 Ascomycete mushrooms Pyronema omphalodes on a bonfire site near a pond on South Wilderness Loop Trail at Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest near Richards. Texas, January 1, 2022
 Close-up of Ascomycete mushrooms Pyronema omphalodes on a bonfire site on South Wilderness Loop Trail at Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest near Richards. Texas, January 1, 2022
 Ascomycete mushrooms Pyronema omphalodes with charcoal on a bonfire site on South Wilderness Loop Trail at Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest near Richards. Texas, January 1, 2022
 Ascomycete mushrooms Pyronema omphalodes in ashes on a bonfire site on South Wilderness Loop Trail at Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest near Richards. Texas, January 1, 2022
 Ascomycete mushrooms Pyronema omphalodes on a bonfire site near a small lake on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, April 30, 2022
 Ascomycete fungus Pyronema omphalodes on a bonfire site on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, March 10, 2022
 Pale yellow chanterelle mushrooms (Cantharellus) on muddy soil on South Wilderness Loop Trail at Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest near Richards. Texas, May 8, 2022
 Pine spike mushrooms (Chroogomphus vinicolor) on South Wilderness Loop Trail at Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest near Richards. Texas, January 1, 2022
 Felt saddle mushrooms (Helvella macropus) on South Wilderness Loop Trail at Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest near Richards. Texas, January 1, 2022
 Ascomycete fungus Plicaria carbonaria on a bonfire place on a sandy bottom of a dried creek near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, August 31, 2022
 Dissected pine spike mushrooms (Chroogomphus vinicolor) on South Wilderness Loop Trail at Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest near Richards. Texas, January 1, 2022
 Pine spike mushrooms (Chroogomphus vinicolor) with a cross section on South Wilderness Loop Trail at Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest near Richards. Texas, January 1, 2022
 Felted twiglet mushrooms (Tubaria conspersa) on muddy soil on South Wilderness Loop Trail at Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest near Richards. Texas, April 21, 2021
 Ascomycete fungus Pyronema omphalodes on a bonfire site near a small pond on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, March 28, 2021
 Curled copperhead snake on South Wilderness Loop Trail at Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest near Richards. Texas, January 1, 2022
 Cross section of violet webcap (Cortinarius) mushrooms on muddy soil on South Wilderness Loop Trail at Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest near Richards. Texas, November 19, 2023
 Underside of brittlegill mushroom Russula flavida on South Wilderness Loop Trail at Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest near Richards. Texas, January 1, 2022
 Gills of brittlegill mushroom Russula flavida on South Wilderness Loop Trail at Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest near Richards. Texas, January 1, 2022
 Some orange frass or may be poop at the base of a tree on South Wilderness Loop Trail at Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest near Richards. Texas, January 1, 2022
 False truffle mushroom Rhizopogon roseolus(?) on South Wilderness Loop Trail at Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest near Richards. Texas, January 1, 2022
 Mature milkcap mushrooms Lactarius hygrophoroides (Lactifluus hygrophoroides) on South Wilderness Loop Trail at Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest near Richards. Texas, January 1, 2022
 Fungus Pyronema omphalodes from a bonfire site under a microscope at low magnification, collected on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, March 10, 2022
 Asci of fungus Pyronema omphalodes from a bonfire site under a microscope, collected on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, March 10, 2022
 Large cluster of ringless honey mushrooms (Desarmillaria caespitosa, former D. tabescens) on muddy soil on South Wilderness Loop Trail at Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest near Richards. Texas, November 19, 2023
 Close-up of some orange frass or may be poop at the base of a tree on South Wilderness Loop Trail at Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest near Richards. Texas, January 1, 2022
 Cross section of brittlegill mushroom Russula flavida on South Wilderness Loop Trail at Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest near Richards. Texas, January 1, 2022
 Asci and paraphyses of fungus Pyronema omphalodes from a bonfire site under a microscope, collected on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, March 10, 2022
 Asci of fungus Pyronema omphalodes from a bonfire site under a microscope at higher magnification, collected on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, March 10, 2022
 Mushrooms Pyronema omphalodes on a bonfire site on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, March 7, 2021
 Asci and spores of fungus Pyronema omphalodes from a bonfire site under a microscope at higher magnification, collected on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, March 10, 2022
 Bright yellow cap of brittlegill mushroom Russula flavida on pine litter on South Wilderness Loop Trail at Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest near Richards. Texas, January 1, 2022
 Underside of a violet webcap (Cortinarius) mushroom on muddy soil on South Wilderness Loop Trail at Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest near Richards. Texas, November 19, 2023
 Wine glass fungus (Podoscypha petalodes) on muddy soil on South Wilderness Loop Trail at Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest near Richards. Texas, April 21, 2021
 Pale yellow chanterelle mushrooms (Cantharellus) on floodplain on South Wilderness Loop Trail at Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest near Richards. Texas, May 8, 2022
