak on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, March 1, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2559/jpeg/23t.jpg) Mushrooms Callistosporium luteo-olivaceum(?) on a rotting pine log without bark on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, August 11, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2559/jpeg/15t.jpg) Elastic polypore mushroom Wrightoporia avellanea or may be W. austrosinensis on a pine log on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, August 11, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2559/jpeg/17t.jpg) Details of elastic polypore mushroom Wrightoporia avellanea or may be W. austrosinensis on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, August 11, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2759/jpeg/16t.jpg) Caps of purple toothed polypore mushrooms (Trichaptum biforme(?)) on a dry sweetgum tree on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, August 25, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2759/jpeg/17t.jpg) Close-up of purple toothed polypore mushrooms (Trichaptum biforme(?)) on a dry sweetgum tree on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, August 25, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2456/jpeg/23t.jpg) Cap of Polyporus arcularius (Lentinus arcularius) mushroom on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, March 1, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2759/jpeg/14t.jpg) Purple toothed polypore mushrooms (Trichaptum biforme(?)) on a sweetgum tree on a slope of the creek on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, August 25, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2456/jpeg/18t.jpg) Little Nest Polypore mushrooms (Poronidulus conchifer, Trametes conchifer) on a twig on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, March 1, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2456/jpeg/24t.jpg) Underside of Polyporus arcularius (Lentinus arcularius) mushroom on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, March 1, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2457/jpeg/02t.jpg) Underside of a mushroom Polyporus arcularius (Lentinus arcularius) on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, March 1, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2759/jpeg/15t.jpg) Purple toothed polypore mushrooms (Trichaptum biforme(?)) covering trunk of a sweetgum tree on a slope of the creek on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, August 25, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2456/jpeg/13t.jpg) Caps of purple toothed polypore mushrooms (Trichaptum biforme) together with Trichaptum sector on a fallen oak on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, March 1, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2526/jpeg/19t.jpg) Leucoagaricus mushrooms on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, June 11, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2457/jpeg/15t.jpg) Stereum mushrooms on a log on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, March 1, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2829/jpeg/04t.jpg) Turkeytail polypore mushrooms (Trametes versicolor) on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, December 12, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2457/jpeg/05t.jpg) Stereum complicatum mushrooms on a fallen oak on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, March 1, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2563/jpeg/02t.jpg) Mature mushrooms Xylaria apiculata(?) on a log on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, September 7, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2526/jpeg/17t.jpg) Mushrooms Amanita sect. Vaginatae on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, June 11, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2829/jpeg/06t.jpg) Violet toothed polypore mushrooms (Trichaptum biforme) on an oak log on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, December 12, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2457/jpeg/04t.jpg) Stereum complicatum mushrooms on fallen oak branches on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, March 1, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2563/jpeg/01t.jpg) Xylaria apiculata(?) mushrooms on rotting wood on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, September 7, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2446/jpeg/18t.jpg) Mushrooms Pyronema omphalodes on a bonfire site on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, February 9, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2456/jpeg/05t.jpg) Stereum complicatum mushrooms on a fallen oak branch on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, March 1, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2829/jpeg/07t.jpg) Underside of violet toothed polypore mushrooms (Trichaptum biforme) on an oak log on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, December 12, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2829/jpeg/05t.jpg) Dry tree covered by turkeytail polypore mushrooms (Trametes versicolor) on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, December 12, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2669/jpeg/08t.jpg) Purple toothed polypore mushrooms (Trichaptum biforme) on a fallen oak on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, March 22, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2559/jpeg/08t.jpg) Butterfly pea (Centrosema virginianum) on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, August 11, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2748/jpeg/29t.jpg) Young mushrooms Punctularia strigosozonata on a fallen oak on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, August 5, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2748/jpeg/27t.jpg) Masses of mushrooms Punctularia strigosozonata on a fallen oak on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, August 5, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2456/jpeg/07t.jpg) False Turkey Tail mushrooms (Stereum ostrea) on an oak log on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, March 1, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2446/jpeg/19t.jpg) Close up of Pyronema omphalodes mushrooms on a bonfire site on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, February 9, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2457/jpeg/03t.jpg) Stereum complicatum mushrooms on covering a fallen oak branch on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, March 1, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2669/jpeg/10t.jpg) Purple toothed polypore mushrooms (Trichaptum biforme) with mosses on a fallen oak on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, March 22, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2559/jpeg/30t.jpg) Western ironweed (Vernonia baldwini) on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, August 11, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2559/jpeg/25t.jpg) Elephant foot (Elephantopus carolinianus) on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, August 11, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2559/jpeg/10t.jpg) Pigeon wings (Clitoria mariana) on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, August 11, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2559/jpeg/02t.jpg) Purple dewdrop (Lobelia puberula) on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, August 11, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2559/jpeg/13t.jpg) Bolete mushroom Suillus hirtellus on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, August 11, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2559/jpeg/05t.jpg) Mountain mint (Pycnanthemum tenuifolium) on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, August 11, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2559/jpeg/11t.jpg) Flower of butterfly pea (Centrosema