![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2874/jpeg/13t.jpg) Small orange cups of bryoparasitic Pezizales mushrooms Octospora excipulata(?) among common bladder-moss (Physcomitrium pyriforme) near Lost Pines Loop Trail in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, February 28, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2874/jpeg/07t.jpg) Bryoparasitic Pezizales mushrooms Octospora excipulata(?) among common bladder-moss (Physcomitrium pyriforme) near Lost Pines Loop Trail in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, February 28, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2874/jpeg/12t.jpg) Bryoparasitic Pezizales mushrooms Octospora excipulata(?) in a mat of common bladder-moss (Physcomitrium pyriforme) near Lost Pines Loop Trail in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, February 28, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2874/jpeg/15t.jpg) Mat of common bladder-moss (Physcomitrium pyriforme) with bryoparasitic Pezizales mushrooms Octospora excipulata(?) near Lost Pines Loop Trail in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, February 28, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2874/jpeg/19t.jpg) Close-up of an orange cup of bryoparasitic Pezizales fungus Octospora excipulata(?) growing together with common bladder-moss (Physcomitrium pyriforme) near Lost Pines Loop Trail in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, February 28, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2874/jpeg/08t.jpg) Close-up of bryoparasitic Pezizales mushrooms Octospora excipulata(?) among common bladder-moss (Physcomitrium pyriforme) near Lost Pines Loop Trail in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, February 28, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2874/jpeg/14t.jpg) Bryoparasitic Pezizales mushrooms Octospora excipulata(?) on compacted sand covered by common bladder-moss (Physcomitrium pyriforme) near Lost Pines Loop Trail in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, February 28, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2874/jpeg/10t.jpg) Small bryoparasitic cup mushrooms Octospora excipulata(?) among common bladder-moss (Physcomitrium pyriforme) near Lost Pines Loop Trail in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, February 28, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2874/jpeg/18t.jpg) Bryoparasitic Pezizales mushrooms Octospora excipulata(?) possibly with other small Ascomycete fungi near Lost Pines Loop Trail in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, February 28, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2874/jpeg/06t.jpg) Small orange Ascomycete mushrooms Octospora excipulata(?) near Lost Pines Loop Trail in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, February 28, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2874/jpeg/09t.jpg) Cup fungi Octospora excipulata(?) on ground burned a year ago near Lost Pines Loop Trail in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, February 28, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3089/jpeg/12t.jpg) Cluster of tiny cup mushrooms Octospora excipulata(?) in a small depression with wet soil covered by thin moss, in area completely burned 1.5 years ago in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, December 25, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2874/jpeg/04t.jpg) Orange Ascomycete mushrooms Pyronema omphalodes in sand on burnt ground near Lost Pines Loop Trail in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, February 28, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3089/jpeg/10t.jpg) Tiny cup fungus Octospora excipulata(?) in a small depression with wet soil covered by thin moss, in area completely burned 1.5 years ago in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, December 25, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3089/jpeg/09t.jpg) Ascomycete fungus Octospora excipulata(?) in a small depression with wet soil covered by thin moss, in area completely burned 1.5 years ago in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, December 25, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3089/jpeg/11t.jpg) Close-up of Ascomycete fungus Octospora excipulata(?) in a small depression with wet soil covered by thin moss, in area completely burned 1.5 years ago in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, December 25, 2021
![](../../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/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/2021/2874/jpeg/03t.jpg) Dry arched earthstar mushrooms Geastrum quadrifidum or may be G. fornicatum near Lost Pines Loop Trail in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, February 28, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2874/jpeg/05t.jpg) Ascomycete mushrooms Pyronema omphalodes on burnt ground near Lost Pines Loop Trail in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, February 28, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2874/jpeg/29t.jpg) Close-up of turf bell mushrooms (Galerina graminea)(?) near Lost Pines Loop Trail in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, February 28, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2874/jpeg/02t.jpg) Arched earthstar mushrooms Geastrum quadrifidum or may be G. fornicatum near Lost Pines Loop Trail in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, February 28, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2871/jpeg/25t.jpg) Common bladder-moss (Physcomitrium pyriforme) on exposed soil at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, February 24, 2021
![](../../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/2021/2874/jpeg/28t.jpg) Turf bell mushrooms (Galerina graminea)(?) in sandy soil near Lost Pines Loop Trail in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, February 28, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2873/jpeg/08t.jpg) Various orange lichens on sandstone of Lost Pines Overlook in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, February 28, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2874/jpeg/16t.jpg) Ascomycete mushrooms Pyronema omphalodes in sand and ashes of burnt ground near Lost Pines Loop Trail in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, February 28, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2450/jpeg/05t.jpg) Orange sporangia of bladder-moss (Physcomitrium pyriforme) on a side of Post Oak Trail in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, February 20, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2874/jpeg/01t.jpg) Young bonfire scalycap mushrooms (Pholiota highlandensis, Pholiota carbonaria) near Lost Pines Loop Trail in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, February 28, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2874/jpeg/17t.jpg) Bonfire