![](../../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/2022/3106/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/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/2022/3152/jpeg/16t.jpg) Spores of a small red cap bolete mushroom in Lugol solution, collected in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 13, 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/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/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/13t.jpg) Spores of mushroom Gymnopilus sapiens from Sam Houston National Forest 12/5/2021. College Station, Texas, February 5, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3152/jpeg/07t.jpg) Spores of green brittlegill mushroom (Russula aeruginea) (larger) in iodine solution Lugol, collected in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 13, 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/2022/3152/jpeg/10t.jpg) Spores of gunpowder amanita mushroom (Amanita onusta) in Lugol solution, collected in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 13, 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/2023/3417/jpeg/12t.jpg) Spores (in KOH) of spectacular rustgill mushrooms (Gymnopilus junonius) collected near an oxbow a day before in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, October 26, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3235/jpeg/25t.jpg) Spores (may be contamination by other spores) of Agaricus mushroom collected a day before under oaks at Lake Somerville. Texas, September 9, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3196/jpeg/10t.jpg) Spores of Hypoxylon canker of oak fungus (Biscogniauxia atropunctata) collected 7/15/2022 on Lake Somerville Trailway near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, July 23, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3471/jpeg/23t.jpg) Spores (in lugol) of small dark brown pinkgill (Entoloma) mushrooms collected on Lake Somerville Trailway near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, February 14, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3248/jpeg/22t.jpg) Spores of fungus Inonotus andersonii from oak bark in lugol, collected a day before in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, September 21, 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/2022/3124/jpeg/39t.jpg) Spores of a bracket polypore mushroom Trametes lactinea (size (5) 5.2 - 5.8 (6) x (2.1) 2.15 - 2.4 (2.5)) from a fallen oak collected at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, April 3, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3125/jpeg/35t.jpg) Spores of a bracket polypore mushroom Phellinus gilvus (Fuscoporia gilva) from a fallen oak collected at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park a day before. Texas, April 4, 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/2022/3125/jpeg/34t.jpg) Spores of a bracket polypore mushroom Phellinus gilvus (Fuscoporia gilva) from a fallen oak through a microscope, collected at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park a day before. Texas, April 4, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3421/jpeg/18t.jpg) Spores (in lugol) of Lepiota mushroom with a brown cap (spore print white, turns dark purple in lugol), collected in Bee Creek Park. College Station, Texas, November 6, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3102/jpeg/09t.jpg) Spores of brown corticioid mushroom Hymenochaete collected 1/25/2022 from Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, January 26, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3102/jpeg/08t.jpg) Spores of deer shield mushroom (Pluteus cervinus) collected 1/25/2022 from Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, January 26, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3108/jpeg/06t.jpg) Spores of Entoloma mushroom collected in Lick Creek Park 2/17/2022. Texas, February 18, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3225/jpeg/12t.jpg) Spores (in Lugol solution) of pleated inkcap mushrooms (Parasola plicatilis(?)) from dry grass on a forest clearing, collected in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, September 1, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3225/jpeg/15t.jpg) Spores (in Lugol solution) of pale brittlestem mushrooms (Psathyrella candolleana(?)) from dry grass on a forest clearing collected in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, September 1, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3102/jpeg/10t.jpg) Spores of white tooth resupinate mushroom on completely rotten oak collected 1/25/2022 from Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, January 26, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3152/jpeg/13t.jpg) Spores of straight-stalked Entoloma mushrooms (Entoloma strictius) in Lugol solution, collected in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 13, 2022
![](../../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/2022/3108/jpeg/04t.jpg) Spores of Fomitiporia punctata mushroom from honey locust collected in Lick Creek Park 2/17/2022. Texas, February 18, 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/2022/3107/jpeg/22t.jpg) Spores of blood red bracket mushrooms (Pycnoporus sanguineus) taken from Lake Somerville 1/9/2022. Texas, February 16, 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/2022/3110/jpeg/04t.jpg) Spores of mushroom Mycena galericulata from Lake Somerville Park 12/20/2021. Texas, February 22, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3085/jpeg/13t.jpg) Spectacular rustgill mushrooms (Gymnopilus junonius) at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, December 20, 2021
