![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3106/jpeg/26t.jpg) Spores of Agaricus mushroom collected in Sam Houston National Forest 12/29/2021. College Station, Texas, February 12, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3105/jpeg/28t.jpg) Spores of mushroom Gymnopilus junonius (in KOH, then Lugol) collected at Lake Somerville 1/9/2022. College Station, Texas, February 7, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3105/jpeg/29t.jpg) Spores of mushroom Gymnopilus junonius (in iodine Lugol solution) collected at Lake Somerville 1/9/2022. College Station, Texas, February 7, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3105/jpeg/17t.jpg) Spores of small greyling mushroom Tephrocybe anthracophila (Lyophyllum anthracophilum) from Sam Houston National Forest 12/5/2021. College Station, Texas, February 5, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3106/jpeg/10t.jpg) Spores of Melanoleuca mushroom collected on road FS 203 in Sam Houston National Forest 1/5/2022. College Station, Texas, February 9, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3106/jpeg/12t.jpg) Spores of lobster mushroom (Hypomyces lactifluorum) collected in Sam Houston National Forest 1/22/2022. College Station, Texas, February 9, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3106/jpeg/09t.jpg) Spores of fly agaric mushroom Amanita persicina collected in Sam Houston National Forest 1/5/2022. College Station, Texas, February 9, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3106/jpeg/11t.jpg) Spores of lobster mushroom (Hypomyces lactifluorum) at low magnification collected in Sam Houston National Forest 1/22/2022. College Station, Texas, February 9, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3105/jpeg/14t.jpg) Spores of large brown Cortinarius mushrooms from Sam Houston National Forest 12/5/2021. College Station, Texas, February 5, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3106/jpeg/38t.jpg) Spores of knight mushrooms Tricholoma odorum collected in Sam Houston National Forest 12/26/2021. College Station, Texas, February 13, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3107/jpeg/10t.jpg) Round spores of a brittlegill mushroom Russula ballou taken from Caney Creek section of trail at Sam Houston National Forest 1/20/2021. Texas, February 14, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3107/jpeg/11t.jpg) Incrustation details of spores of a brittlegill mushroom Russula ballou taken from Caney Creek section of trail at Sam Houston National Forest 1/20/2021. Texas, February 14, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3107/jpeg/12t.jpg) Spores under a microscope in KOH solution of a brittlegill mushroom Russula ballou taken from Caney Creek section of trail at Sam Houston National Forest 1/20/2021. Texas, February 14, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3107/jpeg/13t.jpg) Spores under a microscope at higher magnification of a brittlegill mushroom Russula ballou taken from Caney Creek section of trail at Sam Houston National Forest 1/20/2021. Texas, February 14, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3107/jpeg/09t.jpg) Spores under a microscope in iodine solution of a brittlegill mushroom Russula ballou taken from Caney Creek section of trail at Sam Houston National Forest 1/20/2021. Texas, February 14, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3216/jpeg/20t.jpg) Spores of mushrooms Gymnopilus lepidotus from an oak log collected on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, August 25, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3105/jpeg/12t.jpg) Spores of mushroom Cuphophilus pratensis from Lick Creek Park 12/22/2021. College Station, Texas, February 5, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3105/jpeg/16t.jpg) Spores of robust brown Cortinarius mushroom collected in Washington-on-the-Brazos 12/1/2021. College Station, Texas, February 5, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3105/jpeg/15t.jpg) Spores of white Tricholoma subresplendens mushroom collected in Lick Creek Park 12/13/2021. College Station, Texas, February 5, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3108/jpeg/07t.jpg) Spores of mushrooms Omphalina grossula collected in Sam Houston National Forest 12/19/2021. Texas, February 18, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3341/jpeg/28t.jpg) Spores (in KOH) of spectacular rustgill mushrooms (Gymnopilus junonius) from the base of a dry standing pine collected on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, February 12, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3106/jpeg/08t.jpg) Spores of a mushroom Clitocella mundula(?) collected at Lake Somerville 1/9/2022. College Station, Texas, February 9, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3105/jpeg/26t.jpg) Spores of Leucopaxillus laterarius mushroom collected in Bee Creek Park 1/14/2022. College Station, Texas, February 7, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3106/jpeg/28t.jpg) Spores of mushroom Lepista nuda collected in Lemontree Park 2/12/2022. College Station, Texas, February 12, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3105/jpeg/25t.jpg) Spores of Pluteus mushroom collected in Lick Creek Park 1/25/2022. College Station, Texas, February 6, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3106/jpeg/27t.jpg) Spores of mushroom Lepista nuda at low magnification, collected