 Cross section of tough earthball mushrooms Scleroderma polyrhizum(?) on an old road on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, August 5, 2020
 Cross section of a false puffball mushroom Scleroderma polyrhizum(?) on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, August 13, 2021
 Young mushrooms Punctularia strigosozonata on a fallen oak on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, August 5, 2020
 Masses of mushrooms Punctularia strigosozonata on a fallen oak on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, August 5, 2020
 Velvety caps of mushrooms Punctularia strigosozonata on a fallen oak on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, August 5, 2020
 Partially dried mushrooms Punctularia strigosozonata on a fallen oak on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, August 5, 2020
 Underside surface of mushrooms Punctularia strigosozonata on a fallen oak on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, August 5, 2020
 Leucocoprinus longistriatus mushrooms on a large mossy fallen oak on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, August 5, 2020
 Young earthball mushrooms Scleroderma polyrhizum(?) on Winters Bayou Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Cleveland, Texas, October 16, 2021
 Dissected earthball mushrooms Scleroderma polyrhizum(?) on Winters Bayou Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Cleveland, Texas, October 16, 2021
 White coarsely-ribbed bolete mushrooms (Austroboletus subflavidus) on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, August 5, 2020
 Resupinate mushrooms Punctularia strigosozonata on a fallen oak almost 2 meters above the ground on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, August 5, 2020
 Cross section of earthball mushrooms Scleroderma polyrhizum(?) on Winters Bayou Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Cleveland, Texas, October 16, 2021
 Young mushrooms Punctularia strigosozonata exuding water drops on a fallen oak on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, August 5, 2020
 Dissected white coarsely-ribbed bolete mushrooms (Austroboletus subflavidus) on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, August 5, 2020
 Merulioid texture of lower surface of mushrooms Punctularia strigosozonata on a fallen oak on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, August 5, 2020
 Dark brown dried underside of mushrooms Punctularia strigosozonata on a fallen oak on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, August 5, 2020
 Close-up of purple toothed polypore mushrooms (Trichaptum biforme(?)) on a dry sweetgum tree on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, August 25, 2020
 Caps of purple toothed polypore mushrooms (Trichaptum biforme(?)) on a dry sweetgum tree on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, August 25, 2020
 Purple toothed polypore mushrooms (Trichaptum biforme(?)) on a sweetgum tree on a slope of the creek on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, August 25, 2020
 Greenish Tomentella(?) fungus on a fallen oak on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, August 25, 2020
 Cross section of pineapple bolete mushrooms (Boletellus ananas) at the base of a pine tree on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, August 5, 2020
 Pineapple bolete mushrooms (Boletellus ananas) at the base of a standing live pine tree on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, August 5, 2020
 Greenish Tomentella(?) fungus on bark of a fallen oak on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, August 25, 2020
 Cap of pineapple bolete mushroom (Boletellus ananas) on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, August 5, 2020
 Hyphae under a microscope of outer skin of a giant mature mushroom Scleroderma polyrhizum(?) collected on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, February 4, 2024
 Purple toothed polypore mushrooms (Trichaptum biforme(?)) covering trunk of a sweetgum tree on a slope of the creek on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, August 25, 2020
 Remains of 5 mm thick outer skin of a giant mature mushroom Scleroderma polyrhizum(?) on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, February 4, 2024
 Tissues under a microscope at low magnification of outer skin of a giant mature mushroom Scleroderma polyrhizum(?) collected on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, February 4, 2024
 Grass with pleated leaves variable panicgrass (Dichanthelium commutatum(?)) on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, August 5, 2020
 White resupinate polypore mushroom on a fallen pine limb on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, August 25, 2020
 Yellow pores of pineapple bolete mushroom (Boletellus ananas) on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, August 5, 2020
 Close-up of green-blue Tomentella(?) fungus on bark of a fallen oak on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, August 25, 2020
 Greenish Tomentella(?) fungus covering large area on a fallen oak on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, August 25, 2020
 Rough texture of cap of pineapple bolete mushroom (Boletellus ananas) on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, August 5, 2020
 Texture of green-blue Tomentella(?) fungus on bark of a fallen oak on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, August 25, 2020
 Cross section of pineapple bolete mushroom (Boletellus ananas) on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, August 5, 2020
 Corticioid fungus Dendrothele candida on bark of an oak fallen across the creek on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, August 25, 2020
 Butter cap mushrooms (Rhodocollybia butyracea) on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, December 12, 2020
 Mushrooms Punctularia strigosozonata on a fallen oak on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, December 12, 2020
 Clitocybula lacerata mushrooms on a mossy log on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, April 9, 2020
 Gills of Volvariella(?) mushrooms on a fallen oak on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, March 22, 2020
 Splitgill mushrooms (Schizophyllum commune) on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, March 22, 2020
 Clitocybula lacerata mushrooms on a rotting log on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, April 9, 2020
 Dissected milkcap (Lactarius) mushrooms on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, August 11, 2019
 Close-up of corticioid fungus Dendrothele candida on bark of an oak fallen across the creek on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, August 25, 2020
 Polypore mushrooms Lentinus crinitus mushrooms on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, August 11, 2019
 White patches of resupinate polypore mushroom on a fallen pine limb on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, August 25, 2020
 Johnsongrass (Sorghum halepense) with a parasitic ergot fungus Claviceps africana on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, August 27, 2020
