![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2874/jpeg/05t.jpg) Ascomycete mushrooms Pyronema omphalodes on burnt ground near Lost Pines Loop Trail in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, February 28, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2874/jpeg/16t.jpg) Ascomycete mushrooms Pyronema omphalodes in sand and ashes of burnt ground near Lost Pines Loop Trail in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, February 28, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2874/jpeg/04t.jpg) Orange Ascomycete mushrooms Pyronema omphalodes in sand on burnt ground near Lost Pines Loop Trail in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, February 28, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2604/jpeg/27t.jpg) Fungus Pyronema omphalodes in an ash pit left from a recently burnt pine in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, November 28, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2604/jpeg/29t.jpg) Close up of fungus Pyronema omphalodes in an ash pit left from a recently burnt pine in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, November 28, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2604/jpeg/28t.jpg) Orange texture of fungus Pyronema omphalodes in an ash pit left from a recently burnt pine in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, November 28, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2672/jpeg/18t.jpg) Pyronema omphalodes mushrooms on burnt ground in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, March 24, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2604/jpeg/26t.jpg) Pyronema omphalodes mushrooms in an ash pit left from a recently burnt pine in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, November 28, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3089/jpeg/09t.jpg) Ascomycete fungus Octospora excipulata(?) in a small depression with wet soil covered by thin moss, in area completely burned 1.5 years ago in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, December 25, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2874/jpeg/23t.jpg) Ascomycete (cup) fungus Disciotis venosa(?) damaged by a recent fire on ashes of a last year burn near Lost Pines Loop Trail in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, February 28, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3089/jpeg/06t.jpg) Ascomycete fungus Lamprospora carbonicola(?) on purely sandy soil covered by green moss, in open area burned 1.5 years ago, in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, December 25, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3089/jpeg/07t.jpg) Close-up of Ascomycete fungus Lamprospora carbonicola(?) on purely sandy soil covered by green moss, in open area burned 1.5 years ago, in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, December 25, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3089/jpeg/08t.jpg) Orange Ascomycete fungus Lamprospora carbonicola(?) on purely sandy soil covered by green moss, in open area burned 1.5 years ago, in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, December 25, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3089/jpeg/11t.jpg) Close-up of Ascomycete fungus Octospora excipulata(?) in a small depression with wet soil covered by thin moss, in area completely burned 1.5 years ago in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, December 25, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2914/jpeg/02t.jpg) Ascomycete fungus Pyronema omphalodes or may be P. domesticum on a site of bonfire on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 18, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2914/jpeg/05t.jpg) Ascomycete fungus Pyronema omphalodes or may be P. domesticum on a site of bonfire in wet area on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 18, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2914/jpeg/04t.jpg) Close-up of Ascomycete fungus Pyronema omphalodes or may be P. domesticum on a site of bonfire on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 18, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2914/jpeg/06t.jpg) Ascomycete fungus Pyronema omphalodes or may be P. domesticum on a bonfire site in wet area on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 18, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2914/jpeg/03t.jpg) Rosy crust of Ascomycete fungus Pyronema omphalodes or may be P. domesticum on a site of bonfire on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 18, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2914/jpeg/09t.jpg) Details of Ascomycete fungus Pyronema omphalodes or may be P. domesticum on a bonfire site in wet area on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 18, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2914/jpeg/10t.jpg) Granules of Ascomycete fungus Pyronema omphalodes or may be P. domesticum on a bonfire site in wet area on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 18, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2914/jpeg/07t.jpg) Rosy granules of Ascomycete fungus Pyronema omphalodes or may be P. domesticum on a bonfire site in wet area on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 18, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2603/jpeg/15t.jpg) Tiny white cups of Ascomycete fungus Hyaloscypha britannica on underside of a pine log in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, November 28, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2914/jpeg/08t.jpg) Close-up of rosy granules of Ascomycete fungus Pyronema omphalodes or may be P. domesticum on a bonfire site in wet area on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 18, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2603/jpeg/17t.jpg) Close up of hairy white cups of Ascomycete fungus Hyaloscypha britannica on underside of a pine log in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, November 28, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2603/jpeg/16t.jpg) Masses of tiny white cups of Ascomycete fungus Hyaloscypha britannica on underside of a pine log in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, November 28, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2672/jpeg/20t.jpg) Wrinkled cup of Ascomycete fungus Disciotis venosa in a semi-open area of a formerly burnt oak and pine forest in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, March 24, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2874/jpeg/06t.jpg) Small orange Ascomycete mushrooms Octospora excipulata(?) near Lost Pines Loop Trail in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, February 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/2020/2673/jpeg/04t.jpg) Close-up of Ascomycete fungus Tarzetta rosea (Rhodotarzetta rosea) in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, March 24, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2673/jpeg/03t.jpg) Pink cups of Ascomycete fungus Tarzetta rosea (Rhodotarzetta rosea) in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, March 24, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2673/jpeg/14t.jpg) Ascomycete