in Lemontree Park 2/12/2022. College Station, Texas, February 12, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3105/jpeg/27t.jpg) Spores of a small Gymnopus mushroom (like G. spongiosus) collected at Lake Somerville 1/9/2022. College Station, Texas, February 7, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3107/jpeg/23t.jpg) Spores of pinelitter gingertail mushrooms (Xeromphalina cauticinalis) found on Caney Creek section of trail at Sam Houston National Forest 12/23/2021. Texas, February 16, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3111/jpeg/13t.jpg) Spores of earth star mushroom Geastrum in KOH solution under microscope collected on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, February 27, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3105/jpeg/24t.jpg) Spores of resupinate polypore mushroom Fuscoporia from black locust, collected in Lick Creek Park 1/25/2022. College Station, Texas, February 6, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3107/jpeg/24t.jpg) Spores of some mushroom under a microscope. College Station, Texas, February 16, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3108/jpeg/11t.jpg) Spores of orange mock oyster mushrooms (Phyllotopsis nidulans) collected in Caney Creek section of Sam Houston National Forest on a large pine near campground in January of 2021. Texas, February 19, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2598/jpeg/12t.jpg) Gills of a spectacular rustgill mushroom (Gymnopilus spectabilis, Gymnopilus junonius) in Hensel Park. College Station, Texas, November 19, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3102/jpeg/12t.jpg) Spores of resupinate polypore mushroom Fibroporia radiculosa collected 1/26/2022 on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, January 27, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3103/jpeg/24t.jpg) Spores of corticioid mushroom Trechispora mollusca from old polypore, collected from Caney Creek section of Sam Houston National Forest 1/29/2022. Texas, January 30, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3107/jpeg/26t.jpg) Spores of mushrooms Cuphophyllus virgineus found in Lick Creek Park 12/12/2021. College Station, Texas, February 16, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3102/jpeg/13t.jpg) Spores of light-brown resupinate polypore mushroom on a burned end of a pine log collected 1/26/2022 on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, January 27, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3106/jpeg/39t.jpg) Spores of Ascomycete mushrooms Peziza ammophila collected in Bastrop State Park 12/25/2021. College Station, Texas, February 13, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3102/jpeg/11t.jpg) Spores of brown resupinate polypore mushroom on burned surface of a fallen pine collected 1/26/2022 on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, January 27, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3107/jpeg/25t.jpg) Spores of mushrooms Cuphophyllus virgineus in iodine solution found in Lick Creek Park 12/12/2021. College Station, Texas, February 16, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3249/jpeg/34t.jpg) Hyphae and spores of Sporophagomyces and smaller spores of white resupinate polypore mushroom Yuchengia narymica (Perenniporia narymica) collected from an oak(?) log on Winters Bayou Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Cleveland, Texas, September 24, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3107/jpeg/20t.jpg) Spores of a brittlegill mushroom Russula mariae(?) taken from Washington-on-the-Brazos 12/24/2021. Texas, February 15, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3110/jpeg/04t.jpg) Spores of mushroom Mycena galericulata from Lake Somerville Park 12/20/2021. Texas, February 22, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3177/jpeg/17t.jpg) Spores of Amanita peciana(?) mushroom from a pine forest collected in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, June 15, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3102/jpeg/14t.jpg) Allantoid spores of resupinate polypore mushroom Skeletocutis odora (spore size 3.44-3.8 x 1-1.1) on a side of a thick pine log in a shallow ditch on roadside of Forest Service Road 203 collected 1/26/2022 on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, January 27, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3103/jpeg/25t.jpg) Spores of soft white-grey resupinate polypore mushroom Elmerina caryae(?) on heavily decomposed hardwood, collected from Caney Creek section of Sam Houston National Forest 1/29/2022. Texas, January 30, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3106/jpeg/40t.jpg) Spores of Ascomycete mushrooms Peziza ammophila of different colors in iodine solution, collected in Bastrop State Park 12/25/2021. College Station, Texas, February 13, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3144/jpeg/18t.jpg) Spores of Leucoagaricus barssii(?) mushroom (spores tend to stick together) collected on Kiwanis Nature Trail. College Station, Texas, May 3, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3177/jpeg/19t.jpg) Spores of a brittlegill mushroom Russula mariae collected in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, June 15, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3163/jpeg/08t.jpg) Spores of resupinate polypore mushroom Megasporoporia setulosa collected in