![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2425/jpeg/16t.jpg) Bubbly frothy white foam caused by slime flux (bacterial wetwood disease) at the base of an oak after a rain in City Cemetery. Bryan, Texas, January 3, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2889/jpeg/24t.jpg) Wart disease (false rust) caused by fungus Synchytrium geranii (Chytrids) on crane s bill (Geranium carolinianum) near the creek in Bee Creek Park. College Station, Texas, March 23, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2889/jpeg/27t.jpg) Close-up of wart disease (false rust) caused by fungus Synchytrium geranii (Chytrids) on crane s bill (Geranium carolinianum) taken from Bee Creek Park. College Station, Texas, March 23, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2889/jpeg/26t.jpg) Plant of crane s bill (Geranium carolinianum) with wart disease (false rust) caused by fungus Synchytrium geranii (Chytrids) taken from Bee Creek Park. College Station, Texas, March 23, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2889/jpeg/30t.jpg) Leaves of crane s bill (Geranium carolinianum) with red galls caused by wart disease (false rust) by fungus Synchytrium geranii (Chytrids) taken from Bee Creek Park. College Station, Texas, March 23, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2889/jpeg/29t.jpg) Malformed basal leaves of crane s bill (Geranium carolinianum) with wart disease (false rust) caused by fungus Synchytrium geranii (Chytrids) taken from Bee Creek Park. College Station, Texas, March 23, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2906/jpeg/03t.jpg) Blob of foam (masses of frothy bubbles) produced by spittlebugs on grass in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, April 12, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2656/jpeg/02t.jpg) Downy mildew disease caused by fungus Peronospora viciae on vetch (Vicia) in Bee Creek Park. College Station, Texas, March 4, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3122/jpeg/06t.jpg) Wart disease (false rust) caused by fungus Synchytrium geranii (Chytrids) on crane s bill (Geranium carolinianum) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, March 30, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2893/jpeg/09t.jpg) Wart disease caused by fungus Synchytrium geranii (Chytrids) on leaves of crane s bill (Geranium carolinianum) in David E. Schob Nature Preserve at 906 Ashburn Street. College Station, Texas, March 27, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2893/jpeg/07t.jpg) Wart disease (false rust) caused by fungus Synchytrium geranii (Chytrids) on crane s bill (Geranium carolinianum) in David E. Schob Nature Preserve at 906 Ashburn Street. College Station, Texas, March 27, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/632/jpeg/26t.jpg) Blob of foam (masses of frothy bubbles) produced by spittlebugs on grass in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, April 18, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3506/jpeg/01t.jpg) Foam (masses of frothy bubbles) produced by spittlebugs on grass in David E. Schob Nature Preserve at 906 Ashburn Street. College Station, Texas, April 1, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3355/jpeg/10t.jpg) Wart disease (false rust) caused by fungus Synchytrium geranii (Chytrids) on crane s bill (Geranium carolinianum) on a trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, March 5, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2889/jpeg/28t.jpg) Gall on roots of crane s bill (Geranium carolinianum) caused by fungus Synchytrium geranii (Chytrids) taken from Bee Creek Park. College Station, Texas, March 23, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2987/jpeg/04t.jpg) Curved white tubes of slime mold Stemonitis fusca(?) on a fallen oak in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, July 20, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3527/jpeg/06t.jpg) Spores of white resupinate polypore mushroom Frothy porecrust (Oxyporus latemarginatus)(?) from a standing dry tree, collected a day before in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 5, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2891/jpeg/22t.jpg) Leaf of crane s bill (Geranium carolinianum) with a wart caused by fungus Synchytrium geranii on a lawn in Hensel Park. College Station, Texas, March 25, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2880/jpeg/18t.jpg) Orange slime caused by Deer Vomit fungus (Fusicolla merismoides) on oozing sap of grapevine in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, March 14, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2880/jpeg/22t.jpg) Close-up of orange slime caused by Deer Vomit fungus (Fusicolla merismoides) on oozing sap of grapevine in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, March 14, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3025/jpeg/30t.jpg) Underside of a cicada with entomopathogenic fungus (white mold) Beauveria bassiana (Icing Sugar Fungus, White muscardine disease) on Winters Bayou Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Cleveland, Texas, September 18, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3025/jpeg/29t.jpg) Side view of a cicada with entomopathogenic fungus (white mold) Beauveria bassiana (Icing Sugar Fungus, White muscardine disease) on Winters Bayou Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Cleveland, Texas, September 18, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3025/jpeg/27t.jpg) Entomopathogenic fungus (white mold) Beauveria bassiana (Icing Sugar Fungus, White muscardine disease) on a dead cicada under large trees in muddy