![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2620/jpeg/14t.jpg) Mature star eathball mushrooms (Scleroderma polyrhizum) on a lawn near Robinson Ferry Road in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, December 28, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2620/jpeg/16t.jpg) Split mature star eathball mushrooms (Scleroderma polyrhizum) on a lawn near Robinson Ferry Road in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, December 28, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2620/jpeg/13t.jpg) Star eathball mushrooms (Scleroderma polyrhizum) on a lawn near Robinson Ferry Road in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, December 28, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2620/jpeg/15t.jpg) Dissected star eathball mushrooms (Scleroderma polyrhizum) on a lawn near Robinson Ferry Road in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, December 28, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2631/jpeg/01t.jpg) Hatching star eathball mushrooms (Scleroderma polyrhizum) on a lawn in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, January 18, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2630/jpeg/26t.jpg) Star eathball mushrooms (Scleroderma polyrhizum) on a lawn near Ferry Road in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, January 18, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2625/jpeg/04t.jpg) Bluebonnet seedling with star eathball mushroom (Scleroderma polyrhizum) on a lawn near Robinson Ferry Road in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, January 5, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3469/jpeg/04t.jpg) Mature false puffball mushroom Scleroderma polyrhizum(?) on a lawn in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, February 7, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3467/jpeg/27t.jpg) Hyphae under a microscope of outer skin of a giant mature mushroom Scleroderma polyrhizum(?) collected on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, February 4, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3467/jpeg/26t.jpg) Tissues under a microscope at low magnification of outer skin of a giant mature mushroom Scleroderma polyrhizum(?) collected on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, February 4, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3467/jpeg/18t.jpg) Remains of 5 mm thick outer skin of a giant mature mushroom Scleroderma polyrhizum(?) on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, February 4, 2024
![](../../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/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/2019/2621/jpeg/02t.jpg) Brown puffball like mushroom found on a lawn near Texas Avenue in Bee Creek Park. College Station, Texas, December 29, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2845/jpeg/14t.jpg) Some mature uprooted polypore mushroom on a lawn on a lawn in Bee Creek Park. College Station, Texas, January 6, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2845/jpeg/15t.jpg) Cut surface of some mature polypore mushroom found on a lawn on a lawn in Bee Creek Park. College Station, Texas, January 6, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3007/jpeg/14t.jpg) Cross section of a false puffball mushroom Scleroderma polyrhizum(?) on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, August 13, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3409/jpeg/09t.jpg) Mature Melanoleuca mushrooms on a lawn in Bee Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 10, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3409/jpeg/10t.jpg) Underside of mature Melanoleuca mushrooms on a lawn in Bee Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 10, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3409/jpeg/11t.jpg) Gills of mature Melanoleuca mushrooms on a lawn in Bee Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 10, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1297/jpeg/15t.jpg) Mature tuff puffball mushroom (Scleroderma texense) on roadside in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, November 16, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3409/jpeg/12t.jpg) Side view of mature Melanoleuca mushrooms on a lawn in Bee Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 10, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2735/jpeg/13t.jpg) Mature puffball mushrooms Calvatia fragilis(?) on a lawn in Bee Creek Park. College Station, Texas, June 30, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3409/jpeg/21t.jpg) Spores of mature Melanoleuca mushrooms found on a lawn collected in Bee Creek Park same day. College Station, Texas, May 10, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3049/jpeg/18t.jpg) False puffball mushrooms Scleroderma texense on a lawn in College Station Cemetery. College Station, Texas, October 25, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3049/jpeg/19t.jpg) Cross section of false puffball mushrooms Scleroderma texense on a lawn in College Station Cemetery. College