 Helvella sulcata mushroom (pale form of Helvella lacunosa) among rotting leaves on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 15, 2020
 Reticulate undersurface of Helvella sulcata mushroom (pale form of Helvella lacunosa) on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 15, 2020
 Helvella sulcata mushroom (pale form of Helvella lacunosa) on black background on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 15, 2020
 Side view of Helvella sulcata mushroom (pale form of Helvella lacunosa) on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 15, 2020
 Black saddle fungus Helvella atra(?) among charred pieces of wood on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, June 5, 2021
 White elfin saddle mushrooms (Helvella lactea) on burned pine wood on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, June 5, 2021
 Side view of white elfin saddle mushrooms (Helvella lactea) on burned pine wood on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, June 5, 2021
 Russula mutabilis and Helvella mushroom with fungus Hypomyces cervinus on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 7, 2021
 White elfin saddle mushroom (Helvella lactea) on burned soil on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, June 5, 2021
 White elfin saddle mushroom (Helvella lactea) on a burned forest floor on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, June 5, 2021
 Close-up of black saddle fungus Helvella atra(?) on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, June 5, 2021
 Felt saddle mushrooms (Helvella macropus) on a charred forest floor on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, June 5, 2021
 Black saddle fungus Helvella atra(?) on burned pine needles on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, June 5, 2021
 Black saddle fungus Helvella atra(?) grown after a prescribed burn on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, June 5, 2021
 Black saddle fungus Helvella atra(?) on partially burned forest floor on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, June 5, 2021
 White elfin saddle mushrooms (Helvella lactea) on burned pine needles on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, June 5, 2021
 Felt saddle mushrooms (Helvella macropus) in a pine forest after a prescribed burn in spring on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, June 5, 2021
 Black saddle fungus Helvella atra(?) on black background on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, June 5, 2021
 Felt saddle mushrooms (Helvella macropus) on sandy soil among burned pine needles on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, June 5, 2021
 Mushrooms Hydropus omphaliiformis(?) on a piece of wood in area of floodplain on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, September 4, 2022
 White resupinate polypore mushroom on rotting wood on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 5, 2023
 Rounded earthstar mushrooms (Geastrum saccatum) on rotting wood on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, June 7, 2020
 Hydnoid mushroom Stecchericium ochraceum(?) on rotting wood on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, July 4, 2019
 Brown resupinate polypore mushroom on rotting wood on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, September 14, 2019
 Close-up of white resupinate polypore mushroom on rotting wood on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 5, 2023
 Bess beetle (Odontotaenius disjunctus) on rotting wood on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 16, 2022
 Wolf s Milk slime mold (Lycogala epidendrum) on rotting wood on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, July 10, 2020
 Toothed prostrate mushroom Stecchericium ochraceum(?) on rotting wood on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, July 4, 2019
 Close up of a toothed prostrate mushroom Stecchericium ochraceum(?) on rotting wood on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, July 4, 2019
 Spores of milkcap mushrooms Lactarius rimosellus from rotting wood, collected on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 6, 2024
 Crust form and a cap of corticioid form of mushroom Trichaptum fuscoviolaceum on a fallen pine branch on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, July 4, 2019
 Crust form of corticioid form of mushroom Trichaptum fuscoviolaceum on a fallen pine branch on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, July 4, 2019
 Resupinate polypore mushroom Rigidoporus vinctus (Physisporinus vinctus)(?) in cross section on rotting wood on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, July 13, 2019
 Felt saddle mushrooms (Helvella macropus) near a trail on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Huntsville. Texas, October 21, 2018
 Cross section of sclerotium "Tuckahoe" of a wood-decay fungus Wolfiporia extensa on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 10, 2020
 Corticioid fungus on rotting wood on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, September 14, 2019
 Cross section of polypore mushrooms Tyromyces fumidiceps on rotting wood on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, September 18, 2022
 Some white resupinate polypore mushroom on a rotting oak or may be pine stump on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, October 10, 2020
 Resupinate polypore mushroom Rigidoporus vinctus (Physisporinus vinctus)(?) on rotting wood on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, July 13, 2019
 Small Gerronema mushrooms on rotting oak wood on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, July 4, 2019
 Some yellow corticioid fungus on rotting wood on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, September 14, 2019
 Mushrooms Entoloma parasiticum on rotting oak wood on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 29, 2021
 Texture of some crust fungus on rotting oak wood on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 29, 2021
 Some white resupinate polypore mushroom on soft rotten wood at the base of a tilted stump of oak or elm in muddy area on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 6, 2024
 Darkening of pressed area of some white resupinate polypore mushroom on soft rotten wood at the base of a tilted stump of oak or elm in muddy area on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 6, 2024
 Close up of resupinate polypore mushroom Rigidoporus vinctus (Physisporinus vinctus)(?) on rotting wood on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, July 13, 2019
 Brown resupinate polypore mushroom Rigidoporus vinctus (Physisporinus vinctus)(?) on rotting wood on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, July 13, 2019
 Pink resupinate polypore mushroom Rigidoporus vinctus (Physisporinus vinctus)(?) on rotting wood on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, July 13, 2019
 Smoky-headed cheese polypore fungus (Tyromyces fumidiceps)(?) on underside of a fallen elm (blackened upper surface), with brown rotting wood in muddy area, under hickory and oaks on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 6, 2024
 Felt saddle mushrooms (Helvella macropus) or may be H. fibrosa on white background on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Huntsville. Texas, October 21, 2018
 Violet mushrooms Gymnopus iocephalus on rotting wood on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, August 21, 2022
