![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3075/jpeg/28t.jpg) 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
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3075/jpeg/07t.jpg) Devil s cigar fungus (Chorioactis geaster) near a cedar elm stump on Copperfield Nature Trail. Austin, Texas, December 4, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3075/jpeg/29t.jpg) Old cedar elm stump with devil s cigar fungus (Chorioactis geaster) on Copperfield Nature Trail. Austin, Texas, December 4, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3075/jpeg/01t.jpg) Malformed devil s cigar fungus (Chorioactis geaster) on a cedar elm stump on Copperfield Nature Trail. Austin, Texas, December 4, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3075/jpeg/34t.jpg) Submerged brown egg of devil s cigar fungus (Chorioactis geaster) near a cedar elm stump on Copperfield Nature Trail. Austin, Texas, December 4, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3075/jpeg/37t.jpg) 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
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3075/jpeg/27t.jpg) Splitting body of devil s cigar fungus (Chorioactis geaster) near a cedar elm stump on Copperfield Nature Trail. Austin, Texas, December 4, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3075/jpeg/26t.jpg) Closed body of devil s cigar fungus (Chorioactis geaster) near a cedar elm stump on Copperfield Nature Trail. Austin, Texas, December 4, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3075/jpeg/25t.jpg) Recently opened devil s cigar fungus (Chorioactis geaster) near a cedar elm stump on Copperfield Nature Trail. Austin, Texas, December 4, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3075/jpeg/23t.jpg) Side view of devil s cigar fungus (Chorioactis geaster) near a cedar elm stump on Copperfield Nature Trail. Austin, Texas, December 4, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3075/jpeg/24t.jpg) Opening stage of devil s cigar fungus (Chorioactis geaster) near a cedar elm stump on Copperfield Nature Trail. Austin, Texas, December 4, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3075/jpeg/15t.jpg) Taking pictures of devil s cigar fungus (Chorioactis geaster) around a cedar elm stump on Copperfield Nature Trail. Austin, Texas, December 4, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3075/jpeg/36t.jpg) Velvety brown egg of devil s cigar fungus (Chorioactis geaster) near a cedar elm stump on Copperfield Nature Trail. Austin, Texas, December 4, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3075/jpeg/35t.jpg) 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
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3075/jpeg/32t.jpg) 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
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3075/jpeg/31t.jpg) Wide opened body of devil s cigar fungus (Chorioactis geaster) near a cedar elm stump on Copperfield Nature Trail. Austin, Texas, December 4, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3075/jpeg/09t.jpg) Cedar elm stump with devil s cigar fungus (Texas Star, Chorioactis geaster) on Copperfield Nature Trail. Austin, Texas, December 4, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3075/jpeg/21t.jpg) Opening egg of devil s cigar fungus (Chorioactis geaster) on Copperfield Nature Trail. Austin, Texas, December 4, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3075/jpeg/12t.jpg) Close-up of devil s cigar fungus (Chorioactis geaster) on Copperfield Nature Trail. Austin, Texas, December 4, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3075/jpeg/20t.jpg) Egg stage of devil s cigar fungus (Chorioactis geaster) on Copperfield Nature Trail. Austin, Texas, December 4, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3075/jpeg/30t.jpg) Devil s cigar fungus (Chorioactis geaster) emitting spores on Copperfield Nature Trail. Austin, Texas, December 4, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3075/jpeg/19t.jpg) Young stage of devil s cigar fungus (Chorioactis geaster) on Copperfield Nature Trail. Austin, Texas, December 4, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3075/jpeg/10t.jpg) Opened body of devil s cigar fungus (Chorioactis geaster) on Copperfield Nature Trail. Austin, Texas, December 4, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3075/jpeg/06t.jpg) Devil s cigar fungus (Chorioactis geaster) on rotting wood on Copperfield Nature Trail. Austin, Texas, December 4, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3075/jpeg/16t.jpg) Half-opened devil s cigar fungus (Chorioactis geaster) on Copperfield Nature Trail. Austin, Texas, December 4, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3075/jpeg/22t.jpg) Upper view of devil s cigar fungus (Chorioactis geaster) on Copperfield Nature Trail. Austin, Texas, December 4, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3075/jpeg/08t.jpg) Side view of devil s cigar fungus (Chorioactis geaster) on Copperfield Nature Trail. Austin, Texas, December 4, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3075/jpeg/38t.jpg) Close-up of velvety brown egg of devil s cigar fungus (Chorioactis geaster) on Copperfield Nature Trail. Austin, Texas, December 4, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3075/jpeg/17t.jpg) Side view of half-opened devil s cigar fungus (Chorioactis geaster) on Copperfield Nature Trail. Austin, Texas, December 4, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3075/jpeg/18t.jpg) Some white mold growing on mature bodies of devil s cigar fungus (Chorioactis geaster)(?) on Copperfield Nature Trail. Austin, Texas, December 4, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3075/jpeg/39t.jpg) Silver-white and black texture of fungi on rotting cedar elm wood on Copperfield Nature Trail. Austin, Texas, December 4, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3316/jpeg/32t.jpg) 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
