![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2883/jpeg/17t.jpg) Bend of Colorado River from Bluff Trail Loop in McKinney Roughs Nature Park near Austin. Texas, March 17, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2883/jpeg/19t.jpg) Steep descent to Colorado River from Bluff Trail Loop in McKinney Roughs Nature Park near Austin. Texas, March 17, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2883/jpeg/24t.jpg) Leaf of poison ivy in McKinney Roughs Nature Park near Austin. Texas, March 17, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2884/jpeg/03t.jpg) Young leaves of oak in McKinney Roughs Nature Park near Austin. Texas, March 17, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2883/jpeg/26t.jpg) Tender leaves of Virginia creeper in McKinney Roughs Nature Park near Austin. Texas, March 17, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2883/jpeg/25t.jpg) Young leaves of Virginia creeper in McKinney Roughs Nature Park near Austin. Texas, March 17, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2883/jpeg/16t.jpg) Violet spiderwort (Tradescantia gigantea(?)) flowers in McKinney Roughs Nature Park near Austin. Texas, March 17, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2883/jpeg/20t.jpg) Gold dust lichen (Chrysothrix xanthina) in McKinney Roughs Nature Park near Austin. Texas, March 17, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2884/jpeg/01t.jpg) Violet flowers of spiderwort (Tradescantia gigantea(?)) in McKinney Roughs Nature Park near Austin. Texas, March 17, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2883/jpeg/23t.jpg) Fringed puccoon (Narrowleaf gromwell, Lithospermum incisum) in McKinney Roughs Nature Park near Austin. Texas, March 17, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2883/jpeg/15t.jpg) Pore lichen (Pertusaria) on bark of a juniper branch in McKinney Roughs Nature Park near Austin. Texas, March 17, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2884/jpeg/14t.jpg) Medallion lichen Dirinaria confusa on a juniper tree in McKinney Roughs Nature Park near Austin. Texas, March 17, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2883/jpeg/13t.jpg) Close-up of pore lichen (Pertusaria) on a juniper branch in McKinney Roughs Nature Park near Austin. Texas, March 17, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2883/jpeg/14t.jpg) Pore lichen (Pertusaria) with apothecia on a juniper branch in McKinney Roughs Nature Park near Austin. Texas, March 17, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2884/jpeg/02t.jpg) Copper-colored young leaves of Virginia creeper in McKinney Roughs Nature Park near Austin. Texas, March 17, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2884/jpeg/06t.jpg) White fringe lichen (Heterodermia albicans) on a tree (may be juniper) in McKinney Roughs Nature Park near Austin. Texas, March 17, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2884/jpeg/15t.jpg) Medallion lichen Dirinaria confusa with black apothecia on a juniper tree in McKinney Roughs Nature Park near Austin. Texas, March 17, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2883/jpeg/21t.jpg) Medallion lichen Dirinaria confusa with black apothecia on juniper bark in McKinney Roughs Nature Park near Austin. Texas, March 17, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2884/jpeg/09t.jpg) Whitening pattern of a fungus Robergea albicedrae on bark of Ashe juniper in McKinney Roughs Nature Park near Austin. Texas, March 17, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2883/jpeg/11t.jpg) Corticioid mushroom Dendrothele nivosa on bark of Eastern red cedar (Juniper) in McKinney Roughs Nature Park near Austin. Texas, March 17, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2883/jpeg/08t.jpg) Dwarf rosette lichen Physcia neogaea on a dry pad of prickly pear cactus (Opuntia) in McKinney Roughs Nature Park near Austin. Texas, March 17, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2883/jpeg/22t.jpg) Close-up of medallion lichen Dirinaria confusa with black apothecia on juniper bark in McKinney Roughs Nature Park near Austin. Texas, March 17, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2883/jpeg/09t.jpg) Dwarf rosette lichen Physcia neogaea on a dry pad of prickly pear cactus in prairie in McKinney Roughs Nature Park near Austin. Texas, March 17, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2883/jpeg/12t.jpg) Close-up of corticioid fungus Dendrothele nivosa on bark of Eastern red cedar (Juniper) in McKinney Roughs Nature Park near Austin. Texas, March 17, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2884/jpeg/13t.jpg) Typical whitening pattern on bark of Ashe juniper with a fungus Robergea albicedrae in McKinney Roughs Nature Park near Austin. Texas, March 17, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2884/jpeg/07t.jpg) White juniper fungus (Robergea albicedrae) on bark of Juniperus ashei tree in McKinney Roughs Nature Park near Austin. Texas, March 17, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2884/jpeg/10t.jpg) White