scalycap mushrooms (Pholiota highlandensis, Pholiota carbonaria) darkened by freeze near Lost Pines Loop Trail in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, February 28, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2874/jpeg/24t.jpg) Cup fungi Disciotis venosa(?) on burnt ground damaged by a recent fire near Lost Pines Loop Trail in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, February 28, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2874/jpeg/23t.jpg) Ascomycete (cup) fungus Disciotis venosa(?) damaged by a recent fire on ashes of a last year burn near Lost Pines Loop Trail in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, February 28, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2873/jpeg/26t.jpg) Orange lichens Xanthomendoza weberi (Gallowayella weberi) and Caloplaca on sandstone of Lost Pines Overlook in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, February 28, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2466/jpeg/28t.jpg) Common yellow wood sorrel (Oxalis stricta) on Lost Pines Trail in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, March 14, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2466/jpeg/34t.jpg) Yellow flowers of common wood sorrel (Oxalis stricta) on Lost Pines Trail in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, March 14, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2466/jpeg/35t.jpg) Blooming common yellow wood sorrel (Oxalis stricta) on Lost Pines Trail in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, March 14, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2466/jpeg/36t.jpg) Close up of yellow flowers of common wood sorrel (Oxalis stricta) on Lost Pines Trail in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, March 14, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2873/jpeg/20t.jpg) Various lichens on sandstone of Lost Pines Overlook in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, February 28, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2873/jpeg/24t.jpg) Multicolored lichens on sandstone of Lost Pines Overlook in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, February 28, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2873/jpeg/13t.jpg) Aspicilia(?) lichen on sandstone bench near Lost Pines Overlook in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, February 28, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2873/jpeg/03t.jpg) Some dark green lichen on sandstone of Lost Pines Overlook in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, February 28, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2873/jpeg/02t.jpg) Greenish-grey lichens on sandstone of Lost Pines Overlook in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, February 28, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2873/jpeg/04t.jpg) Rosette lichen (Physcia) on sandstone of Lost Pines Overlook in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, February 28, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3330/jpeg/23t.jpg) Dry arched earthstar mushrooms Geastrum quadrifidum or may be G. fornicatum near Lost Pines Loop Trail in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, January 21, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2873/jpeg/14t.jpg) Some grey crustose lichen on sandstone bench near Lost Pines Overlook in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, February 28, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2873/jpeg/01t.jpg) Cobblestone lichen Acarospora socialis on sandstone near Lost Pines Overlook in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, February 28, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2873/jpeg/12t.jpg) Close-up of Aspicilia(?) lichen on sandstone bench near Lost Pines Overlook in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, February 28, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2873/jpeg/21t.jpg) Rosette lichen (Physcia) with apothecia on sandstone of Lost Pines Overlook in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, February 28, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2873/jpeg/19t.jpg) Apothecia of some grey-green lichen on sandstone of Lost Pines Overlook in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, February 28, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2873/jpeg/22t.jpg) Apothecia of rosette lichen (Physcia) on sandstone of Lost Pines Overlook in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, February 28, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2873/jpeg/27t.jpg) Round patch of Aspicilia(?) lichen on sandstone bench near Lost Pines Overlook in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, February 28, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2873/jpeg/23t.jpg) Black apothecia of rosette lichen (Physcia) on sandstone of Lost Pines Overlook in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, February 28, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2873/jpeg/15t.jpg) Light grey crustose lichen on sandstone bench near Lost Pines Overlook in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, February 28, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2873/jpeg/07t.jpg) Pattern of cobblestone lichen Acarospora socialis(?) on sandstone of Lost Pines Overlook in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, February 28, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2873/jpeg/16t.jpg) Pattern grey crustose lichen on sandstone bench near Lost Pines Overlook in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, February 28, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2324/jpeg/06t.jpg) Lost Pines Loop Trail in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, July 28, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2873/jpeg/18t.jpg) Patch of cobblestone lichen Acarospora socialis on sandstone bench near Lost Pines Overlook in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, February 28, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2324/jpeg/04t.jpg) Sunrise at Lost Pines Loop Trail in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, July 28, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2324/jpeg/02t.jpg) View from Lost Pines Loop Trail in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, July 28, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2324/jpeg/03t.jpg) Lost Pines Loop Trail at sunrise in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, July 28, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2324/jpeg/05t.jpg) Dry tree at Lost Pines Loop Trail in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, July 28, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2324/jpeg/15t.jpg) Pine stump at Lost Pines Loop Trail in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, July 28, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2324/jpeg/18t.jpg) Grasses and bushes at Lost Pines Loop Trail in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, July 28, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2401/jpeg/03t.jpg) Orange lichen on sandstone at the base of the CCC pavilion of Lost Pines Overlook in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, November 17, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2401/jpeg/02t.jpg) Orange and grey lichens on sandstone at the base of the CCC pavilion of Lost Pines Overlook in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, November 17, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2401/jpeg/04t.jpg) Grey and orange lichens on sandstone at the base of the CCC pavilion of Lost Pines Overlook in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, November 17, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2324/jpeg/19t.jpg) Lace cactus (Echinocereus reichenbachii) at Lost Pines Loop Trail in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, July 28, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1286/jpeg/27t.jpg) Gymnopus(?) mushrooms on Lost Pines Trail in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, October 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/2021/2873/jpeg/25t.jpg) Xanthomendoza weberi (Gallowayella weberi) and Caloplaca lichens on sandstone of Lost Pines Overlook in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, February 28, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2873/jpeg/06t.jpg) Firedot lichen Squamulea squamosa (Caloplaca squamosa) on sandstone of Lost Pines Overlook in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, February 28, 2021
![](../../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/2021/2873/jpeg/09t.jpg) Stonewall rim-lichen (Lecanora muralis, Protoparmeliopsis muralis) on sandstone bench near Lost Pines Overlook in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, February 28, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2769/jpeg/33t.jpg) Scale-like rustgill mushrooms (Gymnopilus lepidotus) on Lost Pines Trail in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, September 10, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2462/jpeg/05t.jpg) Sporangia of bladder-moss (Physcomitrium pyriforme) on Post Oak Trail in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, March 11, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2873/jpeg/17t.jpg) Close-up of stonewall rim-lichen (Lecanora muralis, Protoparmeliopsis muralis) on sandstone bench near Lost Pines Overlook in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, February 28, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2873/jpeg/11t.jpg) Apothecia of stonewall rim-lichen (Lecanora muralis, Protoparmeliopsis muralis) on sandstone bench near Lost Pines Overlook in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, February 28, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2873/jpeg/10t.jpg) Stonewall rim-lichen (Lecanora muralis, Protoparmeliopsis muralis) among Acarospora on sandstone bench near Lost Pines Overlook in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, February 28, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2873/jpeg/05t.jpg) Bare-bottomed sunburst lichen (Xanthomendoza weberi, Gallowayella weberi) on sandstone of Lost Pines Overlook in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, February 28, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/806/jpeg/19t.jpg) Southern Jack O Lantern mushrooms (Omphalotus subilludens) on Lost Pines Trail in Lost Pines State Park. Bastrop, Texas, November 14, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2650/jpeg/04t.jpg) Rosette lichen (Physcia) on sandstone of Lost Pines Overlook in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, February 23, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3089/jpeg/01t.jpg) Yellow cobblestone lichen Acarospora socialis on sandstone of Lost Pines Overlook in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, December 25, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2416/jpeg/10t.jpg) Lost Pines Trail in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, December 21, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/644/jpeg/04t.jpg) Walking on Lost Pines Trail in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, May 17, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1285/jpeg/05t.jpg) Lost Pines Trail in fog in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, October 5, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1285/jpeg/04t.jpg) Lost Pines Trail in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, October 5, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1053/jpeg/23t.jpg) View from Lost Pines Trail in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, May 12, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1053/jpeg/13t.jpg) Lost Pines hiking trail in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, May 12, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1104/jpeg/18t.jpg) Lost Pines Trail in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, September 15, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1129/jpeg/23t.jpg) Lost Pines Trail in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, January 5, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/602/jpeg/24t.jpg) Lost Pines Trail in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, November 4, 2007
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1286/jpeg/02t.jpg) Lost Pines Trail in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, October 5, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2650/jpeg/21t.jpg) Orange cups of fire fungus Anthracobia melaloma on a site of a recent burn in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, February 23, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2465/jpeg/23t.jpg) Rosette lichen (Physcia) with Xanthomendoza weberi (Gallowayella weberi) (orange) on sandstone of Lost Pines Overlook in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, March 14, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1053/jpeg/24t.jpg) Rocky creek near Lost Pines Trail in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, May 12, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/990/jpeg/15t.jpg) A trail near Lost Pines Overlook in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, December 17, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1285/jpeg/06t.jpg) Lost Pines Trail in mist in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, October 5, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1045/jpeg/09t.jpg) Lost Pines hiking trail in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, April 21, 2012
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