Fungus Bulbillomyces farinosus in anamorphous stage Aegerita candida on rotting oak wood in wet area on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, January 12, 2020
Close-up (width corresponds to around 18 mm) of couscous crust fungus Bulbillomyces farinosus in anamorphous stage Aegerita candida on rotting oak wood in wet area on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, January 12, 2020
White grits of couscous crust fungus Bulbillomyces farinosus in anamorphous stage Aegerita candida scattered on rotting oak wood in wet area on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, January 12, 2020
Couscous crust fungus Bulbillomyces farinosus in anamorphous stage Aegerita candida on rotting oak in wet area on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, January 12, 2020
Sparse white grits of fungus Bulbillomyces farinosus in anamorphous stage Aegerita candida on an oak log in wet area on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, January 12, 2020
White grits of couscous crust fungus Bulbillomyces farinosus in anamorphous stage Aegerita candida covering oak log in wet area on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, January 12, 2020
White grits of couscous crust fungus Bulbillomyces farinosus in anamorphous stage Aegerita candida scattered on a wet oak log on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, January 25, 2020
Couscous crust fungus Bulbillomyces farinosus on a wet oak log on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, January 25, 2020
Details of couscous crust fungus Bulbillomyces farinosus on a wet oak log on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, January 25, 2020
Close-up of couscous crust fungus Bulbillomyces farinosus on a wet oak log on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, January 25, 2020
Texture of couscous crust fungus Bulbillomyces farinosus on a wet oak log on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, January 25, 2020
A wet log near an oxbow with couscous crust fungus Bulbillomyces farinosus on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, January 25, 2020
White grits of couscous crust fungus Bulbillomyces farinosus on a wet oak log on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, January 25, 2020
A wet log with white grits of couscous crust fungus Bulbillomyces farinosus on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, January 25, 2020
Masses of white grits of couscous crust fungus Bulbillomyces farinosus on a wet oak log on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, January 25, 2020
White grits of couscous crust fungus Bulbillomyces farinosus covering a wet oak log on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, January 25, 2020
Couscous crust fungus Bulbillomyces farinosus together with green crust fungus Trichoderma viride on a wet oak log on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, January 25, 2020
Tiny soft granules of anamorph (asexual stage) of crust fungus Hypoxylon rubiginosum(?) on an elm log in wet area on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 16, 2023
Growth of tiny puffs of anamorph (asexual stage) of crust fungus Hypoxylon rubiginosum(?) on an elm log in wet area on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 16, 2023
Tiny cup fungus Orbilia(?) growing on old Fuscoporia mushroom on a cut surface of a rotting oak on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, January 19, 2022
Old Fuscoporia mushroom on a cut surface of a rotting oak with tiny orange Ascomycete fungus Orbilia(?) on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, January 19, 2022
Clustered icicle fungus (Mucronella calva) on rotting wood on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 8, 2020
Dense cluster of tiny cup fungus Orbilia(?) growing on old Fuscoporia mushroom on a cut surface of a rotting oak on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, January 19, 2022
Close-up of clustered icicle fungus (Mucronella calva) on rotting wood on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 8, 2020
Orange dots of fungus Melogramma gyrosum on a fallen oak on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 10, 2020
Orange corticioid fungus Crustoderma dryinum(?) on rotting wood in wet area on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, March 21, 2023
Mold fungus Cylindrium elongatum(?) on a rotting oak leaf under a log in wet area on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, January 19, 2023
Tooth fungus Mycoacia(?) together with some yellow corticioid fungus on rotting wood on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, July 13, 2019
Tooth fungus Mycoacia(?) together with some yellow corticioid fungus on rotting wood on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, July 13, 2019
Cap of a fragile Marasmiellus mushroom on rotting wood on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 31, 2020
Yellow corticioid fungus together with Hydnoid (tooth) fungus Mycoacia(?) on rotting wood on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, July 13, 2019
Yellow corticioid fungus on rotting wood on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, July 13, 2019
Fungus Hypoxylon rubiginosum(?) on rotting wood on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, August 31, 2019
Hydnoid prostrate fungus on rotting wood on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, August 31, 2019
Yellow corticioid fungus on rotting wood on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, July 13, 2019
Fungus Hypoxylon rubiginosum(?) on rotting wood on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, September 14, 2019
Mushrooms Ripartitella brasiliensis on rotting wood on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, June 13, 2020
Mushrooms Callistosporium purpureomarginatum on rotting oak wood on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 10, 2020
Slime mold Physarum globuliferum on rotting wood on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 31, 2020
Gills of a fragile Marasmiellus mushroom on rotting wood on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 31, 2020
Lentinus arcularius mushrooms on rotting wood on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, March 23, 2020
Slime mold Physarum globuliferum on wet rotting wood on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 31, 2020
Whitish conidiophores of mold fungus Cylindrium elongatum(?) on a rotting oak leaf under a log in wet area on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, January 19, 2023
Crust fungus Hypoxylon rubiginosum(?) on rotting wood on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, August 31, 2019
Close-up of fungus Helicogloea compressa on rotting wood on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 28, 2021
Underside of Lentinus arcularius mushrooms on rotting wood on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, March 23, 2020
Slime mold Tubifera dimorphotheca on rotting oak wood on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 10, 2020
Texture of yellow corticioid fungus on rotting pine(?) wood on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, July 13, 2019
Close-up of slime mold Tubifera dimorphotheca on rotting oak wood on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 10, 2020
Freckled dapperling mushrooms (Echinoderma asperum) near rotting wood on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, September 19, 2020