 Mushrooms Pyronema omphalodes on a bonfire site on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, February 9, 2019
 Tiny tooth mushrooms that look like Hydnum repandum on hardened soil in the middle of an old forest road covered by thin layer of needles, under pines, on South Wilderness Loop Trail at Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest near Richards. Texas, December 26, 2021
 Caps of tooth mushrooms that look like Hydnum repandum on hardened soil in the middle of an old forest road covered by thin layer of needles, under pines, on South Wilderness Loop Trail at Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest near Richards. Texas, December 26, 2021
 Milkcap mushrooms Lactarius subplinthogalus on a slope of a creek on South Wilderness Loop Trail at Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest near Richards. Texas, May 8, 2022
 Close up of Pyronema omphalodes mushrooms on a bonfire site on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, February 9, 2019
 Upper view of wine glass fungus (Podoscypha petalodes) on muddy soil on South Wilderness Loop Trail at Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest near Richards. Texas, April 21, 2021
 Side view of wine glass fungus (Podoscypha petalodes) on muddy soil on South Wilderness Loop Trail at Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest near Richards. Texas, April 21, 2021
 Cross section of tooth mushrooms that look like Hydnum repandum on hardened soil in the middle of an old forest road covered by thin layer of needles, under pines, on South Wilderness Loop Trail at Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest near Richards. Texas, December 26, 2021
 Dirty Southern Waxcap mushrooms (Hygrophorus subsordidus) on South Wilderness Loop Trail at Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest near Richards. Texas, January 1, 2024
 Underside of small brown mushrooms Pluteus thomsonii(?) on South Wilderness Loop Trail at Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest near Richards. Texas, January 14, 2023
 Mature bulbous honey mushrooms (Armillaria gallica) on South Wilderness Loop Trail at Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest near Richards. Texas, January 1, 2024
 Ascomycete fungus Pyronema omphalodes or may be P. domesticum on a site of bonfire on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 18, 2021
 Large Tylopilus mushroom on South Wilderness Loop Trail at Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest near Richards. Texas, May 8, 2022
 Small brown mushrooms Pluteus thomsonii(?) on almost completely rotten oak(?) log on South Wilderness Loop Trail at Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest near Richards. Texas, January 14, 2023
 Small brown mushrooms Pluteus thomsonii(?) on rotting oak wood on South Wilderness Loop Trail at Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest near Richards. Texas, January 14, 2023
 Ascomycete fungus Pyronema omphalodes or may be P. domesticum on a site of bonfire in wet area on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 18, 2021
 Close-up of Ascomycete fungus Pyronema omphalodes or may be P. domesticum on a site of bonfire on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 18, 2021
 Ascomycete fungus Pyronema omphalodes or may be P. domesticum on a bonfire site in wet area on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 18, 2021
 Mushrooms Panus tephroleucus (Lentinus sect. Velutini) with sand on their caps in muddy area on South Wilderness Loop Trail at Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest near Richards. Texas, May 8, 2022
 Partially dried Dirty Southern Waxcap mushrooms (Hygrophorus subsordidus) on South Wilderness Loop Trail at Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest near Richards. Texas, January 1, 2024
 Cross section of Dirty Southern Waxcap mushrooms (Hygrophorus subsordidus) on South Wilderness Loop Trail at Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest near Richards. Texas, January 1, 2024
 Small gilled mushroom with striated cap Neohygrocybe(?) on South Wilderness Loop Trail at Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest near Richards. Texas, May 8, 2022
 Striated cap of a small gilled mushroom Neohygrocybe(?) on South Wilderness Loop Trail at Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest near Richards. Texas, May 8, 2022
 Details of Ascomycete fungus Pyronema omphalodes or may be P. domesticum on a bonfire site in wet area on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 18, 2021
 Rosy crust of Ascomycete fungus Pyronema omphalodes or may be P. domesticum on a site of bonfire on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 18, 2021
 Granules of Ascomycete fungus Pyronema omphalodes or may be P. domesticum on a bonfire site in wet area on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 18, 2021
 Underside of orange fibrecap (Inocybe) mushroom on bottomlands on South Wilderness Loop Trail at Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest near Richards. Texas, May 8, 2022
 Fungus Pyronema omphalodes on a bonfire site of a hiker s campground on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, March 11, 2020
 Web-like yellowish corticioid mushroom on bark of an oak log on South Wilderness Loop Trail at Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest near Richards. Texas, January 14, 2023
 Rosy granules of Ascomycete fungus Pyronema omphalodes or may be P. domesticum on a bonfire site in wet area on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 18, 2021
 Ascomycete fungus Pyronema omphalodes on a charred ground on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, March 10, 2022
 Cross section of orange fibrecap (Inocybe) mushroom on bottomlands on South Wilderness Loop Trail at Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest near Richards. Texas, May 8, 2022
 Orange fibrecap (Inocybe) mushroom on bottomlands with oak, elm, pine, sweetgum on South Wilderness Loop Trail at Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest near Richards. Texas, May 8, 2022