fungus Tarzetta rosea (Rhodotarzetta rosea) on burnt ground in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, March 24, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3089/jpeg/16t.jpg) Side view of Ascomycete mushrooms Peziza ammophila in a roadside depression on sandy soil in area of a past fire in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, December 25, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2874/jpeg/18t.jpg) Bryoparasitic Pezizales mushrooms Octospora excipulata(?) possibly with other small Ascomycete fungi near Lost Pines Loop Trail in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, February 28, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2673/jpeg/15t.jpg) Accumulation of Ascomycete fungus Tarzetta rosea (Rhodotarzetta rosea) on burnt ground in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, March 24, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2673/jpeg/06t.jpg) Ascomycete fungus Tarzetta rosea (Rhodotarzetta rosea) in area of a recent prescribed burn in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, March 24, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2673/jpeg/13t.jpg) Ascomycete fungus Tarzetta rosea (Rhodotarzetta rosea) in area of a recent prescribed burn in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, March 24, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2673/jpeg/10t.jpg) Masses of Ascomycete fungus Tarzetta rosea (Rhodotarzetta rosea) in area of a recent prescribed burn in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, March 24, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2673/jpeg/07t.jpg) Cups of Ascomycete fungus Tarzetta rosea (Rhodotarzetta rosea) in area of a recent prescribed burn in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, March 24, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2673/jpeg/08t.jpg) Ascomycete fungus Tarzetta rosea (Rhodotarzetta rosea) on charcoal in area of a recent prescribed burn in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, March 24, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1045/jpeg/03t.jpg) Crust like caps of postfire root rot (pine-fire cushion) ascomycete mushrooms Rhizina undulata on burned ground in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, April 21, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2673/jpeg/12t.jpg) Dense colony of Ascomycete fungus Tarzetta rosea (Rhodotarzetta rosea) in area of a recent prescribed burn in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, March 24, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2673/jpeg/11t.jpg) Masses of pink cups of Ascomycete fungus Tarzetta rosea (Rhodotarzetta rosea) in area of a recent prescribed burn in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, March 24, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3381/jpeg/16t.jpg) Orange Ascomycete fungus Pyronema omphalodes on the edge of a pit remained from burned tree on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, April 11, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3540/jpeg/08t.jpg) Close-up of Ascomycete mushrooms Sphaerosporella brunnea (S. hinnulea) in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, May 17, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3540/jpeg/06t.jpg) Brown Ascomycete mushrooms Sphaerosporella brunnea (S. hinnulea) on clayey soil in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, May 17, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3540/jpeg/07t.jpg) Small cups of Ascomycete mushrooms Sphaerosporella brunnea (S. hinnulea) on bare soil in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, May 17, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2874/jpeg/25t.jpg) Peat mold fungus (Chromelosporium fulvum)(?) on a sandy trail in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, February 28, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2919/jpeg/03t.jpg) Bolbitius mushrooms in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, April 25, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2919/jpeg/06t.jpg) Blooming garlic in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, April 25, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2919/jpeg/05t.jpg) Garlic flowers in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, April 25, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2919/jpeg/12t.jpg) Ground cherries (Physalis) in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, April 25, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2919/jpeg/04t.jpg) Blooming spiderwort (Tradescantia) in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, April 25, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2919/jpeg/11t.jpg) Burned trail marker in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, April 25, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3385/jpeg/11t.jpg) Brown Tomentella-like corticioid fungus on underside of a pine(?) log in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, April 15, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2919/jpeg/07t.jpg) Rainbow scarab (Phanaeus vindex) in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, April 25, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2919/jpeg/09t.jpg) Bull thistle (Cirsium horridulum) in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, April 25, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2919/jpeg/01t.jpg) Queen s delight (Stillingia sylvatica) in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, April 25, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3385/jpeg/12t.jpg) Close-up of brown Tomentella-like corticioid fungus on underside of a pine(?) log in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, April 15, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3089/jpeg/17t.jpg) Cross section of brown cup fungus Peziza ammophila in a roadside depression on sandy soil in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, December 25, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2919/jpeg/02t.jpg) Yellow flower of rock-rose (frostweed, sunrose, Helianthemum carolinianum) in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, April 25, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3142/jpeg/23t.jpg) Ascomycete mushrooms Pyronema omphalodes on a bonfire site near a small lake on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, April 30, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2673/jpeg/02t.jpg) Ascomycete fungi Tarzetta rosea (Rhodotarzetta rosea) and Anthracobia melaloma on charred site in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, March 24, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3089/jpeg/10t.jpg) Tiny cup fungus Octospora excipulata(?) in a small depression with wet soil covered by thin moss, in area completely burned 1.5 years ago in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, December 25, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2919/jpeg/10t.jpg) Blooming yellow thistle (Bull thistle, Cirsium horridulum) in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, April 25, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2919/jpeg/13t.jpg) Texas greeneyes (Berlandiera betonicifolia) in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, April 25, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2874/jpeg/19t.jpg) Close-up of an orange cup of bryoparasitic Pezizales fungus Octospora excipulata(?) growing together with common bladder-moss (Physcomitrium pyriforme) near Lost Pines Loop Trail in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, February 28, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3116/jpeg/05t.jpg) Ascomycete fungus Pyronema omphalodes on a bonfire site on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, March 10, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3116/jpeg/06t.jpg) Ascomycete fungus Pyronema omphalodes on a charred ground on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, March 10, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3331/jpeg/16t.jpg) Yellowish web-like fungus between soil and a wet log together with white powdery fungus at the bottom of Toad Pond near Roosevelt Cutoff Trail in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, January 21, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3331/jpeg/17t.jpg) Close-up of yellowish web-like fungus between soil and a wet log together with white powdery fungus at the bottom of Toad Pond near Roosevelt Cutoff Trail in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, January 21, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2416/jpeg/23t.jpg) Close up of wet rot fungus Coniophora puteana in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, December 21, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2604/jpeg/13t.jpg) Fungus Chromelosporium carneum under a pine log in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, November 28, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2604/jpeg/02t.jpg) White mycelium of a fungus under a pine log in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, November 28, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2401/jpeg/11t.jpg) Earthfan fungus (Thelephora terrestris) in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, November 17, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2603/jpeg/05t.jpg) Amaurodon viridis and other corticioid fungus under a fallen oak in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, November 28, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2416/jpeg/25t.jpg) Penicillium mold fungus on rotting pine in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, December 21, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2604/jpeg/14t.jpg) Details of fungus Chromelosporium carneum under a pine log in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, November 28, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2603/jpeg/04t.jpg) Corticioid fungus Amaurodon viridis under a fallen oak in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, November 28, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2416/jpeg/22t.jpg) Wet rot fungus Coniophora puteana on rotting pine in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, December 21, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2401/jpeg/12t.jpg) Mold like fungus on soil on a side of trail in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, November 17, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3540/jpeg/09t.jpg) Cup fungus Sphaerosporella brunnea (S. hinnulea) on a side of a trail in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, May 17, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2650/jpeg/18t.jpg) Dark-brown cup fungus Ascobolus carbonarius and orange cups of fire fungus Anthracobia melaloma on a site of a recent burn in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, February 23, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2650/jpeg/17t.jpg) Orange cups of fire fungus Anthracobia melaloma together with dark-brown cup fungus Ascobolus carbonarius on a site of a recent burn in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, February 23, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2650/jpeg/19t.jpg) Cup fungus Ascobolus carbonarius on a site of a recent burn in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, February 23, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2603/jpeg/09t.jpg) Elastic fungus Wrightoporia avellanea on a rotten pine log in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, November 28, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2604/jpeg/01t.jpg) Thick brown woolly fungus or may be some substance under a pine log in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, November 28, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2603/jpeg/24t.jpg) Corticioid tooth fungus (Hydnaceae) on a fallen pine in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, November 28, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3043/jpeg/08t.jpg) Mature Laetiporus(?) mushroom on oak wood in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, October 17, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2603/jpeg/25t.jpg) Close up of corticioid tooth fungus (Hydnaceae) on a fallen pine in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, November 28, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2603/jpeg/10t.jpg) Stretched elastic fungus Wrightoporia avellanea on a rotten pine log in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, November 28, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2673/jpeg/05t.jpg) Cup fungus Anthracobia melaloma in area of a recent prescribed burn in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, March 24, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2416/jpeg/27t.jpg) Elastic fungus Wrightoporia avellanea(?) underside of a fallen pine in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, December 21, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2603/jpeg/33t.jpg) Orange corticioid fungus Crustoderma dryinum on pine bark under a log in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, November 28, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3042/jpeg/23t.jpg) Blackening waxcap mushrooms (Hygrocybe conica) in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, October 17, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3043/jpeg/10t.jpg) Horseweed and yellow asters in a burned forest in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, October 17, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3042/jpeg/21t.jpg) Tinder mushrooms Gloeophyllum striatum on oak wood in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, October 17, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3042/jpeg/02t.jpg) Peeling puffball mushrooms (Lycoperdon marginatum) in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, October 17, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3089/jpeg/13t.jpg) Red berries and leaves of Yaupon holly cut by ants in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, December 25, 2021
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