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3075/jpeg/05t.jpg) Close-up of cramp balls fungus (Daldinia concentrica) on Copperfield Nature Trail. Austin, Texas, December 4, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3075/jpeg/04t.jpg) Broken bodies of cramp balls fungus (Daldinia concentrica) on Copperfield Nature Trail. Austin, Texas, December 4, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3075/jpeg/03t.jpg) Black bodies of cramp balls fungus (Daldinia concentrica) on Copperfield Nature Trail. Austin, Texas, December 4, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3075/jpeg/02t.jpg) Cramp balls fungus (Daldinia concentrica) on a log of a hardwood tree on Copperfield Nature Trail. Austin, Texas, December 4, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3314/jpeg/10t.jpg) 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
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3314/jpeg/07t.jpg) 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
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3314/jpeg/08t.jpg) 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
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3075/jpeg/14t.jpg) Fairy inkcap mushrooms (Coprinellus disseminatus) on Copperfield Nature Trail. Austin, Texas, December 4, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3075/jpeg/13t.jpg) Central Texas Mycological Society on Copperfield Nature Trail. Austin, Texas, December 4, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3075/jpeg/11t.jpg) Central Texas Mycological Society at a trailhead of Copperfield Nature Trail. Austin, Texas, December 4, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2017/2209/jpeg/11t.jpg) Ceramic parchment fungus (Xylobolus frustulatus)(?) on a barkless stump of red cedar on Kiwanis Nature Trail. College Station, Texas, December 7, 2017
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2883/jpeg/12t.jpg) 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
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2883/jpeg/11t.jpg) Corticioid mushroom Dendrothele nivosa on bark of Eastern red cedar (Juniper) in McKinney Roughs Nature Park near Austin. Texas, March 17, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2884/jpeg/05t.jpg) 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
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2884/jpeg/04t.jpg) Stickpins lichen Mycocalicium subtile or may be other Mycocaliciaceae (Mycocalicium, Chaenothecopsis) on a trunk of a juniper tree (Eastern red cedar) where its branch was cut, around 1.5 meters above ground, in McKinney Roughs Nature Park near Austin. Texas, March 17, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2017/2209/jpeg/09t.jpg) Poroid fungus on a stump on Kiwanis Nature Trail. College Station, Texas, December 7, 2017
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2017/2209/jpeg/10t.jpg) Texture of a poroid fungus on a stump on Kiwanis Nature Trail. College Station, Texas, December 7, 2017
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2884/jpeg/09t.jpg) Whitening pattern of a fungus Robergea albicedrae on bark of Ashe juniper in McKinney Roughs Nature Park near Austin. Texas, March 17, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3316/jpeg/33t.jpg) Spores of Ascomycete mushroom Chorioactis geaster collected a day before in Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 2, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2884/jpeg/13t.jpg) Typical whitening pattern on bark of Ashe juniper with a fungus Robergea albicedrae in McKinney Roughs Nature Park near Austin. Texas, March 17, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2884/jpeg/07t.jpg) White juniper fungus (Robergea albicedrae) on bark of Juniperus ashei tree in McKinney Roughs Nature Park near Austin. Texas, March 17, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3316/jpeg/31t.jpg) 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
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2884/jpeg/10t.jpg) White juniper fungus (Robergea albicedrae) on bark of a young Juniperus ashei tree in McKinney Roughs Nature Park near Austin. Texas, March 17, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2884/jpeg/08t.jpg) 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
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2884/jpeg/11t.jpg) 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
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2883/jpeg/18t.jpg) View of Colorado River from Bluff Trail Loop in McKinney Roughs Nature Park near Austin. Texas, March 17, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2883/jpeg/17t.jpg) Bend of Colorado River from Bluff Trail Loop in McKinney Roughs Nature Park near Austin. Texas, March 17, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2884/jpeg/12t.jpg) 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
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2883/jpeg/19t.jpg) Steep descent to Colorado River from Bluff Trail Loop in McKinney Roughs Nature Park near Austin. Texas, March 17, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3078/jpeg/06t.jpg) Polypore mushrooms Ganoderma martinicense on an oak(?) stump under cedar trees in College Station Cemetery. College Station, Texas, December 7, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3078/jpeg/14t.jpg) Texture of polypore mushrooms Ganoderma martinicense on an oak(?) stump under cedar and oak trees in College Station Cemetery. College Station, Texas, December 7, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3314/jpeg/11t.jpg) Ascomycete mushrooms Chorioactis geaster with dried tips at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 1, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3314/jpeg/14t.jpg) 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
