![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2886/jpeg/33t.jpg) Back lit leaves of sweetgum in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, March 20, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2886/jpeg/05t.jpg) 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
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2886/jpeg/21t.jpg) Fern fiddleheads in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, March 20, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2886/jpeg/29t.jpg) Fiddlehead of royal fern (Osmunda regalis)(?) in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, March 20, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2886/jpeg/06t.jpg) Common lady-fern (Athyrium filix-femina)(?) in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, March 20, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2886/jpeg/24t.jpg) Young leaves of some plant in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, March 20, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2886/jpeg/18t.jpg) Young tender leaves of sweetgum in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, March 20, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2461/jpeg/16t.jpg) Christmas fern (Polystichum acrostichoides) in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, March 10, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2461/jpeg/03t.jpg) Bead fern (Onoclea sensibilis) in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, March 10, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2886/jpeg/38t.jpg) Young tender leaves of air potato (Dioscorea bulbifera) in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, March 20, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2886/jpeg/04t.jpg) 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
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2461/jpeg/07t.jpg) Common lady-fern (Athyrium filix-femina)(?) in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, March 10, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2657/jpeg/16t.jpg) Southern Lady Fern (Athyrium filix-femina var. asplenioides) in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, March 7, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2886/jpeg/35t.jpg) Young leaves of arrowwood viburnum (Viburnum dentatum) in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, March 20, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3032/jpeg/05t.jpg) 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
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3032/jpeg/06t.jpg) 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
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3064/jpeg/07t.jpg) Brown Matsutake mushrooms (Tricholoma caligatum) in dry leaves in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, November 21, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2850/jpeg/35t.jpg) Leaves of crippled crane-fly orchid (Tipularia discolor) in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, January 16, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2461/jpeg/08t.jpg) Leaves of netted chainfern (Woodwardia areolata) in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, March 10, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2461/jpeg/18t.jpg) Leaves of crane-fly orchid (Tipularia discolor) in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, March 10, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2484/jpeg/36t.jpg) Panicle of royal fern (Osmunda regalis) in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, April 20, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3086/jpeg/17t.jpg) 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
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2461/jpeg/17t.jpg) Leaves and seeds of crane-fly orchid (Tipularia discolor) in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, March 10, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2461/jpeg/10t.jpg) Young leaves of netted chainfern (Woodwardia areolata) in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, March 10, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2388/jpeg/06t.jpg) Sparse-lobed grape fern (Botrychium biternatum) in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, October 28, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2886/jpeg/36t.jpg) Linden like tree in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, March 20, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3086/jpeg/18t.jpg) 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
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2657/jpeg/19t.jpg) 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
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2484/jpeg/32t.jpg) Spike of royal fern (Osmunda regalis) with sporangia near the creek in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, April 20, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2484/jpeg/31t.jpg) Panicle of royal fern (Osmunda regalis) with sporangia near the creek in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, April 20, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2588/jpeg/15t.jpg) Resurrection fern and turkeytail mushrooms (Trametes versicolor) on a fallen oak in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, November 2, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3086/jpeg/19t.jpg) 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
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2886/jpeg/19t.jpg) Fresh shoot of blueberry in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, March 20, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3064/jpeg/06t.jpg) 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
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3064/jpeg/04t.jpg) 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
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2886/jpeg/03t.jpg) 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
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3086/jpeg/04t.jpg) 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
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2886/jpeg/07t.jpg) Netted chainfern (Woodwardia areolata) in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, March 20, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2886/jpeg/37t.jpg) Seedling of air potato (Dioscorea bulbifera) in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, March 20, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2886/jpeg/14t.jpg) Sphagnum moss under oaks on floodplain in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, March 20, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2886/jpeg/31t.jpg) Close-up of lichen Cryptothecia striata in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, March 20, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2886/jpeg/30t.jpg) Bog white violet (Viola lanceolata) in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, March 20, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2886/jpeg/26t.jpg) Spring cress (Cardamine bulbosa) in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, March 20, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2886/jpeg/32t.jpg) Lichen Cryptothecia striata on a tree in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, March 20, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2886/jpeg/23t.jpg) Tiny liverworts at the base of a tree in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, March 20, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2461/jpeg/12t.jpg) Leaves of slender trillium (Trillium gracile) in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, March 10, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2656/jpeg/16t.jpg) Leaves of slender trillium (Trillium gracile) in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, March 7, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2388/jpeg/07t.jpg) Round spore casings of sparse-lobed grape fern (Botrychium biternatum) in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, October 28, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2886/jpeg/22t.jpg) 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