 Polypore mushrooms Microporellus obovatus on rotting wood on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, September 18, 2022
 Polypore mushrooms Tyromyces fumidiceps on rotting wood on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, September 18, 2022
 Mushrooms Chromosera cyanophylla on rotting pine wood on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, January 22, 2023
 Oysterling mushrooms Clitopilus hobsonii on rotting wood on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, February 19, 2023
 Stagshorn mushrooms Calocera cornea on rotting wood on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, July 4, 2021
 Wilted small Gerronema mushrooms on rotting oak wood on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, July 4, 2019
 Pale bolete mushrooms (Boletus pallidus) on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, September 26, 2020
 Close-up of some white resupinate polypore mushroom on soft rotten wood at the base of a tilted stump of oak or elm in muddy area on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 6, 2024
 Texture of some white resupinate polypore mushroom on soft rotten wood at the base of a tilted stump of oak or elm in muddy area on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 6, 2024
 Felt saddle mushrooms (Helvella macropus) with mold fungus Hypomyces cervinus on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Huntsville. Texas, October 21, 2018
 Fragments of sclerotium "Tuckahoe" of a wood-decay fungus Wolfiporia extensa on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 10, 2020
 Remains of a wood-decay fungus Wolfiporia extensa eaten by hogs on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 10, 2020
 Coral slime mold (Ceratiomyxa fruticulosa) on rotting wood on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, September 14, 2019
 False turkeytail mushrooms (Stereum ostrea) on rotting oak wood on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, September 18, 2022
 Spores of some orange corticioid fungus from rotting wood collected a day before on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, March 22, 2023
 Underside of polypore mushrooms Tyromyces fumidiceps on rotting wood on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, September 18, 2022
 Wolf s Milk slime mold (Lycogala epidendrum) on rotting oak wood on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 4, 2022
 Pore surface of some white resupinate polypore mushroom on soft rotten wood at the base of a tilted stump of oak or elm in muddy area on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 6, 2024
 Darkening of cut piece of some white resupinate polypore mushroom on soft rotten wood at the base of a tilted stump of oak or elm in muddy area on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 6, 2024
 Resupinate form of a polypore mushroom Trametes lactinea on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 20, 2021
 Resupinate form of smoky-headed cheese polypore fungus (Tyromyces fumidiceps)(?) on underside of a fallen elm in muddy area on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 6, 2024
 Felt saddle mushrooms (Helvella macropus) covered by mold fungus Hypomyces cervinus on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Huntsville. Texas, October 21, 2018
 Sclerotium "Tuckahoe" of a wood-decay fungus Wolfiporia extensa dug out by hogs in a pine forest on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 10, 2020
 Sclerotium "Tuckahoe" of a wood-decay fungus Wolfiporia extensa in a shallow pit dug by hogs on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 10, 2020
 Green brittlegill mushrooms Russula subgraminicolor with yellow center on floodplain on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, September 11, 2020
 Drying coral slime mold (Ceratiomyxa fruticulosa) on rotting wood on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, September 14, 2019
 Basidia of mushrooms Chromosera cyanophylla from rotting pine wood, collected on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, January 22, 2023
 Mushrooms Entoloma parasiticum under a rotting oak log on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, January 12, 2020
 Basidia and cystidia of mushrooms Chromosera cyanophylla from rotting pine wood, collected on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, January 22, 2023
 Tissues (at low magnification) of mushrooms Chromosera cyanophylla from rotting pine wood, collected on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, January 22, 2023
 Basidia and spores of mushrooms Chromosera cyanophylla from rotting pine wood, collected on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, January 22, 2023
 Corticioid form of mushroom Trichaptum fuscoviolaceum on a fallen pine branch on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, July 4, 2019
 Close-up of some corticioid (crust) fungus on rotting wood of a deciduous tree with termite holes on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 29, 2021
 Pattern of corticioid form of mushroom Trichaptum fuscoviolaceum on a fallen pine branch on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, July 4, 2019
 Texture of corticioid form of mushroom Trichaptum fuscoviolaceum on a fallen pine branch on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, July 4, 2019
 Close up of corticioid form of mushroom Trichaptum fuscoviolaceum on a fallen pine branch on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, July 4, 2019
 Fragile dapperling mushroom (Leucocoprinus fragilissimus) in wet area under pines on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 23, 2020
 Fibrecap mushroom Inocybe sororia (Pseudosperma sororium) on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 30, 2020
 Dissected fibrecap mushroom Inocybe sororia (Pseudosperma sororium) on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 30, 2020
 Close-up of a mushroom Chromosera cyanophylla on a rotting pine on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, January 22, 2023
 Cross section of Ascomycete mushroom Helvella lacunosa on Road FS 203 near Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, February 18, 2023
 Spores of some white resupinate polypore mushroom from soft rotten wood at the base of a tilted stump, collected on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 6, 2024
 Margin of yellow merulioid fungus Leucogyrophana pinastri (Hydnomerulius pinastri) on rotting wood on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, February 19, 2023
 Close-up of yellow merulioid fungus Leucogyrophana pinastri (Hydnomerulius pinastri) on rotting wood on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, February 19, 2023
 Texture of resupinate form of brown-staining cheese polypore mushroom (Fuscopostia fragilis) on a pine log on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, July 16, 2021
 Ochre spreading tooth mushroom (Steccherinum ochraceum)(?) on a fallen twig on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 10, 2020
 Some very brittle mushroom (Agaricus, Lacrimaria, Melanophyllum, or maay be Psathyrella) together with spectacular rustgill (Gymnopilus junonius) on floodplain on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 29, 2021
 Corticioid fungus Leucogyrophana olivascens (Penttilamyces olivascens, or Serpula, Coniophora) on rotting pine wood on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, September 14, 2019
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