 Fungus Pyronema omphalodes on a bonfire site at a primitive camping ground on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 10, 2020
 Guttation of web-like yellowish corticioid mushroom on bark of an oak log on South Wilderness Loop Trail at Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest near Richards. Texas, January 14, 2023
 Waxcap mushroom Hygrophorus subsordidus(?) with some web-like fungus on South Wilderness Loop Trail at Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest near Richards. Texas, January 1, 2024
 Close-up of rosy granules of Ascomycete fungus Pyronema omphalodes or may be P. domesticum on a bonfire site in wet area on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 18, 2021
 Fallen oak branch heart with rot fungus Inonotus andersonii on South Wilderness Loop Trail at Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest near Richards. Texas, January 1, 2024
 Tooth fungus Steccherinum ochraceum(?) on a dry Yaupon stem on South Wilderness Loop Trail at Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest near Richards. Texas, January 1, 2024
 Some small omphalinoid mushrooms on sandy soil on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 14, 2021
 Small cup fungus Plicaria carbonaria on a bonfire place on a sandy bottom of a dried creek near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, August 31, 2022
 Cross section of waxcap mushroom Hygrophorus subsordidus(?) with some web-like fungus on South Wilderness Loop Trail at Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest near Richards. Texas, January 1, 2024
 Resupinate polypore fungus Ceriporia(?) on a fallen broadleaf tree on South Wilderness Loop Trail at Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest near Richards. Texas, January 14, 2023
 Close-up of corticioid fungus Steccherinum ochraceum(?) on a dry Yaupon stem on South Wilderness Loop Trail at Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest near Richards. Texas, January 1, 2024
 Resupinate polypore mushroom covering large area on a fallen and cut oak on South Wilderness Loop Trail at Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest near Richards. Texas, January 14, 2023
 Shrinken wood of an oak branch with heart rot fungus Inonotus andersonii on South Wilderness Loop Trail at Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest near Richards. Texas, January 1, 2024
 Guttation (water droplets) on web-like yellowish corticioid mushroom on bark of an oak log on South Wilderness Loop Trail at Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest near Richards. Texas, January 14, 2023
 Exudation of water drops on web-like yellowish corticioid mushroom on bark of an oak log on South Wilderness Loop Trail at Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest near Richards. Texas, January 14, 2023
 Brown Cortinarius or may be Naucoria bohemica mushrooms wet muddy area (spore print brown) on South Wilderness Loop Trail at Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest near Richards. Texas, January 1, 2024
 Close-up of small cup fungus Plicaria carbonaria on a bonfire place on a sandy bottom of a dried creek near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, August 31, 2022
 Small brown cup of fungus Plicaria carbonaria on a bonfire place on a sandy bottom of a dried creek near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, August 31, 2022
 Milkcap mushrooms Lactarius rimosellus on South Wilderness Loop Trail at Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest near Richards. Texas, April 2, 2023
 Partially dry mushrooms Hygrophorus subsordidus on South Wilderness Loop Trail at Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest near Richards. Texas, December 23, 2018
 Violet brittlegill (Russula) mushrooms on South Wilderness Loop Trail at Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest near Richards. Texas, November 19, 2023
 Texture of resupinate polypore mushroom covering large area on a fallen and cut oak on South Wilderness Loop Trail at Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest near Richards. Texas, January 14, 2023
 Pattern of resupinate polypore mushroom covering large area on a fallen and cut oak on South Wilderness Loop Trail at Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest near Richards. Texas, January 14, 2023
 Pattern of resupinate polypore fungus Ceriporia(?) on a fallen broadleaf tree on South Wilderness Loop Trail at Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest near Richards. Texas, January 14, 2023
 Fallen oak branch damaged by resupinate polypore fungus Inonotus andersonii on South Wilderness Loop Trail at Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest near Richards. Texas, January 1, 2024
 Close-up of pores of resupinate polypore fungus Inonotus andersonii on oak wood on South Wilderness Loop Trail at Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest near Richards. Texas, January 1, 2024
 Partially dry resupinate polypore mushroom covering large area on a fallen and cut oak on South Wilderness Loop Trail at Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest near Richards. Texas, January 14, 2023
 Resupinate polypore fungus Inonotus andersonii under bark of a fallen oak branch on South Wilderness Loop Trail at Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest near Richards. Texas, January 1, 2024
 Close-up of resupinate polypore mushroom covering large area on a fallen and cut oak on South Wilderness Loop Trail at Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest near Richards. Texas, January 14, 2023
 Side view of some small omphalinoid mushrooms on sandy soil on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 14, 2021
 Wood pinkgill mushrooms (Entoloma rhodopolium) on South Wilderness Loop Trail at Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest near Richards. Texas, October 23, 2021
 Fringed sawgill mushrooms (Lentinus crinitus) on a log on South Wilderness Loop Trail at Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest near Richards. Texas, June 19, 2021
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