area on Winters Bayou Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Cleveland, Texas, September 18, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3025/jpeg/28t.jpg) Close-up of entomopathogenic fungus (white mold) Beauveria bassiana (Icing Sugar Fungus, White muscardine disease) on a dead cicada under large trees in muddy area on Winters Bayou Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Cleveland, Texas, September 18, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2896/jpeg/10t.jpg) White clover (Trifolium repens) on a lawn in Wolf Pen Creek Park. College Station, Texas, March 31, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2875/jpeg/16t.jpg) Thin white corticioid mushroom on underside of an oak log in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, March 2, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3360/jpeg/15t.jpg) Tissues of a tiny red sphere from underside of leaf of bluebonnet with white spots caused by a fungus(?), collected near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, March 8, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2875/jpeg/14t.jpg) Some thin white corticioid mushroom on rotting oak wood in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, March 2, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3005/jpeg/09t.jpg) Black blotches on leaves of persimmon (Diospyros virginiana) caused by Cercospora leaf spot fungus Pseudocercospora diospyricola in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, August 12, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2524/jpeg/16t.jpg) Dead bess beetle (Odontotaenius disjunctus) with green muscardine disease caused by mold like parasitic fungus Metarhizium anisopliae(?) collected during a mushroom walk on a property at 5369 Farm to Market Road 770 near Kountze. Texas, June 8, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2892/jpeg/07t.jpg) Powdery mint mildew caused by fungus Neoerysiphe galeopsidis on henbit leaves in TAMU Holistic Garden in Texas A and M University. College Station, Texas, March 27, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2863/jpeg/02t.jpg) White cover of frothy porecrust fungus (Oxyporus latemarginatus) on a fallen tree near Yegua Creek on Lake Somerville Trailway in area of Newman Bottom near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, February 2, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2893/jpeg/08t.jpg) Close-up of warts caused by fungus Synchytrium geranii (Chytrids) on crane s bill (Geranium carolinianum) in David E. Schob Nature Preserve at 906 Ashburn Street. College Station, Texas, March 27, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3532/jpeg/09t.jpg) White-footed slime mold (Diachea leucopodia) on twigs and grass in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 10, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2875/jpeg/15t.jpg) Close-up of thin white corticioid mushroom on rotting oak wood in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, March 2, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2876/jpeg/23t.jpg) White hyphae inside wood of a resupinate polypore fungus on an oak log in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, March 5, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2010/856/jpeg/13t.jpg) Blob of foam (masses of bubbles) produced by spittlebugs on Iron Bridge Trail in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, April 27, 2010
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3532/jpeg/10t.jpg) Close-up of white-footed slime mold (Diachea leucopodia) on twigs and grass in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 10, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3532/jpeg/14t.jpg) White-footed slime mold (Diachea leucopodia) on twigs, dry leaves and grass in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 10, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2266/jpeg/14t.jpg) Small white slime mold Physarum globuliferum at sunrise of Post Oak Trail in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 24, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3532/jpeg/12t.jpg) White-footed slime mold (Diachea leucopodia) on twigs and dry leaves in a wet place in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 10, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3532/jpeg/11t.jpg) Pattarn of white-footed slime mold (Diachea leucopodia) on twigs and dry leaves in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 10, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3532/jpeg/13t.jpg) White-footed slime mold (Diachea leucopodia) on twigs and dry leaves at morning in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 10, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2266/jpeg/06t.jpg) Small white slime mold Physarum globuliferum on mulch of Post Oak Trail in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 24, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2875/jpeg/24t.jpg) Pores of white corticioid mushroom Trechispora mollusca(?) on rotting oak wood in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, March 2, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2892/jpeg/22t.jpg) Powdery mint mildew caused by fungus Neoerysiphe galeopsidis on clasping henbit (Lamium amplexicaule) in TAMU Holistic Garden in Texas A and M University. College Station, Texas, March 27, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2266/jpeg/13t.jpg) Close up of white balls of slime mold Physarum globuliferum on mulch of Post Oak Trail in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 24, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2266/jpeg/10t.jpg) Small