![](../../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/2019/2578/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/2019/2581/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/2019/2578/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/2019/2581/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/2019/2537/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/2018/2388/jpeg/19t.jpg) Mature velvet-top fungus (Phaeolus schweinitzii) in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, October 28, 2018
![](../../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/2020/2772/jpeg/03t.jpg) Mature Velvet-top fungus (Phaeolus schweinitzii) in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, September 12, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2380/jpeg/24t.jpg) Dissected velvet-top fungus (Phaeolus schweinitzii) on Lone Star Hiking Trail south from Stubblefield Campground in Sam Houston National Forest. Huntsville, Texas, October 13, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2580/jpeg/02t.jpg) Dissected velvet tooth mushroom (Hydnellum spongiosipes) in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, October 20, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3031/jpeg/38t.jpg) Dyer s mazegill mushroom (Phaeolus schweinitzii) near a pine in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest near Shepherd. Texas, October 3, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1289/jpeg/23t.jpg) Velvet-top fungus (Phaeolus schweinitzii mushrooms) on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, October 19, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2567/jpeg/13t.jpg) Mature velvet-top fungus (Phaeolus schweinitzii)(?) near a pine on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, September 21, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1289/jpeg/05t.jpg) Young velvet-top fungus (Phaeolus schweinitzii mushroom) on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, October 19, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1289/jpeg/24t.jpg) Mature velvet-top fungus (Phaeolus schweinitzii mushroom) on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, October 19, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2567/jpeg/14t.jpg) Broken cap of a mature velvet-top fungus (Phaeolus schweinitzii)(?) near a pine on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, September 21, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3064/jpeg/02t.jpg) Dyer s mazegill mushroom (Phaeolus schweinitzii) in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, November 21, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2380/jpeg/23t.jpg) Velvet-top fungus (Phaeolus schweinitzii) on Lone Star Hiking Trail south from Stubblefield Campground in Sam Houston National Forest. Huntsville, Texas, October 13, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2797/jpeg/24t.jpg) Velvet-top fungus (Phaeolus schweinitzii) enveloping needles and twigs on North Wilderness Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Richards. Texas, October 8, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2718/jpeg/26t.jpg) Jellied false coral fungus (Tremellodendron schweinitzii, Sebacina schweinitzii) in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, May 30, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2579/jpeg/25t.jpg) Velvet tooth mushroom (Hydnellum spongiosipes) in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, October 20, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2580/jpeg/01t.jpg) Underside of a velvet tooth mushroom (Hydnellum spongiosipes) in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, October 20, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1282/jpeg/07t.jpg) Young velvet-top fungus (Phaeolus schweinitzii mushroom) in Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, September 28, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2579/jpeg/26t.jpg) Side view of a velvet tooth mushroom (Hydnellum spongiosipes) in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, October 20, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2691/jpeg/10t.jpg) Velvet-top fungus (Phaeolus schweinitzii) on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 23, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1282/jpeg/18t.jpg) Emerging velvet-top fungus (Phaeolus schweinitzii mushroom) Forest Service Road 203 in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, September 28, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2762/jpeg/03t.jpg) Cap of velvet-top fungus (Phaeolus schweinitzii mushroom) on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, August 30, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2762/jpeg/02t.jpg) Velvet-top fungus (Phaeolus schweinitzii mushroom) under pines on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, August 30, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2579/jpeg/19t.jpg) Dissected bolete mushroom Strobilomyces dryophilus in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, October 20, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2787/jpeg/17t.jpg) Velvet-top fungus (Phaeolus schweinitzii and underside of a bolete Buchwaldoboletus lignicola on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, September 25, 2020
![](../../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
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2787/jpeg/16t.jpg) Velvet-top fungus (Phaeolus schweinitzii together with bolete Buchwaldoboletus lignicola near a pine stump on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, September 25, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2579/jpeg/24t.jpg) Dissected milkcap mushrooms Lactarius subvernalis var. cokeri in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, October 20, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2579/jpeg/09t.jpg) Dissected large brittlegill mushroom Russula eccentrica in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, October 20, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2797/jpeg/25t.jpg) Velvet cap surface of dyer s mazegill mushrooms (Phaeolus schweinitzii) on North Wilderness Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Richards. Texas, October 8, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2797/jpeg/23t.jpg) Velvet caps of dyer s mazegill mushrooms (Phaeolus schweinitzii) on North Wilderness Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Richards. Texas, October 8, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2581/jpeg/13t.jpg) Dissected bolete mushrooms Suillellus subluridus or may be Neoboletus in a pine forest in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, October 20, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3031/jpeg/32t.jpg) Dissected Amanita mushrooms with parasitic fungus Hypomyces hyalinus in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest near Shepherd. Texas, October 3, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2691/jpeg/11t.jpg) Velvet-top fungus (Phaeolus schweinitzii) in cross section on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 23, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2440/jpeg/10t.jpg) Surprise lichen (Bacidia schweinitzii) on a tree in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, February 1, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2799/jpeg/29t.jpg) Velvet tooth mushrooms (Hydnellum spongiosipes) in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, October 11, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2426/jpeg/02t.jpg) Surprise lichen (Bacidia schweinitzii) on a holly tree in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, January 5, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2426/jpeg/15t.jpg) Surprise lichen (Bacidia schweinitzii) with black apothecia