 Close-up of velvety brown egg of devil s cigar fungus (Chorioactis geaster) on Copperfield Nature Trail. Austin, Texas, December 4, 2021
 Opening egg of devil s cigar fungus (Chorioactis geaster) on Copperfield Nature Trail. Austin, Texas, December 4, 2021
 Egg stage of devil s cigar fungus (Chorioactis geaster) on Copperfield Nature Trail. Austin, Texas, December 4, 2021
 Opened body of devil s cigar fungus (Chorioactis geaster) on Copperfield Nature Trail. Austin, Texas, December 4, 2021
 Devil s cigar fungus (Chorioactis geaster) on rotting wood on Copperfield Nature Trail. Austin, Texas, December 4, 2021
 Devil s cigar fungus (Chorioactis geaster) near a cedar elm stump on Copperfield Nature Trail. Austin, Texas, December 4, 2021
 Side view of devil s cigar fungus (Chorioactis geaster) on Copperfield Nature Trail. Austin, Texas, December 4, 2021
 Young stage of devil s cigar fungus (Chorioactis geaster) on Copperfield Nature Trail. Austin, Texas, December 4, 2021
 Old cedar elm stump with devil s cigar fungus (Chorioactis geaster) on Copperfield Nature Trail. Austin, Texas, December 4, 2021
 Half-opened devil s cigar fungus (Chorioactis geaster) on Copperfield Nature Trail. Austin, Texas, December 4, 2021
 Devil s cigar fungus (Chorioactis geaster) emitting spores on Copperfield Nature Trail. Austin, Texas, December 4, 2021
 Upper view of devil s cigar fungus (Chorioactis geaster) on Copperfield Nature Trail. Austin, Texas, December 4, 2021
 Malformed devil s cigar fungus (Chorioactis geaster) on a cedar elm stump on Copperfield Nature Trail. Austin, Texas, December 4, 2021
 Side view of half-opened devil s cigar fungus (Chorioactis geaster) on Copperfield Nature Trail. Austin, Texas, December 4, 2021
 Taking pictures of devil s cigar fungus (Chorioactis geaster) around a cedar elm stump on Copperfield Nature Trail. Austin, Texas, December 4, 2021
 Submerged brown egg of devil s cigar fungus (Chorioactis geaster) near a cedar elm stump on Copperfield Nature Trail. Austin, Texas, December 4, 2021
 Recently opened devil s cigar fungus (Chorioactis geaster) near a cedar elm stump on Copperfield Nature Trail. Austin, Texas, December 4, 2021
 Leathery rays of devil s cigar fungus (Chorioactis geaster) near a cedar elm stump on Copperfield Nature Trail. Austin, Texas, December 4, 2021
 Side view of devil s cigar fungus (Chorioactis geaster) near a cedar elm stump on Copperfield Nature Trail. Austin, Texas, December 4, 2021
 Opening stage of devil s cigar fungus (Chorioactis geaster) near a cedar elm stump on Copperfield Nature Trail. Austin, Texas, December 4, 2021
 Brown egg of devil s cigar fungus (Chorioactis geaster) in litter near a cedar elm stump on Copperfield Nature Trail. Austin, Texas, December 4, 2021
 Velvety brown egg of devil s cigar fungus (Chorioactis geaster) near a cedar elm stump on Copperfield Nature Trail. Austin, Texas, December 4, 2021
 Splitting body of devil s cigar fungus (Chorioactis geaster) near a cedar elm stump on Copperfield Nature Trail. Austin, Texas, December 4, 2021
 Closed body of devil s cigar fungus (Chorioactis geaster) near a cedar elm stump on Copperfield Nature Trail. Austin, Texas, December 4, 2021
 Mature and young bodies of devil s cigar fungus (Chorioactis geaster) near a cedar elm stump on Copperfield Nature Trail. Austin, Texas, December 4, 2021
 Partially split and malformed egg of devil s cigar fungus (Chorioactis geaster) near a cedar elm stump on Copperfield Nature Trail. Austin, Texas, December 4, 2021
 Wide opened body of devil s cigar fungus (Chorioactis geaster) near a cedar elm stump on Copperfield Nature Trail. Austin, Texas, December 4, 2021
 Some white mold growing on mature bodies of devil s cigar fungus (Chorioactis geaster)(?) on Copperfield Nature Trail. Austin, Texas, December 4, 2021
 Star-like arrangement of leathery rays of devil s cigar fungus (Chorioactis geaster) near a cedar elm stump on Copperfield Nature Trail. Austin, Texas, December 4, 2021
 Cedar elm stump with devil s cigar fungus (Texas Star, Chorioactis geaster) on Copperfield Nature Trail. Austin, Texas, December 4, 2021
 Close-up of cramp balls fungus (Daldinia concentrica) on Copperfield Nature Trail. Austin, Texas, December 4, 2021
 Spores of devil s cigar mushroom Chorioactis geaster collected a day before in Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 2, 2023
 Black bodies of cramp balls fungus (Daldinia concentrica) on Copperfield Nature Trail. Austin, Texas, December 4, 2021
 Broken bodies of cramp balls fungus (Daldinia concentrica) on Copperfield Nature Trail. Austin, Texas, December 4, 2021
