Resupinate polypore mushroom Skeletocutis odora on a cut surface of a large pine near campground on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 18, 2023
Close-up of resupinate polypore mushroom Skeletocutis odora on a cut surface of a large pine near campground on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 18, 2023
Spores of resupinate polypore mushroom Skeletocutis odora from a vertically cut surface of a large fallen pine near campground, collected a day before on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 19, 2023
Texture of dried resupinate polypore mushroom Skeletocutis odora on a cut surface of a fallen pine on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, March 10, 2024
Orange mock oyster mushrooms (Phyllotopsis nidulans) on a large pine log on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 28, 2021
Flat green moss on surface of a large pine log without bark in wet area on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, February 19, 2023
Underside of orange mock oyster mushrooms (Phyllotopsis nidulans) on a large pine log on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 28, 2021
Close-up of orange mock oyster mushrooms (Phyllotopsis nidulans) on a large pine log on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 28, 2021
Gills of orange mock oyster mushrooms (Phyllotopsis nidulans) on a large pine log on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 28, 2021
Dried resupinate polypore mushroom Skeletocutis odora together with slime mold Stemonitis on a cut surface of a fallen pine on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, March 10, 2024
Close-up of flat green moss on surface of a large pine log without bark in wet area on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, February 19, 2023
Growth of flat green moss on surface of a large pine log without bark in wet area on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, February 19, 2023
Gill pattern of orange mock oyster mushrooms (Phyllotopsis nidulans) on a large pine log on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 28, 2021
Lower view of orange mock oyster mushrooms (Phyllotopsis nidulans) on a large pine log on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 28, 2021
Hairy caps of orange mock oyster mushrooms (Phyllotopsis nidulans) on a large pine log on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 28, 2021
Large group of pinewood gingertail mushrooms (Xeromphalina campanella) on a vertically cut surface of a fallen pine on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, October 26, 2019
Annual rings on cut surface of a pine tree on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, October 6, 2021
Pattern of annual rings on cut surface of a pine tree on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, October 6, 2021
Base of a large standing rotting pine on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 13, 2020
Squamulose lichen Cladonia on a large fallen pine on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 26, 2020
Close-up of slime mold Cribraria cancellata(?) on a vertically cut surface of a pine log on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, October 9, 2021
Polypore mushroom Fulvifomes johnsonianus (Phellinus johnsonianus)(?) on a cut surface of an oak fallen across the trail (it covers large area on the side of this tree) on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 16, 2019
Spore heads of slime mold Cribraria cancellata(?) on a vertically cut surface of a pine log on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, October 9, 2021
Pimpled surface of wolf s milk slime mold (Lycogala epidendrum) on a wet fallen pine on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, June 11, 2021
Mature stage of slime mold Stemonitis fusca on a large pine log on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, June 13, 2021
Large number of pinewood gingertail mushrooms (Xeromphalina campanella) on a pine log on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, October 9, 2021
Slime mold Arcyria cinerea on a large fallen pine without bark on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, June 11, 2021
Mushrooms Flammulaster erinaceellus on a large rotting oak log on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 28, 2021
Pore surface of bracket polypore mushrooms Fomitella supina at the base of a dried elm tree in muddy area on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, August 6, 2022
Mushrooms Leucopaxillus albissimus on pine needles on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 7, 2021
Close-up of pore surface of bracket polypore mushrooms Fomitella supina at the base of a dried elm tree in muddy area on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, August 6, 2022
Blackedged shield mushrooms (Pluteus atromarginatus) on a pine log on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 20, 2021
Fibrous cap of blackedged shield mushrooms (Pluteus atromarginatus) on a pine log on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 20, 2021
Plums and custard mushrooms (Tricholomopsis rutilans) on a wet fallen pine on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 28, 2021
Brown-staining cheese polypore mushrooms (Postia fragilis, Oligoporus fragilis, Fuscopostia fragilis) on cut surface of a pine log on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, June 11, 2021
Soft polypore mushroom Skeletocutis odora on a cut surface of a pine on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 1, 2019
Resupinate polypore mushroom Skeletocutis odora on a cut surface of a pine on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 1, 2019
Caps of brown-staining cheese polypore mushrooms (Postia fragilis, Oligoporus fragilis, Fuscopostia fragilis) on cut surface of a pine log on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, June 11, 2021
Slime mold Ceratiomyxa fruticulosa on a large wet pine log on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 4, 2022
Slime mold Arcyria cinerea on a large wet pine log on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 4, 2022
Close up of resupinate polypore mushroom Skeletocutis odora on a cut surface of a pine on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 1, 2019
Resupinate polypore mushroom Skeletocutis odora on a vertically cut surface of a pine on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 1, 2019
Texture of resupinate polypore mushroom Skeletocutis odora on a cut surface of a pine on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 1, 2019
Masses of slime mold Ceratiomyxa fruticulosa on a large wet pine log on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 4, 2022
Scratched surface of orange resupinate polypore mushroom Fibroporia radiculosa on a pine log on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, August 14, 2022
Orange resupinate polypore mushroom Fibroporia radiculosa on a mossy surface of a pine log on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, August 14, 2022
Young Conocybe mushroom emerging from a cut surface of an oak log on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 10, 2021
Honeycomb coral slime mold (Ceratiomyxa fruticulosa) on a large wet pine log on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 4, 2022
Some large bolete mushroom on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, August 13, 2021
Clusters of pinewood gingertail mushrooms (Xeromphalina campanella) on a vertically cut surface of a fallen pine on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, October 26, 2019
Orange resupinate polypore mushroom Fibroporia radiculosa on side surface of a pine log without bark on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, August 14, 2022