 Tan pored crust mushroom Xylodon flaviporus on a fallen pine limb on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, August 25, 2020
 Some gilled mushrooms on a side of a mossy fallen oak on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, April 9, 2020
 Small deceiver mushrooms Laccaria pumila(?) on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, April 9, 2020
 Gymnopus dryophilus (Collybia dryophila)(?) mushrooms on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, March 22, 2020
 Turkeytail polypore mushrooms (Trametes versicolor) on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, December 12, 2020
 Some milkcap (Lactarius) mushrooms on a sandy trail on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, August 11, 2019
 White crust of corticioid fungus Dendrothele candida on bark of an oak fallen across the creek on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, August 25, 2020
 White patches of corticioid fungus Dendrothele candida on bark of an oak fallen across the creek on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, August 25, 2020
 Mushrooms Callistosporium luteo-olivaceum(?) on a pine log on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, August 11, 2019
 Some gilled mushrooms with brown caps with moss on a fallen oak on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, April 9, 2020
 False turkeytail mushrooms (Stereum ostrea) on a fallen oak on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, December 12, 2020
 False turkeytail mushrooms (Stereum ostrea) on a mossy oak log on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, December 12, 2020
 Young wood hedgehog mushrooms (Hydnum repandum) on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, April 9, 2020
 Oysterling mushrooms Lentinellus castoreus on underside of a pine log on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, December 12, 2020
 Violet toothed polypore mushrooms (Trichaptum biforme) on an oak log on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, December 12, 2020
 Jagged gills of butter cap mushrooms (Rhodocollybia butyracea) on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, December 12, 2020
 Downy conecap mushrooms (Conocybe subpubescens) under pines on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, March 22, 2020
 Close-up of teeth of mushrooms Climacodon pulcherrimus on a rotting oak log on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, August 20, 2021
 Mushrooms Callistosporium luteo-olivaceum(?) on a rotting pine log on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, August 11, 2019
 Caps of bracket mushrooms Climacodon pulcherrimus on a rotting oak log on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, August 20, 2021
 White resupinate polypore mushroom covering bark of a small fallen pine branch on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, August 25, 2020
 White resupinate polypore fungus growing from bark cracks of a fallen pine limb on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, August 25, 2020
 Gills of oysterling mushrooms Lentinellus castoreus on underside of a pine log on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, December 12, 2020
 Underside of violet toothed polypore mushrooms (Trichaptum biforme) on an oak log on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, December 12, 2020
 Dry tree covered by turkeytail polypore mushrooms (Trametes versicolor) on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, December 12, 2020
 Short-stemmed slippery jack mushrooms (Suillus brevipes) on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, December 12, 2020
 Orange mock oyster mushrooms (Phyllotopsis nidulans) on a pine log on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, December 12, 2020
 Purple toothed polypore mushrooms (Trichaptum biforme) on a fallen oak on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, March 22, 2020
 Prunes and custard mushrooms (Tricholomopsis decora) on a fallen pine on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, March 22, 2020
 Side view of downy conecap mushrooms (Conocybe subpubescens) on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, March 22, 2020
 Downy conecap mushrooms (Conocybe subpubescens) collected under pines on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, March 22, 2020
 Red shoot of oak on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, March 22, 2020
 Pale brown brittlestem mushrooms (Psathyrella) among pine needles near crossing with a forest road on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, September 3, 2022
 Sorghum ergot fungus (Claviceps africana) on johnsongrass (Sorghum halepense) on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, August 27, 2020
 Bolete mushroom Leccinellum griseum (left) together with other bolete on a slope to a creek on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, August 5, 2020
 Mushrooms Callistosporium luteo-olivaceum(?) on a rotting pine log without bark on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, August 11, 2019
 Tooth surface of bracket mushrooms Climacodon pulcherrimus on a rotting oak log on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, August 20, 2021
 Young fairy inkcap mushrooms (Coprinellus disseminatus) among moss of a fallen oak on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, April 9, 2020
 Fairy inkcap mushrooms (Coprinellus disseminatus) on a mossy side of a fallen oak on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, April 9, 2020
 Merulioid texture of lower surface of mushrooms Punctularia strigosozonata on a fallen oak on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, December 12, 2020
 Gills of short-stemmed slippery jack mushrooms (Suillus brevipes) on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, December 12, 2020
 Underside of short-stemmed slippery jack mushrooms (Suillus brevipes) on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, December 12, 2020
 Caps of short-stemmed slippery jack mushrooms (Suillus brevipes) on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, December 12, 2020
 Gymnopus dryophilus (Collybia dryophila)(?) mushrooms among pine needles and oak leaves on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, March 22, 2020
 Purple toothed polypore mushrooms (Trichaptum biforme) with mosses on a fallen oak on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, March 22, 2020
 Underside of orange mock oyster mushrooms (Phyllotopsis nidulans) on a pine log on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, December 12, 2020
 Gills of prunes and custard mushrooms (Tricholomopsis decora) on a fallen pine on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, March 22, 2020
 Dissected short-stemmed slippery jack mushrooms (Suillus brevipes) on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, December 12, 2020
 Decomposing giant panus mushrooms (Lentinus levis) on a mossy fallen oak on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, August 20, 2021
 Southern Clam Shell mushrooms (Fomes fasciatus) on a mossy fallen oak on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, August 20, 2021
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