![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2796/jpeg/03t.jpg) Cross section of bolete mushrooms Tylopilus on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Richards. Texas, October 3, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2796/jpeg/02t.jpg) Underside of bolete mushrooms Tylopilus on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Richards. Texas, October 3, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2796/jpeg/08t.jpg) Underside and cross section of patriotic bolete mushrooms (Boletus patrioticus) or may be Pulchroboletus sclerotiorum on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Richards. Texas, October 3, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2796/jpeg/14t.jpg) Bolete mushrooms Pulveroboletus curtisii with cross section on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Richards. Texas, October 3, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2796/jpeg/07t.jpg) Patriotic bolete mushrooms (Boletus patrioticus) or may be Pulchroboletus sclerotiorum with a cross section on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Richards. Texas, October 3, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2796/jpeg/01t.jpg) Caps of bolete mushrooms Tylopilus on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Richards. Texas, October 3, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2796/jpeg/04t.jpg) Side view of Tylopilus mushrooms on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Richards. Texas, October 3, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2796/jpeg/10t.jpg) Cross section turning blue of patriotic bolete mushrooms (Boletus patrioticus) or may be Pulchroboletus sclerotiorum on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Richards. Texas, October 3, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2796/jpeg/16t.jpg) Cross section of some young Amanita mushroom with a brown cap on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Richards. Texas, October 3, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2819/jpeg/11t.jpg) Cross section of stems of common rush (Juncus effusus(?)) on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Richards. Texas, November 20, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3418/jpeg/07t.jpg) Bolete mushrooms Xerocomus illudens(?) with a cross section on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, October 29, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3418/jpeg/12t.jpg) Cross section of bolete mushrooms Xerocomus illudens(?) on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, October 29, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3038/jpeg/12t.jpg) Cross section of a bitter bolete mushroom Tylopilus williamsii on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, October 13, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2788/jpeg/14t.jpg) Cross section of tobacco stain bolete mushroom (Tylopilus atronicotianus(?)) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, September 25, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3418/jpeg/09t.jpg) Cross section of dyeball mushrooms (Pisolithus arhizus) under pine tree on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, October 29, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3523/jpeg/25t.jpg) Cross section of brown bolete mushrooms Tylopilus appalachiensis(?) on Road FS 203 near Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, May 1, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2589/jpeg/24t.jpg) Blue cross section of a bolete mushroom Suillellus subluridus or may be Neoboletus on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Richards. Texas, November 3, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3418/jpeg/04t.jpg) Cross section of bolete mushroom Buchwaldoboletus hemichrysus on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, October 29, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2796/jpeg/13t.jpg) Bolete mushrooms Pulveroboletus curtisii on black background on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Richards. Texas, October 3, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2796/jpeg/11t.jpg) Bolete mushrooms Pulveroboletus curtisii among pine needles on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Richards. Texas, October 3, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2796/jpeg/12t.jpg) Side view of bolete mushrooms Pulveroboletus curtisii on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Richards. Texas, October 3, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2697/jpeg/17t.jpg) Underside of a young milkcap mushroom Lactarius subplinthogalus(?) on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Richards. Texas, May 2, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2796/jpeg/06t.jpg) Patriotic bolete mushrooms (Boletus patrioticus) or may be Pulchroboletus sclerotiorum on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Richards. Texas, October 3, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2797/jpeg/09t.jpg) Cross section of bolete mushrooms Buchwaldoboletus hemichrysus on North Wilderness Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Richards. Texas, October 8, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3456/jpeg/06t.jpg) Cross section of mushrooms Hygrophorus hypothejus(?) on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, January 6, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2796/jpeg/09t.jpg) Close-up of patriotic bolete mushrooms (Boletus patrioticus) or may be Pulchroboletus sclerotiorum on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Richards. Texas, October 3, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3418/jpeg/10t.jpg) Texture of cross section of a dyeball mushroom (Pisolithus arhizus) under pine tree on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, October 29, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3257/jpeg/04t.jpg) Cross section of black sporangia of slime mold Brefeldia maxima on a pine log on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, October 8, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2887/jpeg/03t.jpg) Cross section of sand dune mushrooms (Laccaria trullisata) on a small pile of sand behind information board at a trailhead on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, March 21, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3077/jpeg/19t.jpg) Forest lamb mushrooms (Albatrellus subrubescens) with cross section on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, December 5, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3237/jpeg/26t.jpg) Cross section of bolete mushrooms Pulveroboletus curtisii on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 10, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3077/jpeg/31t.jpg) Milkcap mushrooms Lactarius subpalustris with a cross section on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, December 5, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3077/jpeg/08t.jpg) Milkcap