![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2894/jpeg/22t.jpg) Some glossy leaves on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, March 28, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2894/jpeg/15t.jpg) Young leaves of elm on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, March 28, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2894/jpeg/14t.jpg) Young tender leaves of hickory on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, March 28, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2894/jpeg/18t.jpg) Reddish young leaves of hickory on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, March 28, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2894/jpeg/24t.jpg) Young leaves of muscadine grape on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, March 28, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2894/jpeg/02t.jpg) Unfolding and growing young hickory leaves on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, March 28, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2894/jpeg/04t.jpg) Young leaves of fragrant sumac (Rhus aromatica) on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, March 28, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2894/jpeg/08t.jpg) Young leaves of parsley hawthorn (Crataegus marshallii) on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, March 28, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2894/jpeg/23t.jpg) Fresh leaves of elm on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, March 28, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2667/jpeg/09t.jpg) Some young glossy leaves on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, March 18, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3142/jpeg/13t.jpg) Young leaves of soft greeneyes (Berlandiera pumila) on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, April 30, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2894/jpeg/27t.jpg) Leaves of rusty blackhaw viburnum (Viburnum rufidulum) on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, March 28, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2842/jpeg/12t.jpg) Young oyster rollrim mushrooms (Tapinella panuoides) under a large pine log on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, January 1, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2894/jpeg/16t.jpg) Shoot of oak on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, March 28, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2894/jpeg/20t.jpg) Shoot of pine on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, March 28, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2894/jpeg/12t.jpg) Blooming hawthorn on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, March 28, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2894/jpeg/10t.jpg) Shoot of sweetgum on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, March 28, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2894/jpeg/07t.jpg) Shoot of hickory on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, March 28, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2894/jpeg/28t.jpg) Seedling of poison ivy on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, March 28, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2894/jpeg/11t.jpg) Shoot of blueberry on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, March 28, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2893/jpeg/26t.jpg) Red shoot of mustang grape on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, March 28, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2894/jpeg/13t.jpg) White flowers of hawthorn on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, March 28, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2876/jpeg/02t.jpg) Insect eggs on rotting wood on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, March 3, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2876/jpeg/03t.jpg) Hyphae of white corticioid fungus under an oak log on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, March 3, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2894/jpeg/29t.jpg) Devil s urn mushrooms (Urnula craterium) on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, March 28, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2894/jpeg/17t.jpg) Carolina jessamine (Gelsemium sempervirens) on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, March 28, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2894/jpeg/06t.jpg) Bracken fern (Pteridium aquilinum) on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, March 28, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2894/jpeg/05t.jpg) Rose vervain (Glandularia canadensis) on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, March 28, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2876/jpeg/07t.jpg) Some orange slime mold under a pine log on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, March 3, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2876/jpeg/01t.jpg) Missouri violet (Viola missouriensis) on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, March 3, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2894/jpeg/26t.jpg) Flower buds of woolly-white (Hymenopappus) on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, March 28, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2894/jpeg/19t.jpg) Opening flowers of woolly-white (Hymenopappus) on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, March 28, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2894/jpeg/09t.jpg) Shoot of parsley hawthorn (Crataegus marshallii) on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, March 28, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2894/jpeg/30t.jpg) Mature devil s urn mushrooms (Urnula craterium) on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, March 28, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2876/jpeg/04t.jpg) Close-up of hyphae of white corticioid fungus under an oak log on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, March 3, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2894/jpeg/21t.jpg) Bracken fern with a fallen flower of Carolina jessamine on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, March 28, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2876/jpeg/06t.jpg) Missouri violet (Viola missouriensis) and pine needles on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, March 3, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2876/jpeg/05t.jpg) Hyphae of white corticioid fungus with water droplets under an oak log on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, March 3, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2893/jpeg/22t.jpg) Inkcap mushroom Coprinopsis spilospora on burned ground on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, March 28, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2894/jpeg/01t.jpg) Brick red funnel mushrooms Bonomyces sinopicus (Clitocybe sinopica) on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, March 28, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2893/jpeg/17t.jpg) Bolete mushrooms Suillus hirtellus after a recent prescribed burn on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, March 28, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2893/jpeg/23t.jpg) Close-up of inkcap mushroom Coprinopsis spilospora on burned ground on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, March 28, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2893/jpeg/21t.jpg) Inkcap mushroom Coprinopsis spilospora after a recent prescribed burn on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, March 28, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2893/jpeg/24t.jpg) Side view of inkcap mushroom Coprinopsis spilospora on burned ground on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, March 28, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2894/jpeg/25t.jpg) Ascomycete fungus Pyronema omphalodes on a bonfire site near a small pond on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, March 28, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2893/jpeg/25t.jpg) Cross section of inkcap mushroom Coprinopsis spilospora on burned ground on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, March 28, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3077/jpeg/18t.jpg) Forest lamb mushrooms (Albatrellus subrubescens) on a steep side of a small ravine, on exposed sand and clay soil (in the same place where it was seen earlier 1/1/2021) on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, December 5, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3616/jpeg/21t.jpg) Young brown cap bolete mushroom with yellow pores on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 7, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3077/jpeg/32t.jpg) Small mushrooms (Sistotrema confluens) on a steep slope of almost exposed soil excavated from a roadside ditch long time ago, under young pines and juniper trees on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, December 5, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3449/jpeg/02t.jpg) Red and orange leaves of sweetgum on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, December 22, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3449/jpeg/04t.jpg) Orange leaves of sweetgum on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, December 22, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3449/jpeg/03t.jpg) Red and yellow leaves of sweetgum on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, December 22, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3449/jpeg/07t.jpg) Yellow leaves of sweetgum on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, December 22, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3209/jpeg/12t.jpg) Yellow leaves of catalpa(?) on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, August 13, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3616/jpeg/22t.jpg) Section of a young brown cap bolete mushroom with yellow pores on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 7, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2667/jpeg/10t.jpg) Shoot with glossy leaves on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, March 18, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3449/jpeg/08t.jpg) Dark red and yellow leaves of sweetgum on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, December 22, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3449/jpeg/06t.jpg) Dark red and orange leaves of sweetgum on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, December 22, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2842/jpeg/20t.jpg) Jelly rot fungus Gloeoporus ambiguus (Meruliopsis ambigua) on a fallen pine branch on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, January 1, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2893/jpeg/18t.jpg) Brick red funnel mushrooms Bonomyces sinopicus (Clitocybe sinopica) after a recent prescribed burn on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, March 28, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3456/jpeg/08t.jpg) Young oyster rollrim mushrooms (Tapinella panuoides) under a thick wet pine log on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, January 6, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3239/jpeg/24t.jpg) Spores of a light brown young Amanita mushroom (same as malformed) collected a day before on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 11, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3418/jpeg/05t.jpg) Young copperhead snake with a yellow tail on a fallen pine tree on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, October 29, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3449/jpeg/14t.jpg) Bright orange leaves of a seedling of poison ivy on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, December 22, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3456/jpeg/02t.jpg) Brown leaves with dew on small trees of sweetgum on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, January 6, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2842/jpeg/21t.jpg) Emerging crust fungus Gloeoporus ambiguus (Meruliopsis ambigua) on a fallen pine branch on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, January 1, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2842/jpeg/22t.jpg) Caps of corticioid fungus (Gloeoporus ambiguus (Meruliopsis ambigua) on a fallen pine branch on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, January 1, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2842/jpeg/23t.jpg) Texture of jelly rot fungus Gloeoporus ambiguus (Meruliopsis ambigua) on a fallen pine branch on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, January 1, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2893/jpeg/20t.jpg) Brick red funnel mushrooms Bonomyces sinopicus (Clitocybe sinopica) on muddy soil on burned ground on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, March 28, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2893/jpeg/19t.jpg) Caps of brick red funnel mushrooms Bonomyces sinopicus (Clitocybe sinopica) after a recent prescribed burn on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, March 28, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3449/jpeg/15t.jpg) Orange leaves remained on a small tree of sweetgum on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, December 22, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2877/jpeg/04t.jpg) Young leaves and a flower bud of May apple (Podophyllum peltatum) on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, March 7, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2968/jpeg/12t.jpg) Dayflower (Commelina) on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, June 22, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2853/jpeg/02t.jpg) Dense pine forest on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, January 20, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2842/jpeg/26t.jpg) Terrestrial polypore mushrooms Albatrellus subrubescens on a steep side of a small ravine, on exposed sand and clay soil on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, January 1, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3613/jpeg/21t.jpg) Cross section of a young Amanita mushroom when exposed to regular daylight as well as when illuminated by a 365 nm ultraviolet (UV-A) blacklight from Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 2, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3209/jpeg/09t.jpg) Young polypore mushrooms Panus neostrigosus (Panus lecomtei) on a pine fallen across the trail on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, August 13, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2968/jpeg/09t.jpg) Seed head of mimosa(?) on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, June 22, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2842/jpeg/34t.jpg) Cap of some brown Tricholoma mushroom on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, January 1, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3077/jpeg/11t.jpg) Some milkcap (Lactarius)(?) mushroom on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, December 5, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2842/jpeg/31t.jpg) Cap of a pinkgill mushroom (Entoloma) on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, January 1, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2968/jpeg/05t.jpg) Butterfly pea (Centrosema virginianum) on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, June 22, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2968/jpeg/17t.jpg) Snout-bean (Rhynchosia) on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, June 22, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2968/jpeg/13t.jpg) Spider flower (Tradescantia on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, June 22, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2842/jpeg/27t.jpg) Underside of terrestrial polypore mushrooms Albatrellus subrubescens on a steep side of a small ravine, on exposed sand and clay soil on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, January 1, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2853/jpeg/03t.jpg) Mushrooms Tricholoma sulphurescens(?) near the trail in a pine forest on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, January 20, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2853/jpeg/26t.jpg) Milkcap mushroom Lactarius paradoxus on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, January 20, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3077/jpeg/07t.jpg) Milkcap mushrooms Lactarius imperceptus on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, December 5, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3076/jpeg/19t.jpg) Underside of waxcap mushroom (Cuphophyllus) on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, December 5, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2968/jpeg/16t.jpg) Lindheimer s beebalm (Monarda lindheimeri) on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, June 22, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3077/jpeg/27t.jpg) Gills of a mushroom Entoloma rhodopolium on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, December 5, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2968/jpeg/08t.jpg) Blooming butterfly pea (Centrosema virginianum) on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, June 22, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3076/jpeg/20t.jpg) Top view of waxcap mushroom (Cuphophyllus) on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, December 5, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2968/jpeg/14t.jpg) Pigeon wings (Clitoria mariana) on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, June 22, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3077/jpeg/30t.jpg) Milkcap mushrooms Lactarius subpalustris on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, December 5, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2853/jpeg/06t.jpg) Upturned mushroom Tricholoma sulphurescens(?) on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, January 20, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2842/jpeg/33t.jpg) Underside of some brown Tricholoma mushroom on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, January 1, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2842/jpeg/30t.jpg) Underside of a pinkgill mushroom (Entoloma) on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, January 1, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2968/jpeg/06t.jpg) Flower of butterfly pea (Centrosema virginianum) on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, June 22, 2021
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