![](../../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/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/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/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/30t.jpg) Stalked puffball mushrooms Tulostoma fimbriatum(?) on black background taken from Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, February 28, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3331/jpeg/25t.jpg) Spores (in KOH) of stalked puffball mushrooms Tulostoma fimbriatum(?) from sandy soil (spore light brown) collected in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, January 21, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3331/jpeg/24t.jpg) Spores (in lugol) of stalked puffball mushrooms Tulostoma fimbriatum(?) from sandy soil (spore light brown) collected in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, January 21, 2023
![](../../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/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/2023/3385/jpeg/25t.jpg) Spores of a dry winter stalkball mushroom (Tulostoma fimbriatum) collected in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, April 15, 2023
![](../../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/2021/2852/jpeg/03t.jpg) Stalked puffball mushrooms Tulostoma rufum on sandy soil near a road through red cedar forest at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 18, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2874/jpeg/25t.jpg) Peat mold fungus (Chromelosporium fulvum)(?) on a sandy trail in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, February 28, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2852/jpeg/02t.jpg) Stalked puffball mushrooms Tulostoma rufum 0.2 m from a sandy road, mostly on sand, under Yaupon, in red cedar forest at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 18, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3042/jpeg/02t.jpg) Peeling puffball mushrooms (Lycoperdon marginatum) in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, October 17, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3043/jpeg/15t.jpg) Some small bright brown mushrooms on sandy soil in burned area in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, October 17, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3043/jpeg/18t.jpg) Flowers of heartleaf sandmat spurge Euphorbia cordifolia on a sandy trail in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, October 17, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3043/jpeg/16t.jpg) Underside of some small bright brown mushrooms on sandy soil in burned area in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, October 17, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3089/jpeg/15t.jpg) Cup mushrooms Peziza ammophila in a roadside depression on sandy soil completely burned 1.5 years ago and now covered by dry plants in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, December 25, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3089/jpeg/16t.jpg) Side view of Ascomycete mushrooms Peziza ammophila in a roadside depression on sandy soil in area of a past fire in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, December 25, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3043/jpeg/14t.jpg) Tiger s Eye mushrooms Coltricia focicola (C. perennis group) on sandy soil with burned pine bark in a sparse forest in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, October 17, 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/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/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/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/2021/2874/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/2021/2852/jpeg/05t.jpg) Side view of stalked puffball mushrooms Tulostoma rufum at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 18, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2852/jpeg/04t.jpg) Stalked puffball mushrooms Tulostoma rufum on black background at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 18, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2603/jpeg/01t.jpg) Puffball mushrooms Lycoperdon marginatum in a burnt forest in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, November 28, 2019
![](../../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/2021/2874/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/2020/2651/jpeg/10t.jpg) Orange fire fungus Anthracobia melaloma on sandy soil of burnt site in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, February 23, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2651/jpeg/07t.jpg) Orangish cups of fire fungus Anthracobia melaloma on sandy soil with charcoal in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, February 23, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2651/jpeg/08t.jpg) Close-up of fire fungus Anthracobia melaloma on sandy soil of burnt site in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, February 23, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3089/jpeg/17t.jpg) Cross section of brown cup fungus Peziza ammophila in a roadside depression on sandy soil in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, December 25, 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/2020/2651/jpeg/06t.jpg) Orangish cups of fire fungus Anthracobia melaloma on sandy soil of burnt site in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, February 23, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2381/jpeg/07t.jpg) Small Deconica mushrooms on a side of sandy road in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, October 14, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1129/jpeg/05t.jpg) Sandy spot on Roosevelt s Cutoff Trail in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, January 5, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/994/jpeg/21t.jpg) Sandy creek near Scenic Overlook Trail in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, December 25, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2604/jpeg/18t.jpg) Burrow of harvester ants on a sandy trail in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, November 28, 2019
![](../../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/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/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/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/2020/2650/jpeg/14t.jpg) Orange cups of fire fungus Anthracobia melaloma on sandy soil after a recent prescribed burn in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, February 23, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2604/jpeg/20t.jpg) Harvester ants with plant seeds on a sandy trail in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, November 28, 2019
![](../../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/2019/2604/jpeg/19t.jpg) Harvester ants carrying plant seeds on a sandy trail in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, November 28, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2874/jpeg/11t.jpg) 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/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/2021/3089/jpeg/06t.jpg) Ascomycete fungus Lamprospora carbonicola(?) on purely sandy soil covered by green moss, in open area burned 1.5 years ago, in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, December 25, 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/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/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/2021/3089/jpeg/07t.jpg) Close-up of Ascomycete fungus Lamprospora carbonicola(?) on purely sandy soil covered by green moss, in open area burned 1.5 years ago, in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, December 25, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3089/jpeg/08t.jpg) Orange Ascomycete fungus Lamprospora carbonicola(?) on purely sandy soil covered by green moss, in open area burned 1.5 years ago, in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, December 25, 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/2020/2672/jpeg/24t.jpg) Peeling puffball mushroom (Lycoperdon marginatum) in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, March 24, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2603/jpeg/02t.jpg) Close up of a puffball mushroom Lycoperdon marginatum in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, November 28, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2672/jpeg/23t.jpg) Young peeling puffball mushroom (Lycoperdon marginatum) in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, March 24, 2020
![](../../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/2018/2416/jpeg/09t.jpg) Sandy creek in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, December 21, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2324/jpeg/14t.jpg) Sandy area in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, July 28, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1054/jpeg/06t.jpg) Sandy creek in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, May 12, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2466/jpeg/37t.jpg) Raspberry slime mold (Tubifera ferruginosa) found on sandy ground in a burned forest on Lost Pines Trail in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, March 14, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/994/jpeg/01t.jpg) Brown sandy soil in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, December 25, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1129/jpeg/14t.jpg) A sandy creek near Harmon Road in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, January 5, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2466/jpeg/38t.jpg) Dissected raspberry slime mold (Tubifera ferruginosa) found on sandy ground in a burned forest on Lost Pines Trail in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, March 14, 2019
![](../../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/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/08t.jpg) Various orange 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/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/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/04t.jpg) Rosette lichen (Physcia) 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/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/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/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/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/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/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/2018/2236/jpeg/37t.jpg) Blue flowers of smallflower milkvetch (turkeypeas, Astragalus nuttallianus) on a sandy road in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, March 17, 2018
![](../../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/2021/2873/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/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/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/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/2021/2919/jpeg/03t.jpg) Bolbitius mushrooms in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, April 25, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2651/jpeg/01t.jpg) Brittlestem (Psathyrella) mushrooms in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, February 23, 2020
![](../../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/2020/2650/jpeg/15t.jpg) Brittlestem mushrooms Psathyrella pennata in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, February 23, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2651/jpeg/02t.jpg) Underside of brittlestem (Psathyrella) mushrooms in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, February 23, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2919/jpeg/11t.jpg) Burned trail marker in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, April 25, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3042/jpeg/21t.jpg) Tinder mushrooms Gloeophyllum striatum on oak wood in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, October 17, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3042/jpeg/22t.jpg) Caps of mushrooms Gloeophyllum striatum on oak wood in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, October 17, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3042/jpeg/19t.jpg) Small Agrocybe mushrooms in a sparse forest in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, October 17, 2021
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