 Young tender leaves of sweetgum in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, March 20, 2021
 Young tender leaves of air potato (Dioscorea bulbifera) in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, March 20, 2021
 Young leaves of arrowwood viburnum (Viburnum dentatum) in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, March 20, 2021
 Young leaves of netted chainfern (Woodwardia areolata) in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, March 10, 2019
 Back lit leaves of sweetgum in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, March 20, 2021
 Back lit fern leaves in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, March 20, 2021
 Veined young leaves of American beech (Fagus grandifolia) with male flower buds knocked by wind in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, March 7, 2020
 Gall caused by the fungus Exobasidium symploci-japonicae on a young shoot of sweetleaf in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, March 20, 2021
 Leaves of jack-in-the-pulpit (Indian-turnip, Arisaema triphyllum) in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, March 20, 2021
 Back lit leaves of jack-in-the-pulpit (Indian-turnip, Arisaema triphyllum) in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, March 20, 2021
 Slice of young bearded tooth mushroom (Hericium erinaceus) in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, November 21, 2021
 Young leaf of netted chainfern (Woodwardia areolata) on floodplain in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, March 7, 2020
 Mushrooms Hymenochaete iodina on roots of inclined tree with oval leaves in wet area in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest near Shepherd. Texas, October 3, 2021
 Caps of mushrooms Hymenochaete iodina on roots of inclined tree with oval leaves in wet area in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest near Shepherd. Texas, October 3, 2021
 Young stage of bearded tooth mushroom (Hericium erinaceus) on a fallen beech in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, November 21, 2021
 Close-up of cross section of young bearded tooth mushroom (Hericium erinaceus) in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, November 21, 2021
 Brown Matsutake mushrooms (Tricholoma caligatum) in dry leaves in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, November 21, 2021
 Leaves of crippled crane-fly orchid (Tipularia discolor) in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, January 16, 2021
 Leaves of crane-fly orchid (Tipularia discolor) in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, March 10, 2019
 Leaves of netted chainfern (Woodwardia areolata) in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, March 10, 2019
 Emerging plant of netted chainfern (Woodwardia areolata) in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, March 10, 2019
 Cross section of young bearded tooth mushroom (Hericium erinaceus) on a fallen beech in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, November 21, 2021
 Mushrooms Gamundia striatula on a trail covered by needles and oak leaves in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest near Shepherd. Texas, December 21, 2021
 Leaves and seeds of crane-fly orchid (Tipularia discolor) in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, March 10, 2019
 Fern fiddleheads in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, March 20, 2021
 Linden like tree in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, March 20, 2021
 Underside of mushrooms Gamundia striatula on a trail covered by needles and oak leaves in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest near Shepherd. Texas, December 21, 2021
 Irregular earth tongue mushroom (Neolecta irregularis)(?) growing from something like a plant seed in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, July 10, 2021
 Fresh leaves of Henry s Spiderlily (Hymenocallis occidentalis var. eulae) in a pine forest in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, March 7, 2020
 Young stage of bearded tooth mushroom (Hericium erinaceus) with water drops (guttation) on a fallen beech in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, November 21, 2021
 Side view of mushrooms Gamundia striatula on a trail covered by needles and oak leaves in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest near Shepherd. Texas, December 21, 2021
 Fresh shoot of blueberry in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, March 20, 2021
 Brown Matsutake mushrooms (Tricholoma caligatum) between the trail and the creek, half-covered by dry leaves in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, November 21, 2021
 Brown Matsutake mushrooms (Tricholoma caligatum) on a tall terrace over the creek, almost covered by dry leaves in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, November 21, 2021
 Jack-in-the-pulpit (Indian-turnip, Arisaema triphyllum) in wet area near the creek in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, March 20, 2021
 Blooming plant of slender trillium (Trillium gracile) in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, March 10, 2019
 Light grey-brown Tricholoma mushroom on a tall dry terrace over the creek, under oaks and beech, under dry leaves in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest near Shepherd. Texas, December 21, 2021
 Spring cress (Cardamine bulbosa) in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, March 20, 2021
 Close-up of lichen Cryptothecia striata in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, March 20, 2021
 Lichen Cryptothecia striata on a tree in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, March 20, 2021
 Netted chainfern (Woodwardia areolata) in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, March 20, 2021
 Seedling of air potato (Dioscorea bulbifera) in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, March 20, 2021
 Sphagnum moss under oaks on floodplain in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, March 20, 2021
 Tiny liverworts at the base of a tree in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, March 20, 2021
 Bog white violet (Viola lanceolata) in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, March 20, 2021
 Leaves of slender trillium (Trillium gracile) in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, March 7, 2020
 Leaves of slender trillium (Trillium gracile) in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, March 10, 2019
 Irregular earth tongue mushroom (Neolecta irregularis)(?) under a magnolia in a wet place, growing from something like a plant seed in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, July 10, 2021
 Fiddlehead of royal fern (Osmunda regalis)(?) in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, March 20, 2021
 Leaf of netted chainfern (Woodwardia areolata) in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, March 20, 2021
