![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3110/jpeg/06t.jpg) Spores from Gamundia striatula mushrooms in Big Creek Natural Area 12/21/2021. Texas, February 22, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3110/jpeg/07t.jpg) Spores from Gamundia striatula mushrooms under microscope, collected in Big Creek Natural Area 12/21/2021. Texas, February 22, 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/2022/3106/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/2022/3158/jpeg/13t.jpg) Spores of pale brown brittlegill (Russula) mushrooms collected in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 23, 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/2021/3081/jpeg/32t.jpg) Pale brown Tricholoma mushroom on a dry terrace above the creek, with oaks, pines near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 15, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3064/jpeg/05t.jpg) Gills of brown Matsutake mushrooms (Tricholoma caligatum) in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, November 21, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3064/jpeg/07t.jpg) Brown Matsutake mushrooms (Tricholoma caligatum) in dry leaves in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, November 21, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3081/jpeg/31t.jpg) Underside of a pale brown Tricholoma mushroom on a dry terrace above the creek, with oaks, pines near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 15, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3081/jpeg/33t.jpg) Gills of a pale brown Tricholoma mushroom on a dry terrace above the creek, with oaks, pines near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 15, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3064/jpeg/03t.jpg) Brown Matsutake mushrooms (Tricholoma caligatum) on a steep terrace 3 m above the creek, 3 m from the creek in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, November 21, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3081/jpeg/34t.jpg) Cross section of a pale brown Tricholoma mushroom on a dry terrace above the creek, with oaks, pines near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 15, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3064/jpeg/08t.jpg) Cross section of brown Matsutake mushrooms (Tricholoma caligatum) in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, November 21, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3064/jpeg/06t.jpg) Brown Matsutake mushrooms (Tricholoma caligatum) on a tall terrace over the creek, almost covered by dry leaves in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, November 21, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3064/jpeg/04t.jpg) Brown Matsutake mushrooms (Tricholoma caligatum) between the trail and the creek, half-covered by dry leaves in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, November 21, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3149/jpeg/22t.jpg) Spores of a pale chanterelle (Cantherellus) mushrooms from muddy soil of floodplain (spore print thin, dirty white) under a microscope, collected in Sam Houston National Forest near Richards. Texas, May 8, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3033/jpeg/11t.jpg) Milky-white spore print of pale oyster mushrooms (Pleurotus pulmonarius)(?) taken from Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, October 4, 2021
![](../../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/2022/3158/jpeg/02t.jpg) Pale brown brittlegill (Russula) mushrooms in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 23, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3086/jpeg/05t.jpg) Underside of light grey-brown Tricholoma mushroom in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest near Shepherd. Texas, December 21, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3086/jpeg/06t.jpg) Cross section of light grey-brown Tricholoma mushroom in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest near Shepherd. Texas, December 21, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3336/jpeg/40t.jpg) Spores of yellowing knight mushrooms (Tricholoma scalpturatum) collected in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, February 3, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3138/jpeg/16t.jpg) Spores of pale brittlestem mushrooms (Psathyrella candolleana) in iodine solution, collected in Bee Creek Park College Station, Texas, April 25, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3086/jpeg/04t.jpg) Light grey-brown Tricholoma mushroom on a tall dry terrace over the creek, under oaks and beech, under dry leaves in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest near Shepherd. Texas, December 21, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3108/jpeg/05t.jpg) Spores of mushrooms Cuphophyllus pratensis collected in Lick Creek Park 12/22/2021. Texas, February 18, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3165/jpeg/03t.jpg) Pale brown brittlegill (Russula) mushrooms on a sandy path in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, June 1, 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/2021/3069/jpeg/06t.jpg) Tricholoma(?) mushroom with white with orange gills (gills turn brown after drying), under oaks and young longleaf pines south from Northern Trailhead for the Turkey Creek Trail of Big Thicket National Preserve. Warren, Texas, November 27, 2021
![](../../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/2022/3244/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/2022/3214/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/2021/2843/jpeg/33t.jpg) Some brown Tricholoma mushrooms under oaks on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail east from Trailhead No. 4 in Sam Houston National Forest, near Montgomery. Texas, January 2, 2021
![](../../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/2023/3452/jpeg/36t.jpg) Spores (spore print white) of burnt knight mushrooms (Tricholoma ustale) collected north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, December 31, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3149/jpeg/15t.jpg) Spores of a white Amanita like mushroom without KOH or iodine solution (spore print brown) collected a day before near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 8, 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/2022/3214/jpeg/28t.jpg) 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
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3066/jpeg/05t.jpg) Pale brown milkcap mushrooms (Lactarius) on Yaupon Loop Trail in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, November 22, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2691/jpeg/20t.jpg) Pale brown waxcap (Hygrocybe) mushrooms (with white spore print) on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 23, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2405/jpeg/20t.jpg) Pale brown webcap (Cortinarius) mushrooms in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, November 23, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2843/jpeg/34t.jpg) Cross section of brown Tricholoma mushrooms under oaks on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail east from Trailhead No. 4 in Sam Houston National Forest, near Montgomery. Texas, January 2, 2021
![](../../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/2024/3584/jpeg/18t.jpg) Pale brown, almost white fragile brittlegill (Russula) mushrooms in Tarkhovka Park, west from Saint Petersburg. Russia, August 2, 2024
![](../../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/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/2022/3234/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/2022/3108/jpeg/07t.jpg) Spores of mushrooms Omphalina grossula collected in Sam Houston National Forest 12/19/2021. Texas, February 18, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3231/jpeg/19t.jpg) Spores of polypore mushrooms Lentinus tricholoma from a lawn, collected in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, September 5, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3222/jpeg/02t.jpg) Some pale brown Gymnopus-like mushrooms near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, August 31, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2845/jpeg/02t.jpg) Pale brown brittlegill (Russula) mushrooms on floodplain on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, January 5, 2021