Station, Texas, October 25, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3049/jpeg/20t.jpg) Group of false puffball mushrooms Scleroderma texense on a frequently mowed lawn in College Station Cemetery. College Station, Texas, October 25, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3377/jpeg/36t.jpg) Mature pale brittlestem mushrooms (Psathyrella candolleana) on a lawn in Wolf Pen Creek Park. College Station, Texas, April 6, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3041/jpeg/12t.jpg) Young earthball mushrooms Scleroderma polyrhizum(?) on Winters Bayou Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Cleveland, Texas, October 16, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3041/jpeg/11t.jpg) Dissected earthball mushrooms Scleroderma polyrhizum(?) on Winters Bayou Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Cleveland, Texas, October 16, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2548/jpeg/24t.jpg) False puffball mushrooms (Scleroderma) on a side of a sandy road in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, July 5, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3041/jpeg/13t.jpg) Cross section of earthball mushrooms Scleroderma polyrhizum(?) on Winters Bayou Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Cleveland, Texas, October 16, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3377/jpeg/37t.jpg) Spores (in KOH) of mature pale brittlestem mushrooms (Psathyrella candolleana) from a lawn, collected a day before in Wolf Pen Creek Park. College Station, Texas, April 7, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3625/jpeg/21t.jpg) Mushrooms Scleroderma polyrhizum(?) near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, September 26, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3625/jpeg/23t.jpg) Section of mushrooms Scleroderma polyrhizum near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, September 26, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3625/jpeg/22t.jpg) Side view of mushrooms Scleroderma polyrhizum near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, September 26, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3466/jpeg/02t.jpg) Top view of mature caps of scaly shield mushrooms (Pluteus petasatus) on a low cut oak stump on a lawn in Bee Creek Park near City Cemetery. College Station, Texas, February 3, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3037/jpeg/17t.jpg) Earthball mushrooms Scleroderma texense(?) on a lawn in David E. Schob Nature Preserve at 906 Ashburn Street. College Station, Texas, October 12, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3054/jpeg/20t.jpg) Earthball mushrooms Scleroderma texense on a lawn in David E. Schob Nature Preserve at 906 Ashburn Street. College Station, Texas, November 8, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2017/2204/jpeg/13t.jpg) Tuff puffball mushrooms (Scleroderma texense) on a lawn in David E. Schob Nature Preserve at 906 Ashburn Street. College Station, Texas, November 24, 2017
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2845/jpeg/09t.jpg) Potato earthball mushrooms (Scleroderma bovista(?)) on a lawn in David E. Schob Nature Preserve at 906 Ashburn Street. College Station, Texas, January 6, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2606/jpeg/10t.jpg) Mature gilled mushrooms, may be Hebeloma, on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 1, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3539/jpeg/10t.jpg) Gasteroid mushroom Scleroderma polyrhizum(?) in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, May 17, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2545/jpeg/01t.jpg) Mature bearded fieldcap mushrooms (Agrocybe dura, Agrocybe praecox group) under a live oak on the university golf course at Texas Avenue. College Station, Texas, July 1, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3539/jpeg/11t.jpg) Side view of a gasteroid mushroom Scleroderma polyrhizum(?) in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, May 17, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2620/jpeg/19t.jpg) Mature opened hygroscopic earthstar mushrooms (Astraeus hygrometricus) on a lawn near Robinson Ferry Road in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, December 28, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2620/jpeg/20t.jpg) Group of mature hygroscopic earthstar mushrooms (Astraeus hygrometricus) on a lawn near Robinson Ferry Road in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, December 28, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2545/jpeg/04t.jpg) Brown caps of mature bearded fieldcap mushrooms (Agrocybe dura, Agrocybe praecox group) under a live oak on the university golf course at Texas Avenue. College Station, Texas, July 1, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2545/jpeg/02t.jpg) Cracked caps of mature bearded fieldcap mushrooms (Agrocybe dura, Agrocybe praecox group) under a live oak on the university golf course at Texas Avenue. College Station, Texas, July 1, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2545/jpeg/03t.jpg) Brown gills of mature bearded fieldcap mushrooms (Agrocybe dura, Agrocybe praecox group) under a live oak on the university golf course at Texas Avenue. College Station, Texas, July 1, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2545/jpeg/06t.jpg) Rough surface of caps of mature bearded fieldcap mushrooms (Agrocybe dura, Agrocybe praecox group) under a live oak on the university golf course at Texas Avenue. College Station, Texas, July 1, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3625/jpeg/38t.jpg) Spores (in KOH) of a mushroom Scleroderma polyrhizum collected from Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, September 26, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2548/jpeg/25t.jpg) Dissected false puffball mushroom (Scleroderma) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, July 5, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2549/jpeg/16t.jpg) Mature bolete mushrooms Retiboletus griseus in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, July 7, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2544/jpeg/19t.jpg) Mature pinkgill mushrooms Entoloma strictius in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, June 30, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3091/jpeg/01t.jpg) Earthball mushroom Scleroderma texense(?) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, December 27, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3444/jpeg/20t.jpg) Earthball mushrooms Scleroderma texense on a lawn in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, December 16, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3007/jpeg/13t.jpg) Dissected false puffball mushroom Scleroderma polyrhizum(?) on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, August 13, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3444/jpeg/21t.jpg) Section of earthball mushrooms Scleroderma texense on a lawn in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, December 16, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3078/jpeg/15t.jpg) Potato earthball mushrooms (Scleroderma bovista)(?) under crape myrtle in College Station Cemetery. College Station, Texas, December 7, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2479/jpeg/10t.jpg) Bur-clover (Medicago polymorpha) taken from a lawn on Texas Avenue. College Station, Texas, April 8, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2479/jpeg/11t.jpg) Close up of bur-clover (Medicago polymorpha) taken from a lawn on Texas Avenue. College Station, Texas, April 8, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2526/jpeg/09t.jpg) Meadow mushrooms Agaricus campestris on a lawn in Bee Creek Park. College Station, Texas, June 10, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2485/jpeg/32t.jpg) Pluteus petasatus mushrooms on a lawn in Wolf Pen Creek Park. College Station, Texas, April 24, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2545/jpeg/08t.jpg) Common fieldcap mushroom (Agrocybe pediades) on a lawn at Texas Avenue. College Station, Texas, July 1, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2544/jpeg/33t.jpg) Mature milkcap mushrooms (Lactarius indigo) on Yaupon Loop Trail in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, June 30, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3078/jpeg/21t.jpg) Mature spectacular rustgill mushrooms (Gymnopilus junonius) at the base of an oak in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, December 8, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2526/jpeg/02t.jpg) Pale brittlestem mushrooms (Psathyrella candolleana) on a lawn in Bee Creek Park. College Station, Texas, June 10, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2569/jpeg/05t.jpg) Conecap mushrooms Conocybe apala on a lawn in Wolf Pen Creek Park. College Station, Texas, September 27, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2841/jpeg/34t.jpg) Mature spectacular rustgill mushrooms (Gymnopilus junonius) at the base of an oak at an oxbow in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, December 30, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3078/jpeg/20t.jpg) Mature spectacular rustgill mushrooms (Gymnopilus junonius) near Racoon Run Trail in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, December 8, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2598/jpeg/26t.jpg) Common fieldcap mushrooms (Agrocybe pediades) on a lawn in Wolf Pen Creek Park. College Station, Texas, November 22, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3625/jpeg/34t.jpg) Section of a mushroom Scleroderma polyrhizum when exposed to regular daylight as well as when illuminated by a 365 nm ultraviolet (UV-A) blacklight from Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, September 26, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3082/jpeg/15t.jpg) Common fieldcap mushrooms (Agrocybe pediades) on a lawn in Bee Creek Park. College Station, Texas, December 17, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1256/jpeg/04t.jpg) Mature