![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3093/jpeg/03t.jpg) Young caps of bracket polypore mushrooms Ganoderma sessile at the base of a large dried oak near parking at County Road 125 on Lake Somerville Trailway near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, December 30, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3093/jpeg/04t.jpg) Brown glossy caps of bracket polypore mushrooms Ganoderma sessile at the base of a large dried oak near parking at County Road 125 on Lake Somerville Trailway near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, December 30, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3093/jpeg/01t.jpg) Bracket polypore mushrooms Ganoderma sessile at the base of a large dried oak near parking at County Road 125 on Lake Somerville Trailway near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, December 30, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3093/jpeg/02t.jpg) Upper view of bracket polypore mushrooms Ganoderma sessile at the base of a large dried oak near parking at County Road 125 on Lake Somerville Trailway near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, December 30, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2616/jpeg/20t.jpg) Polypore mushroom Ganoderma sessile at a base of a living tree at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, December 21, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2616/jpeg/32t.jpg) Pore surface of a mushroom Ganoderma sessile at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, December 21, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3093/jpeg/06t.jpg) Large pinkgill (Russula) mushrooms on roadside near Flag Pond on Lake Somerville Trailway near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, December 30, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3093/jpeg/20t.jpg) Underside of Lepiota mushrooms under juniper, in semi-open area, near a road on Lake Somerville Trailway near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, December 30, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3093/jpeg/21t.jpg) Reddening cross section of Lepiota mushrooms under juniper, in semi-open area, near a road on Lake Somerville Trailway near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, December 30, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3093/jpeg/19t.jpg) Lepiota mushrooms (spore print white and thick) under juniper, in semi-open area, near a road on Lake Somerville Trailway near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, December 30, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3084/jpeg/08t.jpg) Polypore mushroom Trametes villosa on a dried juniper tree at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, December 20, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2808/jpeg/06t.jpg) Caps of a polypore mushroom on a dry oak(?) branch submerged in soil on Lake Somerville Trailway near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, October 31, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3312/jpeg/24t.jpg) Some white resupinate polypore mushroom at the base of a dried juniper tree at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 1, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3312/jpeg/27t.jpg) Close-up of white resupinate polypore mushroom at the base of a dried juniper tree at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 1, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3312/jpeg/25t.jpg) White resupinate polypore mushroom at the base of a dried red cedar (juniper tree) at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 1, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3312/jpeg/26t.jpg) Texture white resupinate polypore mushroom at the base of a dried juniper tree at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 1, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2899/jpeg/16t.jpg) Tree branches of a large live oak at Lake Somerville Trailway near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, April 4, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3093/jpeg/17t.jpg) Mature puffball mushrooms on Lake Somerville Trailway near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, December 30, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3312/jpeg/28t.jpg) Pattern of white resupinate polypore mushroom on bark at the base of a dried juniper tree at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 1, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3093/jpeg/22t.jpg) Elfin saddle mushroom (Helvella crispa) on a side of a sandy road, under Yaupon and oaks on Lake Somerville Trailway near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, December 30, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3021/jpeg/24t.jpg) Some resupinate fungus on bark of a large live oak on Lake Somerville Trailway near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, September 12, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2271/jpeg/01t.jpg) Tinder mushrooms Ganoderma curtisii at the base of an oak near a road along north shore of Lake Somerville near Birch Creek Unit Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, May 27, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3093/jpeg/18t.jpg) Common puffball mushrooms (Lycoperdon perlatum) on Lake Somerville Trailway near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, December 30, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3312/jpeg/05t.jpg) Caps of bracket polypore mushrooms Truncospora mexicana turning orange on a fallen trunk of a broadleaf tree near a pond at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 1, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3021/jpeg/23t.jpg) Bark of a large live oak with some hydnoid resupinate fungus on Lake Somerville Trailway near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, September 12, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3021/jpeg/25t.jpg) Close-up of some resupinate fungus on bark of a large live oak on Lake Somerville Trailway near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, September 12, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2900/jpeg/10t.jpg) Large flower of white prickly poppy (Argemone albiflora) at Lake Somerville Trailway near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, April 4, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3021/jpeg/26t.jpg) Elbowpatch crust fungus (Fomitiporia punctata group) on a large oak on Lake Somerville Trailway near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, September 12, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3093/jpeg/24t.jpg) Cross section of elfin saddle mushroom (Helvella crispa) on a side of a sandy road, under Yaupon and oaks on Lake Somerville Trailway near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, December 30, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2819/jpeg/14t.jpg) Dried Flag Pond on Lake Somerville Trailway near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, November 21, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3093/jpeg/10t.jpg) Mud flats of Flag Pond on Lake Somerville Trailway near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, December 30, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3093/jpeg/23t.jpg) Side