 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
 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
 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
 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
 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
 Spores of brittlegill mushroom Russula flavida at low magnification, collected on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 1, 2022
 Cross section of Ballou s brittlegill mushrooms (Russula ballouii) on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 28, 2021
 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
 Aeciospores of rust fungus Puccinia podophylli from a May apple leaf 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
 Ballou s brittlegill mushrooms (Russula ballouii) on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 12, 2021
 Ballou s brittlegill mushrooms (Russula ballouii) on floodplain on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 28, 2021
 Ballou s brittlegill mushrooms (Russula ballouii) in wet area near the creek on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 28, 2021
 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
 Fungus Hyaloscypha britannica under a microscope at higher magnification in Lugol, collected on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, March 9, 2022
 Spores of brittlegill mushroom Russula flavida collected on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 1, 2022
 Cross section of a brittlegill mushroom Russula eccentrica on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 28, 2021
 Cross section of blackening brittlegill mushroom (Russula eccentrica) on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, July 16, 2021
 Spores of slime mold Hemitrichia calyculata 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, May 18, 2022
 Basidia of pirate gold Amanita mushroom (Amanita chrysoleuca) under a microscope at low magnification collected in a pine forest on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 29, 2022
 Spores of mushrooms Pholiota polychroa under a microscope at low magnification collected near Caney Creek in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, August 21, 2022
 Spores of mushrooms Pholiota polychroa under a microscope at low magnification collected near Caney Creek in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, August 21, 2022
 Spores of a polypore mushroom Megasporoporia setulosa under a microscope, collected a day before on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 30, 2022
 Spores of large white brittlegill mushrooms Russula albidicremea under a microscope, collected in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, June 2, 2022
 Gills of a pink brittlegill mushroom Russula pulchra(?) damaged by insects on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, September 18, 2022
 Basidia and spores of parasol mushrooms Macrolepiota procera under a microscope at low magnification collected near Caney Creek in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, August 21, 2022
 Web mold fungus Syzygites megalocarpus under a microscope at low magnification, collected on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, September 18, 2022
 Spores of orange fibrecap (Inocybe) mushroom under a microscope at low magnification, collected in Sam Houston National Forest near Richards. Texas, May 8, 2022
 Green brittlegill mushroom (Russula aeruginea) with east Texas toad on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, September 18, 2022
 Brittlegill mushrooms Russula eccentrica with a cross section on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 28, 2021
 Ballou s Russula mushrooms (Russula ballouii) on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 2, 2023
 Foetid brittlegill mushroom Russula mutabilis in cross section on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Huntsville, Texas, July 13, 2018
 Spores of a small mushroom Amanita amerirubens(?) under a microscope at low magnification (spore print is white), collected on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, April 30, 2022
 Spores of green brittlegill mushroom (Russula aeruginea) (larger) under a microscope, collected in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 13, 2022
 Tissues under a microscope (in Congo Red, low magnification) of a resupinate polypore mushroom Fibroporia radiculosa collected on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, August 14, 2022
 Spores of mushrooms Pseudosperma rimosum (spore print light brown) from muddy area under a microscope at low magnification, collected near Caney Creek in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, August 21, 2022
 Spores of brittlegill mushrooms Russula ballouii from wet area, collected on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 18, 2023
 Spores of a brittlegill mushroom Russula mariae(?) taken from Washington-on-the-Brazos 12/24/2021. Texas, February 15, 2022
 A pink brittlegill mushroom (Russula) on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Huntsville, Texas, April 22, 2018
 Pink brittlegill mushroom (Russula) on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Huntsville, Texas, April 22, 2018
 Red brittlegill mushroom Russula flavisiccans on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Huntsville, Texas, April 22, 2018
 Brittlegill mushrooms Russula eccentrica on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 28, 2021
 Some white brittlegill (Russula) mushrooms on muddy soil on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, September 18, 2022
 Underside of pink brittlegill mushrooms Russula pulchra(?) on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, September 18, 2022
 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
 Dissected red brittlegill mushroom Russula flavisiccans on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Huntsville, Texas, April 22, 2018
 Brittlegill mushroom Russula flavida on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, June 7, 2020
 Pink brittlegill mushroom Russula flavisiccans(?) on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Huntsville, Texas, April 22, 2018
 Foetid brittlegill mushroom Russula mutabilis on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Huntsville, Texas, July 13, 2018
 Spores of a brittlegill mushroom Russula mariae collected in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, June 15, 2022
 Small pink brittlegill (Russula) mushroom on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, October 23, 2022
 Green brittlegill mushroom (Russula aeruginea(?)) on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, July 3, 2022
 Blackening brittlegill mushrooms (Russula eccentrica) on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, June 5, 2021