white balls of slime mold Physarum globuliferum on mulch of Post Oak Trail in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 24, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3532/jpeg/27t.jpg) Sporangia of white-footed slime mold (Diachea leucopodia) under a microscope (with x40 objective) collected in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 10, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2266/jpeg/09t.jpg) Small white spheres of slime mold Physarum globuliferum on mulch of Post Oak Trail in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 24, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2266/jpeg/08t.jpg) Close up of small white slime mold Physarum globuliferum on mulch of Post Oak Trail in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 24, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2266/jpeg/07t.jpg) Small white slime mold Physarum globuliferum on wood chips of Post Oak Trail in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 24, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3532/jpeg/15t.jpg) Sporangia of white-footed slime mold (Diachea leucopodia) on twigs, dry leaves and grass in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 10, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3049/jpeg/10t.jpg) Young polypore mushroom Ganoderma sessile at the base of an oak in Bee Creek Park. College Station, Texas, October 25, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3532/jpeg/28t.jpg) Spores of white-footed slime mold (Diachea leucopodia) under a microscope (with x100 objective) collected in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 10, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3532/jpeg/25t.jpg) Sporangia of white-footed slime mold (Diachea leucopodia) under a microscope at very low magnification (with x4 objective) collected in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 10, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2266/jpeg/12t.jpg) Close up of small white spheres of slime mold Physarum globuliferum on mulch of Post Oak Trail in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 24, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3532/jpeg/26t.jpg) Sporangia of white-footed slime mold (Diachea leucopodia) under a microscope at low magnification (with x10 objective) collected in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 10, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2266/jpeg/11t.jpg) Close up of small white balls of slime mold Physarum globuliferum on mulch of Post Oak Trail in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 24, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2954/jpeg/30t.jpg) Slime mold Tubifera dimorphotheca on a log in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, June 4, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2987/jpeg/23t.jpg) Polypore mushrooms Ganoderma sessile at the base of a dry tree in wet area in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, July 20, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3078/jpeg/21t.jpg) Mature spectacular rustgill mushrooms (Gymnopilus junonius) at the base of an oak in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, December 8, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3091/jpeg/06t.jpg) Dog vomit slime mold (Fuligo septica) on an oak log in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, December 27, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2890/jpeg/31t.jpg) Rosette of leaves of dwarf sundew (Drosera brevifolia) on white moss (Leucobryum albidum) near Closed Trail in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, March 24, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2890/jpeg/30t.jpg) Dwarf sundew (Drosera brevifolia) on white moss (Leucobryum albidum) near Closed Trail under juniper and oak trees in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, March 24, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3121/jpeg/18t.jpg) Conidia of powdery mint mildew caused by fungus Neoerysiphe galeopsidis under microscope, from clasping henbit (henbit deadnettle, Lamium amplexicaule) collected in Bee Creek Park. College Station, Texas, March 25, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2892/jpeg/21t.jpg) Clasping henbit (henbit deadnettle, Lamium amplexicaule) with powdery mint mildew caused by fungus Neoerysiphe galeopsidis in TAMU Holistic Garden in Texas A and M University. College Station, Texas, March 27, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3044/jpeg/07t.jpg) Ringless honey mushrooms (Desarmillaria caespitosa, former D. tabescens) at the base of a dry tree in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, October 18, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2017/2203/jpeg/16t.jpg) Frothy porecrust fungus (Oxyporus latemarginatus)(?) on a dry oak in Bee Creek Park. College Station, Texas, November 18, 2017