![](../../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/2021/3085/jpeg/15t.jpg) Side view of spectacular rustgill mushrooms (Gymnopilus junonius) at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, December 20, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3085/jpeg/14t.jpg) Spectacular rustgill mushrooms (Gymnopilus junonius) under oaks in bushes of blackberry at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, December 20, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3225/jpeg/21t.jpg) Spores of polypore mushroom Abortiporus biennis(?) (or may be A. albida from 8/28/2022 ??) from a fallen oak branch under a microscope with x40 objective (spore print whitish, may be light brown) collected in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, September 1, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3249/jpeg/38t.jpg) Spores (in lugol) 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/2019/2598/jpeg/10t.jpg) Spectacular rustgill mushrooms (Gymnopilus spectabilis, Gymnopilus junonius) in Hensel Park. College Station, Texas, November 19, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3104/jpeg/27t.jpg) Spores of mushrooms Lentinellus ursinus collected 2/2/2022 (on the same oak log as 11/10/2021) in Lake Bryan Park. Bryan, Texas, February 3, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3124/jpeg/36t.jpg) Spores of rust fungus Puccinia eatoniae var. myosotidis(?) from spring scorpion grass collected at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, April 3, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2598/jpeg/13t.jpg) Laughing gym mushrooms (Gymnopilus spectabilis, Gymnopilus junonius) with a cross section in Hensel Park. College Station, Texas, November 19, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2598/jpeg/11t.jpg) Laughing gym mushrooms (spectacular rustgill, Gymnopilus spectabilis, Gymnopilus junonius) in Hensel Park. College Station, Texas, November 19, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3104/jpeg/26t.jpg) Spores of mushrooms Panus tephroleucus (Lentinus sect. Velutini) collected 2/2/2022 in Lake Bryan Park. Bryan, Texas, February 3, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3165/jpeg/12t.jpg) Spores of a polypore mushroom Perenniporia tephropora (Truncospora tephropora) from a fallen oak, collected at Lake Somerville a day before. Spore size is 5.6 x 4.4 micron. Texas, June 1, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2598/jpeg/14t.jpg) Spectacular rustgill mushrooms (Gymnopilus spectabilis, Gymnopilus junonius) among oak leaves on a trail in Hensel Park. College Station, Texas, November 19, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3104/jpeg/25t.jpg) Spores of mushrooms Panus tephroleucus (Lentinus sect. Velutini) under a microscope at low magnification, collected 2/2/2022 in Lake Bryan Park. Bryan, Texas, February 3, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3124/jpeg/37t.jpg) Textured surface of spores of rust fungus Puccinia eatoniae var. myosotidis(?) from spring scorpion grass collected at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, April 3, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2611/jpeg/34t.jpg) Spectacular rustgill mushrooms (Gymnopilus spectabilis, Gymnopilus junonius) under small oaks in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, December 13, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3153/jpeg/31t.jpg) Spores of mushroom mushroom Amanita canescens(?) collected in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 15, 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/2022/3124/jpeg/35t.jpg) Spores of rust fungus Puccinia eatoniae var. myosotidis(?) from spring scorpion grass under a microscope showing their texture, collected at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, April 3, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3104/jpeg/24t.jpg) Spores of a red waxcap (Hygrocybe) mushroom collected in Lake Bryan Park. Bryan, Texas, February 2, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2611/jpeg/36t.jpg) Dissected spectacular rustgill mushrooms (Gymnopilus spectabilis, Gymnopilus junonius) under small oaks in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, December 13, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2611/jpeg/37t.jpg) Gills of spectacular rustgill mushrooms (Gymnopilus spectabilis, Gymnopilus junonius) under small oaks in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, December 13, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2611/jpeg/35t.jpg) Underside of spectacular rustgill mushrooms (Gymnopilus spectabilis, Gymnopilus junonius) under small oaks in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, December 13, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3154/jpeg/21t.jpg) Spores of some Amanita(?) mushroom collected in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 17, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3110/jpeg/13t.jpg) Spores of mushrooms Gymnopus spongiosus collected in Bee Creek Park. College Station, Texas, February 26, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3535/jpeg/36t.jpg) Spores (in lugol) of Ascomycete mushroom Geopora arenosa(?) collected in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 13, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3153/jpeg/32t.jpg) Spores of mushroom mushroom Amanita canescens(?) under a microscope in iodine solution, collected in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 15, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3124/jpeg/34t.jpg) Spores of rust fungus Puccinia eatoniae var. myosotidis(?) at low magnification from spring scorpion grass at low magnification, collected at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, April 3, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3104/jpeg/19t.jpg) Asci with spores (under a microscope) of Ascomycete mushroom Pithya cupressina collected in Lake Bryan Park. Bryan, Texas, February 2, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3104/jpeg/22t.jpg) Close-up of asci with spores of Ascomycete mushroom Pithya cupressina collected in Lake Bryan Park. Bryan, Texas, February 2, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3144/jpeg/19t.jpg) Spores of Leucoagaricus barssii(?) mushroom collected