 Felt saddle mushrooms (Helvella macropus) with mold fungus Hypomyces cervinus on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Huntsville. Texas, October 21, 2018
 Felt saddle mushrooms (Helvella macropus) covered by mold fungus Hypomyces cervinus on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Huntsville. Texas, October 21, 2018
 Cross section of a brittlegill mushroom Russula eccentrica on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 28, 2021
 Gills of a mushroom Russula eccentrica on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 28, 2021
 Cross section of deer shield mushroom (Pluteus cervinus) on a fallen elm on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, February 7, 2021
 Close-up of black saddle fungus Helvella atra(?) on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, June 5, 2021
 Reticulate undersurface of Helvella sulcata mushroom (pale form of Helvella lacunosa) on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 15, 2020
 Helvella sulcata mushroom (pale form of Helvella lacunosa) on black background on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 15, 2020
 Side view of Helvella sulcata mushroom (pale form of Helvella lacunosa) on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 15, 2020
 Helvella sulcata mushroom (pale form of Helvella lacunosa) among rotting leaves on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 15, 2020
 Cap surface of deer shield mushroom (Pluteus cervinus) on a fallen elm on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, February 7, 2021
 Underside of deer shield mushroom (Pluteus cervinus) on a fallen elm on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, February 7, 2021
 Gills of deer shield mushroom (Pluteus cervinus) on a fallen elm on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, February 7, 2021
 Black saddle fungus Helvella atra(?) on burned pine needles on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, June 5, 2021
 Black saddle fungus Helvella atra(?) among charred pieces of wood on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, June 5, 2021
 Black saddle fungus Helvella atra(?) grown after a prescribed burn on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, June 5, 2021
 Helvella sulcata mushroom (pale form of Helvella lacunosa) in area of floodplain near rotting wood on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 15, 2020
 Black saddle fungus Helvella atra(?) on partially burned forest floor on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, June 5, 2021
 Brittlegill mushrooms Russula eccentrica with a cross section on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 28, 2021
 White elfin saddle mushroom (Helvella lactea) on burned soil on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, June 5, 2021
 White elfin saddle mushroom (Helvella lactea) on a burned forest floor on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, June 5, 2021
 Black saddle fungus Helvella atra(?) on black background on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, June 5, 2021
 Brittlegill mushrooms Russula eccentrica on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 28, 2021
 Foetid brittlegill mushroom Russula mutabilis in cross section on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Huntsville, Texas, July 13, 2018
 Pink Hypomyces fungus on a blushing bracket mushroom (Daedaleopsis confragosa) on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, January 22, 2023
 Cross section of blackening brittlegill mushroom (Russula eccentrica) on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, July 16, 2021
 Close-up of a blushing bracket mushroom (Daedaleopsis confragosa) with pinkish fungus Hypomyces on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, January 22, 2023
 Foetid brittlegill mushroom Russula mutabilis on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Huntsville, Texas, July 13, 2018
 Close-up of a blushing bracket mushroom (Daedaleopsis confragosa) with greenish mold-like fungus Hypomyces on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, January 22, 2023
 Dissected foetid brittlegill mushroom Russula mutabilis on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Huntsville, Texas, July 13, 2018
 Felt saddle mushrooms (Helvella macropus) on a charred forest floor on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, June 5, 2021
 Zoned tooth fungus (Hydnellum concrescens) with a cross section on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 20, 2021
 Cross section of zoned tooth fungus (Hydnellum concrescens) on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 20, 2021
 Deceiving knight mushroom (Tricholoma sejunctum) with cross section on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 20, 2021
 Cross section of deceiving knight mushroom (Tricholoma sejunctum) on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 20, 2021
 Felt saddle mushrooms (Helvella macropus) in a pine forest after a prescribed burn in spring on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, June 5, 2021
 White elfin saddle mushrooms (Helvella lactea) on burned pine needles on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, June 5, 2021
 White elfin saddle mushrooms (Helvella lactea) on burned pine wood on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, June 5, 2021
 Felt saddle mushrooms (Helvella macropus) on sandy soil among burned pine needles on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, June 5, 2021
 Hyphae and conidia of mold fungus Hypomyces from blushing bracket mushrooms, collected on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, January 22, 2023
 Conidiaphores and conidia of mold fungus Hypomyces from blushing bracket mushrooms, collected on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, January 22, 2023
 Dissected zoned tooth fungus (Hydnellum concrescens) on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 20, 2021
 Cap texture of zoned tooth fungus (Hydnellum concrescens) on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 20, 2021
 Crust fungus Sebacina epigaea(?) on a fallen tree on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 20, 2021
 Close-up of zoned tooth fungus (Hydnellum concrescens) on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 20, 2021
 Underside of zoned tooth fungus (Hydnellum concrescens) on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 20, 2021
 Brittlegill mushroom Russula flavida on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, June 7, 2020
 Deceiving knight mushroom (Tricholoma sejunctum) on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 20, 2021
 Side view of white elfin saddle mushrooms (Helvella lactea) on burned pine wood on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, June 5, 2021
