 Cloud ear jelly mushrooms (Auricularia nigricans, Auricularia polytricha) on a fallen oak in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, January 19, 2020
 White species of cloud ear jelly mushrooms (Auricularia nigricans, Auricularia polytricha) on Winters Bayou Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Cleveland, Texas, April 7, 2020
 Cloud ear jelly mushrooms (Auricularia nigricans, Auricularia polytricha) together with their white species on a log on Winters Bayou Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Cleveland, Texas, April 7, 2020
 White species of cloud ear jelly mushrooms (Auricularia nigricans, Auricularia polytricha) on a fallen tree on Winters Bayou Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Cleveland, Texas, April 7, 2020
 Cloud ear jelly mushrooms (Auricularia nigricans, Auricularia polytricha) on a fallen tree on Winters Bayou Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Cleveland, Texas, October 27, 2019
 Cloud ear jelly mushrooms (Auricularia nigricans, Auricularia polytricha) on a small fallen tree on Winters Bayou Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Cleveland, Texas, October 27, 2019
 Cloud ear jelly mushrooms (Auricularia nigricans, Auricularia polytricha) at Center for Biological Field Studies on Fish Hatchery Road. Huntsville, Texas, September 16, 2018
 Cloud ear jelly mushrooms (Auricularia nigricans) on a big tree stump in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, July 10, 2021
 Caps of cloud ear jelly mushrooms (Auricularia nigricans, Auricularia polytricha) at Center for Biological Field Studies on Fish Hatchery Road. Huntsville, Texas, September 16, 2018
 Underside of cloud ear jelly mushrooms (Auricularia nigricans, Auricularia polytricha) at Center for Biological Field Studies on Fish Hatchery Road. Huntsville, Texas, September 16, 2018
 Underside of cloud ear jelly mushroom (Auricularia nigricans) on a big stump of a broken tree, could be elm, in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, July 10, 2021
 Hairy surface of cloud ear jelly mushroom (Auricularia nigricans) on a big stump of a broken tree, could be elm, in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, July 10, 2021
 Cloud ear jelly mushrooms (Auricularia nigricans) on a fallen branch on Four Notch Loop Trail of Sam Houston National Forest near Huntsville. Texas, January 23, 2021
 Cloud ear jelly mushrooms (Auricularia nigricans) on a fallen beech tree in area of Winters Bayou in Sam Houston National Forest east from Waverly. Texas, May 28, 2022
 Hairy caps of cloud ear jelly mushrooms (Auricularia nigricans) on a fallen branch on Four Notch Loop Trail of Sam Houston National Forest near Huntsville. Texas, January 23, 2021
 Dense cluster of cloud ear jelly mushrooms (Auricularia nigricans) on a fallen branch on Four Notch Loop Trail of Sam Houston National Forest near Huntsville. Texas, January 23, 2021
 Mature cloud ear jelly mushrooms (Auricularia nigricans) on a fallen beech tree in area of Winters Bayou in Sam Houston National Forest east from Waverly. Texas, May 28, 2022
 Cloud ear jelly mushrooms (Auricularia nigricans) on a fallen oak on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, January 12, 2022
 Cloud ear jelly mushrooms (Auricularia nigricans) on mossy fallen oak on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, January 12, 2022
 Cloud ear jelly mushrooms (Auricularia nigricans) on mossy trunk of a fallen oak on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, January 12, 2022
 Cloud ear jelly mushrooms (Auricularia nigricans) on a fallen beech on Winters Bayou Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Cleveland, Texas, August 27, 2022
 Cloud ear jelly mushrooms (Auricularia nigricans) on a log on Chinquapin Trail in Huntsville State Park. Texas, October 30, 2020
 Young cloud ear jelly mushrooms (Auricularia nigricans) on a log on Chinquapin Trail in Huntsville State Park. Texas, October 30, 2020
 Hairy underside of cloud ear jelly mushrooms (Auricularia nigricans) on a log on Chinquapin Trail in Huntsville State Park. Texas, October 30, 2020
 Upper surface of cloud ear jelly mushrooms (Auricularia nigricans) on a log on Chinquapin Trail in Huntsville State Park. Texas, October 30, 2020
 Young and mature caps of cloud ear jelly mushrooms (Auricularia nigricans) on a log on Chinquapin Trail in Huntsville State Park. Texas, October 30, 2020
 Cloud ear jelly fungus (Auricularia nigricans) on a fallen osage orange tree on Little Lake Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest east from Trail Head No. 4, near Montgomery. Texas, November 29, 2020
 Cloud ear jelly mushrooms (Auricularia nigricans) on a fallen oak near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, February 21, 2021
 Cloud ear jelly fungus (Auricularia nigricans) in Longmire Park. College Station, Texas, May 9, 2024
 Cloud ear jelly fungus (Auricularia nigricans) at the base of a tree in Longmire Park. College Station, Texas, May 9, 2024
 Cloud ear jelly fungus (Auricularia nigricans) on a tree root on Kiwanis Nature Trail. College Station, Texas, May 7, 2024
