![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2672/jpeg/23t.jpg) Young peeling puffball mushroom (Lycoperdon marginatum) in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, March 24, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3042/jpeg/02t.jpg) Peeling puffball mushrooms (Lycoperdon marginatum) in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, October 17, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2603/jpeg/02t.jpg) Close up of a puffball mushroom Lycoperdon marginatum in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, November 28, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2603/jpeg/01t.jpg) Puffball mushrooms Lycoperdon marginatum in a burnt forest in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, November 28, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2710/jpeg/03t.jpg) Peeling puffball mushroom (Lycoperdon marginatum)(?) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 22, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2460/jpeg/26t.jpg) Peeling puffball mushroom (Lycoperdon marginatum) in a field in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, March 9, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2787/jpeg/01t.jpg) Peeling puffball mushroom (Lycoperdon marginatum)(?) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, September 25, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2674/jpeg/31t.jpg) Peeling puffball mushrooms (Lycoperdon marginatum) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, March 26, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2915/jpeg/12t.jpg) Peeling puffball mushroom (Lycoperdon marginatum) in Bee Creek Park. College Station, Texas, April 20, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3527/jpeg/23t.jpg) Peeling puffball mushroom (Lycoperdon marginatum) on Closed Trail in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 6, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1108/jpeg/22t.jpg) Peeling puffball mushroom (Lycoperdon marginatum) in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, October 6, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3527/jpeg/24t.jpg) Section of peeling puffball mushroom (Lycoperdon marginatum) on Closed Trail in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 6, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2743/jpeg/17t.jpg) Peeling puffball mushrooms (Lycoperdon marginatum)(?) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, July 28, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2952/jpeg/20t.jpg) Peeling puffball mushrooms (Lycoperdon marginatum) in Hensel Park. College Station, Texas, June 3, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3471/jpeg/11t.jpg) Texture of a peeling puffball mushroom (Lycoperdon marginatum) on a mowed grassy path in low lying area at Lake Somerville Trailway near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, February 14, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3211/jpeg/12t.jpg) Mature peeling puffball mushroom (Lycoperdon marginatum) on a sandy track of FS 203 near Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, August 18, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3211/jpeg/11t.jpg) Top view of peeling puffball mushroom (Lycoperdon marginatum) on a sandy track of FS 203 near Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, August 18, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2779/jpeg/22t.jpg) Peeling puffball mushrooms (Lycoperdon marginatum) on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, September 18, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3641/jpeg/31t.jpg) Peeling puffball mushrooms (Lycoperdon marginatum) on Yaupon Loop Trail in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, November 12, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3641/jpeg/30t.jpg) Young peeling puffball mushrooms (Lycoperdon marginatum) on Yaupon Loop Trail in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, November 12, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3471/jpeg/12t.jpg) Peeling puffball mushrooms (Lycoperdon marginatum) with their cross section at Lake Somerville Trailway near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, February 14, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2719/jpeg/22t.jpg) Peeling puffball mushrooms (Lycoperdon marginatum) on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 31, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3471/jpeg/10t.jpg) Peeling puffball mushrooms (Lycoperdon marginatum) on a mowed grassy path in low lying area at Lake Somerville Trailway near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, February 14, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1289/jpeg/01t.jpg) Peeling puffball mushrooms (Lycoperdon marginatum) on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, October 19, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3641/jpeg/32t.jpg) Peeling puffball mushrooms (Lycoperdon marginatum) when exposed to regular daylight as well as when illuminated by a 365 nm ultraviolet (UV-A) blacklight from Yaupon Loop Trail in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, November 12, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1130/jpeg/03t.jpg) Oaks with peeling bark in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, January 5, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1321/jpeg/21t.jpg) Peeling bark from burnt trees in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, January 12, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2672/jpeg/16t.jpg) Brown gills of Agaricus mushroom in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, March 24, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1129/jpeg/03t.jpg) Peeling oak bark on Roosevelt s Cutoff Trail in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, January 5, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3330/jpeg/24t.jpg) Dry stalked puffball mushroom Tulostoma fimbriatum(?) near Lost Pines Loop Trail in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, January 21, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3330/jpeg/25t.jpg) Side view of dry stalked puffball mushroom Tulostoma fimbriatum(?) near Lost Pines Loop Trail in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, January 21, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3145/jpeg/18t.jpg) Peeling puffball mushrooms (Lycoperdon marginatum) on a path in a pine forest on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 4, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2672/jpeg/10t.jpg) Underside of a large Agaricus mushroom in a semi-open area of a formerly burnt pine forest in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, March 24, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2672/jpeg/09t.jpg) Side view of a large Agaricus mushroom in a semi-open area of a formerly burnt pine forest in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, March 24, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3145/jpeg/38t.jpg) Spores of peeling puffball mushrooms (Lycoperdon marginatum) in KOH, collected on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 4, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3145/jpeg/37t.jpg) Spores of peeling puffball mushrooms (Lycoperdon marginatum) in KOH at low magnification, collected on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 4, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2017/2200/jpeg/03t.jpg) Cut puffball mushroom Lycoperdon marginatum in Bee Creek Park. College Station, Texas, November 16, 2017