 Cramp balls fungus (Daldinia concentrica) on a log of a hardwood tree on Copperfield Nature Trail. Austin, Texas, December 4, 2021
 Partially dry Devil s Cigar Ascomycete mushroom (Chorioactis geaster) at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 1, 2023
 Habitat of Devil s Cigar Ascomycete mushrooms (Chorioactis geaster) 0.8 m from hackberry, 4 m from elm, 7 m from oak, 11 m from juniper, around 60 m from lake shore, at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 1, 2023
 Mature Devil s Cigar Ascomycete mushroom (Chorioactis geaster) growing of a small piece of submerged in soil blackened elm wood at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 1, 2023
 Fairy inkcap mushrooms (Coprinellus disseminatus) on Copperfield Nature Trail. Austin, Texas, December 4, 2021
 Silver-white and black texture of fungi on rotting cedar elm wood on Copperfield Nature Trail. Austin, Texas, December 4, 2021
 Central Texas Mycological Society on Copperfield Nature Trail. Austin, Texas, December 4, 2021
 Central Texas Mycological Society at a trailhead of Copperfield Nature Trail. Austin, Texas, December 4, 2021
 Close-up of corticioid fungus Dendrothele nivosa on bark of Eastern red cedar (Juniper) in McKinney Roughs Nature Park near Austin. Texas, March 17, 2021
 Close-up of white juniper fungus (Robergea albicedrae) small gray nodules where spores are produced on bark of a young Juniperus ashei tree in McKinney Roughs Nature Park near Austin. Texas, March 17, 2021
 Close-up of jelly mushrooms Dacrymyces(?) on black Sordariomycetes crust fungus on rotting oak wood on Kiwanis Nature Trail. College Station, Texas, December 14, 2021
 Close-up of pore lichen (Pertusaria) on a juniper branch in McKinney Roughs Nature Park near Austin. Texas, March 17, 2021
 Close-up of medallion lichen Dirinaria confusa with black apothecia on juniper bark in McKinney Roughs Nature Park near Austin. Texas, March 17, 2021
 Whitening pattern of a fungus Robergea albicedrae on bark of Ashe juniper in McKinney Roughs Nature Park near Austin. Texas, March 17, 2021
 Spores of Ascomycete mushroom Chorioactis geaster collected a day before in Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 2, 2023
 Typical whitening pattern on bark of Ashe juniper with a fungus Robergea albicedrae in McKinney Roughs Nature Park near Austin. Texas, March 17, 2021
 White juniper fungus (Robergea albicedrae) on bark of Juniperus ashei tree in McKinney Roughs Nature Park near Austin. Texas, March 17, 2021
 Spores (at low magnofication) of Ascomycete mushroom Chorioactis geaster collected a day before in Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 2, 2023
 White juniper fungus (Robergea albicedrae) on bark of a young Juniperus ashei tree in McKinney Roughs Nature Park near Austin. Texas, March 17, 2021
 Close up of Phlebia subochracea corticioid fungus on Kiwanis Nature Trail. College Station, Texas, December 1, 2017
 White juniper fungus (Robergea albicedrae) around of a broken branch spot on Juniperus ashei tree in McKinney Roughs Nature Park near Austin. Texas, March 17, 2021
 Close-up of salted rock-shield lichen (Xanthoparmelia mexicana) or may be other Xanthoparmelia on an exposed flint stone in open area in a forest in McKinney Roughs Nature Park near Austin. Texas, March 17, 2021
 Close up of a brown porous crust fungus Phellinus (?) on Kiwanis Nature Trail. College Station, Texas, December 16, 2017
 Close-up of stickpins lichen Mycocalicium subtile or may be other Mycocaliciaceae (Mycocalicium, Chaenothecopsis) on a trunk of a juniper tree (Eastern red cedar) on spot where its branch was cut in McKinney Roughs Nature Park near Austin. Texas, March 17, 2021
 Close-up of earthstar mushrooms Geastrum rufescens(?) on Kiwanis Nature Trail. College Station, Texas, December 14, 2021
 Close-up of fungus Sebacina epigaea(?) at the base of a juniper tree on Kiwanis Nature Trail. College Station, Texas, June 10, 2021
 Close up of brown corticioid polypore fungus Perenniporia tenuis(?) on an oak branch on Kiwanis Nature Trail. College Station, Texas, December 7, 2017
 White juniper fungus (Robergea albicedrae) small gray nodules where spores are produced on bark of a young Juniperus ashei tree in McKinney Roughs Nature Park near Austin. Texas, March 17, 2021
 View of Colorado River from Bluff Trail Loop in McKinney Roughs Nature Park near Austin. Texas, March 17, 2021
 Bend of Colorado River from Bluff Trail Loop in McKinney Roughs Nature Park near Austin. Texas, March 17, 2021
 Close-up of orange hyphae of spreading yellow tooth fungus (Hydnophlebia chrysorhiza) on a log on Kiwanis Nature Trail. College Station, Texas, June 10, 2021