virginianum) on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, August 11, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2559/jpeg/07t.jpg) Climbing fern (Lygodium japonicum) on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, August 11, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2748/jpeg/15t.jpg) Tough earthball mushrooms Scleroderma polyrhizum(?) on an old road on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, August 5, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2748/jpeg/12t.jpg) Leucocoprinus longistriatus mushrooms on a large mossy fallen oak on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, August 5, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2748/jpeg/24t.jpg) Velvety caps of mushrooms Punctularia strigosozonata on a fallen oak on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, August 5, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3011/jpeg/06t.jpg) Caps of bracket mushrooms Climacodon pulcherrimus on a rotting oak log on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, August 20, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2748/jpeg/26t.jpg) Underside surface of mushrooms Punctularia strigosozonata on a fallen oak on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, August 5, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2748/jpeg/28t.jpg) Partially dried mushrooms Punctularia strigosozonata on a fallen oak on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, August 5, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3011/jpeg/08t.jpg) Close-up of teeth of mushrooms Climacodon pulcherrimus on a rotting oak log on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, August 20, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2526/jpeg/23t.jpg) Young cinnabar-red chanterelle mushrooms (Cantharellus cinnabarinus or may be C. texensis) on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, June 11, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2456/jpeg/08t.jpg) False Turkey Tail mushrooms (Stereum ostrea) on a fallen oak on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, March 1, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2456/jpeg/17t.jpg) Young Jew s ear mushrooms (Auricularia auricula-judae complex) on a fallen oak on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, March 1, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2456/jpeg/16t.jpg) False Turkey Tail mushrooms (Stereum ostrea) on a fallen oak on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, March 1, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2669/jpeg/09t.jpg) Purple toothed polypore mushrooms (Trichaptum biforme) with green algae on a fallen oak on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, March 22, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3226/jpeg/26t.jpg) Miller s oysterling mushrooms (Clitopilus hobsonii) on old dark resupinate polypore mushroom on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, September 3, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3226/jpeg/25t.jpg) close-up of Miller s oysterling mushrooms (Clitopilus hobsonii) on old dark polypore mushroom on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, September 3, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2559/jpeg/29t.jpg) Flowers of mountain mint (Pycnanthemum tenuifolium) on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, August 11, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2559/jpeg/18t.jpg) Cap of pineapple bolete mushroom (Boletellus ananas) on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, August 11, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2559/jpeg/21t.jpg) Gills of a mushroom Callistosporium luteo-olivaceum(?) on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, August 11, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2559/jpeg/14t.jpg) Dissected bolete mushroom Suillus hirtellus on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, August 11, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2559/jpeg/09t.jpg) Chamberbitter weeds (stonebreaker, Phyllanthus niruri) on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, August 11, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2559/jpeg/31t.jpg) Blooming elephant foot (Elephantopus carolinianus) on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, August 11, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2559/jpeg/12t.jpg) St. Andrew cross (Ascyrum hypericoides, Hypericum) on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, August 11, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2559/jpeg/27t.jpg) Fluffy seeds of a plant of aster family on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, August 11, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2559/jpeg/26t.jpg) Flower of elephant foot (Elephantopus carolinianus) on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, August 11, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3011/jpeg/07t.jpg) Tooth surface of bracket mushrooms Climacodon pulcherrimus on a rotting oak log on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, August 20, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2748/jpeg/06t.jpg) White coarsely-ribbed bolete mushrooms (Austroboletus subflavidus) on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, August 5, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2748/jpeg/22t.jpg) Resupinate mushrooms Punctularia strigosozonata on a fallen oak almost 2 meters above the ground on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, August 5, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2759/jpeg/02t.jpg) White resupinate polypore mushroom on a fallen pine limb on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, August 25, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2669/jpeg/11t.jpg) Decomposing purple toothed polypore mushrooms (Trichaptum biforme) with green algae on a fallen oak on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, March 22, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2559/jpeg/28t.jpg) Seeds of chamberbitter weeds (stonebreaker, Phyllanthus niruri) on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, August 11, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2559/jpeg/19t.jpg) Underside of pineapple bolete mushroom (Boletellus ananas) on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, August 11, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2748/jpeg/07t.jpg) Dissected white coarsely-ribbed bolete mushrooms (Austroboletus subflavidus) on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, August 5, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2748/jpeg/25t.jpg) Merulioid texture of lower surface of mushrooms Punctularia strigosozonata on a fallen oak on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, August 5, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2748/jpeg/16t.jpg) Cross section of tough earthball mushrooms Scleroderma polyrhizum(?) on an old road on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, August 5, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2748/jpeg/23t.jpg) Dark brown dried underside of mushrooms Punctularia strigosozonata on a fallen oak on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, August 5, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2748/jpeg/30t.jpg) Young mushrooms Punctularia strigosozonata exuding water drops on a fallen oak on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, August 5, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3011/jpeg/11t.jpg) Southern Clam Shell mushrooms (Fomes fasciatus) on a mossy fallen oak on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, August 20, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2759/jpeg/03t.jpg) White patches of resupinate polypore mushroom on a fallen pine limb on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, August 25, 2020
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