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2017/2200/jpeg/01t.jpg) Puffball mushroom Lycoperdon marginatum in Bee Creek Park. College Station, Texas, November 16, 2017
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2017/2200/jpeg/02t.jpg) Close up of puffball mushroom Lycoperdon marginatum in Bee Creek Park. College Station, Texas, November 16, 2017
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2874/jpeg/30t.jpg) Stalked puffball mushrooms Tulostoma fimbriatum(?) on black background taken from Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, February 28, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2874/jpeg/20t.jpg) Stalked puffball mushrooms Tulostoma fimbriatum(?) near a sandy trail in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, February 28, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2305/jpeg/18t.jpg) Puffball mushroom Lycoperdon marginatum on a sandy path in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, July 11, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2672/jpeg/05t.jpg) Fuligo cinerea slime mold on a log in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, March 24, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2769/jpeg/03t.jpg) Cap of some gilled mushroom in burnt pine forest in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, September 10, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2874/jpeg/21t.jpg) Dry stalked puffball mushrooms Tulostoma fimbriatum(?) near Lost Pines Loop Trail in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, February 28, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2673/jpeg/24t.jpg) Scaly sawgill mushrooms (Neolentinus lepideus) in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, March 24, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2672/jpeg/18t.jpg) Pyronema omphalodes mushrooms on burnt ground in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, March 24, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2672/jpeg/01t.jpg) Slime mold Arcyria ferruginea on burnt oak in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, March 24, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2672/jpeg/06t.jpg) Close-up of Fuligo cinerea slime mold on a log in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, March 24, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2650/jpeg/16t.jpg) Underside of a Melanoleuca mushroom in a semi-open area in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, February 23, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2769/jpeg/02t.jpg) Underside of some gilled mushroom in burnt pine forest in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, September 10, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2672/jpeg/04t.jpg) Close-up of slime mold Arcyria ferruginea on burnt oak in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, March 24, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2673/jpeg/09t.jpg) Mature scaly sawgill mushrooms (Neolentinus lepideus) in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, March 24, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2672/jpeg/02t.jpg) Texture of slime mold Arcyria ferruginea on burnt oak in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, March 24, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2874/jpeg/26t.jpg) Masses of stalked puffball mushrooms Tulostoma fimbriatum(?) near Lost Pines Loop Trail in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, February 28, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2874/jpeg/27t.jpg) Close-up of dry stalked puffball mushrooms Tulostoma fimbriatum(?) near Lost Pines Loop Trail in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, February 28, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2651/jpeg/12t.jpg) Underside of oyster rollrim mushroom (Tapinella panuoides) on a pine log in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, February 23, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2672/jpeg/03t.jpg) Orange patch of slime mold Arcyria ferruginea on burnt oak in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, March 24, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2673/jpeg/05t.jpg) Cup fungus Anthracobia melaloma in area of a recent prescribed burn in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, March 24, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2673/jpeg/23t.jpg) Scaly caps of sawgill mushrooms (Neolentinus lepideus) on an oak stump in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, March 24, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2672/jpeg/15t.jpg) Some large Agaricus mushrooms in area of a recent prescribed burn in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, March 24, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2672/jpeg/17t.jpg) Dog vomit slime mold (Fuligo septica) on burnt wood in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, March 24, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2874/jpeg/22t.jpg) Side view of stalked puffball mushrooms Tulostoma fimbriatum(?) near Lost Pines Loop Trail in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, February 28, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2673/jpeg/25t.jpg) Orange cup fungus Anthracobia maurilabra on burnt ground near a former toad s pond in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, March 24, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3331/jpeg/25t.jpg) Spores (in KOH) of stalked puffball mushrooms Tulostoma fimbriatum(?) from sandy soil (spore light brown) collected in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, January 21, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2672/jpeg/14t.jpg) Bishop s inkcap mushrooms (Coprinellus angulatus) in area of a recent prescribed burn in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, March 24, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2672/jpeg/08t.jpg) Large Agaricus mushrooms in a semi-open area of a formerly burnt pine forest in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, March 24, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2673/jpeg/27t.jpg) Animal