![](../../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/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/2021/3064/jpeg/05t.jpg) Gills of brown Matsutake mushrooms (Tricholoma caligatum) in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, November 21, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3064/jpeg/08t.jpg) Cross section of brown Matsutake mushrooms (Tricholoma caligatum) in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, November 21, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3064/jpeg/03t.jpg) Brown Matsutake mushrooms (Tricholoma caligatum) on a steep terrace 3 m above the creek, 3 m from the creek in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, November 21, 2021
![](../../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/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/2021/3086/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/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/2021/3086/jpeg/05t.jpg) Underside of light grey-brown Tricholoma mushroom in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest near Shepherd. Texas, December 21, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3086/jpeg/06t.jpg) Cross section of light grey-brown Tricholoma mushroom in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest near Shepherd. Texas, December 21, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2406/jpeg/20t.jpg) Very thin fan-shaped mushrooms Cotylidia muscigena on bare sand covered by moss on a side of trail in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, November 23, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2406/jpeg/21t.jpg) Underside of thin-fleshed mushrooms Cotylidia muscigena on bare sand covered by moss on a side of trail in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, November 23, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2406/jpeg/30t.jpg) Fallen tree completely covered by turkeytail mushrooms (Trametes versicolor) in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, November 23, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2406/jpeg/22t.jpg) Side view of very small funnel-shaped mushrooms Cotylidia muscigena on bare sand covered by moss on a side of trail in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, November 23, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2406/jpeg/19t.jpg) Very small fan-shaped mushroom Cotylidia muscigena on bare sand covered by moss on a side of trail in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, November 23, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3065/jpeg/13t.jpg) Brown gills of some webcap (Cortinarius) mushroom in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, November 21, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3065/jpeg/14t.jpg) Underside of some brown webcap (Cortinarius) mushroom in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, November 21, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2405/jpeg/25t.jpg) Light brown webcap (Cortinarius)(?) mushrooms in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, November 23, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2405/jpeg/20t.jpg) Pale brown webcap (Cortinarius) mushrooms in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, November 23, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2405/jpeg/17t.jpg) Small brown webcap (Cortinarius) mushrooms in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, November 23, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2405/jpeg/26t.jpg) Dissected light brown webcap (Cortinarius)(?) mushrooms in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, November 23, 2018
![](../../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/2018/2406/jpeg/02t.jpg) Webcap mushrooms Cortinarius iodes with blue and brown caps in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, November 23, 2018
![](../../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/2021/2979/jpeg/02t.jpg) Light brown gills of Clitocybe or may be Clitopilus mushrooms on a beech log in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, July 10, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3065/jpeg/12t.jpg) Violet webcap mushrooms (Cortinarius violaceus) in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, November 21, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3065/jpeg/03t.jpg) Lumpy bracket mushrooms (Trametes gibbosa) on a log in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, November 21, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3065/jpeg/08t.jpg) Wood hedgehog mushrooms (Hydnum repandum) in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, November 21, 2021
![](../../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/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/25t.jpg) Back lit fern leaves in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, March 20, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2602/jpeg/31t.jpg) Cap of a small brown mushroom Galerina paludosa(?) on moss in wet area in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, November 27, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3065/jpeg/10t.jpg) Viscid violet webcap mushrooms (Cortinarius iodes)(?) in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, November 21, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2587/jpeg/12t.jpg) Brown crust fungus Phellinus at Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, November 2, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2602/jpeg/30t.jpg) Underside of a small brown mushroom Galerina paludosa(?) on moss in wet area in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, November 27, 2019
![](../../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/2021/3064/jpeg/01t.jpg) Terracotta hedgehog mushrooms (Hydnum rufescens) near a pine root in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, November 21, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3065/jpeg/09t.jpg) Wood hedgehog mushrooms (Hydnum repandum) with cross section in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, November 21, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3065/jpeg/11t.jpg) Underside of viscid violet webcap mushrooms (Cortinarius iodes)(?) in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, November 21, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2602/jpeg/15t.jpg) Small brown webcap (Cortinarius) mushroom in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, November 27, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2850/jpeg/13t.jpg) Polypore mushrooms Neoantrodia serialis (Antrodia serialis)(?) with brown caps on a pine log in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, January 16, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2633/jpeg/10t.jpg) Fallen pine covered by corticioid (crust) fungus in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, January 19, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3065/jpeg/04t.jpg) Caps of lumpy bracket mushrooms (Trametes gibbosa) on a fallen tree in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, November 21, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3065/jpeg/07t.jpg) Underside of lumpy bracket mushrooms (Trametes gibbosa) on a fallen tree in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, November 21, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2587/jpeg/13t.jpg) Brown porous fungus Phellinus on a fallen tree at Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, November 2, 2019
![](../../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/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/2021/3065/jpeg/05t.jpg) Pattern of caps of lumpy bracket mushrooms (Trametes gibbosa) on a fallen tree in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, November 21, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3065/jpeg/06t.jpg) Pattern of pores of lumpy bracket mushrooms (Trametes gibbosa) on a fallen tree in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, November 21, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2389/jpeg/12t.jpg) Small brown webcap (Cortinarius) mushrooms in a wet area in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, October 28, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2389/jpeg/13t.jpg) Gills of brown webcap (Cortinarius) mushrooms in a wet area in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, October 28, 2018