 Steep descent to Colorado River from Bluff Trail Loop in McKinney Roughs Nature Park near Austin. Texas, March 17, 2021
 Ringless honey fungus (Desarmillaria caespitosa, former D. tabescens) near a tree and close to water of a creek on Kiwanis Nature Trail. College Station, Texas, October 12, 2021
 Close up of violet crust fungus Phlebiopsis crassa (Porostereum crassum) on a fallen tree branch on Kiwanis Nature Trail. College Station, Texas, December 7, 2017
 Ascomycete mushrooms Chorioactis geaster with dried tips at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 1, 2023
 Asci and paraphyses of Ascomycete mushrooms Chorioactis geaster collected at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 1, 2023
 Spores (with x100 objective) of Ascomycete mushrooms Chorioactis geaster collected at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 1, 2023
 Tissues (in Congo Red, at low magnification) of Ascomycete mushrooms Chorioactis geaster collected at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 1, 2023
 Asci (in Congo Red, at low magnification) of Ascomycete mushrooms Chorioactis geaster collected at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 1, 2023
 Immature spore and some round structures of Ascomycete mushrooms Chorioactis geaster collected at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 1, 2023
 Asci and spores (at low magnification, x40 objective) of Ascomycete mushrooms Chorioactis geaster collected at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 1, 2023
 Ascomycete mushroom Chorioactis geaster under several trees in half-open area near the lake, at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 1, 2023
 Side view of coral tooth fungus (Hericium coralloides) on Kiwanis Nature Trail. College Station, Texas, December 14, 2021
 Coral tooth fungus (Hericium coralloides) at the base of an oak tree on Kiwanis Nature Trail. College Station, Texas, December 14, 2021
 Young leaves of oak in McKinney Roughs Nature Park near Austin. Texas, March 17, 2021
 Leaf of poison ivy in McKinney Roughs Nature Park near Austin. Texas, March 17, 2021
 Devil s shoestring (Nolina lindhemeriana) in Ladybird Johnson Wildflower Center. Austin, Texas, March 7, 2009
 Young leaves of Virginia creeper in McKinney Roughs Nature Park near Austin. Texas, March 17, 2021
 Tender leaves of Virginia creeper in McKinney Roughs Nature Park near Austin. Texas, March 17, 2021
 Close-up of corticioid fungus on underside of an oak log in David E. Schob Nature Preserve at 906 Ashburn Street. College Station, Texas, March 27, 2021
 Violet spiderwort (Tradescantia gigantea(?)) flowers in McKinney Roughs Nature Park near Austin. Texas, March 17, 2021
 Gold dust lichen (Chrysothrix xanthina) in McKinney Roughs Nature Park near Austin. Texas, March 17, 2021
 Violet flowers of spiderwort (Tradescantia gigantea(?)) in McKinney Roughs Nature Park near Austin. Texas, March 17, 2021
 Medallion lichen Dirinaria confusa on a juniper tree in McKinney Roughs Nature Park near Austin. Texas, March 17, 2021
 Pore lichen (Pertusaria) with apothecia on a juniper branch in McKinney Roughs Nature Park near Austin. Texas, March 17, 2021
 Pore lichen (Pertusaria) on bark of a juniper branch in McKinney Roughs Nature Park near Austin. Texas, March 17, 2021
 Fringed puccoon (Narrowleaf gromwell, Lithospermum incisum) in McKinney Roughs Nature Park near Austin. Texas, March 17, 2021
 Copper-colored young leaves of Virginia creeper in McKinney Roughs Nature Park near Austin. Texas, March 17, 2021
 Close-up of devil s Urn mushroom (Urnula craterium) in cut bushes of willow under power lines between Lisiy Nos and Morskaya, west from Saint Petersburg. Russia, May 3, 2021
 Close-up of Hypoxylon fungus on a dry elm tree on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 31, 2021
 White fringe lichen (Heterodermia albicans) on a tree (may be juniper) in McKinney Roughs Nature Park near Austin. Texas, March 17, 2021
 Close-up of glossy black Hypoxylon fungus on a dry elm tree on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 31, 2021
 Medallion lichen Dirinaria confusa with black apothecia on a juniper tree in McKinney Roughs Nature Park near Austin. Texas, March 17, 2021
 Medallion lichen Dirinaria confusa with black apothecia on juniper bark in McKinney Roughs Nature Park near Austin. Texas, March 17, 2021
 Corticioid mushroom Dendrothele nivosa on bark of Eastern red cedar (Juniper) in McKinney Roughs Nature Park near Austin. Texas, March 17, 2021
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