bodies of Earthball mushrooms (Scleroderma citrinum) in Dubki Park in Sestroretsk, west from Saint Petersburg. Russia, September 5, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3593/jpeg/17t.jpg) Mature common earthball mushrooms (Scleroderma citrinum) in Dubki (The Oaks) Park in Sestroretsk, near Saint Petersburg. Russia, August 7, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2533/jpeg/02t.jpg) Small fieldcap mushrooms Agrocybe retigera on a grassy lawn in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, June 21, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3082/jpeg/19t.jpg) Small pinkgill (Entoloma) mushrooms on a lawn with short grass in Bee Creek Park. College Station, Texas, December 17, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2017/2202/jpeg/20t.jpg) Hygroscopic earthstar mushrooms (Astraeus hygrometricus) on a lawn on Gilchrist Avenue. College Station, Texas, November 17, 2017
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3082/jpeg/20t.jpg) Cluster of small pinkgill (Entoloma) mushrooms on a lawn with short grass in Bee Creek Park. College Station, Texas, December 17, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3403/jpeg/04t.jpg) Mushrooms Panus tephroleucus together with Scleroderma texense(?) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 4, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3052/jpeg/18t.jpg) False buffball mushrooms Scleroderma texense in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, November 1, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2017/2189/jpeg/11t.jpg) Some mature bolete mushrooms found under an oak a corner of Texas Avenue South and Hensel Drive. College Station, Texas, October 18, 2017
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2686/jpeg/16t.jpg) Immature and mature dung-loving bird s-nest mushrooms (Cyathus stercoreus) on a mulched lawn on George Bush Drive. College Station, Texas, April 12, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2550/jpeg/10t.jpg) Mature milkcap mushrooms Lactarius yazooensis under red cedar and oak trees in Hensel Park. College Station, Texas, July 8, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2550/jpeg/02t.jpg) Mature porcini mushrooms (Boletus sect. Boletus, Boletus edulis group) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, July 7, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3422/jpeg/21t.jpg) Spores of earthball mushrooms Scleroderma bovista (in KOH) collected on a pipeline in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, November 9, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2017/2189/jpeg/12t.jpg) Mature bolete mushrooms with cracked half dry caps collected from a corner of Texas Avenue South and Hensel Drive. College Station, Texas, October 18, 2017
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2264/jpeg/09t.jpg) Meadow mushrooms (Agaricus campestris) on a lawn of the university golf course at Texas Avenue. College Station, Texas, May 22, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2017/2189/jpeg/10t.jpg) False puffball mushroom Scleroderma bovista(?) collected on Texas Avenue South on campus of Texas A&M University. College Station, Texas, October 16, 2017
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3422/jpeg/01t.jpg) Potato earthball mushrooms (Scleroderma bovista) on Yaupon Loop Trail in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, November 9, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2714/jpeg/32t.jpg) Leopard earthball mushrooms Scleroderma areolatum in deep shade in an oak forest near a trail in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 26, 2020
![](../../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/2017/2219/jpeg/18t.jpg) Garland roundhead mushrooms (Psilocybe coronilla, Stropharia coronilla) on a grassy lawn in Bee Creek Park. College Station, Texas, December 26, 2017
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3422/jpeg/20t.jpg) Spores (stacked image) of earthball mushrooms Scleroderma bovista (in KOH) collected on a pipeline in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, November 9, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1297/jpeg/07t.jpg) Tuff puffball mushrooms (dirty tennis ball fungi, Scleroderma texense) on roadside in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, November 12, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3444/jpeg/12t.jpg) Mature stubble rosegill mushrooms (Volvopluteus gloiocephalus) on a lawn in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, December 16, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2485/jpeg/26t.jpg) Winecup (Callirhoe) on a lawn in Wolf Pen Creek Park. College Station, Texas, April 24, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/677/jpeg/18t.jpg) Tough puffball mushrooms with blackish interior (earthballs, Scleroderma texense) on Iron Bridge Trail in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, October 8, 2008
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