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2954/jpeg/32t.jpg) Side view of slime mold Tubifera dimorphotheca in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, June 4, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2969/jpeg/31t.jpg) Slime mold Arcyria cinerea on rotting wood in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, June 25, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2954/jpeg/31t.jpg) Side view of slime mold Tubifera dimorphotheca in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, June 4, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2954/jpeg/33t.jpg) Slime mold Tubifera dimorphotheca on rotting wood in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, June 4, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3091/jpeg/07t.jpg) Textue of dog vomit slime mold (Fuligo septica) on an oak log in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, December 27, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2919/jpeg/19t.jpg) Close-up of some golden slime mold on a tree stump in Wolf Pen Creek Park. College Station, Texas, April 27, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3011/jpeg/14t.jpg) Black-staining polypore mushrooms Meripilus sumstinei at the base of dry Mexican plum in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, August 21, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3044/jpeg/08t.jpg) Ringless honey mushrooms (Desarmillaria caespitosa, former D. tabescens) at the base of a hackberry tree in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, October 18, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3010/jpeg/01t.jpg) Black-staining polypore mushrooms Meripilus sumstinei at the base of dry Mexican plum in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, August 18, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2017/2203/jpeg/17t.jpg) Close up of frothy porecrust fungus (Oxyporus latemarginatus)(?) on a dry oak in Bee Creek Park. College Station, Texas, November 18, 2017
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3121/jpeg/19t.jpg) Conidia of powdery mint mildew caused by fungus Neoerysiphe galeopsidis under microscope in iodine solution, from clasping henbit (henbit deadnettle, Lamium amplexicaule) collected in Bee Creek Park. College Station, Texas, March 25, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2240/jpeg/07t.jpg) Dog vomit slime mold (Fuligo septica) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, March 26, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2969/jpeg/26t.jpg) Coral slime mold Ceratiomyxa fruticulosa on rotting oak wood in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, June 25, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2987/jpeg/02t.jpg) Young stage of slime mold Stemonitis fusca(?) on a fallen oak in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, July 20, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2969/jpeg/33t.jpg) Sporangia of slime mold Arcyria cinerea on rotting wood in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, June 25, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2919/jpeg/20t.jpg) Brown interior of some mature slime mold on a tree stump in Wolf Pen Creek Park. College Station, Texas, April 27, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2969/jpeg/32t.jpg) Close-up of slime mold Arcyria cinerea on rotting wood in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, June 25, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3091/jpeg/08t.jpg) Dog vomit slime mold (Fuligo septica) on a tree bark in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, December 27, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3091/jpeg/09t.jpg) Dog vomit slime mold (Fuligo septica) on Racoon Run Trail in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, December 27, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2919/jpeg/18t.jpg) Some golden slime mold in a mature stage on a tree stump in Wolf Pen Creek Park. College Station, Texas, April 27, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3044/jpeg/10t.jpg) Groups of ringless honey mushrooms (Desarmillaria caespitosa, former D. tabescens) at the base of a hackberry tree in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, October 18, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3526/jpeg/16t.jpg) Frothy porecrust fungus (Oxyporus latemarginatus)(?) on a wet tree branch in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 4, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3483/jpeg/18t.jpg) Mature chestnut brittlestem mushrooms (Homophron spadiceum) at the base of large living elm in Wolf Pen Creek Park. College Station, March 8, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2240/jpeg/05t.jpg) Dog vomit slime mold (Fuligo septica) on a stump in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, March 26, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2969/jpeg/27t.jpg) Coral slime mold Ceratiomyxa fruticulosa together with some fungus on rotting oak wood in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, June 25, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2987/jpeg/03t.jpg) Close-up of semitransparent tubes of slime mold Stemonitis fusca(?) on a fallen oak in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, July 20, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3010/jpeg/07t.jpg) Circular cluster of black-staining polypore mushrooms Meripilus sumstinei at the base of dry Mexican plum in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, August 18, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3011/jpeg/16t.jpg) Irregular rosette of black-staining polypore mushrooms Meripilus sumstinei at the base of dry Mexican plum in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, August 21, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3011/jpeg/15t.jpg) Upper view of black-staining polypore mushrooms Meripilus sumstinei at the base of dry Mexican plum in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, August 21, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3526/jpeg/17t.jpg) Close-up of frothy porecrust fungus (Oxyporus latemarginatus)(?) on a wet tree branch in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 4, 2024
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