juniper fungus (Robergea albicedrae) on bark of a young Juniperus ashei tree in McKinney Roughs Nature Park near Austin. Texas, March 17, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2883/jpeg/10t.jpg) Slender orange-bush lichen (Teloschistes exilis) together with Parmotrema and Physcia on an old pad of prickly pear cactus in McKinney Roughs Nature Park near Austin. Texas, March 17, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2884/jpeg/08t.jpg) White juniper fungus (Robergea albicedrae) around of a broken branch spot on Juniperus ashei tree in McKinney Roughs Nature Park near Austin. Texas, March 17, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2884/jpeg/19t.jpg) Salted rock-shield lichen (Xanthoparmelia mexicana) or may be other Xanthoparmelia growing on an exposed flint stone in McKinney Roughs Nature Park near Austin. Texas, March 17, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2884/jpeg/11t.jpg) White juniper fungus (Robergea albicedrae) small gray nodules where spores are produced on bark of a young Juniperus ashei tree in McKinney Roughs Nature Park near Austin. Texas, March 17, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2884/jpeg/12t.jpg) Close-up of white juniper fungus (Robergea albicedrae) small gray nodules where spores are produced on bark of a young Juniperus ashei tree in McKinney Roughs Nature Park near Austin. Texas, March 17, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2884/jpeg/18t.jpg) Details of salted rock-shield lichen (Xanthoparmelia mexicana) or may be other Xanthoparmelia on an exposed flint stone in open area in a forest in McKinney Roughs Nature Park near Austin. Texas, March 17, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2884/jpeg/16t.jpg) Salted rock-shield lichen (Xanthoparmelia mexicana) or may be other Xanthoparmelia on an exposed flint stone in open area near pine and oak forest in McKinney Roughs Nature Park near Austin. Texas, March 17, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2884/jpeg/17t.jpg) Texture of salted rock-shield lichen (Xanthoparmelia mexicana) or may be other Xanthoparmelia on an exposed flint stone in open area in a forest in McKinney Roughs Nature Park near Austin. Texas, March 17, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2884/jpeg/20t.jpg) Close-up of salted rock-shield lichen (Xanthoparmelia mexicana) or may be other Xanthoparmelia on an exposed flint stone in open area in a forest in McKinney Roughs Nature Park near Austin. Texas, March 17, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2884/jpeg/05t.jpg) Close-up of stickpins lichen Mycocalicium subtile or may be other Mycocaliciaceae (Mycocalicium, Chaenothecopsis) on a trunk of a juniper tree (Eastern red cedar) on spot where its branch was cut in McKinney Roughs Nature Park near Austin. Texas, March 17, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2884/jpeg/21t.jpg) Salted rock-shield lichen (Xanthoparmelia mexicana) or may be other Xanthoparmelia on an exposed flint stone on rocky soil in sunny area near a forest in McKinney Roughs Nature Park near Austin. Texas, March 17, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2884/jpeg/04t.jpg) Stickpins lichen Mycocalicium subtile or may be other Mycocaliciaceae (Mycocalicium, Chaenothecopsis) on a trunk of a juniper tree (Eastern red cedar) where its branch was cut, around 1.5 meters above ground, in McKinney Roughs Nature Park near Austin. Texas, March 17, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3075/jpeg/22t.jpg) Upper view of devil s cigar fungus (Chorioactis geaster) on Copperfield Nature Trail. Austin, Texas, December 4, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3075/jpeg/08t.jpg) Side view of devil s cigar fungus (Chorioactis geaster) on Copperfield Nature Trail. Austin, Texas, December 4, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/717/jpeg/17t.jpg) Blooming cherry like tree in McKinney Falls State Park. Austin, Texas, March 7, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3075/jpeg/23t.jpg) Side view of devil s cigar fungus (Chorioactis geaster) near a cedar elm stump on Copperfield Nature Trail. Austin, Texas, December 4, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3075/jpeg/17t.jpg) Side view of half-opened devil s cigar fungus (Chorioactis geaster) on Copperfield Nature Trail. Austin, Texas, December 4, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/681/jpeg/12t.jpg) Christmas cholla cactus (Tasajillo, Opuntia leptocaulis) on Homestead Trail in McKinney Falls State Park. Austin, Texas, October 26, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/747/jpeg/10t.jpg) Buffalo bur (Solanum rostratum) in McKinney Falls State Park near Austin. Texas, May 10, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/681/jpeg/10t.jpg) Palafoxia callosa near Onion Creek in McKinney Falls State Park. Austin, Texas, October 26, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/681/jpeg/13t.jpg) Mustard flowers in grist mill in McKinney