mushrooms Lactarius imperceptus with cross section on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, December 5, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3237/jpeg/06t.jpg) Cross section of bolete mushrooms Leccinellum griseum on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 10, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2853/jpeg/05t.jpg) Cross section of mushrooms Tricholoma sulphurescens(?) near the trail in a pine forest on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, January 20, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3232/jpeg/28t.jpg) Cross section of a brown, not bitter Tylopilus mushroom on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, September 7, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2589/jpeg/27t.jpg) Pink and yellow cross section of a mushroom Chalciporus pseudorubinellus(?) (similar to Rubinoboletus rubinus) found in shade on a trail washed out by streams on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Richards. Texas, November 3, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2589/jpeg/21t.jpg) Underside of bolete mushrooms Neoboletus on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Richards. Texas, November 3, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3077/jpeg/02t.jpg) Terracotta hedgehog mushrooms (Hydnum rufescens) with cross section on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, December 5, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2853/jpeg/08t.jpg) Cross section of mushrooms Amanita lavendula under pines and oaks on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, January 20, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3076/jpeg/18t.jpg) Pine Spikes mushrooms (Chroogomphus vinicolor) in cross section on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, December 5, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3077/jpeg/05t.jpg) Large brown webcap (Cortinarius) mushrooms with cross section on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, December 5, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3015/jpeg/23t.jpg) Cross section of bitter bolete mushroom (Tylopilus) on Forest Road 203 on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, August 28, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2796/jpeg/15t.jpg) Some young Amanita mushroom with a brown cap on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Richards. Texas, October 3, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3076/jpeg/22t.jpg) Cross section of milkcap mushrooms Lactarius rimosellus on a mossy pine stump on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, December 5, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3449/jpeg/25t.jpg) Cross section of terrestrial polypore mushrooms Albatrellus subrubescens (pore layer 1-3 mm thick) on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, December 22, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3209/jpeg/11t.jpg) Cross section of inkcap mushrooms Coprinopsis spilospora on partially burned pine litter on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, August 13, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3236/jpeg/15t.jpg) Bolete mushrooms Xanthoconium affine and Xanthoconium purpureum with a cross section on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 10, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3237/jpeg/15t.jpg) Cross section of a brown Leccinum mushroom on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 10, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2842/jpeg/35t.jpg) Cross section of some brown Tricholoma mushroom on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, January 1, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2842/jpeg/32t.jpg) Cross section of a pinkgill mushroom (Entoloma) on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, January 1, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3077/jpeg/17t.jpg) Cross section of mushroom Chroogomphus vinicolor on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, December 5, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3038/jpeg/11t.jpg) Underside of a bitter bolete mushroom Tylopilus williamsii on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, October 13, 2021
![](../../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/2020/2697/jpeg/01t.jpg) Polypore mushrooms Trichaptum byssogenum on a fallen pine on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Richards. Texas, May 2, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2709/jpeg/06t.jpg) Marbling in cross section of bolete mushrooms Tylopilus rhodoconius on a sandy terrace on a bend of the creek on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 17, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2690/jpeg/20t.jpg) Cross section of Many Warts mushrooms (Amanita polypyramis) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, April 20, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2797/jpeg/14t.jpg) Cross section of a golden-pored bolete mushroom (Aureoboletus auriporus) on North Wilderness Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Richards. Texas, October 8, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2796/jpeg/17t.jpg) Young carrot amanita mushroom (Amanita daucipes) near a pine log on a trail on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Richards. Texas, October 3, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2681/jpeg/15t.jpg) Cross section of destroying angel mushrooms Amanita bisporigera on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, April 6, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2830/jpeg/25t.jpg) Cross section of spectacular rustgill mushrooms (Gymnopilus junonius) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, December 15, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2790/jpeg/07t.jpg) Cross section of bolete mushrooms Xerocomus hypoxanthus(?) near a pine on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, September 25, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2667/jpeg/17t.jpg) Cross section of Golden stinkhorn mushrooms (Phallus aurantiacus) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, March 18, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2787/jpeg/03t.jpg) Cross section of white Amanita sect. Amidella mushrooms on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, September 25, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3418/jpeg/18t.jpg) Underside of tiny brown mushrooms (Gymnopilus, Galerina or Hebeloma) on burned ground on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, October 29, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3038/jpeg/30t.jpg) Cross section of wood bolete mushrooms (Buchwaldoboletus lignicola) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, October 13, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3038/jpeg/33t.jpg) Cross section of destroying