Tinder mushrooms Callistosporium purpureomarginatum on brown rotting oak wood on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 10, 2020
Underside of a mushroom Callistosporium purpureomarginatum on brown rotting oak wood on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 10, 2020
Fungus Helicogloea compressa together with a small Mycena mushroom on rotting wood on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 28, 2021
Texture of orange corticioid fungus Crustoderma dryinum(?) on rotting wood on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, March 21, 2023
Yellow corticioid mushroom Botryobasidium robustius or may be B. aureum on rotting oak wood on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, June 13, 2020
Caps and gills of mushrooms Callistosporium purpureomarginatum on brown rotting oak wood on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 10, 2020
Side view of a mushroom Callistosporium purpureomarginatum on brown rotting oak wood on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 10, 2020
Close-up of orange crust (corticioid) fungus Crustoderma dryinum(?) on rotting wood on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, March 21, 2023
Texture of hydnoid (tooth) fungus Mycoacia(?) on rough surface of rotting wood on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, July 13, 2019
Mature ringless honey mushrooms (Desarmillaria caespitosa, former D. tabescens) on rotting wood on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, October 24, 2020
Margin area of corticioid fungus Leucogyrophana pinastri (Hydnomerulius pinastri) under a rotting pine log on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 10, 2020
Eyelash cup fungus Scutellinia superba on a rotting log on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 8, 2020
Large mature caps of ringless honey mushrooms (Desarmillaria caespitosa, former D. tabescens) on rotting wood on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, October 24, 2020
Conocybe mushrooms on rotting fallen oak or possibly pine and nearby on pieces of rotting wood on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 10, 2021
Brittle cinder fungus (Kretzschmaria deusta) on a rotting stump on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 23, 2020
Fungus Xylaria liquidambaris on a rotting fruit of sweet gum on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 10, 2020
Eyelash cup fungus Scutellinia superba on wet wood on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 8, 2020
Rotting fruits of sweet gum overgrown by fungus Xylaria liquidambaris on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 10, 2020
Fungus Xylaria liquidambaris growing on a rotting fruit of sweet gum taken from Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 10, 2020
Old resupinate polypore mushroom Fuscoporia with tiny orange Ascomycete fungus Orbilia(?) on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, January 19, 2022
Clustered icicle fungus (Mucronella calva) on wet wood on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 8, 2020
Yellow corticioid fungus Hypoxylon rubiginosum together with is brown anamorph (asexual stage) around tunnels of bark beetles on an elm log in wet area on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 16, 2023
Tiny bladder stalks mushrooms (Physalacria inflata) on a rotting oak log on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, July 13, 2019
Tiny white Pleurotus mushrooms on rotting wood on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest near Huntsville. Texas, June 19, 2019
Rod-shaped conidospores of mold fungus Cylindrium elongatum(?) from a rotting oak leaf, collected on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, January 19, 2023
White cyphelloid fungus on a wet pine log, near rotting Wolf s Milk slime mold (Lycogala ) on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, January 30, 2021
Cylindrical conidia (in lugol) of mold fungus Cylindrium elongatum(?) from a rotting oak leaf, collected on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, January 19, 2023
Cylindrical conidia (in Congo Red) of mold fungus Cylindrium elongatum(?) from a rotting oak leaf, collected on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, January 19, 2023
Xylocoremium flabelliforme (a stage of a fungus Xylaria cubensis) collected on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 18, 2022
Conocybe mushrooms on pieces of rotting wood on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 10, 2021
Mushrooms Flammulaster erinaceellus on rotting oak wood on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 28, 2021
Mushrooms Leucocoprinus longistriatus on rotting oak wood on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, September 4, 2022
Brown corticioid mushroom on rotting wood on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, July 4, 2019
Small Coprinopsis(?) mushrooms on rotting wood on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, September 14, 2022
Conidiophores and tissue of anamorph (asexual stage) of crust fungus Hypoxylon rubiginosum growing as soft tiny granules on elm wood under a microscope in KOH, collected on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 16, 2023
Conidia and conidiophores of anamorph (asexual stage) of crust fungus Hypoxylon rubiginosum growing as soft tiny granules on elm wood under a microscope in KOH, collected on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 16, 2023
Cylindrical conidia (in lugol, low magnification) of mold fungus Cylindrium elongatum(?) from a rotting oak leaf, collected on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, January 19, 2023
Polypore mushrooms Nigroporus vinosus on rotting wood on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, September 17, 2022
Milkcap mushrooms Lactarius rimosellus on rotting pine wood on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 5, 2023
Some brown resupinate polypore mushroom on rotting wood on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, August 31, 2019
Conocybe mushrooms found on pieces of rotting wood on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 10, 2021
Pinwheel mushrooms (Marasmius rotula) on rotting wood on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, July 13, 2019
Mushrooms Tricholomopsis flammula on rotting pine wood on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 16, 2019
Milkcap mushrooms Lactarius rimosellus on rotting wood on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 6, 2024
Tiny orange and brown balls of slime mold Hemitrichia calyculata on wet soft wood on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 4, 2022
Cylindrical conidia (in Toluidine blue, low magnification) of mold fungus Cylindrium elongatum(?) from a rotting oak leaf, collected on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, January 19, 2023
Egg stage of columned stinkhorn mushrooms (Clathrus columnatus) on a forest clearing on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, January 30, 2021
Corticioid fungus Leucogyrophana pinastri (Hydnomerulius pinastri) on underside of a rotting pine log on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 10, 2020
Young polypore mushrooms Ganoderma sessile on rotting wood on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, September 17, 2022
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