Falls State Park. Austin, Texas, October 26, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/747/jpeg/07t.jpg) Water speedwell (Veronica anagalis-aquatica) in McKinney Falls State Park near Austin. Texas, May 10, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/747/jpeg/06t.jpg) Blue curls (Fiddleneck, Phacelia congesta) in McKinney Falls State Park near Austin. Texas, May 10, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/747/jpeg/08t.jpg) Flowers of Blue curls (Fiddleneck, Phacelia congesta) in McKinney Falls State Park near Austin. Texas, May 10, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/747/jpeg/04t.jpg) Mature seed head of curly dock (Rumex) in McKinney Falls State Park near Austin. Texas, May 10, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/747/jpeg/05t.jpg) Green false nightshade (Chamaesaracha coronopus) near a parking lot in McKinney Falls State Park near Austin. Texas, May 10, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3075/jpeg/14t.jpg) Fairy inkcap mushrooms (Coprinellus disseminatus) on Copperfield Nature Trail. Austin, Texas, December 4, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/681/jpeg/14t.jpg) "Porcupine egg" of cocklebur (Xanthium strumarium) near Onion Creek in McKinney Falls State Park. Austin, Texas, October 26, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/747/jpeg/09t.jpg) Rice stink bug nymph (Oebalus pugnax) on bluestem grass in McKinney Falls State Park near Austin. Texas, May 10, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3075/jpeg/20t.jpg) Egg stage of devil s cigar fungus (Chorioactis geaster) on Copperfield Nature Trail. Austin, Texas, December 4, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3075/jpeg/05t.jpg) Close-up of cramp balls fungus (Daldinia concentrica) on Copperfield Nature Trail. Austin, Texas, December 4, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3075/jpeg/12t.jpg) Close-up of devil s cigar fungus (Chorioactis geaster) on Copperfield Nature Trail. Austin, Texas, December 4, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3075/jpeg/21t.jpg) Opening egg of devil s cigar fungus (Chorioactis geaster) on Copperfield Nature Trail. Austin, Texas, December 4, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3075/jpeg/29t.jpg) Old cedar elm stump with devil s cigar fungus (Chorioactis geaster) on Copperfield Nature Trail. Austin, Texas, December 4, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3075/jpeg/06t.jpg) Devil s cigar fungus (Chorioactis geaster) on rotting wood on Copperfield Nature Trail. Austin, Texas, December 4, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3075/jpeg/02t.jpg) Cramp balls fungus (Daldinia concentrica) on a log of a hardwood tree on Copperfield Nature Trail. Austin, Texas, December 4, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3075/jpeg/07t.jpg) Devil s cigar fungus (Chorioactis geaster) near a cedar elm stump on Copperfield Nature Trail. Austin, Texas, December 4, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3075/jpeg/03t.jpg) Black bodies of cramp balls fungus (Daldinia concentrica) on Copperfield Nature Trail. Austin, Texas, December 4, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3075/jpeg/16t.jpg) Half-opened devil s cigar fungus (Chorioactis geaster) on Copperfield Nature Trail. Austin, Texas, December 4, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3075/jpeg/19t.jpg) Young stage of devil s cigar fungus (Chorioactis geaster) on Copperfield Nature Trail. Austin, Texas, December 4, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3075/jpeg/10t.jpg) Opened body of devil s cigar fungus (Chorioactis geaster) on Copperfield Nature Trail. Austin, Texas, December 4, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3075/jpeg/04t.jpg) Broken bodies of cramp balls fungus (Daldinia concentrica) on Copperfield Nature Trail. Austin, Texas, December 4, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3075/jpeg/30t.jpg) Devil s cigar fungus (Chorioactis geaster) emitting spores on Copperfield Nature Trail. Austin, Texas, December 4, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/681/jpeg/11t.jpg) Tetrameric flower of water-primrose willowherb (Ludwigia) near Onion Creek in McKinney Falls State Park. Austin, Texas, October 26, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/681/jpeg/08t.jpg) Onion Creek near Lower McKinney Falls. Austin, Texas, October 26, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3075/jpeg/01t.jpg) Malformed devil s cigar fungus (Chorioactis geaster) on a cedar elm stump on Copperfield Nature Trail. Austin, Texas, December 4, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3075/jpeg/39t.jpg) Silver-white and black texture of fungi on rotting cedar elm wood on Copperfield Nature Trail. Austin, Texas, December 4, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3075/jpeg/38t.jpg) Close-up of velvety brown egg of devil s cigar fungus (Chorioactis geaster) on Copperfield Nature Trail. Austin, Texas, December 4, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/681/jpeg/09t.jpg) Creek and a cypress in McKinney Falls State Park, near Upper falls. Austin, Texas, October 26, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3075/jpeg/27t.jpg) Splitting body of devil s cigar fungus (Chorioactis geaster) near a cedar elm stump on Copperfield Nature Trail. Austin, Texas, December 4, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3075/jpeg/26t.jpg) Closed body of devil s cigar fungus (Chorioactis geaster) near a cedar elm stump on Copperfield Nature Trail. Austin, Texas, December 4, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3075/jpeg/25t.jpg) Recently opened devil s cigar fungus (Chorioactis geaster) near a cedar elm stump on Copperfield Nature Trail. Austin, Texas, December 4, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3075/jpeg/37t.jpg) Brown egg of devil s cigar fungus (Chorioactis geaster) in litter near a cedar elm stump on Copperfield Nature Trail. Austin, Texas, December 4, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3075/jpeg/24t.jpg) Opening stage of devil s cigar fungus (Chorioactis geaster) near a cedar elm stump on Copperfield Nature Trail. Austin, Texas, December 4, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3075/jpeg/15t.jpg) Taking pictures of devil s cigar fungus (Chorioactis geaster) around a cedar elm stump on Copperfield Nature Trail. Austin, Texas, December 4, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3075/jpeg/36t.jpg) Velvety brown egg of devil s cigar fungus (Chorioactis geaster) near a cedar elm stump on Copperfield Nature Trail. Austin, Texas, December 4, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3075/jpeg/33t.jpg) Leathery rays of devil s cigar fungus (Chorioactis geaster) near a cedar elm stump on Copperfield Nature Trail. Austin, Texas, December 4, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3075/jpeg/34t.jpg) Submerged brown egg of devil s cigar fungus (Chorioactis geaster) near a cedar elm stump on Copperfield Nature Trail. Austin, Texas, December 4, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3075/jpeg/13t.jpg) Central Texas Mycological Society on Copperfield Nature Trail. Austin, Texas, December 4, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3075/jpeg/11t.jpg) Central Texas Mycological Society at a trailhead of Copperfield Nature Trail. Austin, Texas, December 4, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3075/jpeg/32t.jpg) Mature and young bodies of devil s cigar fungus (Chorioactis geaster) near a cedar elm stump on Copperfield Nature Trail. Austin, Texas, December 4, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3075/jpeg/31t.jpg) Wide opened body of devil s cigar fungus (Chorioactis geaster) near a cedar elm stump on Copperfield Nature Trail. Austin, Texas, December 4, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3075/jpeg/35t.jpg) Partially split and malformed egg of devil s cigar fungus (Chorioactis geaster) near a cedar elm stump on Copperfield Nature Trail. Austin, Texas, December 4, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3075/jpeg/18t.jpg) Some white mold growing on mature bodies of devil s cigar fungus (Chorioactis geaster)(?) on Copperfield Nature Trail. Austin, Texas, December 4, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/681/jpeg/19t.jpg) Indian mallow (Abutilon fruticosa) near a parking of Upper falls in McKinney Falls State Park. Austin, Texas, October 26, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3075/jpeg/28t.jpg) Star-like arrangement of leathery rays of devil s cigar fungus (Chorioactis geaster) near a cedar elm stump on Copperfield Nature Trail. Austin, Texas, December 4, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/681/jpeg/15t.jpg) Small green flowers of pigeon-berry (Rivina humilis, rouge-plant) in a forest near Onion Creek in McKinney Falls State Park. Austin, Texas, October 26, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/681/jpeg/16t.jpg) Small red berries of pigeon-berry (Rivina humilis, rouge-plant, baby peppers) in a forest near Onion Creek in McKinney Falls State Park. Austin, Texas, October 26, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3075/jpeg/09t.jpg) Cedar elm stump with devil s cigar fungus (Texas Star, Chorioactis geaster) on Copperfield Nature Trail. Austin, Texas, December 4, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/681/jpeg/18t.jpg) Texas aster with variegated fritillary(?) butterfly near a pond of Upper falls in McKinney Falls State Park. Austin, Texas, October 26, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/681/jpeg/17t.jpg) Dwarf yellow butterfly (Dainty Sulphur, Nathalis iole) on Texas aster near a pond of Upper falls in McKinney Falls State Park. Austin, Texas, October 26, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/681/jpeg/20t.jpg) Texas aster (Aster texanus) near a pond of Upper falls in McKinney Falls State Park. Austin, Texas, October 26, 2008
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