angel mushrooms (Amanita bisporigera) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, October 13, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2819/jpeg/07t.jpg) Giraffe Spots mushrooms (Peniophora albobadia) on a fallen twig on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Richards. Texas, November 20, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2893/jpeg/25t.jpg) Cross section of inkcap mushroom Coprinopsis spilospora on burned ground on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, March 28, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3456/jpeg/15t.jpg) Cross section of a peach-colored fly agaric mushroom (Amanita persicina) on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, January 6, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3077/jpeg/24t.jpg) Cross section of large wood hedgehog mushroom (Hydnum repandum) on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, December 5, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3456/jpeg/26t.jpg) Cross section of a mature large white mushroom Amanita polypyramis on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, January 6, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2789/jpeg/20t.jpg) Cross section of dark red mature bolete mushrooms with yellow pores on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, September 25, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3038/jpeg/24t.jpg) Cross section of puffball mushrooms Lycoperdon radicatum (Bovistella radicata) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, October 13, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3523/jpeg/24t.jpg) Underside of brown bolete mushrooms Tylopilus appalachiensis(?) on Road FS 203 near Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, May 1, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2789/jpeg/12t.jpg) Cross section of large olive-brown grisette mushrooms Amanita justicei(?) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, September 25, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2788/jpeg/08t.jpg) Cross section of a bolete mushrooms with orange pores on a steep side of a creek on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, September 25, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2746/jpeg/11t.jpg) Blackening cross section of a bolete mushroom Tylopilus griseocarneus on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, August 1, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2746/jpeg/12t.jpg) Close-up of blackening cross section of a bolete mushroom Tylopilus griseocarneus on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, August 1, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2819/jpeg/09t.jpg) Former cattle lake on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Richards. Texas, November 20, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2830/jpeg/31t.jpg) Cross section of common rustgill mushrooms (Gymnopilus penetrans) on rotting pine wood on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, December 15, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3233/jpeg/05t.jpg) Underside of violet-gray bolete mushrooms Tylopilus plumbeoviolaceus on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, September 7, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2853/jpeg/18t.jpg) Cross section of grey knight mushrooms (Tricholoma terreum group, may be T. moseri) between a red cedar tree and thin pines, on a well drained slope, near a small creek crossing on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, January 20, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3418/jpeg/03t.jpg) Underside of bolete mushroom Buchwaldoboletus hemichrysus on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, October 29, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2733/jpeg/08t.jpg) Alder bracket mushrooms (Xanthoporia radiata)(?) with cross section on a small osage orange tree in a pine forest on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, June 27, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3613/jpeg/21t.jpg) Cross section of a young Amanita mushroom when exposed to regular daylight as well as when illuminated by a 365 nm ultraviolet (UV-A) blacklight from Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 2, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2678/jpeg/01t.jpg) Common funnel cap mushrooms (Clitocybe gibba, Infundibulicybe gibba) on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Richards. Texas, April 1, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2697/jpeg/08t.jpg) Phylloxera galls on hickory leaves on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Richards. Texas, May 2, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2819/jpeg/06t.jpg) Path covered by dry leaves on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Richards. Texas, November 20, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2819/jpeg/04t.jpg) Seeds of gayfeather (Liatris) on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Richards. Texas, November 20, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2589/jpeg/29t.jpg) Underside of a tiny inkcap mushroom Coprinopsis stercorea on horse dung on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Richards. Texas, November 3, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2767/jpeg/08t.jpg) Cross section of Little Dove Ringless Amanita mushrooms (Amanita trygonion) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, September 6, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2853/jpeg/22t.jpg) Cross section of a large milkcap mushroom Lactarius paradoxus on a well drained slope, near a small creek crossing on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, January 20, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2819/jpeg/03t.jpg) Red seeds of coralbean (Erythrina herbacea) on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Richards. Texas, November 20, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2697/jpeg/11t.jpg) Texture of Phylloxera galls on hickory leaves on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Richards. Texas, May 2, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2697/jpeg/07t.jpg) Fragrant sumac (Rhus aromatica) with red berries on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Richards. Texas, May 2, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2697/jpeg/06t.jpg) Red fruits of fragrant sumac (Rhus aromatica) on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Richards. Texas, May 2, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2697/jpeg/09t.jpg) Close-up of Phylloxera galls on hickory leaves on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Richards. Texas, May 2, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2819/jpeg/01t.jpg) Fragrant sumac (Rhus aromatica) on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Richards. Texas, November 20, 2020
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