view of elfin saddle mushroom (Helvella crispa) on a side of a sandy road, under Yaupon and oaks on Lake Somerville Trailway near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, December 30, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3084/jpeg/04t.jpg) Mycena corticola mushrooms on bark of a large branch of a live oak at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, December 20, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3093/jpeg/11t.jpg) Mud flats and edge of Flag Pond on Lake Somerville Trailway near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, December 30, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3084/jpeg/03t.jpg) Mycena corticola mushrooms and folious lichen on a large branch of a live oak at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, December 20, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3084/jpeg/05t.jpg) Tiny mushrooms Mycena corticola on bark of a branch of a large live oak at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, December 20, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3021/jpeg/05t.jpg) Large black hairy spider eating other spider on sumpweed on Lake Somerville Trailway near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, September 12, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3261/jpeg/11t.jpg) Lotus (Nelumbo lutea) in dried mud of Flag Pond near Lake Somerville Trailway near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, October 16, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2841/jpeg/20t.jpg) Bracket polypore mushroom Phellinus(?) on a fallen oak branch at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, December 29, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2863/jpeg/16t.jpg) Seedling of bluebonnet (Lupinus) near a sandy road on Lake Somerville Trailway in area of Newman Bottom near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, February 2, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2841/jpeg/19t.jpg) Underside of bracket polypore mushroom Phellinus(?) on a fallen oak branch at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, December 29, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2819/jpeg/21t.jpg) Large dry oak near Flag Pond on Lake Somerville Trailway near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, November 21, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2819/jpeg/25t.jpg) Trunk of a large live oak on Lake Somerville Trailway near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, November 21, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2819/jpeg/24t.jpg) Spanish moss on a large live oak on Lake Somerville Trailway near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, November 21, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2819/jpeg/26t.jpg) Fungus on bark of a large live oak on Lake Somerville Trailway near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, November 21, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2616/jpeg/09t.jpg) Hairy caps of polypore mushroom Trametes villosa(?) on a fallen oak twig at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, December 21, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3084/jpeg/02t.jpg) White fringe lichen (Heterodermia albicans) and Mycena corticola mushrooms on a large branch of a live oak at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, December 20, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3084/jpeg/06t.jpg) Tiny mushrooms Mycena corticola together with a lichen Heterodermia albicans on bark of a branch of a large live oak at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, December 20, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3261/jpeg/21t.jpg) Hairy carpet weed (damascisa, Glinus lotoides) on dried mud of Flag Pond near Lake Somerville Trailway near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, October 16, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3234/jpeg/16t.jpg) White bracket polypore mushrooms on rotting oak at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, September 8, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3234/jpeg/15t.jpg) Underside of bracket polypore mushrooms on rotting oak at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, September 8, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2863/jpeg/24t.jpg) Hemisphaeric liverwort (Reboulia hemisphaerica) with moss on shady side of a road on Lake Somerville Trailway in area of Newman Bottom near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, February 2, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3234/jpeg/17t.jpg) Pore surface of bracket polypore mushrooms on rotting oak at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, September 8, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3234/jpeg/19t.jpg) Texture of pore surface of bracket polypore mushrooms on rotting oak at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, September 8, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3093/jpeg/12t.jpg) Flat green liverwort Riccia huebeneriana on edge of Flag Ponf after its water level fell on Lake Somerville Trailway near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, December 30, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3312/jpeg/17t.jpg) Bicoloured bracket mushroom (Vitreoporus dichrous) on top of a dried, slightly rotting juniper at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 1, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2819/jpeg/20t.jpg) Old road on Lake Somerville Trailway near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, November 21, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2694/jpeg/18t.jpg) Overgrown road on Lake Somerville Trailway near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, April 26, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2235/jpeg/32t.jpg) Some polypore (bracket) mushrooms on an oak log near a road along north shore of Lake Somerville near Birch Creek Unit Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, March 15, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2995/jpeg/02t.jpg) Bicoloured bracket mushrooms (Vitreoporus dichrous) at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, July 30, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2808/jpeg/05t.jpg) Underside of a polypore mushroom on a dry oak(?) branch on Lake Somerville Trailway near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, October 31, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3093/jpeg/15t.jpg) Close-up of flat green liverwort Riccia huebeneriana on edge of Flag Ponf after its water level fell on Lake Somerville Trailway near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, December 30, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2694/jpeg/10t.jpg) Road near Flag Pond on Lake Somerville Trailway near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, April 26, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3084/jpeg/01t.jpg) White fringe lichen (Heterodermia albicans) with apothecia on a large branch of a live oak at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, December 20, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2995/jpeg/03t.jpg) Underside of bicoloured bracket mushrooms (Vitreoporus