![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2787/jpeg/22t.jpg) Texas bushclover (Lespedeza texana(?)) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, September 25, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2743/jpeg/32t.jpg) Shoot of bush clover (Lespedeza thunbergii) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, July 28, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2810/jpeg/17t.jpg) Texas leaf cutting ant (Atta texana) on a sand mound on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, November 5, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2810/jpeg/18t.jpg) Texas leaf cutting ants (Atta texana) excavating sand on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, November 5, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2810/jpeg/19t.jpg) Texas leaf cutting ants (Atta texana) carrying sand bits on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, November 5, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3189/jpeg/10t.jpg) Green grasshopper on hairy bush clover (Lespedeza hirta) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, July 10, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3189/jpeg/04t.jpg) Hairy bush clover (Lespedeza hirta) with rust fungus Uromyces lespedezae or may be Cercospora on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, July 10, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3189/jpeg/05t.jpg) Shoots of hairy bush clover (Lespedeza hirta) with rust fungus Uromyces lespedezae or may be Cercospora on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, July 10, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3189/jpeg/06t.jpg) Leaves of hairy bush clover (Lespedeza hirta) with rust fungus Uromyces lespedezae or may be Cercospora on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, July 10, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2704/jpeg/11t.jpg) Yucca flowers on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, May 10, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2674/jpeg/23t.jpg) Flowers of rush (Juncus) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, March 26, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2704/jpeg/08t.jpg) Flowers of coralbean (Erythrina herbacea) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, May 10, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2667/jpeg/03t.jpg) White flowers of blackberry on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, March 18, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2704/jpeg/06t.jpg) Red flowers of coralbean (Erythrina herbacea) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, May 10, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2744/jpeg/18t.jpg) Close-up of flowers of gayfeather (Liatris) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, July 28, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2705/jpeg/07t.jpg) Flowers of orange milkweed (Asclepias tuberosa) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, May 10, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2695/jpeg/09t.jpg) Red flowers of coralbean (Erythrina herbacea) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, April 28, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2744/jpeg/30t.jpg) Tiny yellow flowers of Hypericum(?) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, July 28, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2705/jpeg/06t.jpg) Flowers of woolly-white (Hymenopappus artemisiaefolius) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, May 10, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2738/jpeg/16t.jpg) Dayflower (Commelina) with blue flowers on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, July 12, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2744/jpeg/09t.jpg) Flowers of elephant foot (Elephantopus carolinianus) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, July 28, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2733/jpeg/17t.jpg) Flowers of flameleaf sumac (Rhus lanceolata) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, June 27, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2667/jpeg/27t.jpg) Flowers of blue eyed grass (Sisyrinchium) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, March 18, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2704/jpeg/05t.jpg) White flowers of Lindheimer s beebalm (Monarda lindheimeri) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, May 10, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2704/jpeg/17t.jpg) Ray flowers of sanguine purple coneflower (Echinacea sanguinea) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, May 10, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2666/jpeg/18t.jpg) Flowers of lyreleaf sage (Salvia lyrata) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, March 18, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2695/jpeg/06t.jpg) Flowers of orange milkweed (Asclepias tuberosa) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, April 28, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3028/jpeg/05t.jpg) Flowers of Palafoxia rosea on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, September 23, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2667/jpeg/22t.jpg) Flowers of yellow wood sorrel (Oxalis stricta) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, March 18, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2733/jpeg/20t.jpg) Honey bee on flowers of flameleaf sumac (Rhus lanceolata) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, June 27, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2704/jpeg/14t.jpg) Disc flowers of sanguine purple coneflower (Echinacea sanguinea) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, May 10, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2744/jpeg/23t.jpg) Pinkish flowers of buttonweed (Poor-Joe, Diodia teres) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, July 28, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2738/jpeg/22t.jpg) Flowers of hairy wild petunia (Ruellia humilis) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, July 12, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2738/jpeg/15t.jpg) Flowers of narrow-leaf gayfeather (Liatris mucronata(?)) