 Asci of tiny orange Ascomycete fungus Orbilia(?) under microscope from the same oak log as 1/19/2022, collected on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, March 2, 2022
 Tissues of tiny orange Ascomycete fungus Orbilia(?) from the same oak log as 1/19/2022, collected on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, March 2, 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
 Asci with spores at low magnification of eyelash cup fungus Scutellinia superba from muddy ground, collected on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 6, 2024
 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
 Old resupinate polypore mushroom Fuscoporia with tiny orange Ascomycete fungus Orbilia(?) on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, January 19, 2022
 Old Fuscoporia mushroom on a cut surface of a rotting oak with tiny orange Ascomycete fungus Orbilia(?) on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, January 19, 2022
 Tiny Ascomycete mushrooms Hyalorbilia inflatula (Orbilia inflatula) on on a fallen elm tree on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, September 26, 2020
 Tissues of Ascomycete eyelash cup fungus (Scutellinia scutellata group), at low magnification (x10 objective), collected from muddy soil on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, January 22, 2023
 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
 Basidia of a small yellow bolete mushroom Buchwaldoboletus sphaerocephalus 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
 Immature spherical asci of Ascomycete truffle mushroom Tuber(?) under a microscope (x40 objective) in Congo Red dye, collected on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 9, 2023
 Spores of tiny white Lepiota mushrooms from rotten pine log collected on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, September 18, 2022
 Immature spherical asci of Ascomycete truffle mushroom Tuber(?) under a microscope (x100 objective) in Congo Red dye, collected on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 9, 2023
 Ascomycete mushrooms Hyalorbilia inflatula (Orbilia inflatula) on a trunk of a fallen elm with black Biscogniauxia fungus on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, September 17, 2020
 Ascomycete mushrooms Hyalorbilia inflatula (Orbilia inflatula) on old crust fungus Biscogniauxia on a fallen elm tree on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, September 26, 2020
 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
 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
 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
 Close-up of Ascomycete mushrooms Hyalorbilia inflatula (Orbilia inflatula) on old crust fungus Biscogniauxia on a fallen elm tree on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, September 26, 2020
 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
 Tiny white cups of Ascomycete fungus Hyaloscypha britannica under a pine log on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 27, 2019
 Asci of tiny cup mushrooms Hyaloscipha brotannica(?) at lower magnification collected on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, February 27, 2022
 Close-up of Ascomycete mushrooms Hyalorbilia inflatula (Orbilia inflatula) on a trunk of a fallen elm with black Hypoxylon canker fungus on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, September 17, 2020
 Spores of burnt orange bolete (Gyroporus ballouii) (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
 Spores of burnt orange bolete mushrooms (Gyroporus ballouii) collected two days before on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, September 16, 2022
 Spores of some orange corticioid fungus from rotting wood collected a day before on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, March 22, 2023
 Asci and paraphyses of eyelash cup fungus Scutellinia superba from muddy ground, collected on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 6, 2024
 Asci with spores of eyelash cup fungus Scutellinia superba from muddy ground, collected on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 6, 2024
 Basidia and spores of web mold fungus Syzygites megalocarpus collected on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, September 18, 2022
 Some linear cells of web mold fungus Syzygites megalocarpus collected on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, September 18, 2022
 Paraphyses and asci of cup fungus (Scutellinia scutellata group) (x40 objective), collected from muddy soil on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, January 22, 2023
 Tiny orange globes of fungus Nectria peziza on a barkless blackened log on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, September 17, 2020
 Tips of asci and paraphyses of eyelash cup fungus (Scutellinia scutellata group), collected from muddy soil on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, January 22, 2023
 Spores inside asci of eyelash cup fungus (Scutellinia scutellata group), collected from muddy soil on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, January 22, 2023
 Asci and paraphyses of eyelash cup fungus (Scutellinia scutellata group) (x40 objective), collected from muddy soil on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, January 22, 2023
 Asci and spores of eyelash cup fungus (Scutellinia scutellata group) (x40 objective), collected from muddy soil on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, January 22, 2023
 Tiny red Ascomycete fungus Orbilia on a cut surface of a wet pine log on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest east from Trail Head No.4. Texas, March 15, 2022