Sam Houston National Forest a day before. Texas, May 29, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3107/jpeg/19t.jpg) Spores of a fibrecap mushroom Pseudosperma rimosum (Inocybe rimosa) taken from Washington-on-the-Brazos 12/24/2021. Texas, February 15, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3163/jpeg/07t.jpg) Spores of resupinate polypore mushroom Megasporoporia setulosa at low magnification collected in Sam Houston National Forest a day before. Texas, May 29, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3193/jpeg/27t.jpg) Spores of a polypore mushroom Lentinus arcularius collected in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, July 17, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3163/jpeg/09t.jpg) Spores of resupinate polypore mushroom Megasporoporia setulosa under a microscope, collected in Sam Houston National Forest a day before. Texas, May 29, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3149/jpeg/19t.jpg) Spores of orange fibrecap (Inocybe) mushroom under a microscope, collected in Sam Houston National Forest near Richards. Texas, May 8, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3152/jpeg/27t.jpg) Spores of Agrocybe pediades(?) mushroom collected on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, May 14, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3111/jpeg/21t.jpg) Spores of mushrooms Pholiota spumosa collected on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, February 27, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3092/jpeg/35t.jpg) Some very brittle mushroom (Agaricus, Lacrimaria, Melanophyllum, or maay be Psathyrella) together with spectacular rustgill (Gymnopilus junonius) on floodplain on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 29, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3044/jpeg/13t.jpg) Underside of a mushroom Gymnopilus fulvosquamulosus on rotting wood near an oxbow in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, October 18, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3044/jpeg/14t.jpg) Scaly cap of a mushroom Gymnopilus fulvosquamulosus on rotting wood near an oxbow in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, October 18, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3216/jpeg/08t.jpg) Scale-like rustgill mushrooms (Gymnopilus lepidotus) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, August 25, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3166/jpeg/16t.jpg) Spores of a small pinkgill (Entoloma) mushroom collected in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, June 2, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3220/jpeg/38t.jpg) Spores of a tooth timber mushroom Climacodon pulcherrimus collected in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, August 28, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3149/jpeg/18t.jpg) Spores of orange fibrecap (Inocybe) mushroom under a microscope at low magnification, collected in Sam Houston National Forest near Richards. Texas, May 8, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3248/jpeg/25t.jpg) Spores of brown bolete mushroom Tylopilus (taste not bitter), collected in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, September 21, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3210/jpeg/36t.jpg) Spores of resupinate polypore mushroom Fibroporia radiculosa from a pine log collected in Sam Houston National Forest a day before. Texas, August 15, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3149/jpeg/23t.jpg) Spores of a small gilled mushroom with striated cap Neohygrocybe(?) under a microscope, collected in Sam Houston National Forest near Richards. Texas, May 8, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3186/jpeg/30t.jpg) Spores of of green brittlegill mushroom (Russula aeruginea(?)) collected in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, July 3, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3160/jpeg/12t.jpg) Spores of a large pale Lactarius mushroom collected on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, May 26, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3171/jpeg/13t.jpg) Spores of milkcap mushroom Lactarius subtomentosus(?) from floodplain collected in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, June 6, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3152/jpeg/26t.jpg) Spores of Amanita subsolitaria (Lepidella) mushroom collected on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, May 14, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3111/jpeg/20t.jpg) Spores of webcap mushrooms Cortinarius semisanguineus collected on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, February 27, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3149/jpeg/14t.jpg) Spores of a bolete mushroom Suillus decipiens (spore print brown) collected a day before on Forest Service Road 231 near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, May 8, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3247/jpeg/21t.jpg) Spores of common funnel mushroom (Infundibulicybe gibba) (no pictures of the mushroom were taken) collected on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, September 18, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3216/jpeg/09t.jpg) Underside of scale-like rustgill mushrooms (Gymnopilus lepidotus) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, August 25, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3193/jpeg/26t.jpg) Spores of a mushroom Panus tephroleucus (Lentinus sect. Velutini) collected in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, July 17, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3228/jpeg/37t.jpg) Spores of a mushroom Macrolepiota procera collected in Pole Creek area of Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery a day before. Texas, September 4, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3211/jpeg/16t.jpg) Spores of a puffball mushroom Lycoperdon marginatum collected on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, August 18, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3233/jpeg/34t.jpg) Spores of a white Amanita mushroom (that looks like Limacella) collected on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, September 7, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3229/jpeg/13t.jpg) Spores of dark bolete mushroom Porphyrellus sordidus from floodplain, collected in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 4, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3234/jpeg/28t.jpg) Spores of young Amanita canescens mushroom collected a day before on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, September 8, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3111/jpeg/16t.jpg) Basidia and spores of webcap mushrooms Cortinarius semisanguineus collected on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, February 27, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3111/jpeg/15t.jpg) Tissues and spores of webcap mushrooms Cortinarius semisanguineus collected on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, February 27, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3418/jpeg/29t.jpg) Tissue and spores (under x40 objective) of tiny brown mushrooms (Gymnopilus, Galerina or Hebeloma) from burned ground, collected on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, October 29, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3418/jpeg/33t.jpg) Spores (in KOH, x40 objective) of tiny brown mushrooms (Pholiota, Gymnopilus, Galerina or Hebeloma) from burned site, collected on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, October 29, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3345/jpeg/37t.jpg) Spores from Melanoleuca mushroom collected from Road FS 203 in Sam Houston National Forest near Richards. Texas, February 18, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3251/jpeg/22t.jpg) Spores of polypore mushrooms Ganoderma lobatum (in KOH, may be contaminated by spores of some bolete), collected a day before in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, September 26, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3149/jpeg/24t.jpg) Spores of a small gilled mushroom with striated cap Neohygrocybe(?) under a microscope, collected in South Wilderness of Sam Houston National Forest near Richards. Texas, May 8, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3166/jpeg/14t.jpg) Spores of a large mature brittlegill mushroom Russula albidicremea collected in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, June 2, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3148/jpeg/28t.jpg) Spores of a mushroom Lactarius volemus var. flavus (spore print white) collected in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 7, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3250/jpeg/19t.jpg) Spores of cauliflower mushroom (Sparassis spathulata) collected a day before on Winters Bayou Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Cleveland, Texas, September 24, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3219/jpeg/23t.jpg) Spores of Lepiota mushroom from a mossy chinquapin oak collected on Winters Bayou Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Cleveland, Texas, August 27, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3248/jpeg/26t.jpg) Spores of a large brown mushroom Amanita daucipes (spore print white), collected in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, September 21, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3238/jpeg/22t.jpg) Spores of bolete mushroom Xanthoconium affine from Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 10, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3161/jpeg/36t.jpg) Spores of polypore mushroom Cymatoderma caperatum collected in area of Winters Bayou in Sam Houston National Forest east from Waverly. Texas, May 28, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3233/jpeg/31t.jpg) Spores of a bolete mushroom Xerocomus illudens(?) under pines collected on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, September 7, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2618/jpeg/24t.jpg) Spectacular rustgill mushrooms (Gymnopilus spectabilis, Gymnopilus junonius) in wet forest on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 27, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3111/jpeg/19t.jpg) Basidia and spores of webcap mushrooms Cortinarius semisanguineus under microscope, collected on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, February 27, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3111/jpeg/11t.jpg) Asci and spores of tiny cup mushrooms Hyaloscipha brotannica(?) under microscope collected on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, February 27, 2022
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