![](../../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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/33t.jpg) 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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/05t.jpg) Close-up of cramp balls fungus (Daldinia concentrica) 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/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/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/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/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/2017/2215/jpeg/03t.jpg) Close up of a brown porous crust fungus Phellinus (?) on Kiwanis Nature Trail. College Station, Texas, December 16, 2017
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2017/2209/jpeg/31t.jpg) Close up of brown corticioid polypore fungus Perenniporia tenuis(?) on an oak branch on Kiwanis Nature Trail. College Station, Texas, December 7, 2017
![](../../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/2023/3386/jpeg/23t.jpg) Close-up of velvety light brown crust of a fungus at the base of a fallen small elm tree on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 16, 2023
![](../../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/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/2021/2880/jpeg/05t.jpg) Velvety brown corticioid fungus Virgariella (mitosporic stage of Hypoxylon fuscum) on a fallen twig at Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, March 13, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2880/jpeg/04t.jpg) Velvety brown crust of fungus Virgariella (mitosporic stage of Hypoxylon fuscum) on a fallen twig at Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, March 13, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3450/jpeg/18t.jpg) Brown velvety resupinate polypore mushroom Fuscoporia (Hymenochaetaceae) with web-like fungus Sporophagomyces chrysostomus on a fallen hardwood tree on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 28, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2017/2197/jpeg/18t.jpg) Close up of crustouse brown fungus on a log on Kiwanis Nature Trail. College Station, Texas, November 12, 2017
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2883/jpeg/22t.jpg) Close-up of medallion lichen Dirinaria confusa with black apothecia on juniper bark in McKinney Roughs Nature Park near Austin. Texas, March 17, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2408/jpeg/12t.jpg) Close up of brown resupinate tooth fungus (Hydnaceae) on an oak branch on Kiwanis Nature Trail. College Station, Texas, November 29, 2018
![](../../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/2017/2209/jpeg/23t.jpg) Brown hydnoid fungus on a log on Kiwanis Nature Trail. College Station, Texas, December 7, 2017
![](../../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/2017/2215/jpeg/01t.jpg) Some brown porous crust fungus Phellinus (?) on Kiwanis Nature Trail. College Station, Texas, December 16, 2017
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2969/jpeg/24t.jpg) Close-up of resupinate polypore mushroom with brown spots growing over black Hypoxylon on a fallen oak on Kiwanis Nature Trail. College Station, Texas, June 24, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2017/2206/jpeg/02t.jpg) Close up of Phlebia subochracea corticioid fungus on Kiwanis Nature Trail. College Station, Texas, December 1, 2017
![](../../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/20t.jpg) 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
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2017/2209/jpeg/27t.jpg) Light brown crust fungus on rotting bamboo on Kiwanis Nature Trail. College Station, Texas, December 7, 2017
![](../../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/2017/2215/jpeg/05t.jpg) Brown porous crust fungus Phellinus (?) on a rotten tree on Kiwanis Nature Trail. College Station, Texas, December 16, 2017
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2017/2215/jpeg/04t.jpg) Brown porous crust fungus Phellinus (?) on a fallen oak tree on Kiwanis Nature Trail. College Station, Texas, December 16, 2017
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2017/2209/jpeg/29t.jpg) Brown corticioid polypore fungus Perenniporia tenuis(?) on an oak branch on Kiwanis Nature Trail. College Station, Texas, December 7, 2017
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3397/jpeg/06t.jpg) Thin brown velvety corticioid fungus Dichostereum effuscatum on underside of an oak log on Iron Bridge Trail in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, April 29, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3080/jpeg/24t.jpg) Close-up of earthstar mushrooms Geastrum rufescens(?) on Kiwanis Nature Trail. College Station, Texas, December 14, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2017/2209/jpeg/30t.jpg) Brown corticioid polypore fungus Perenniporia tenuis(?) with lichens on an oak branch on Kiwanis Nature Trail. College Station, Texas, December 7, 2017
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2962/jpeg/06t.jpg) Close-up of fungus Sebacina epigaea(?) at the base of a juniper tree on Kiwanis Nature Trail. College Station, Texas, June 10, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3365/jpeg/14t.jpg) Brown velvety corticioid fungus Dichostereum effuscatum growing over some old black crust fungus on underside of a fallen water oak in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, March 16, 2023
![](../../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/2023/3386/jpeg/24t.jpg) Texture of velvety light brown crust of a fungus at the base of a fallen small elm tree on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 16, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3386/jpeg/22t.jpg) Velvety light brown crust of a fungus at the base of a fallen small elm tree in wet area on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 16, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2962/jpeg/02t.jpg) 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
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3526/jpeg/13t.jpg) Velvety brown and grey corticioid fungus on an oak(?) log in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 4, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2607/jpeg/04t.jpg) Brown velvety resupinate polypore mushroom Fuscoporia (Hymenochaetaceae) on a fallen tree on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 1, 2019
![](../../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/2022/3131/jpeg/30t.jpg) Velvety brown crust of fungus Virgariella (mitosporic stage of Hypoxylon fuscum) on a fallen twig on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 16, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2964/jpeg/23t.jpg) Brown velvety resupinate polypore mushroom Fuscoporia (Hymenochaetaceae) on a fallen tree on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, June 13, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2607/jpeg/06t.jpg) Texture of brown velvety resupinate polypore mushroom Fuscoporia (Hymenochaetaceae) on a fallen tree on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 1, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2607/jpeg/07t.jpg) Brown velvety resupinate polypore mushroom Fuscoporia (Hymenochaetaceae) covering a fallen tree on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 1, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2607/jpeg/05t.jpg) Brown velvety resupinate polypore mushroom Fuscoporia (Hymenochaetaceae) on bark of a fallen tree on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 1, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3037/jpeg/26t.jpg) 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
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2017/2209/jpeg/15t.jpg) 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
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2964/jpeg/24t.jpg) Patch of brown velvety resupinate polypore mushroom Fuscoporia (Hymenochaetaceae) on a fallen tree on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, June 13, 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/2024/3526/jpeg/31t.jpg) Conidiospores of velvety brown and grey corticioid fungus from an oak(?) log, collected in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 4, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3450/jpeg/19t.jpg) Pore surface of brown velvety resupinate polypore mushroom Fuscoporia (Hymenochaetaceae) on a fallen hardwood tree on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 28, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3451/jpeg/14t.jpg) Spores of brown velvety resupinate polypore mushroom Fuscoporia (Hymenochaetaceae) from a fallen hardwood tree, collected a day before on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 29, 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
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