![](../../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/2021/3077/jpeg/04t.jpg) Large brown webcap (Cortinarius) mushrooms under pines on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, December 5, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3077/jpeg/05t.jpg) Large brown webcap (Cortinarius) mushrooms with cross section on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, December 5, 2021
![](../../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/2022/3108/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/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/2022/3111/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/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/17t.jpg) Details of 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/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/2023/3349/jpeg/27t.jpg) Spores of a small brown webcap (Cortinarius) mushroom, collected in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, February 25, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3111/jpeg/18t.jpg) Basidia and spores of webcap mushrooms Cortinarius semisanguineus at higher magnification, collected on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, February 27, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3342/jpeg/17t.jpg) Spores (in KOH) of small dark brown webcap (Cortinarius) mushrooms collected on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, February 13, 2023
![](../../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/13t.jpg) Spores of mushroom Gymnopilus sapiens from Sam Houston National Forest 12/5/2021. College Station, Texas, February 5, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3077/jpeg/06t.jpg) Gills of a mature large brown webcap (Cortinarius) mushroom on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, December 5, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3346/jpeg/36t.jpg) Spores of webcap mushroom Cortinarius semisanguineus (in KOH, spore print orange-brown), collected in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, February 19, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3443/jpeg/20t.jpg) Spores of small brown webcap (Cortinarius) mushrooms collected in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, December 9, 2023
![](../../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/2022/3105/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/2023/3405/jpeg/32t.jpg) Spores (in KOH) of brown Cortinarius(?) mushrooms from a slope of a cattle pond in pine forest collected on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, May 6, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3149/jpeg/17t.jpg) Spores of a large Tylopilus mushroom (spore print thin, light brown) collected at Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest near Richards. Texas, May 8, 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/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/2022/3226/jpeg/31t.jpg) Spores of orange and brown brittlestem mushrooms (Psathyrella) (spore print brown) collected in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, September 3, 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/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/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/2023/3342/jpeg/10t.jpg) Small dark brown webcap (Cortinarius) mushrooms (spore print brown) on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, February 13, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3233/jpeg/29t.jpg) Spores of light brown Amanita mushrooms with a radial pattern (spore print olive-brown) collected on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, September 7, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2846/jpeg/21t.jpg) Brown webcap (Cortinarius) mushrooms on pine needles on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, January 9, 2021
![](../../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/2022/3226/jpeg/27t.jpg) Spores of oyster mushrooms Pleurotus pulmonarius(?) from a large fallen hickory collected in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, September 3, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3166/jpeg/12t.jpg) Spores of large white brittlegill mushrooms Russula albidicremea collected in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, June 2, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3129/jpeg/13t.jpg) Spores of a fungus Mucronella calva and some large blob collected in Sam Houston National Forest 4/9/2022. Texas, April 10, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3108/jpeg/10t.jpg) Basidia 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/2022/3108/jpeg/08t.jpg) Tissues 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/2022/3232/jpeg/29t.jpg) Brown, not bitter Tylopilus mushrooms with large pores on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, September 7, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2846/jpeg/22t.jpg) Side view of brown webcap (Cortinarius) mushrooms on pine needles on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, January 9, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3110/jpeg/05t.jpg) Spores from white and pale brown Tricholoma mushrooms in Big Creek Natural Area 12/21/2021. Texas, February 22, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3166/jpeg/13t.jpg) Spores of large white brittlegill mushrooms Russula albidicremea under a microscope, collected in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, June 2, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3108/jpeg/09t.jpg) Gills of orange mock oyster mushrooms (Phyllotopsis nidulans) under microscope 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/2022/3240/jpeg/15t.jpg) Spores of a large brown grisette mushroom (Amanita sect. Vaginatae) with dark center collected in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, September 12, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3437/jpeg/20t.jpg) Spores (in KOH) of small brown webcap mushrooms (Cortinarius) near a path, collected in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, December 1, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3160/jpeg/10t.jpg) Spores of small Psathyrella mushrooms (spore print brown) collected in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, May 26, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3226/jpeg/32t.jpg) Spores of brown brittlestem mushrooms (Psathyrella) found near crossing with a forest road, collected in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, September 3, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3111/jpeg/03t.jpg) Surprise webcap mushrooms (Cortinarius semisanguineus) near Forest Service Road 203 on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, February 27, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3111/jpeg/05t.jpg) Underside of surprise webcap mushrooms (Cortinarius semisanguineus) near Forest Service Road 203 on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, February 27, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3111/jpeg/06t.jpg) Gills of surprise webcap mushrooms (Cortinarius semisanguineus) near Forest Service Road 203 on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, February 27, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3229/jpeg/06t.jpg) Spores of small Mycena or Gymnopus mushrooms with brown caps collected in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 4, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3111/jpeg/04t.jpg) Surprise webcap mushrooms (Cortinarius semisanguineus) among pine needles near Forest Service Road 203 on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, February 27, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3111/jpeg/14t.jpg) Tissues of gills of