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, July 12, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3416/jpeg/16t.jpg) Close-up of flowers of gayfeather (Liatris) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, September 16, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2733/jpeg/21t.jpg) Close-up of honey bee on flowers of flameleaf sumac (Rhus lanceolata) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, June 27, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2810/jpeg/05t.jpg) Flowers of nodding ladies-tresses orchid (Spiranthes cernua) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, November 5, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2658/jpeg/02t.jpg) Flowers of rose vervain (Glandularia canadensis) on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, March 8, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2803/jpeg/20t.jpg) Flowers of nodding ladies-tresses orchid (Spiranthes cernua) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, October 22, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2767/jpeg/12t.jpg) Mushrooms Amanita trygonion on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, September 6, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2789/jpeg/13t.jpg) Clitocybula familia mushrooms on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, September 25, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2789/jpeg/21t.jpg) Pholiota spumosa mushrooms on an old forest road on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, September 25, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2797/jpeg/02t.jpg) Flowers of slender (long-bristle) Indiangrass (Sorghastrum elliottii) on North Wilderness Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Richards. Texas, October 8, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2789/jpeg/22t.jpg) Underside of Pholiota spumosa mushrooms on an old forest road on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, September 25, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2566/jpeg/15t.jpg) White flowers of spurge Euphorbia corollata on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, September 21, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3019/jpeg/12t.jpg) Soldier Beetle (Chauliognathus) on flowers of late-flowering boneset on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, September 6, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3028/jpeg/09t.jpg) Trailing fuzzy-bean (Strophostyles helvola) with flowers and fruits on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, September 23, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2566/jpeg/17t.jpg) Flowers of pink fuzzybean (Strophostyles umbellata) on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, September 21, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/794/jpeg/14t.jpg) Flowers of elephant foot (Elephantopus carolinianus) in Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, September 26, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2789/jpeg/01t.jpg) Purple dewdrop (Lobelia puberula) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, September 25, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2787/jpeg/24t.jpg) Earthfan mushrooms (Thelephora terrestris) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, September 25, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2789/jpeg/14t.jpg) Underside of Clitocybula familia mushrooms on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, September 25, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3615/jpeg/05t.jpg) Flowers of elegant gayfeather (pinkscale, Liatris hesperelegans, former L. elegans) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 6, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/794/jpeg/17t.jpg) Back lit flowers of elephant foot (Elephantopus carolinianus) in Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, September 26, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2787/jpeg/25t.jpg) Earthfan mushrooms (Thelephora terrestris) near a pine on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, September 25, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2788/jpeg/02t.jpg) Some bolete mushrooms on a steep side of a creek on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, September 25, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2789/jpeg/15t.jpg) Small bolete mushroom Xanthoconium affine on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, September 25, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2789/jpeg/17t.jpg) Dissected bolete mushroom Xanthoconium affine on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, September 25, 2020
![](../../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/2020/2790/jpeg/01t.jpg) Ripartitella brasiliensis mushrooms on a pine(?) stump on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, September 25, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2787/jpeg/04t.jpg) Bald knight (Melanoleuca melaleuca)(?) mushrooms on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, September 25, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2790/jpeg/02t.jpg) Details of Ripartitella brasiliensis mushrooms on a stump on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, September 25, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2790/jpeg/04t.jpg) Bolete mushrooms Xerocomus hypoxanthus(?) near a pine on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, September 25, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2790/jpeg/03t.jpg) Close-up of Ripartitella brasiliensis mushrooms on a stump on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, September 25, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2790/jpeg/13t.jpg) Gills of oyster mushroom Pleurotus pulmonarius(?) taken from a dry oak on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, September 25, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2366/jpeg/04t.jpg) Flowers of elegant gayfeather (pinkscale, Liatris hesperelegans, former L. elegans) on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, September 23, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/794/jpeg/12t.jpg) Blue flowers of mistflower (Eupatorium coelestinum, Wild ageratum) in Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, September 26, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2788/jpeg/04t.jpg) Mushroom Neoboletus or may be Boletus flammans or B. carminiporus or B. fairchildianus