![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3064/jpeg/21t.jpg) Young stage of bearded tooth mushroom (Hericium erinaceus) on a fallen beech in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, November 21, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3064/jpeg/24t.jpg) Close-up of cross section 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/2021/3064/jpeg/23t.jpg) Cross section of young bearded tooth mushroom (Hericium erinaceus) on a fallen beech in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, November 21, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3064/jpeg/22t.jpg) Young stage of bearded tooth mushroom (Hericium erinaceus) with water drops (guttation) on a fallen beech in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, November 21, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3064/jpeg/26t.jpg) Bearded tooth mushroom (Hericium erinaceus) on lower side of a fallen beech in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, November 21, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3048/jpeg/12t.jpg) Bearded tooth mushroom (Hericium erinaceus) on a log on Four Notch Loop Trail of Sam Houston National Forest near Huntsville. Texas, October 24, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1319/jpeg/13t.jpg) Hericium erinaceus (also called Lion s Mane Mushroom, Bearded Tooth Mushroom, Hedgehog Mushroom, Satyr s Beard, Bearded Hedgehog Mushroom, pom pom mushroom, or Bearded Tooth Fungus) on a tree in Huntsville Park. Texas, December 28, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2602/jpeg/04t.jpg) Bearded tooth mushroom (Hericium erinaceus) on a fallen oak in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, November 26, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2407/jpeg/30t.jpg) Small Bearded Tooth Mushroom (Hericium erinaceus) on rotting oak in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, November 27, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2017/2214/jpeg/31t.jpg) Hericium erinaceus (Lion s Mane Mushroom, Bearded Tooth Mushroom) on Raccoon Run Trail in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, December 15, 2017
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/997/jpeg/04t.jpg) Bearded Tooth Mushroom (Hericium erinaceus) growing on a tree in Oakwood Cemetery. Huntsville, Texas, December 29, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1319/jpeg/18t.jpg) Cooked Hericium erinaceus (Lion s Mane Mushroom, Bearded Tooth Mushroom) taken from a tree in Huntsville Park. Texas, December 28, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1319/jpeg/19t.jpg) Cooked slices of Hericium erinaceus (Lion s Mane Mushroom, Bearded Tooth Mushroom) taken from a tree in Huntsville Park. Texas, December 28, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2390/jpeg/07t.jpg) Bearded Tooth Mushroom (Hericium erinaceus) in David E. Schob Nature Preserve at 906 Ashburn Street. College Station, Texas, October 31, 2018
![](../../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/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/2021/3031/jpeg/03t.jpg) Yellow resupinate tooth mushroom on a fallen tree in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest near Shepherd. Texas, October 3, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3031/jpeg/05t.jpg) Close-up of yellow resupinate tooth mushroom on a fallen tree in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest near Shepherd. Texas, October 3, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2017/2199/jpeg/11t.jpg) Young coral tooth mushroom (comb tooth, Hericium coralloides) on Kiwanis Nature Trail. College Station, Texas, November 15, 2017
![](../../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/2019/2579/jpeg/25t.jpg) Velvet tooth mushroom (Hydnellum spongiosipes) in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, October 20, 2019
![](../../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/2021/3065/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/2021/3064/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/2021/3064/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/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/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/2018/2388/jpeg/12t.jpg) Underside tooth surface of Sarcodon atroviridis mushroom in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, October 28, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2580/jpeg/02t.jpg) Dissected velvet tooth mushroom (Hydnellum spongiosipes) in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, October 20, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2580/jpeg/01t.jpg) Underside of a velvet tooth mushroom (Hydnellum spongiosipes) in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, October 20, 2019
![](../../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/2021/3064/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/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/2018/2405/jpeg/09t.jpg) Tooth fungus (Hydaceae) on a fallen branch of a broad leaf tree in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, November 23, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2579/jpeg/26t.jpg) Side view of a velvet tooth mushroom (Hydnellum spongiosipes) in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, October 20, 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/2021/3065/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/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/2020/2717/jpeg/17t.jpg) Young eastern American blusher mushroom (Amanita amerirubescens) in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, May 30, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3064/jpeg/09t.jpg) Resupinate form of violet toothed polypore mushroom (Trichaptum biforme) on a fallen tree in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, November 21, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3064/jpeg/10t.jpg) Almost resupinate form of violet toothed polypore mushroom (Trichaptum biforme) on a fallen tree in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, November 21, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2843/jpeg/03t.jpg) Coral tooth mushroom (Hericium coralloides) on an oak log on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail east from Trailhead No. 4 in Sam Houston National Forest, near Montgomery. Texas, January 2, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2717/jpeg/18t.jpg) Dissected young eastern American blusher mushroom (Amanita amerirubescens) in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, May 30, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3064/jpeg/11t.jpg) Upper view of immature violet toothed polypore mushroom (Trichaptum biforme)(?) 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/29t.jpg) Young Amanita stirps Sororcula mushroom (button stage) on a trail in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, October 28, 2018