 Blackening brittlegill mushrooms (Russula eccentrica) on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, June 5, 2021
 Basidia and spores of web mold fungus Syzygites megalocarpus at low magnification, collected on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, September 18, 2022
 Spores of mature bolete mushrooms Austroboletus subflavidus at low magnification, collected on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, September 18, 2022
 Tissues and spores of brittlegill mushroom Russula subloculata (Macowanites americanus)(?) from muddy path, collected on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 18, 2023
 Basidia and spores of brittlegill mushroom Russula subloculata (Macowanites americanus)(?) from muddy path, collected on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 18, 2023
 Pink brittlegill mushrooms Russula pulchra(?) on muddy soil on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, September 18, 2022
 Cross section of a brittlegill mushroom close to Russula compacta on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 18, 2020
 Underside of a purple brittlegill mushroom Russula mariae on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, June 15, 2022
 Green brittlegill mushroom (Russula aeruginea) in wet area on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, August 28, 2022
 Underside of small pink brittlegill (Russula) mushroom on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, October 23, 2022
 Underside of green brittlegill mushroom (Russula aeruginea(?)) on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, July 3, 2022
 Brittlegill mushroom Russula flavida with a cross section on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, July 23, 2021
 Cross section of a pale brittlegill (Russula) mushroom on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, January 14, 2021
 Underside of brittlegill mushroom Russula flavida on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, June 7, 2020
 Dissected foetid brittlegill mushroom Russula mutabilis on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Huntsville, Texas, July 13, 2018
 Cap of light green brittlegill (Russula) mushroom on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, September 17, 2020
 Orange brittlegill (Russula) mushrooms on muddy soil on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, August 6, 2021
 Spores from a mushroom Pluteus atromarginatus under a microscope, collected on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest east from Trail Head No.4. Texas, March 15, 2022
 Some brittlegill (Russula) mushroom on floodplain on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, August 13, 2021
 Purple brittlegill mushroom Russula mariae on muddy soil on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, June 15, 2022
 Gills of light green brittlegill (Russula) mushroom on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, September 17, 2020
 Spores of of green brittlegill mushroom (Russula aeruginea(?)) collected in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, July 3, 2022
 Blackening brittlegill (Russula eccentrica), Lactarius and Phylloporus mushrooms on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, July 16, 2021
 Tissues under a microscope at low magnification of outer skin of a giant mature mushroom Scleroderma polyrhizum(?) collected on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, February 4, 2024
 Slime mold Physarum viride under a microscope at low magnification, collected from an oak log on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 12, 2022
 Web mold fungus Syzygites megalocarpus on on a bolete, may be T. ballou, on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, September 18, 2022
 Spores of red brittlegill mushrooms (Russula) under a microscope, collected in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 13, 2022
 Tissue of red Orbilia fungus from cut surface of a wet pine log through a microscope at low magnification collected on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest east from Trail Head No.4. Texas, March 15, 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
 Cross section of truffle-like brittlegill mushroom Russula subloculata (Macowanites americanus)(?) in muddy area on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 18, 2023
 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
 Capillitial threads of slime mold Hemitrichia calyculata 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, May 18, 2022
 Spores of brittlegill mushroom Russula albidicremea collected near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, August 31, 2022
 Spores of tiny white Lepiota mushrooms from rotten pine log under a microscope (in lugol), collected on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, September 18, 2022
 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
 Spores of a large mature brittlegill mushroom Russula albidicremea collected in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, June 2, 2022
 Spores of a white brittle gilled Hemimycena(?) mushroom at low magnification collected on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, July 16, 2022
 Capillitial threads of slime mold Hemitrichia calyculata under a microscope at low magnification (40x objective), collected on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 4, 2022
 Brownish ball of slime mold Hemitrichia calyculata under a microscope at very low magnification (10x objective), collected on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 4, 2022
 Spores of lobster mushroom (Hypomyces lactifluorum) at low magnification collected in Sam Houston National Forest 1/22/2022. College Station, Texas, February 9, 2022
 Short-stemmed russula mushrooms (stubby brittlegill, Russula brevipes) in cross section on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, June 2, 2021
 Cross section brittlegill mushroom Russula flavida on an old forest road on South Wilderness Loop Trail at Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest near Richards. Texas, October 23, 2021
 Brownish ball of slime mold Hemitrichia calyculata under a microscope at lowest magnification (4x objective), collected on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 4, 2022
 Spores of firm brittlegill mushrooms (Russula compacta) under a microscope, collected in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 13, 2022
 Cap of a pale brittlegill (Russula) mushroom on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, January 14, 2021
 Brittlegill mushroom Russula flavida on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, July 23, 2021
 Spores of cup fungus Plicaria carbonaria under a microscope at low magnification collected near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, August 31, 2022
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