 Spores of jelly mushrooms Auricularia nigricans from a beech log under a microscope with x40 objective, collected in area of Winters Bayou in Sam Houston National Forest east from Waverly. Texas, May 28, 2022
 Spores of jelly mushrooms Auricularia nigricans from a beech log under a microscope with x100 objective, collected in area of Winters Bayou in Sam Houston National Forest east from Waverly. Texas, May 28, 2022
 Cloud ear jelly (Auricularia nigricans) on wood in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, May 15, 2024
 Wood ear mushrooms Auricularia angiospermarum (Auricularia auricula-judae complex) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, January 15, 2020
 Cluster of woods ear mushrooms (Auricularia angiospermarum, Auricularia auricula-judae complex) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, January 7, 2020
 Jelly Ear mushrooms (Auricularia angiospermarum, Auricularia auricula-judae complex) on Raccoon Run Trail in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, June 25, 2019
 Dry Jelly Ear mushrooms (Auricularia angiospermarum, Auricularia auricula-judae complex) on an oak in Hensel Park. College Station, Texas, December 31, 2017
 Woods ear mushrooms (Auricularia angiospermarum, Auricularia auricula-judae complex) with some brown crust fungus on a dry tree in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, January 7, 2020
 The Jelly Ear mushrooms (Auricularia angiospermarum, Auricularia auricula-judae complex) on Kiwanis Nature Trail. College Station, Texas, December 7, 2017
 Baby mushrooms Auricularia nigricans on a mossy branch of a fallen oak on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, January 12, 2022
 Wood ear mushrooms Auricularia angiospermarum (Auricularia auricula-judae complex) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, February 13, 2020
 Wood ear mushrooms Auricularia angiospermarum (Auricularia auricula-judae complex) on a horizontally cut log in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 27, 2020
 Bitter oyster mushrooms (Panellus stipticus) on rotting oak in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, January 19, 2020
 Orange jelly fungus Dacrymyces variisporus(?) on a recently fallen oak in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, January 19, 2020
 Resupinate polypore mushroom on rotting oak in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, January 19, 2020
 Orange jelly fungus Dacrymyces variisporus(?) among moss on a recently fallen oak in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, January 19, 2020
 Close-up of resupinate polypore mushroom on rotting oak in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, January 19, 2020
 White resupinate polypore mushroom on rotting oak in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, January 19, 2020
 Orange jelly fungus Dacrymyces variisporus(?) among moss on bark of a recently fallen oak in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, January 19, 2020
 Gall-like corticioid fungus in a small cavity of a rotting oak in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, January 19, 2020
 Hyphae of white resupinate polypore mushroom on rotting oak in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, January 19, 2020
 Mushrooms Marasmius nigrodiscus on a rotting oak log in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, May 30, 2020
 Carnival candy slime mold (Arcyria incarnata) on rotting oak in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, January 19, 2020
 Small jelly mushrooms Pale Stagshorn (Calocera pallidospathulata) or may be Dacrymyces on a log in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, May 30, 2020
 Some milkcap (Lactarius) mushrooms near a rotting log in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, October 11, 2020
 Woods Ear mushrooms (Auricularia angiospermarum, Auricularia auricula-judae complex) on a big fallen oak in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 21, 2018
 Woods Ear mushrooms (Auricularia angiospermarum, Auricularia auricula-judae complex) on a log in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, March 19, 2018
 Woods Ear mushrooms (Auricularia angiospermarum, Auricularia auricula-judae complex) near Raccoon Run Trail in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 21, 2018
 Wood ear mushrooms Auricularia angiospermarum (Auricularia auricula-judae complex) on an elm(?) stump in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, July 6, 2021
 Mature wood ear mushrooms Auricularia angiospermarum (Auricularia auricula-judae complex) on an elm(?) stump in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, July 6, 2021
 Underside of wood ear mushrooms Auricularia angiospermarum (Auricularia auricula-judae complex) on an elm(?) stump in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, July 6, 2021
 Large Collybia like mushrooms Marasmius nigrodiscus on rotting wood in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, May 30, 2020
 Fungus Leucogloea compressa (Helicogloea compressa) on rotting oak wood in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, January 19, 2020