 Pinkish tissue (at low magnification) of mold fungus Hypomyces from blushing bracket mushrooms, collected on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, January 22, 2023
 Blackening brittlegill mushrooms (Russula eccentrica) on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, June 5, 2021
 Blackening brittlegill mushrooms (Russula eccentrica) on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, June 5, 2021
 Saddle mushroom (Helvella) with a parasitic mold fungus (Hypomyces cervinus) on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest, near Huntsville. Texas, April 8, 2018
 Zoned tooth fungus (Hydnellum concrescens) and its underside view on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 20, 2021
 Irregularly shaped zoned tooth fungus (Hydnellum concrescens) on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 20, 2021
 Zoned tooth fungus (Hydnellum concrescens) near mossy wood on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 20, 2021
 Teeth arrangement of zoned tooth fungus (Hydnellum concrescens) on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 20, 2021
 Underside of a mushroom Byssomerulius incarnatus (Phlebia incarnata) on an oak log on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 20, 2021
 Resupinate form of a polypore mushroom Trametes lactinea on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 20, 2021
 Gills of deceiving knight mushroom (Tricholoma sejunctum) on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 20, 2021
 Gills of a deceptive milky mushroom (Lactarius deceptivus) on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 28, 2021
 Fibrous cap of deceiving knight mushroom (Tricholoma sejunctum) on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 20, 2021
 Underside of brittlegill mushroom Russula flavida on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, June 7, 2020
 Cap of light green brittlegill (Russula) mushroom on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, September 17, 2020
 Orange brittlegill (Russula) mushrooms on muddy soil on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, August 6, 2021
 Zoned tooth fungus (Hydnellum concrescens) with oak leaves and pine needles on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 20, 2021
 Deceiving knight mushroom (Tricholoma sejunctum) with underside view on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 20, 2021
 Pore surface of a bracket polypore mushroom Trametes lactinea on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 20, 2021
 Gills of light green brittlegill (Russula) mushroom on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, September 17, 2020
 Spores of brittlegill mushrooms Russula ballouii from wet area, collected on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 18, 2023
 Mature caps of blushing bracket mushrooms (Daedaleopsis confragosa) with pinkish fungus Hypomyces on a tilted and dried oak on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, January 22, 2023
 Caps of blushing bracket mushrooms (Daedaleopsis confragosa) damaged by pinkish fungus Hypomyces on a tilted and dried oak on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, January 22, 2023
 Blackening brittlegill (Russula eccentrica), Lactarius and Phylloporus mushrooms on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, July 16, 2021
 Cross section of a mature milkcap mushroom Lactarius subvellereus var. subdistans (Lactifluus subvellereus) on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 20, 2021
 Resupinate polypore mushroom Perenniporia tenuis on a thin fallen tree on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 28, 2021
 Tissues (at low magnification) of greenish mold fungus Hypomyces from blushing bracket mushrooms growing on a tilted and dried oak, collected on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, January 22, 2023
 Cross section of mushrooms Tricholoma subresplendens on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 20, 2021
 Cross section of mushrooms Tricholoma subresplendens(?) on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 28, 2021
 Texture of resupinate polypore mushroom Perenniporia tenuis on a thin fallen tree on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 28, 2021
 Patches of resupinate polypore mushroom Perenniporia tenuis on a thin fallen tree on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 28, 2021
 Close-up of resupinate polypore mushroom Perenniporia tenuis on a thin fallen tree on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 28, 2021
 Caps of deceiving knight mushroom (Tricholoma sejunctum) on soil plowed by hogs on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 20, 2021
 Gills of a pink brittlegill mushroom Russula pulchra(?) damaged by insects on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, September 18, 2022
 Flameleaf sumach on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 20, 2021
 Path near a trailhead on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 20, 2021
 Deceptive milkcap mushrooms (Lactarius deceptivus) with cross section on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 28, 2021
 Yellow leaves of beautyberry on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 20, 2021
 Fall colors of beautyberry on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 20, 2021
 Mushrooms Tricholoma subresplendens on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 20, 2021
 Eyelash fungus Scutellinia superba on wet mud on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 18, 2021
 Some amorphous fungus on decomposing oak wood on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, September 16, 2021
 Mushrooms Tricholoma subresplendens with cross section on soil plowed by hogs on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 20, 2021
 Silver-blue milcap mushrooms (Lactarius paradoxus) with cross section on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 28, 2021
 Cross section of a false puffball mushroom Scleroderma polyrhizum(?) on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, August 13, 2021
 Black rat snake near the creek on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 20, 2021
 Green brittlegill mushroom (Russula aeruginea) with east Texas toad on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, September 18, 2022
 Gills of a mature milkcap mushroom Lactarius subvellereus var. subdistans (Lactifluus subvellereus) on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 20, 2021
 Cup fungus Peziza on a charred forest floor on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, June 5, 2021
 Close-up of cup mushroom Peziza on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, June 5, 2021
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