in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, January 5, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2426/jpeg/14t.jpg) Surprise lichen (Bacidia schweinitzii) at the base of a tree in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, January 5, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2441/jpeg/08t.jpg) Surprise lichen (Bacidia schweinitzii) on a tree near the creek in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, February 1, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2799/jpeg/30t.jpg) Underside of velvet tooth mushrooms (Hydnellum spongiosipes) in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, October 11, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2581/jpeg/23t.jpg) Dissected white greasy bracket mushroom (Aurantiporus fissilis, Pappia fissilis) from on a big fallen oak near the creek 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/2019/2580/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/2019/2587/jpeg/19t.jpg) Dissected a large bolete mushroom at Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, November 2, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2388/jpeg/11t.jpg) Dissected Sarcodon atroviridis mushrooms in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, October 28, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2536/jpeg/25t.jpg) Dissected milkcap mushrooms Lactifluus allardii in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, June 26, 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/2020/2717/jpeg/11t.jpg) Dissected kidney-shaped tooth fungus (Mycorrhaphium adustum) in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, May 30, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2484/jpeg/22t.jpg) 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
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2389/jpeg/32t.jpg) Dissected death cap mushroom (Amanita sect. Phalloideae) in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, October 28, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2405/jpeg/03t.jpg) Dissected brittlegill (Russula) mushroom with fungus Hypomyces luteovirens in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, November 23, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2337/jpeg/38t.jpg) Velvet-top fungus (Phaeolus schweinitzii mushroom) near a sole larch tree in a forest in Tarkhovka near Sestroretsk, west from Saint Petersburg. Russia, August 27, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1867/jpeg/17t.jpg) Velvet-top fungus (dyer s polypore mushroom, Phaeolus schweinitzii) in area of Old Sylvia in Pavlovsk Park. Pavlovsk near Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 28, 2016
![](../../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/2019/2579/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/2019/2579/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/2019/2580/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/2019/2536/jpeg/04t.jpg) Dissected weeping milk cap mushroom (Lactarius volemus var. volemus, Lactifluus volemus) in in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, June 26, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2578/jpeg/26t.jpg) Cap of Leucoagaricus rubrotinctus mushroom in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, October 20, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2579/jpeg/21t.jpg) Some milkcap (Lactarius) mushrooms in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, October 20, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2578/jpeg/25t.jpg) Leucoagaricus rubrotinctus mushroom in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, October 20, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2580/jpeg/14t.jpg) Stereum and some polypore mushroom on a log 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/2021/3031/jpeg/23t.jpg) Dissected cap of a giant greasy bracket mushroom (Aurantiporus fissilis, Pappia fissilis) on a large oak in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest near Shepherd. Texas, October 3, 2021
![](../../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/2016/1889/jpeg/11t.jpg) Velvet-top fungus (dyer s polypore mushroom, Phaeolus schweinitzii) in Alexandria Park in Peterhof, west from Saint Petersburg. Russia, August 26, 2016
![](../../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/2019/2579/jpeg/15t.jpg) Turkeytail mushrooms (Trametes versicolor) in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, October 20, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2581/jpeg/07t.jpg) Cap of a grisette mushroom Amanita luzernensis(?) in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, October 20, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2579/jpeg/13t.jpg) Chanterelle mushrooms Cantharellus tabernensis in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, October 20, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2579/jpeg/12t.jpg) Side view of Amanita mushroom in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, October 20, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2581/jpeg/09t.jpg) Mushrooms Leucoagaricus rubrotinctus near a stump in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, October 20, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2580/jpeg/10t.jpg) 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
![](../../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/2019/2581/jpeg/06t.jpg) Mushroom Amanita luzernensis(?) in a pine forest in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, October 20, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2388/jpeg/15t.jpg) Maze-gill fungus Daedalea in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, October 28, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2581/jpeg/10t.jpg) Underside of mushrooms Leucoagaricus rubrotinctus near a stump in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, October 20, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2580/jpeg/03t.jpg) Mature brittlegill mushroom Russula eccentrica in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, October 20, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2580/jpeg/04t.jpg) Some rusty brown polypore mushrooms on a mossy log in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, October 20, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2579/jpeg/10t.jpg) Magnolia cone mushrooms (Strobilurus conigenoides) in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, October 20, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2578/jpeg/24t.jpg) Magnolia cone mushrooms (Strobilurus conigenoides) in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, October 20, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2579/jpeg/23t.jpg) Milkcap mushrooms Lactarius subvernalis var. cokeri in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, October 20, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2579/jpeg/18t.jpg) Underside of bolete mushroom Strobilomyces dryophilus in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, October 20, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2579/jpeg/16t.jpg) Pattern of turkeytail mushrooms (Trametes versicolor) in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, October 20, 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/2019/2587/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/2019/2602/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/2021/3031/jpeg/30t.jpg) Amanita mold fungus (Hypomyces hyalinus) in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest near Shepherd. Texas, October 3, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2798/jpeg/20t.jpg) Crowded parchment fungus (Stereum complicatum) in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, October 11, 2020
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