webcap mushrooms Cortinarius semisanguineus collected on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, February 27, 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/2023/3342/jpeg/11t.jpg) Gills of small dark brown webcap (Cortinarius) mushrooms on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, February 13, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3349/jpeg/03t.jpg) Small brown webcap mushrooms Cortinarius junghuhnii(?) on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, February 25, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3238/jpeg/32t.jpg) Spores of brown Leccinum mushroom (spore print brown) on a path from Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 10, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3229/jpeg/12t.jpg) Spores of small Lepiota or Leucocoprinus mushrooms, light brown with dark center, collected in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 4, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3334/jpeg/08t.jpg) Spores of small brown webcap (Cortinarius) mushrooms under small oaks collected a day before in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, January 26, 2023
![](../../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/2021/3067/jpeg/13t.jpg) Small dark brown webcap (Cortinarius) mushrooms with a white rim in wet place in sparse pine forest with dense low bushes near Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, November 24, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3233/jpeg/30t.jpg) Spores of a brown, not bitter Tylopilus mushroom (spore print light brown-violet) collected on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, September 7, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3238/jpeg/20t.jpg) Spores of light-brown bolete mushrooms Xerocomus illudens(?) from Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 10, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3233/jpeg/27t.jpg) Spores of mushrooms Psathyrella pennata(?) (in KOH, spore print dark brown) collected on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, September 7, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3067/jpeg/14t.jpg) Underside of small dark brown webcap (Cortinarius) mushrooms with a white rim in wet place in sparse pine forest with dense low bushes near Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, November 24, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3067/jpeg/15t.jpg) Group of small dark brown webcap (Cortinarius) mushrooms with a white rim in wet place in sparse pine forest with dense low bushes near Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, November 24, 2021
![](../../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/2021/3054/jpeg/22t.jpg) Pale brown webcap mushrooms (Cortinarius) on Kiwanis Nature Trail. College Station, Texas, November 8, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2221/jpeg/02t.jpg) Brown webcap mushrooms Cortinarius subgenus Phlegmacium, could be Cortinarius xanthodryophilus, on Kiwanis Nature Trail. College Station, Texas, January 6, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3149/jpeg/20t.jpg) Spores of milkcap mushrooms Lactarius subplinthogalus from a slope of a creek (spore print light brown) under a microscope, collected in Sam Houston National Forest near Richards. Texas, May 8, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3238/jpeg/25t.jpg) Spores of white Amanita mushrooms with light brown center under pines from Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 10, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3171/jpeg/15t.jpg) Spores of small orange cap bolete mushrooms Boletus subfraternus (spore print olive-brown) collected in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, June 6, 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/2022/3160/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/2021/3054/jpeg/23t.jpg) Cross section of brown webcap mushrooms (Cortinarius) on Kiwanis Nature Trail. College Station, Texas, November 8, 2021
![](../../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/2024/3471/jpeg/22t.jpg) Spores (in KOH) of small brown Gymnopus(?) mushrooms collected 5 days before on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, February 14, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3347/jpeg/10t.jpg) Spores (in Melzer) of oysterling mushrooms Clitopilus hobsonii (spore print light brown) collected a day before in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, February 20, 2023
![](../../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/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/2021/3065/jpeg/13t.jpg) Brown gills of some webcap (Cortinarius) mushroom in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, November 21, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3065/jpeg/14t.jpg) Underside of some brown webcap (Cortinarius) mushroom in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, November 21, 2021
![](../../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/2022/3106/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/2021/3082/jpeg/03t.jpg) Small brown webcap (Cortinarius) mushrooms under blackjack oaks in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, December 16, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3078/jpeg/01t.jpg) Small brown webcap (Cortinarius) mushrooms under blackjack oaks in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, December 6, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2641/jpeg/29t.jpg) Brown webcap (Cortinarius) mushroom under pines on Winters Bayou Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Cleveland, Texas, February 1, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3158/jpeg/15t.jpg) Spores of large peppery milkcap mushrooms (Lactarius piperatus) collected in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 23, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3214/jpeg/29t.jpg) Spores of mushrooms Pseudosperma rimosum (spore print light brown) from muddy area collected near Caney Creek in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, August 21, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3219/jpeg/24t.jpg) Spores of saffron oysterling mushrooms (Crepidotus crocophyllus) (spore print light brown) collected on Winters Bayou Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Cleveland, Texas, August 27, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3244/jpeg/20t.jpg) Spores of bolete mushrooms Austroboletus subflavidus (in KOH, spore print dark is rusty brown) collected in Pole Creek area of Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 16, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3238/jpeg/24t.jpg) Spores of cracked-cap bolete mushrooms Xerocomus illudens(?) (spore print olive brown) from Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 10, 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/2021/2846/jpeg/24t.jpg) Gills of brown webcap (Cortinarius) mushroom on pine needles on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, January 9, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2846/jpeg/23t.jpg) Top view of brown webcap (Cortinarius) mushroom on pine needles on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, January 9, 2021
![](../../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/2021/3072/jpeg/05t.jpg) Small dark brown webcap (Cortinarius) mushrooms under blackjack oaks in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, November 29, 2021
![](../../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/2022/3238/jpeg/38t.jpg) Spores of small thin mikcap mushrooms Lactarius neotabidus(?) (spore print light-brown) from Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 10, 2022
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