s dropping with seeds of beautyberry(?) near a toad s pond at former Roosevelt Cutoff Trail in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, March 24, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2673/jpeg/26t.jpg) Cluster of orange cup fungus Anthracobia maurilabra on burnt ground near a former toad s pond in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, March 24, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3331/jpeg/24t.jpg) Spores (in lugol) of stalked puffball mushrooms Tulostoma fimbriatum(?) from sandy soil (spore light brown) collected in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, January 21, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2672/jpeg/21t.jpg) Bleach Cup fungus Disciotis venosa in a semi-open area of a formerly burnt oak and pine forest in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, March 24, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2672/jpeg/25t.jpg) Tight cluster of young Bishop s inkcap mushrooms (Coprinellus angulatus) on burnt ground in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, March 24, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2672/jpeg/11t.jpg) Dissected large Agaricus mushrooms in a semi-open area of a formerly burnt pine forest in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, March 24, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2672/jpeg/13t.jpg) Young Bishop s inkcap mushrooms (Coprinellus angulatus) in area of a recent prescribed burn in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, March 24, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2672/jpeg/07t.jpg) Small fieldcap mushrooms Agrocybe pediades in a semi-open area of a formerly burnt pine forest in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, March 24, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2672/jpeg/12t.jpg) Compact cluster of Bishop s inkcap mushrooms (Coprinellus angulatus) in area of a recent prescribed burn in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, March 24, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2672/jpeg/22t.jpg) Underside of bleach Cup fungus Disciotis venosa in a semi-open area of a formerly burnt oak and pine forest in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, March 24, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2672/jpeg/20t.jpg) Wrinkled cup of Ascomycete fungus Disciotis venosa in a semi-open area of a formerly burnt oak and pine forest in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, March 24, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2236/jpeg/21t.jpg) Swamp below Bastrop Park Lake in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, March 17, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2236/jpeg/18t.jpg) Place of Bastrop Park Lake in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, March 17, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3211/jpeg/16t.jpg) Spores of a puffball mushroom Lycoperdon marginatum collected on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, August 18, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2769/jpeg/06t.jpg) Underside of a mushroom Polyporus arcularius (Lentinus arcularius) in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, September 10, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2236/jpeg/19t.jpg) Dam of Bastrop Park Lake in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, March 17, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2673/jpeg/19t.jpg) Cup fungus Tarzetta rosea (Rhodotarzetta rosea) on charred ground in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, March 24, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2673/jpeg/16t.jpg) Cup fungus Tarzetta rosea (Rhodotarzetta rosea) on burnt ground in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, March 24, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2673/jpeg/04t.jpg) Close-up of Ascomycete fungus Tarzetta rosea (Rhodotarzetta rosea) in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, March 24, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2672/jpeg/26t.jpg) Cup fungus Tarzetta rosea (Rhodotarzetta rosea) on burnt ground in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, March 24, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2672/jpeg/19t.jpg) Bonfire scalycap mushrooms (Pholiota highlandensis, Pholiota carbonaria) in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, March 24, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2673/jpeg/03t.jpg) Pink cups of Ascomycete fungus Tarzetta rosea (Rhodotarzetta rosea) in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, March 24, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2673/jpeg/14t.jpg) Ascomycete fungus Tarzetta rosea (Rhodotarzetta rosea) on burnt ground in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, March 24, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2673/jpeg/22t.jpg) Distant view of cup fungus Tarzetta rosea (Rhodotarzetta rosea) on burnt ground in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, March 24, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2673/jpeg/21t.jpg) Upper view of cup fungus Tarzetta rosea (Rhodotarzetta rosea) on burnt ground in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, March 24, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2673/jpeg/20t.jpg) Cup fungus Tarzetta rosea (Rhodotarzetta rosea) on burnt ground on a slope to a wet area in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, March 24, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2673/jpeg/17t.jpg) Pink cups of fungus Tarzetta rosea (Rhodotarzetta rosea) on burnt ground in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, March 24, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2673/jpeg/15t.jpg) Accumulation of Ascomycete fungus Tarzetta rosea (Rhodotarzetta rosea) on burnt ground in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, March 24, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2673/jpeg/01t.jpg) Tight cluster of cup fungus Tarzetta rosea (Rhodotarzetta rosea) on burnt ground in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, March 24, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2673/jpeg/18t.jpg) Pink cups of fungus Tarzetta rosea (Rhodotarzetta rosea) on burnt ground in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, March 24, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2236/jpeg/20t.jpg) Park Road 1A below Bastrop Park Lake in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, March 17, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2673/jpeg/02t.jpg) Ascomycete fungi Tarzetta rosea (Rhodotarzetta rosea) and Anthracobia melaloma on charred site in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, March 24, 2020
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