Caps of pinewood gingertail mushrooms (Xeromphalina campanella) on a vertically cut surface of a fallen pine on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, October 26, 2019
Masses of pinewood gingertail mushrooms (Xeromphalina campanella) on a vertically cut surface of a fallen pine on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, October 26, 2019
Close-up of honeycomb coral slime mold (Ceratiomyxa fruticulosa) on a large wet pine log on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 4, 2022
Resupinate polypore mushroom Fulvifomes johnsonianus (Phellinus johnsonianus)(?) on a large fallen oak that was cut when a large branch was detached from it on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 26, 2020
Underside of some large bolete mushroom on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, August 13, 2021
Pore surface of a bracket polypore mushroom Ganoderma applanatum on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 31, 2021
Pore surface of Dyer s mazegill mushroom (Phaeolus schweinitzii) on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, August 22, 2021
Pore surface of ash tree bolete mushroom (Boletinellus merulioides) on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, October 9, 2021
Dense group of pinewood gingertail mushrooms (Xeromphalina campanella) on a vertically cut surface of a fallen pine on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, October 26, 2019
Dense cluster of pinewood gingertail mushrooms (Xeromphalina campanella) on a vertically cut surface of a fallen pine on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, October 26, 2019
Close-up of bracket polypore mushroom Fomitella supina on a recently dried elm tree on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 23, 2021
Resupinate polypore mushroom Fulvifomes johnsonianus (Phellinus johnsonianus)(?) covering large area on a lower side of a large oak log on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, January 17, 2021
Mushrooms Xeromphalina cauticinalis growing on pine needles around a big pine on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 23, 2021
Cap surface of mystery chick polypore mushroom (Piptoporellus soloniensis) on a rotting log on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, September 4, 2021
Upper surface of a cap of a young blushing bracket mushroom (Daedaleopsis confragosa) on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, July 25, 2021
Pore surface with its margin of Dyer s mazegill mushroom (Phaeolus schweinitzii) on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, August 22, 2021
Surface of old black crust fungus Chaetosphaerella phaeostroma on a fallen elm tree on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, March 7, 2021
Slime mold Stemonitopsis typhina on a large wet log without bark on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, August 13, 2021
Pore surface of mature mystery chick polypore mushrooms (Piptoporellus soloniensis) on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 2, 2024
Black scratches on pore surface of a bracket polypore mushroom Ganoderma applanatum on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 31, 2021
Blue staining cross section of some large bolete mushroom on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, August 13, 2021
Resupinate polypore mushroom Fulvifomes johnsonianus (Phellinus johnsonianus)(?) on a cut surface of an oak fallen across the trail on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 16, 2019
Large broken pine branch covered by orange resupinate polypore mushroom Fibroporia radiculosa on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, August 14, 2022
Close-up of pore surface of mature mystery chick polypore mushrooms (Piptoporellus soloniensis) on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 2, 2024
Pore surface of mystery chick polypore mushroom (Piptoporellus soloniensis) on a piece of wood on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, August 22, 2021
Edge of resupinate polypore mushroom Fulvifomes johnsonianus (Phellinus johnsonianus)(?) on a cut surface of an oak fallen across the trail on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 16, 2019
Growth of spore catching parasitic fungus Sporophagomyces chrysostomus(?) on pore surface of mushroom Fulvifomes johnsonianus (Phellinus johnsonianus)(?) on a large fallen oak on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, February 29, 2020
Soft web-like surface of corticioid fungus Trechispora mollusca on pore surface of an old bracket polypore mushroom on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, January 29, 2022
Slug feeding on pore surface of mystery chick polypore mushroom (Piptoporellus soloniensis) on a rotting log on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, September 4, 2021
Underside of a bracket polypore mushroom Ganoderma applanatum on a large partially rotten oak on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 31, 2021
Underside of powder-scale Pholiota mushrooms (Flammulaster erinaceellus) on a large fallen oak on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, October 21, 2021
Orange resupinate polypore mushroom Fibroporia radiculosa covering large area on a big half-fallen branch of a pine on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, August 14, 2022
Pipeline right of way in a pine forest on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, October 9, 2021
Cream white corticioid fungus covering large area on a fallen tree branch on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 26, 2020
Texture of whitish corticioid fungus covering large area on a fallen tree branch on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 26, 2020
Some corticioid fungus on underside of a pine log on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, September 16, 2021
White cyphelloid fungus on a wet pine log on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, January 30, 2021
Mushrooms Tricholomopsis flammula on a thick pine log on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 8, 2019
Common moss on a barkless fallen pine on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 26, 2020
Fibrous surface of fan-like growth of spore catching parasitic fungus Sporophagomyces chrysostomus(?) under resupinate polypore mushroom Fulvifomes johnsonianus (Phellinus johnsonianus)(?) on a large fallen oak on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, February 29, 2020
Bracket polypore mushrooms Ganoderma applanatum on a large oak with a partially exposed rotted core on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 31, 2021
Side view of powder-scale Pholiota mushrooms (Flammulaster erinaceellus) on a large fallen oak on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, October 21, 2021
Light brown resupinate polypore mushrooms Perenniporia tenuis(?) on a cut surface of a fallen broadleaf branch on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) east from Trailhead No. 4 in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 25, 2023
Details of light brown corticioid fungus covering large area on a fallen tree branch on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 26, 2020
Close-up of light yellow corticioid fungus covering large area on a fallen tree branch on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 26, 2020
Masses of white cyphelloid fungus on a wet pine log on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, January 30, 2021
Cyphelloid fungus on a upper side of a pine log on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, January 30, 2021
Slime mold Cribraria cancellata(?) on a wet pine log on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, October 9, 2021
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