on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, September 25, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2788/jpeg/21t.jpg) Scaly cap of pineapple bolete mushroom (Boletellus ananas) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, September 25, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2787/jpeg/18t.jpg) Bolete mushrooms Buchwaldoboletus lignicola near a pine stump on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, September 25, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2790/jpeg/11t.jpg) Cap of oyster mushroom Pleurotus pulmonarius(?) on a dry oak eaten by birds on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, September 25, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2787/jpeg/19t.jpg) Hairy curtain crust fungus (Stereum hirsutum) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, September 25, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2788/jpeg/11t.jpg) Cap of tobacco stain bolete mushroom (Tylopilus atronicotianus(?)) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, September 25, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2789/jpeg/16t.jpg) Bolete mushroom Xanthoconium affine on black background on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, September 25, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2789/jpeg/18t.jpg) Some dark red mature bolete mushrooms with yellow pores on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, September 25, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2767/jpeg/01t.jpg) Resupinate polypore mushroom on a fallen pine or oak tree on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, September 6, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2788/jpeg/10t.jpg) Underside of bolete mushrooms on a steep side of a creek on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, September 25, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2787/jpeg/12t.jpg) Corticioid mushroom Coniophora olivacea on a fallen pine on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, September 25, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2790/jpeg/14t.jpg) Gill texture of oyster mushroom Pleurotus pulmonarius(?) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, September 25, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2790/jpeg/17t.jpg) Gill pattern of oyster mushroom Pleurotus pulmonarius(?) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, September 25, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2787/jpeg/07t.jpg) Blusher mushrooms (Amanita amerirubescens)(?) on rotting pine log on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, September 25, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2790/jpeg/16t.jpg) Close-up of gills of oyster mushroom Pleurotus pulmonarius(?) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, September 25, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2790/jpeg/15t.jpg) Details of gills of oyster mushroom Pleurotus pulmonarius(?) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, September 25, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2787/jpeg/06t.jpg) Underside of bald knight (Melanoleuca melaleuca)(?) mushrooms on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, September 25, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2788/jpeg/09t.jpg) Dark red cap of a bolete mushroom on a steep side of a creek on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, September 25, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2787/jpeg/02t.jpg) Amanita sect. Amidella mushrooms on sandy soil on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, September 25, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2790/jpeg/05t.jpg) Caps of bolete mushrooms Xerocomus hypoxanthus(?) near a pine on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, September 25, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2790/jpeg/20t.jpg) Mushrooms Gymnopus luxurians among pine needles and twigs on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, September 25, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2788/jpeg/03t.jpg) Caps of some bolete mushrooms on a steep side of a creek on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, September 25, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3623/jpeg/15t.jpg) Flowers of St. Andrew cross (Hypericum, Ascyrum hypericoides) both in natural light and under 365 nm ultraviolet (UV-A) blacklight from Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, September 21, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2789/jpeg/09t.jpg) Cap of a large olive-brown grisette mushroom Amanita justicei(?) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, September 25, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2787/jpeg/20t.jpg) Hairy curtain crust fungus (Stereum hirsutum) on a fallen oak on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, September 25, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2788/jpeg/15t.jpg) Cap of pineapple bolete mushroom (Boletellus ananas) on a pine stump on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, September 25, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2788/jpeg/18t.jpg) Pore surface of pineapple bolete mushroom (Boletellus ananas) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, September 25, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2787/jpeg/08t.jpg) Gills of blusher mushrooms (Amanita amerirubescens)(?) on rotting wood on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, September 25, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2788/jpeg/12t.jpg) Underside of tobacco stain bolete mushroom (Tylopilus atronicotianus(?)) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, September 25, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2788/jpeg/25t.jpg) Yellow underside of pineapple bolete mushroom (Boletellus ananas) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, September 25, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2788/jpeg/23t.jpg) Cross section of pineapple bolete mushroom (Boletellus ananas) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, September 25, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2789/jpeg/05t.jpg) Large olive-brown grisette mushrooms Amanita justicei(?) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, September 25, 2020
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