 Side view of some milkcap (Lactarius) mushrooms from rotting wood in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, October 11, 2020
 Cross section of some milkcap (Lactarius) mushrooms from rotting wood in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, October 11, 2020
 Jelly ear mushrooms (Auricularia auricula-judae) on a mossy fallen oak on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 28, 2021
 Woods Ear mushrooms (Auricularia angiospermarum, Auricularia auricula-judae complex) on a log on Kiwanis Nature Trail. College Station, Texas, December 7, 2017
 Gall-like corticioid fungus and Xylaria flabelliformis (Xylaria cubensis) in a small cavity of a rotting oak in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, January 19, 2020
 Golden-gilled gerronema mushrooms (Gerronema strombodes) on rotting wood in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, May 30, 2020
 Wood ear mushrooms Auricularia angiospermarum (Auricularia auricula-judae complex) in David E. Schob Nature Preserve at 906 Ashburn Street. College Station, Texas, February 25, 2018
 Milkcap (Lactarius) mushrooms in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, January 19, 2020
 Wood ear mushrooms Auricularia angiospermarum (Auricularia auricula-judae complex) on a tree in David E. Schob Nature Preserve at 906 Ashburn Street. College Station, Texas, February 25, 2018
 Young caps of wood ear mushrooms Auricularia angiospermarum (Auricularia auricula-judae complex) in David E. Schob Nature Preserve at 906 Ashburn Street. College Station, Texas, February 25, 2018
 Underside of Phellinus(?) mushroom taken from rotting holly or other tree in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, January 16, 2021
 Sulphur tuft mushrooms (Hypholoma fasciculare) in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, January 19, 2020
 Dingy twiglet mushrooms (Simocybe centunculus) on an oak log in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, January 19, 2020
 Kidney-shaped tooth fungus (Mycorrhaphium adustum) on rotting wood in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, May 30, 2020
 Dark cap of Phellinus(?) mushroom on rotting holly or other tree in a wet spot in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, January 16, 2021
 Pore surface of Phellinus(?) mushroom taken from rotting holly or other tree in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, January 16, 2021
 Mushrooms Trametopsis cervina on a fallen tree branch in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, January 19, 2020
 Bitter oyster mushrooms (Panellus stipticus) on a fallen oak branch in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, January 19, 2020
 Small soft button-like polypore mushrooms on underside of a pine log in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, January 19, 2020
 Mushrooms Ripartitella brasiliensis on a rotting log in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, July 10, 2021
 Shelves of polypore mushrooms Trametes nivosa on a dry standing tree near the creek in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, January 19, 2020
 Bracket polypore mushrooms Trametes nivosa on a dry standing tree near the creek in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, January 19, 2020
 Turkeytail mushrooms (Trametes versicolor) with white web of fungus Hypomyces polyporinus in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, January 19, 2020
 Dingy twiglet mushrooms (Simocybe centunculus) in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest (red fungus could be Tubifera or Hypomyces). Shepherd, Texas, January 19, 2020
 Close-up of small soft button-like polypore mushrooms on underside of a pine log in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, January 19, 2020
 Mushrooms Ripartitella brasiliensis on rotting wood in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, November 2, 2019
 Polypore mushrooms Nigroporus vinosus on a rotting log in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, July 14, 2018
 Caps of Lentinus crinitus mushrooms on a rotting log in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, June 26, 2019
 Mushrooms Ripartitella brasiliensis on rotting wood in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, July 10, 2021
 Lentinus crinitus mushrooms on rotting wood in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, June 26, 2019
 White web-like fungus Hypomyces polyporinus on Turkeytail polypore mushrooms (Trametes versicolor) in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, January 19, 2020
 Pore surface of mushrooms Nigroporus vinosus on a rotting log in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, July 14, 2018
 Oysterling mushrooms Crepidotus mollis on rotting wood in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, June 26, 2019
 Caps of oysterling mushrooms Crepidotus mollis on a rotting oak log in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, June 26, 2019
 Underside of oysterling mushrooms Crepidotus mollis on rotting wood in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, June 26, 2019
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