![](../../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/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/2018/2405/jpeg/12t.jpg) Hebeloma mushroom in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, November 23, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3399/jpeg/23t.jpg) Young growth of elastic polypore mushroom (Wrightoporia avellanea) on underside of a thick pine log in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, April 30, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2405/jpeg/11t.jpg) Young giant Panus mushrooms (Lentinus levis, Pleurotus levis) or may be P. dryinus in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, November 23, 2018
![](../../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/2020/2718/jpeg/37t.jpg) Kidney-shaped tooth mushrooms (Mycorrhaphium adustum) in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, May 30, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2717/jpeg/08t.jpg) Kidney-shaped tooth fungus (Mycorrhaphium adustum) in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, May 30, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2799/jpeg/29t.jpg) Velvet tooth mushrooms (Hydnellum spongiosipes) in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, October 11, 2020
![](../../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/2019/2587/jpeg/19t.jpg) Dissected a large bolete mushroom at Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, November 2, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2587/jpeg/21t.jpg) Webcap mushroom Cortinarius iodes at Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, November 2, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2405/jpeg/21t.jpg) False coral mushroom Tremellodendron in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, November 23, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2587/jpeg/17t.jpg) Underside of a large bolete mushroom at Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, November 2, 2019
![](../../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/2021/3065/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/2021/3064/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/2021/3065/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/2021/3032/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/2021/3031/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/2021/2979/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/2021/2979/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/2020/2717/jpeg/11t.jpg) Dissected kidney-shaped tooth fungus (Mycorrhaphium adustum) in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, May 30, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2717/jpeg/09t.jpg) Underside of kidney-shaped tooth fungus (Mycorrhaphium adustum) in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, May 30, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2799/jpeg/30t.jpg) Underside of velvet tooth mushrooms (Hydnellum spongiosipes) in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, October 11, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2602/jpeg/37t.jpg) Resupinate polypore mushroom Fomitiporia punctata on an oak log in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, November 27, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2587/jpeg/15t.jpg) Amethyst deceiver mushroom (Laccaria amethystina) at Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, November 2, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2587/jpeg/18t.jpg) Pore surface of a large bolete mushroom at Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, November 2, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2588/jpeg/05t.jpg) Violet webcap mushroom Cortinarius iodes in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, November 2, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2587/jpeg/16t.jpg) Some large bolete mushroom damaged by a squerrel at Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, November 2, 2019
![](../../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/2018/2406/jpeg/15t.jpg) Pores of a polypore mushroom Heterobasidion annosum(?) in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, November 23, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2587/jpeg/23t.jpg) Gills of a webcap mushroom Cortinarius iodes at Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, November 2, 2019
![](../../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/2021/3065/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/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/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/2021/3065/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/2021/3031/jpeg/28t.jpg) Underside of polypore mushroom Microporellus dealbatus in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest near Shepherd. Texas, October 3, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2979/jpeg/28t.jpg) Close-up of a bolete mushroom Retiboletus ornatipes in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, July 10, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2979/jpeg/32t.jpg) False coral mushroom Tremellodendropsis semivestita in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, July 10, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3032/jpeg/18t.jpg) Velvety caps of a mushroom Xylobolus subpileatus in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest near Shepherd. Texas, October 3, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2978/jpeg/32t.jpg) Some amorphous corticioid mushroom on a fallen beech in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, July 10, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2979/jpeg/26t.jpg) Underside of a bolete mushroom Retiboletus ornatipes in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, July 10, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2978/jpeg/06t.jpg) Underside of a bitter bolete mushroom (Tylopilus) in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, July 10, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2717/jpeg/10t.jpg) Kidney-shaped tooth fungus (Mycorrhaphium adustum) on rotting wood in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, May 30, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2587/jpeg/22t.jpg) Side view of a webcap mushroom Cortinarius iodes at Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, November 2, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2587/jpeg/14t.jpg) Some polypore mushroom around a woodpecker hole in a dried tree at Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, November 2, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2405/jpeg/18t.jpg) Mold like fungus Syzygites megalocarpus on a milkcap mushroom in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, November 23, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2406/jpeg/33t.jpg) Dissected violet webcap mushroom (Cortinarius violaceus) in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, November 23, 2018
![](../../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/2021/3065/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
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