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3314/jpeg/13t.jpg) 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
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3314/jpeg/12t.jpg) 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
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3314/jpeg/16t.jpg) 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
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2017/2214/jpeg/13t.jpg) Chalky crust of Dendrothele mushroom on a trunk of a red cedar tree on Kiwanis Nature Trail. College Station, Texas, December 13, 2017
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3314/jpeg/15t.jpg) 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
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3314/jpeg/17t.jpg) 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
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/695/jpeg/18t.jpg) Cypress stump on a shore of Pedernales River in Reimers Ranch park. West from Austin, Texas, December 20, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3314/jpeg/09t.jpg) 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
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3080/jpeg/20t.jpg) Coral tooth fungus (Hericium coralloides) at the base of an oak tree on Kiwanis Nature Trail. College Station, Texas, December 14, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3080/jpeg/21t.jpg) Side view of coral tooth fungus (Hericium coralloides) on Kiwanis Nature Trail. College Station, Texas, December 14, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2017/2209/jpeg/13t.jpg) Polypore mushroom on a stump on Kiwanis Nature Trail. College Station, Texas, December 7, 2017
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2017/2212/jpeg/22t.jpg) Stump of a recently cut red cedar tree in Hensel Park. College Station, Texas, December 9, 2017
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2883/jpeg/24t.jpg) Leaf of poison ivy in McKinney Roughs Nature Park near Austin. Texas, March 17, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2884/jpeg/03t.jpg) Young leaves of oak in McKinney Roughs Nature Park near Austin. Texas, March 17, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/717/jpeg/13t.jpg) Devil s shoestring (Nolina lindhemeriana) in Ladybird Johnson Wildflower Center. Austin, Texas, March 7, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2017/2217/jpeg/18t.jpg) Spreading Hydnaceae mushroom on a rotten stump on Kiwanis Nature Trail. College Station, Texas, December 20, 2017
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3080/jpeg/19t.jpg) 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
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2017/2201/jpeg/16t.jpg) Smooth bristle bracket fungus (Phellinus laevigatus) on a stump on Kiwanis Nature Trail. College Station, Texas, November 17, 2017
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/695/jpeg/12t.jpg) Cypress stump in Hamilton Creek, in Hamilton Pool Preserve. West from Austin, Texas, December 20, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2826/jpeg/15t.jpg) Morning mist and sun rays in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, December 6, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2883/jpeg/25t.jpg) Young leaves of Virginia creeper in McKinney Roughs Nature Park near Austin. Texas, March 17, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2883/jpeg/26t.jpg) Tender leaves of Virginia creeper in McKinney Roughs Nature Park near Austin. Texas, March 17, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2962/jpeg/13t.jpg) Coincap mushrooms Clitocybula familia on an old stump of oak or may be juniper on Kiwanis Nature Trail. College Station, Texas, June 10, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2884/jpeg/01t.jpg) Violet flowers of spiderwort (Tradescantia gigantea(?)) in McKinney Roughs Nature Park near Austin. Texas, March 17, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2883/jpeg/20t.jpg) Gold dust lichen (Chrysothrix xanthina) in McKinney Roughs Nature Park near Austin. Texas, March 17, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2883/jpeg/16t.jpg) Violet spiderwort (Tradescantia gigantea(?)) flowers in McKinney Roughs Nature Park near Austin. Texas, March 17, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2962/jpeg/14t.jpg) Masses of coincap mushrooms Clitocybula familia on a rotting stump on Kiwanis Nature Trail. College Station, Texas, June 10, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2884/jpeg/14t.jpg) Medallion lichen Dirinaria confusa on a juniper tree in McKinney Roughs Nature Park near Austin. Texas, March 17, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2883/jpeg/15t.jpg) Pore lichen (Pertusaria) on bark of a juniper branch in McKinney Roughs Nature Park near Austin. Texas, March 17, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2883/jpeg/13t.jpg) Close-up of pore lichen (Pertusaria) on a juniper branch in McKinney Roughs Nature Park near Austin. Texas, March 17, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2883/jpeg/14t.jpg) Pore lichen (Pertusaria) with apothecia on a juniper branch in McKinney Roughs Nature Park near Austin. Texas, March 17, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2883/jpeg/23t.jpg) Fringed puccoon (Narrowleaf gromwell, Lithospermum incisum) in McKinney Roughs Nature Park near Austin. Texas, March 17, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2884/jpeg/02t.jpg) Copper-colored young leaves of Virginia creeper in McKinney Roughs Nature Park near Austin. Texas, March 17, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2962/jpeg/16t.jpg) Large clusters of coincap mushrooms Clitocybula familia on a rotting stump on Kiwanis Nature Trail. College Station, Texas, June 10, 2021
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