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2886/jpeg/12t.jpg) Peat moss Sphagnum lescurii(?) on floodplain in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, March 20, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2886/jpeg/08t.jpg) Leaf of netted chainfern (Woodwardia areolata) in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, March 20, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2886/jpeg/13t.jpg) Close-up of peat moss Sphagnum lescurii(?) in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, March 20, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2886/jpeg/10t.jpg) Crust fungus Kretzschmaria deusta with water droplets in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, March 20, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2886/jpeg/11t.jpg) Texture of peat moss Sphagnum lescurii(?) on floodplain in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, March 20, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2440/jpeg/24t.jpg) Green lacewing larva Leucochrysa (Nodita) pavida with lichen fragments on its back in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, February 1, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2656/jpeg/26t.jpg) 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
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2886/jpeg/01t.jpg) 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
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2886/jpeg/16t.jpg) 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
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2886/jpeg/28t.jpg) Blooming spring cress (bulbous bittercress, Cardamine bulbosa) in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, March 20, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2886/jpeg/02t.jpg) Blooming jack-in-the-pulpit (Indian-turnip, Arisaema triphyllum) in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, March 20, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2886/jpeg/20t.jpg) 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
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2886/jpeg/27t.jpg) Flowers of spring cress (bulbous bittercress, Cardamine bulbosa) in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, March 20, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2886/jpeg/09t.jpg) 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
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2886/jpeg/17t.jpg) 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
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2886/jpeg/15t.jpg) 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
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2886/jpeg/34t.jpg) Flower buds of arrowwood viburnum (Viburnum dentatum) in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, March 20, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2484/jpeg/14t.jpg) Leaves of parsley hawthorn (Crataegus marshallii) in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, April 20, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3031/jpeg/20t.jpg) 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
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2484/jpeg/28t.jpg) 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
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2579/jpeg/01t.jpg) Magnolia cone mushrooms (Strobilurus conigenoides) among leaves in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, October 20, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2693/jpeg/33t.jpg) Mushroom Agaricus vinosobrunneofumidus under leaves of Hymenocallis occidentalis in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, April 25, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2426/jpeg/10t.jpg) Liverwort Leucolejeunea conchifolia(?) with tiny leaves on a tree in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, January 5, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2850/jpeg/33t.jpg) Red brittlegill (Russula) mushrooms in a swampy area in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, January 16, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3032/jpeg/11t.jpg) Mushrooms Marasmius fulvoferrugineus in area of the creek in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest near Shepherd. Texas, October 3, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2635/jpeg/09t.jpg) 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
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2537/jpeg/18t.jpg) Azalea gall fungus Exobasidium vaccinii on leaves of rhododendron in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, June 26, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3032/jpeg/12t.jpg) 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
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2484/jpeg/07t.jpg) 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
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2484/jpeg/06t.jpg) 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
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2537/jpeg/04t.jpg) 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
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2635/jpeg/08t.jpg) 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
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2461/jpeg/04t.jpg) 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
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2978/jpeg/16t.jpg) Milkcap (Lactarius) mushrooms in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, July 10, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2850/jpeg/34t.jpg) 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
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2461/jpeg/24t.jpg) Cap of Nolanea mushroom in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, March 10, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2657/jpeg/06t.jpg) 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
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2484/jpeg/08t.jpg) 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
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2978/jpeg/20t.jpg) Mushrooms Ripartitella brasiliensis on a rotting log in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, July 10, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3031/jpeg/18t.jpg) Polypore mushrooms Trametopsis cervina on a log in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest near Shepherd. Texas, October 3, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3031/jpeg/27t.jpg) Polypore mushroom Microporellus dealbatus in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest near Shepherd. Texas, October 3, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3032/jpeg/07t.jpg) Close up of mushrooms Hymenochaete iodina in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest near Shepherd. Texas, October 3, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3032/jpeg/17t.jpg) Hairy cap of a mushroom Xylobolus subpileatus in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest near Shepherd. Texas, October 3, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3032/jpeg/13t.jpg) Mushrooms Xylobolus subpileatus on a stump in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest near Shepherd. Texas, October 3, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3032/jpeg/15t.jpg) Caps of mushrooms Xylobolus subpileatus in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest near Shepherd. Texas, October 3, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3064/jpeg/14t.jpg) Teeth of a mushroom Climacodon pulcherrimus on a log in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, November 21, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2979/jpeg/06t.jpg) Orange cap of a mushroom Marasmius fulvoferrugineus in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, July 10, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3032/jpeg/28t.jpg) Milkcap mushrooms Lactarius subpalustris in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest near Shepherd. Texas, October 3, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2979/jpeg/05t.jpg) Gills of a mushroom Marasmius fulvoferrugineus in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, July 10, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3032/jpeg/16t.jpg) Close-up of mushrooms Xylobolus subpileatus in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest near Shepherd. Texas, October 3, 2021
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