![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2629/jpeg/10t.jpg) Wood ear mushrooms Auricularia angiospermarum (Auricularia auricula-judae complex) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, January 15, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2715/jpeg/22t.jpg) Wood ear mushrooms Auricularia angiospermarum (Auricularia auricula-judae complex) on a horizontally cut log in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 27, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2975/jpeg/28t.jpg) Wood ear mushrooms Auricularia angiospermarum (Auricularia auricula-judae complex) on an elm(?) stump in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, July 6, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2975/jpeg/29t.jpg) 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
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2975/jpeg/30t.jpg) Mature wood ear mushrooms Auricularia angiospermarum (Auricularia auricula-judae complex) on an elm(?) stump in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, July 6, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2625/jpeg/25t.jpg) Cluster of woods ear mushrooms (Auricularia angiospermarum, Auricularia auricula-judae complex) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, January 7, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2625/jpeg/26t.jpg) 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
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2230/jpeg/01t.jpg) 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
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2230/jpeg/02t.jpg) 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
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2237/jpeg/19t.jpg) Woods Ear mushrooms (Auricularia angiospermarum, Auricularia auricula-judae complex) on a log in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, March 19, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2263/jpeg/24t.jpg) Woods Ear mushrooms (Auricularia angiospermarum, Auricularia auricula-judae complex) on a big fallen oak in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 21, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2230/jpeg/09t.jpg) 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
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2263/jpeg/23t.jpg) Woods Ear mushrooms (Auricularia angiospermarum, Auricularia auricula-judae complex) near Raccoon Run Trail in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 21, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2535/jpeg/21t.jpg) Jelly Ear mushrooms (Auricularia angiospermarum, Auricularia auricula-judae complex) on Raccoon Run Trail in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, June 25, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2017/2220/jpeg/18t.jpg) Dry Jelly Ear mushrooms (Auricularia angiospermarum, Auricularia auricula-judae complex) on an oak in Hensel Park. College Station, Texas, December 31, 2017
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2017/2209/jpeg/05t.jpg) Woods Ear mushrooms (Auricularia angiospermarum, Auricularia auricula-judae complex) on a log on Kiwanis Nature Trail. College Station, Texas, December 7, 2017
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2017/2209/jpeg/04t.jpg) The Jelly Ear mushrooms (Auricularia angiospermarum, Auricularia auricula-judae complex) on Kiwanis Nature Trail. College Station, Texas, December 7, 2017
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3012/jpeg/04t.jpg) Immature wood ear mushrooms (Auricularia auricula-judae complex) on underside of a large elm log in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, August 24, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3012/jpeg/07t.jpg) Immature stage of wood ear mushrooms (Auricularia auricula-judae complex) on underside of a large log in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, August 24, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3012/jpeg/06t.jpg) Masses of tiny wood ear mushrooms (Auricularia auricula-judae complex) on underside of a large log in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, August 24, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3012/jpeg/05t.jpg) Tiny emerging wood ear mushrooms (Auricularia auricula-judae complex) on underside of a large log in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, August 24, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3012/jpeg/03t.jpg) Young wood ear mushrooms (Auricularia auricula-judae complex) on a lower circular cut surface of a cylindrical log of elm, standing vertically, on pipeline right of way in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, August 24, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1462/jpeg/01t.jpg) Jew s ear mushroom (Auricularia auricula-judae complex) near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, July 19, 2014
![](../../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/2023/3397/jpeg/24t.jpg) Jelly ear fungus (Auricularia auricula-judae) on Iron Bridge Trail in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, April 29, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2456/jpeg/11t.jpg) Jew s ear mushroom (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/19t.jpg) Translucent cap of Jew s ear mushroom (Auricularia auricula-judae complex) on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, March 1, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2456/jpeg/20t.jpg) Close up of a cap of Jew s ear mushroom (Auricularia auricula-judae complex) on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, March 1, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3071/jpeg/04t.jpg) 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
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2634/jpeg/18t.jpg) 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
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2634/jpeg/19t.jpg) Cloud ear jelly mushrooms (Auricularia nigricans, Auricularia polytricha) on rotting oak in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, January 19, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2682/jpeg/03t.jpg) 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
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2682/jpeg/01t.jpg) 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
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2682/jpeg/02t.jpg) 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
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2358/jpeg/19t.jpg) Cloud ear jelly mushrooms (Auricularia nigricans, Auricularia polytricha) at Center for Biological Field Studies on Fish Hatchery Road. Huntsville, Texas, September 16, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2358/jpeg/20t.jpg) 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
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2358/jpeg/21t.jpg) 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
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2586/jpeg/36t.jpg) 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
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2584/jpeg/16t.jpg) 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
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2807/jpeg/05t.jpg) Cloud ear jelly mushrooms (Auricularia nigricans) on a log on Chinquapin Trail in Huntsville State Park. Texas, October 30, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2807/jpeg/08t.jpg) Young cloud ear jelly mushrooms (Auricularia nigricans) on a log on Chinquapin Trail in Huntsville State Park. Texas, October 30, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2807/jpeg/07t.jpg) Hairy underside of cloud ear jelly mushrooms (Auricularia nigricans) on a log on Chinquapin Trail in Huntsville State Park. Texas, October 30, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2807/jpeg/09t.jpg) Upper surface of cloud ear jelly mushrooms (Auricularia nigricans) on a log on Chinquapin Trail in Huntsville State Park. Texas, October 30, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2807/jpeg/06t.jpg) 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
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3531/jpeg/02t.jpg) Cloud ear jelly fungus (Auricularia nigricans) in Longmire Park. College Station, Texas, May 9, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3531/jpeg/03t.jpg) Cloud ear jelly fungus (Auricularia nigricans) at the base of a tree in Longmire Park. College Station, Texas, May 9, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3536/jpeg/27t.jpg) Cloud ear jelly (Auricularia nigricans) on wood in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, May 15, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3528/jpeg/26t.jpg) Cloud ear jelly fungus (Auricularia nigricans) on a tree root on Kiwanis Nature Trail. College Station, Texas, May 7, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2870/jpeg/23t.jpg) 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