dichrous) at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, July 30, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3093/jpeg/16t.jpg) Violet crystalwort (Riccia huebeneriana) on nutrient-poor muds on edge of Flag Ponf after its water level fell on Lake Somerville Trailway near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, December 30, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3085/jpeg/03t.jpg) Polypore mushroom Fuscoporia on a fallen oak limb at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, December 20, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3448/jpeg/24t.jpg) Yucca plant on Lake Somerville Trailway near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, December 21, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3448/jpeg/23t.jpg) Yucca leaves on Lake Somerville Trailway near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, December 21, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2899/jpeg/25t.jpg) Various vegetation at Lake Somerville Trailway near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, April 4, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2899/jpeg/09t.jpg) Dry oak trees at Lake Somerville Trailway near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, April 4, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2899/jpeg/03t.jpg) Oaks at Lake Somerville Trailway near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, April 4, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3093/jpeg/08t.jpg) Aguatic plants and Texas balloonwort on edge of Flag Ponf after its water level fell on Lake Somerville Trailway near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, December 30, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3093/jpeg/13t.jpg) Texas balloonwort (Sphaerocarpos texanus) on edge of Flag Ponf after its water level fell on Lake Somerville Trailway near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, December 30, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2900/jpeg/01t.jpg) Oaks and greenbrier at Lake Somerville Trailway near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, April 4, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3021/jpeg/12t.jpg) Goldenrod (Solidago) on Lake Somerville Trailway near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, September 12, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2899/jpeg/02t.jpg) Formerly flooded field at Lake Somerville Trailway near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, April 4, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3022/jpeg/06t.jpg) Sunflower (Helianthus) on Lake Somerville Trailway near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, September 12, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2899/jpeg/22t.jpg) Trees and greenbrier at Lake Somerville Trailway near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, April 4, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2899/jpeg/17t.jpg) Greenbrier (Smilax) at Lake Somerville Trailway near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, April 4, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3448/jpeg/04t.jpg) Parmotrema(?) lichen on sandstone on Lake Somerville Trailway near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, December 21, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3448/jpeg/02t.jpg) Winter rosette of a thistle on Lake Somerville Trailway near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, December 21, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3448/jpeg/01t.jpg) Greenbrier (Smilax) and oaks on Lake Somerville Trailway near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, December 21, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2808/jpeg/07t.jpg) Pore surface of a polypore mushroom on a dry oak(?) branch submerged in soil on Lake Somerville Trailway near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, October 31, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2819/jpeg/30t.jpg) Resupinate polypore mushroom of Fomitiporia punctata complex on a dry branch of an oak on Lake Somerville Trailway near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, November 21, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3312/jpeg/02t.jpg) Underside of bracket polypore mushrooms Truncospora mexicana on a fallen trunk of a broadleaf tree near a pond at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 1, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3312/jpeg/06t.jpg) Various views of bracket polypore mushrooms Truncospora mexicana on a fallen trunk of a broadleaf tree near a pond at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 1, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3021/jpeg/01t.jpg) Brown grasshopper on sumpweed on Lake Somerville Trailway near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, September 12, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2899/jpeg/13t.jpg) Dry oak tree near Flag Pond at Lake Somerville Trailway near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, April 4, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2900/jpeg/18t.jpg) Woolly-white (Hymenopappus) at Lake Somerville Trailway near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, April 4, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3021/jpeg/07t.jpg) Yellow grasshopper on sumpweed on Lake Somerville Trailway near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, September 12, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3021/jpeg/16t.jpg) Beaksedge (Rhynchospora corniculata) on Lake Somerville Trailway near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, September 12, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3093/jpeg/14t.jpg) Close-up of Texas balloonwort (Sphaerocarpos texanus) on edge of Flag Ponf after its water level fell on Lake Somerville Trailway near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, December 30, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3359/jpeg/07t.jpg) Large highway of leaf-cutting ants surrounded by cut leaves of Yaupon holly at Lake Somerville Trailway under oaks near Flag Pond, near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, March 8, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3448/jpeg/16t.jpg) Some fringe lichen (Heterodermia)(?) on sandstone on Lake Somerville Trailway near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, December 21, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3448/jpeg/08t.jpg) Fringe lichen (Heterodermia)(?) on sandstone on Lake Somerville Trailway near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, December 21, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3022/jpeg/05t.jpg) Grasshopper on snake cotton (Froelichia) on Lake Somerville Trailway near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, September 12, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2899/jpeg/24t.jpg) Blooming squaw-weed (Senecio) on Lake Somerville Trailway near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, April 4, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3021/jpeg/20t.jpg) Dead ironclad beetle (Zopherus) on an oak log on Lake Somerville Trailway near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, September 12, 2021
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