![](../../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/2021/3054/jpeg/22t.jpg) Pale brown webcap mushrooms (Cortinarius) on Kiwanis Nature Trail. College Station, Texas, November 8, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3030/jpeg/22t.jpg) Brown scratch on some pale brown resupinate polypore mushroom on a log on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, October 2, 2021
![](../../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/2024/3641/jpeg/24t.jpg) Spores (spore print white) of brown Gymnopus(?) mushrooms from a lawn, collected in Bee Creek Park. College Station, Texas, November 11, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3226/jpeg/11t.jpg) Pale brown brittlestem mushrooms (Psathyrella) among pine needles near crossing with a forest road on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, September 3, 2022
![](../../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/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/2023/3341/jpeg/35t.jpg) Spores of grey knight mushrooms (Tricholoma terreum group, may be T. moseri) collected on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, February 12, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3341/jpeg/33t.jpg) Spores of grey knight mushrooms (Tricholoma terreum group, may be T. moseri) collected on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, February 12, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3528/jpeg/14t.jpg) Spores of a small reddish-brown gilled mushroom from moss of Closed Trail (spore print white, turns brown in lugol), collected in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 6, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2450/jpeg/12t.jpg) Pale brown Lecanora lichen on an oak in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, February 20, 2019
![](../../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/2022/3102/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/2022/3153/jpeg/34t.jpg) Spores of mushrooms Xanthoconium affine (spore print rusty brown) collected in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 15, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3153/jpeg/33t.jpg) Spores of mushrooms Leccinum rugosiceps (spore print dark brown) collected in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 15, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3143/jpeg/33t.jpg) Spores of oysterling mushrooms Crepidotus mollis (spore print brown) collected in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 2, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3231/jpeg/13t.jpg) Spores of small brown funnel mushrooms Crepidotus subfulviceps(?) in grass (spore print brown), collected in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, September 5, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2978/jpeg/05t.jpg) Pale violet bitter bolete mushrooms (Tylopilus) in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, July 10, 2021
![](../../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/2020/2642/jpeg/26t.jpg) Pale brown resupinate polypore mushroom on a fallen oak in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, February 5, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2692/jpeg/16t.jpg) White spore print of a pale brown waxcap (Hygrocybe) mushroom taken from Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 24, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2642/jpeg/25t.jpg) Pale brown resupinate polypore mushroom on rotting oak wood in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, February 5, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3396/jpeg/32t.jpg) Spores of Neohygrocybe(?) mushrooms (spore print white, may be slight brown), collected Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, April 28, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3062/jpeg/15t.jpg) Mushrooms Tricholoma subresplendens in area plowed by hogs on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 20, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3240/jpeg/16t.jpg) Spores of Agaricus mushrooms under sumpweed on sewage line right-of-way, in KOH (spore print dark brown) collected in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, September 12, 2022
![](../../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/2022/3102/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/2022/3139/jpeg/19t.jpg) Spores of white Amanita mushrooms from a sandy path (spore print is white) at low magnification, collected on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, April 27, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3461/jpeg/25t.jpg) Spores of yellowing knight mushrooms (Tricholoma scalpturatum) collected a day before in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, January 26, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3531/jpeg/39t.jpg) Spores (in lugol) of pale brown Ascomycete fungus Anthracobia tristis collected in Lake Bryan Park. Bryan, Texas, May 9, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3531/jpeg/32t.jpg) Asci with spores of pale brown Ascomycete fungus Anthracobia tristis collected in Lake Bryan Park. Bryan, Texas, May 9, 2024
![](../../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/2021/3080/jpeg/04t.jpg) Mushrooms Tricholoma ustale in semi-open area of overgrown prairie with small oaks, in dense Yaupon bushes near a road, in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, December 13, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3080/jpeg/10t.jpg) Mushrooms Tricholoma subresplendens(?) in semi-open area of overgrown prairie with small oaks, in very dense Yaupon bushes near a road in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, December 13, 2021
![](../../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/2022/3214/jpeg/27t.jpg) Spores of mushrooms Lentinus tigrinus (spore print white) collected near Caney Creek in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, August 21, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3531/jpeg/31t.jpg) Asci with spores (at low magnification)of pale brown Ascomycete fungus Anthracobia tristis collected in Lake Bryan Park. Bryan, Texas, May 9, 2024
![](../../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/2021/3032/jpeg/23t.jpg) Pale oyster mushrooms (Pleurotus pulmonarius)(?) on a living American beech tree near its base in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest near Shepherd. Texas, October 3, 2021
![](../../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/2020/2713/jpeg/15t.jpg) Pale brown Amanita mushrooms in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 26, 2020
![](../../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/2022/3232/jpeg/14t.jpg) Spores of mushrooms Leucoagaricus americanus (size 7.9 x 6 micron, spore print light brown) collected from wood chips in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, September 6, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2416/jpeg/02t.jpg) White mushrooms Tricholoma subresplendens in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, December 20, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3536/jpeg/15t.jpg) Spores of mature large pale bolete mushroom (Boletus pallidus) in semi-open area collected in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 14, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2652/jpeg/16t.jpg) Powdery white spores of resupinate polypore mushroom Fulvifomes johnsonianus (Phellinus johnsonianus)(?) and light brown parasitic fungus Sporophagomyces chrysostomus(?) on a large fallen oak on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, February 29, 2020
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