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2642/jpeg/25t.jpg) Pale brown resupinate polypore mushroom on rotting oak wood in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, February 5, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2978/jpeg/10t.jpg) 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
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2721/jpeg/18t.jpg) Marasmiellus mushrooms on rotting wood in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, June 2, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2715/jpeg/27t.jpg) Polypore mushrooms Microporellus obovatus on wet wood in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 27, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2710/jpeg/08t.jpg) Mushrooms Clitocybula abundans on rotting wood in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 22, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2721/jpeg/19t.jpg) Gills of Marasmiellus mushrooms on rotting wood in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, June 2, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2636/jpeg/37t.jpg) Pluteus(?) mushrooms on wood chips on a lawn in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, January 23, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2710/jpeg/17t.jpg) Tinder mushrooms Panus strigellus on rotting wood in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 22, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2714/jpeg/31t.jpg) Dissected scaly mushrooms with crowded gills on rotting wood in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 26, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2714/jpeg/28t.jpg) Small stagshorn mushrooms (Calocera cornea) on wet wood without bark in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 26, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2710/jpeg/25t.jpg) Rustgill mushrooms Gymnopilus luteoviridis on rotting wood near an oxbow in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 22, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3097/jpeg/37t.jpg) 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
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2835/jpeg/05t.jpg) Faded wood blewit mushrooms (Lepista nuda) under oaks in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, December 23, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2625/jpeg/24t.jpg) Large deer mushrooms (Pluteus cervinus) on rotting oak wood in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, January 7, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2721/jpeg/17t.jpg) Blackfoot parachute mushrooms (Tetrapyrgos nigripes) on rotting wood in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, June 2, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2835/jpeg/04t.jpg) Cross section of wood blewit mushrooms (Lepista nuda) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, December 23, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2835/jpeg/03t.jpg) Wood blewit mushrooms (Lepista nuda) under small oaks in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, December 23, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3097/jpeg/39t.jpg) 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
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3097/jpeg/40t.jpg) 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
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3470/jpeg/09t.jpg) Wood blewit mushrooms (Lepista nuda) under oaks in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, February 11, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3470/jpeg/10t.jpg) Underside of wood blewit mushrooms (Lepista nuda) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, February 11, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3097/jpeg/38t.jpg) 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
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2835/jpeg/06t.jpg) Wood blewit mushrooms (Lepista nuda) on a sandy path covered by dry oak leaves in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, December 23, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3218/jpeg/08t.jpg) Cloud ear jelly mushrooms (Auricularia nigricans) on a fallen beech on Winters Bayou Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Cleveland, Texas, August 27, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2856/jpeg/18t.jpg) 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
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2822/jpeg/10t.jpg) 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
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3161/jpeg/05t.jpg) 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
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2715/jpeg/18t.jpg) Mushrooms Xeromphalina tenuipes (Heimiomyces tenuipes) on rotting wood in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 27, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2741/jpeg/19t.jpg) Conifer mazegill mushrooms (Gloeophyllum sepiarium) on a flat piece of wood on a recent sewage line right of way in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, July 22, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2835/jpeg/07t.jpg) Freshly grown wood blewit mushrooms (Lepista nuda) on a sandy path covered by dry oak leaves in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, December 23, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3161/jpeg/31t.jpg) 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
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2856/jpeg/20t.jpg) 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
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2856/jpeg/19t.jpg) 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
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3161/jpeg/04t.jpg) 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
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3161/jpeg/32t.jpg) 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
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2835/jpeg/08t.jpg) Cross section of freshly grown wood blewit mushrooms (Lepista nuda) on a sandy path covered by dry oak leaves in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, December 23, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2760/jpeg/15t.jpg) Little nest polypore mushrooms (Poronidulus conchifer, Trametes conchifer) on rotting wood on Raccoon Run Trail in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, August 28, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2978/jpeg/08t.jpg) 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
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2978/jpeg/09t.jpg) 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
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2645/jpeg/10t.jpg) Ochre bracket mushrooms (Trametes ochracea) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, February 13, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2642/jpeg/28t.jpg) Spiked puffball mushrooms (Lycoperdon perlatum) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, February 5, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2642/jpeg/24t.jpg) Common puffball mushrooms (Lycoperdon perlatum) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, February 5, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2710/jpeg/23t.jpg) Light brown resupinate polypore mushroom on rotting wood in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 22, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2642/jpeg/29t.jpg) Dissected spiked puffball mushrooms (Lycoperdon perlatum) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, February 5, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3010/jpeg/05t.jpg) Resupinate polypore mushroom of Fomitiporia punctata complex on a dry branch in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, August 18, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2883/jpeg/01t.jpg) Resupinate polypore mushroom of Fomitiporia punctata complex on a dry branch of Yaupon in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, March 16, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3010/jpeg/06t.jpg) Close-up of resupinate polypore mushroom of Fomitiporia punctata complex on a dry branch in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, August 18, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3470/jpeg/11t.jpg) Gills of a wood blewit mushroom (Lepista nuda) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, February 11, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2648/jpeg/08t.jpg) Liverwort Texas balloonwort (Sphaerocarpos texanus) on a narrow strip of soil in an apartment complex on George Bush Drive. College Station, Texas, February 17, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2883/jpeg/03t.jpg) Close-up of resupinate polypore mushroom of Fomitiporia punctata complex on a dry branch of Yaupon in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, March 16, 2021
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