on Kiwanis Nature Trail. College Station, Texas, May 3, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3155/jpeg/37t.jpg) Spores of some Agaricus mushroom in KOH solution, collected in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 20, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3110/jpeg/12t.jpg) Spores of mushrooms Melanoleuca subpulverulenta(?) collected on a lawn in Bee Creek Park. College Station, Texas, February 26, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3468/jpeg/36t.jpg) Spores of resupinate polupore mushroom Trametes villosa from a fallen juniper, collected at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, February 6, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3522/jpeg/29t.jpg) Spores (in lugol) of hairy Trametes (no pictures of the mushroom) collected a day before in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, April 28, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3389/jpeg/37t.jpg) Spores of Pluteus chrysophlebius mushroom in lugol solution collected on Kiwanis Nature Trail. College Station, Texas, April 20, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3409/jpeg/17t.jpg) Spores (in lugol) of a small Leucoagaricus mushroom from a trail under bushes and trees, collected in Bee Creek Park same day. College Station, Texas, May 10, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3145/jpeg/21t.jpg) Spores of slime mold Arcyria cinerea in iodine solution (Lugol), collected on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 4, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2010/901/jpeg/17t.jpg) Laughing gym mushrooms (spectacular rustgill, Gymnopilus spectabilis, Gymnopilus junonius) at the base of a rotten tree near Racoon Run Trail in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, December 24, 2010
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3234/jpeg/29t.jpg) Spores of bolete mushrooms Pulchroboletus rubricitrinus(?) collected Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, September 8, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3317/jpeg/15t.jpg) Spores (in lugol) of polypore mushrooms Truncospora mexicana (T. ochroleuca group) collected a day before in Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 2, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3317/jpeg/28t.jpg) Spores (in lugol) of brown corticioid fungus Dichostereum effuscatum from a fallen oak, collected a day before in Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 2, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3322/jpeg/14t.jpg) Spores (in lugol) of Brunneoporus juniperinus (Subantrodia juniperina) (no pictures of the mushroom were taken) collected a day before in Hensel Park. College Station, January 5, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3123/jpeg/40t.jpg) Spores of mushroom Lentinus levis collected on Kiwanis Nature Trail a day before. College Station, Texas, April 2, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3240/jpeg/17t.jpg) Spores of Leucocoprinus cretaceus mushroom collected in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, September 12, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3120/jpeg/03t.jpg) Spores of resupinate polypore mushroom from an oak log collected in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, March 18, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3154/jpeg/05t.jpg) Spores of milkcap mushroom Lactifluus glaucescens collected on Kiwanis Nature Trail. College Station, Texas, May 16, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3152/jpeg/04t.jpg) Spores of Amanita jacksonii mushroom under a microscope, collected in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 13, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3154/jpeg/04t.jpg) Spores ob brittlegill mushroom Russula crustosa collected on Kiwanis Nature Trail. College Station, Texas, May 16, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3153/jpeg/30t.jpg) Spores of brittlegill mushroom Russula adusta collected in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 15, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3158/jpeg/18t.jpg) Spores of polypore mushroom Microporellus obovatus collected in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 23, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3221/jpeg/07t.jpg) Spores of mushroom Steccherinum oreophilum collected in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, August 29, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3153/jpeg/28t.jpg) Spores of parasol mushroom Macrolepiota procera collected in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 15, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3234/jpeg/26t.jpg) Spores of tiny white grass oysterling mushrooms Crepidotus epibryus(?) from grass roots (may be contaminated by other spores) collected near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, September 8, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3262/jpeg/34t.jpg) Spores (in lugol) of carnival candy slime mold (Arcyria incarnata) from a pine log, collected in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, October 22, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3257/jpeg/07t.jpg) Spores of slime mold Brefeldia maxima in lugol, collected on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, October 8, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/906/jpeg/01t.jpg) Laughing gym (spectacular rustgill, Gymnopilus spectabilis, Gymnopilus junonius)(?) mushrooms damaged by frost at a tree base near Racoon Run Trail in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, January 4, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2010/901/jpeg/18t.jpg) Emerging Laughing gym mushrooms (spectacular rustgill, Gymnopilus spectabilis, Gymnopilus junonius) at the base of a rotten tree near Racoon Run Trail in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, December 24, 2010
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