![](../../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/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/2020/2776/jpeg/26t.jpg) Small brown gilled mushrooms with powdered caps on a path covered by leaves in a low-lying area on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, September 17, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2850/jpeg/21t.jpg) Brown resupinate polypore mushroom on a lower surface of a large pine log in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, January 16, 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/2021/3064/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/2021/3032/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/2019/2580/jpeg/04t.jpg) Some rusty brown polypore mushrooms on a mossy log in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, October 20, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2799/jpeg/31t.jpg) Some pinkgill (Entoloma) mushrooms with brown caps in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, October 11, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2850/jpeg/22t.jpg) Details of brown resupinate polypore mushroom on a lower surface of a large pine log in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, January 16, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2587/jpeg/26t.jpg) Galerina(?) mushrooms near the creek at Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, November 2, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3399/jpeg/18t.jpg) Tiny green cup fungus Catinella olivacea on underside of a thick half-decomposed pine log in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, April 30, 2023
![](../../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/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/2021/3064/jpeg/18t.jpg) Underside of milkcap mushroom Lactarius imperceptus in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, November 21, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3065/jpeg/01t.jpg) Pearly webcap mushroom (Cortinarius alboviolaceus) in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, November 21, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3064/jpeg/13t.jpg) Underside of a tooth mushroom Climacodon pulcherrimus on a log in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, November 21, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3064/jpeg/02t.jpg) Dyer s mazegill mushroom (Phaeolus schweinitzii) in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, November 21, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3064/jpeg/16t.jpg) Black crust fungus Annulohypoxylon annulatum(?) on a log in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, November 21, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3064/jpeg/17t.jpg) Close-up of 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/2019/2588/jpeg/01t.jpg) Galerina mushrooms in a wet place near the creek in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, November 2, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2799/jpeg/32t.jpg) Underside of some pinkgill (Entoloma) mushrooms with brown caps in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, October 11, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2799/jpeg/33t.jpg) Details of some pinkgill (Entoloma) mushrooms with brown caps in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, October 11, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2718/jpeg/01t.jpg) Brown caps of mushrooms Lentinula boryana on a fallen tree in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, May 30, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2850/jpeg/23t.jpg) Texture of brown resupinate polypore mushroom detached from a lower surface of a large pine log in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, January 16, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2978/jpeg/31t.jpg) Dark brown cap of a bracket polypore mushroom Trametes lactea on a fallen beech tree in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, July 10, 2021
![](../../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/2021/2979/jpeg/04t.jpg) Mushrooms Marasmius fulvoferrugineus near the creek in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, July 10, 2021
![](../../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/2021/3065/jpeg/15t.jpg) Honey fungus (Armillaria mellea) on upper ground in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, November 21, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3064/jpeg/20t.jpg) Cross section of milkcap mushroom Lactarius imperceptus in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, November 21, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3064/jpeg/15t.jpg) Texture of tooth surface 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/2021/3064/jpeg/12t.jpg) Upper view of a tooth mushroom Climacodon pulcherrimus on a log in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, November 21, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3064/jpeg/19t.jpg) Milkcap mushroom Lactarius imperceptus on rotting wood in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, November 21, 2021
![](../../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/2021/3065/jpeg/16t.jpg) Underside of honey fungus (Armillaria mellea) in dryer oak and pine forest in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, November 21, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2588/jpeg/02t.jpg) Milkcap mushrooms Lactarius frustratus in a wet place near the creek in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, November 2, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2588/jpeg/03t.jpg) Amethyst deceiver mushrooms (Laccaria amethystina) near the creek in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, November 2, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2405/jpeg/23t.jpg) Milkcap (Lactarius) mushrooms in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, November 23, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2602/jpeg/16t.jpg) Mushrooms Amanita lavendula in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, November 27, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2588/jpeg/11t.jpg) Mushrooms Ripartitella brasiliensis on an oak log in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, November 2, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3064/jpeg/25t.jpg) Slice of young bearded tooth mushroom (Hericium erinaceus) in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, November 21, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3065/jpeg/02t.jpg) Cross section of pearly webcap mushroom (Cortinarius alboviolaceus) in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, November 21, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2406/jpeg/07t.jpg) Oyster mushrooms (Pleurotus ostreatus) on a tree fallen across a creek in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, November 23, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2718/jpeg/35t.jpg) Underside of grisette mushrooms with dark brown center (Amanita sect. Vaginatae) in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, May 30, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2718/jpeg/34t.jpg) Cap and gills of grisette mushrooms with dark brown center (Amanita sect. Vaginatae) in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, May 30, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2718/jpeg/36t.jpg) Dissected grisette mushrooms with dark brown center (Amanita sect. Vaginatae) in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, May 30, 2020
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