 Close-up of peat moss Sphagnum lescurii(?) in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, March 20, 2021
 Peat moss Sphagnum lescurii(?) on floodplain in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, March 20, 2021
 Squamules of Cladonia lichen at the base of a tree in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, March 20, 2021
 Young milkcap (Lactarius) mushrooms in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, May 30, 2020
 Common lady-fern (Athyrium filix-femina)(?) in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, March 20, 2021
 Crust fungus Kretzschmaria deusta with water droplets in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, March 20, 2021
 Texture of peat moss Sphagnum lescurii(?) on floodplain in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, March 20, 2021
 Dissected young milkcap (Lactarius) mushrooms in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, May 30, 2020
 Root rot fungus (polypore mushroom) Heterobasidion annosum(?) on a pine log in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, March 20, 2021
 Close-up of a gall caused by the fungus Exobasidium symploci-japonicae in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, March 20, 2021
 Flowers of spring cress (bulbous bittercress, Cardamine bulbosa) in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, March 20, 2021
 Blooming jack-in-the-pulpit (Indian-turnip, Arisaema triphyllum) in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, March 20, 2021
 Flower of jack-in-the-pulpit (Indian-turnip, Arisaema triphyllum) in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, March 20, 2021
 Blooming spring cress (bulbous bittercress, Cardamine bulbosa) in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, March 20, 2021
 Crust fungus Kretzschmaria deusta at the base of a large beech near the creek in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, March 20, 2021
 Young eastern American blusher mushroom (Amanita amerirubescens) in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, May 30, 2020
 Galls caused by the fungus Exobasidium symploci-japonicae on sweetleaf (Symplocos tinctoria) in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, March 20, 2021
 Dissected young eastern American blusher mushroom (Amanita amerirubescens) in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, May 30, 2020
 Flower buds of arrowwood viburnum (Viburnum dentatum) in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, March 20, 2021
 Young bear Lentinus mushrooms (Lentinellus ursinus) on a fallen tree limb in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, May 30, 2020
 Young Amanita stirps Sororcula mushroom (button stage) on a trail in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, October 28, 2018
 Leaves of parsley hawthorn (Crataegus marshallii) in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, April 20, 2019
 Giant white cheese polypore (greasy bracket) mushroom (Aurantiporus fissilis, Pappia fissilis) on an oak with small leaves, living, around 1 m thick, 1.5 m over the ground in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest near Shepherd. Texas, October 3, 2021
 Orange mushrooms Mitrula lunulatospora on wet leaves near the creek in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, April 20, 2019
 Liverwort Leucolejeunea conchifolia(?) with tiny leaves on a tree in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, January 5, 2019
 Mushroom Agaricus vinosobrunneofumidus under leaves of Hymenocallis occidentalis in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, April 25, 2020
 Magnolia cone mushrooms (Strobilurus conigenoides) among leaves in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, October 20, 2019
 Red brittlegill (Russula) mushrooms in a swampy area in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, January 16, 2021
 Young growth of elastic polypore mushroom (Wrightoporia avellanea) on underside of a thick pine log in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, April 30, 2023
 Mushrooms Marasmius fulvoferrugineus in area of the creek in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest near Shepherd. Texas, October 3, 2021
 Root rot fungus Heterobasidion annosum on leaves attached to a pine log in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, January 19, 2020
 Azalea gall fungus Exobasidium vaccinii on leaves of rhododendron in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, June 26, 2019
 Side view of mushrooms Marasmius fulvoferrugineus in area of the creek in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest near Shepherd. Texas, October 3, 2021
 Ascomycete mushrooms Phaeohelotium epiphyllum (Hymenoscyphus epiphyllus) on wet rotting leaves near a creek in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, April 20, 2019
 Gymnopus subnudus (Collybia subnuda) mushrooms among pine needles and dry oak leaves in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, June 26, 2019
 Root rot fungus Heterobasidion annosum enveloping leaves and needles on a pine log in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, January 19, 2020
 Ascomycete mushrooms Phaeohelotium epiphyllum (Hymenoscyphus epiphyllus) on wet rotting leaves in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, April 20, 2019
 Roundfruit hedgehyssop (Gratiola virginiana) in a wet area near the creek in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, March 10, 2019
 Young giant Panus mushrooms (Lentinus levis, Pleurotus levis) or may be P. dryinus in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, November 23, 2018
 Milkcap (Lactarius) mushrooms in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, July 10, 2021
 Red brittlegill (Russula) mushrooms on moss at the base of a pine in a swampy area in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, January 16, 2021
 Cap of Nolanea mushroom in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, March 10, 2019
 Lyell s Ribbonwort (veilwort, Pallavicinia lyellii) in a wet area near the creek in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, March 7, 2020
 White apothecia of ascomycete mushrooms Phaeohelotium epiphyllum (Hymenoscyphus epiphyllus) on wet leaves in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, April 20, 2019
 Mushrooms Ripartitella brasiliensis on a rotting log in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, July 10, 2021
 Gills of a mushroom Marasmius fulvoferrugineus in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, July 10, 2021
 Orange cap of a mushroom Marasmius fulvoferrugineus in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, July 10, 2021
 Polypore mushrooms Trametopsis cervina on a log in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest near Shepherd. Texas, October 3, 2021
 Milkcap mushrooms Lactarius subpalustris in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest near Shepherd. Texas, October 3, 2021
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