 Tiny white Lepiota mushroom on a rotten pine log on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, September 18, 2022
 Pinkish tissue (at low magnification) of mold fungus Hypomyces from blushing bracket mushrooms, collected on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, January 22, 2023
 Spores of white poria fungus Skeletocutis nivea on a fallen tree branch collected a day before on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, September 19, 2022
 Orange druing leaves on the ground on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, July 30, 2022
 Tiny cup mushrooms Lachnellula abietis? on a fallen pine branch on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, January 12, 2022
 Tiny white Lepiota mushrooms on a side of a rotten pine log on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, September 18, 2022
 Masses of tiny white Lepiota mushrooms on a rotten pine log on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, September 18, 2022
 Spores of corticioid fungus Coniophora olivacea from a fallen barkless pine or may be oak branch, collected two days before on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, September 16, 2022
 Ascomycete fungus Anthracobia maurilabra(?) on an old bonfire on a forest cutting on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, March 11, 2020
 Asci of a small orange Ascomycete fungus Anthracobia tristis or may be A. maurilabra collected 1/26/2022 from a bonfire site on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, January 26, 2022
 Spores of a mushroom Amanita chrysoleuca 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
 Close-up of Ascomycete fungus Anthracobia maurilabra(?) on an old bonfire on a forest cutting on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, March 11, 2020
 Brown Ascomycete fungus Anthracobia maurilabra(?) on an old bonfire on a forest cutting on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, March 11, 2020
 Burnt orange bolete mushrooms (Gyroporus ballouii) on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, September 14, 2022
 Asci and paraphyses of a small orange Ascomycete fungus Anthracobia tristis or may be A. maurilabra collected 1/26/2022 from a bonfire site on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, January 26, 2022
 Cross section of Ascomycete truffle mushroom Tuber(?) collected on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 9, 2023
 Tissues (at low magnification) of greenish mold fungus Hypomyces from blushing bracket mushrooms growing on a tilted and dried oak, collected on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, January 22, 2023
 Spores (teleutosori) at low magnification of mayapple rust fungus Allodus podophylli (Puccinia podophylli) collected on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 6, 2024
 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
 Cups of Ascomycete fungus Anthracobia maurilabra(?) on charred ground on a forest cutting on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, March 11, 2020
 Orange Ascomycete bryoparasitic fungus Lamprospora carbonicola with moss Funaria hygrometrica on burnt ground on a forest clearing under utility lines on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, February 22, 2021
 Web-like corticioid fungus on underside of an oak log on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, January 12, 2022
 Athelia(?) fungus on underside of an oak log on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, January 12, 2022
 Asci and paraphyses through a microscope of a small orange Ascomycete fungus Anthracobia tristis or may be A. maurilabra collected 1/26/2022 from a bonfire site on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, January 26, 2022
 Details of cross section of Ascomycete truffle mushroom Tuber(?) collected on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 9, 2023
 Tissues (at low magnification) of Ascomycete fungus Orbilia(?) from burned oak collected near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, February 20, 2023
 Tissues of a cup (at low magnification) of Ascomycete fungus Orbilia(?) from burned oak collected near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, February 20, 2023
 Spores of mushrooms Conocybe subpubescens at low magnification, collected on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 16, 2023
 Spores of white crust fungus growing on upper side on pine twigs, collected 1/12/2022 from Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Huntsville, Texas, January 25, 2022
 Ascomycete fungus Ascobolus carbonarius on a bonfire site on a utility line cutting on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, March 23, 2020
 Tiny Ascomycete fungus Hyalorbilia inflatula on a pine log on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, January 22, 2022
 Spores of mushroom Amanita sect. Lepidella, collected on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, September 25, 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 polypore mushroom Nigroporus vinosus collected on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, September 18, 2022
 Spores of polypore mushrooms Tyromyces fumidiceps from a wet log, collected on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, September 25, 2022
 Spores of polypore mushrooms Daedaleopsis confragosa collected a day before on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, September 19, 2022
 Spores of polypore mushrooms Tyromyces fumidiceps collected a day before on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, September 19, 2022
 Spores (under pressure) of a polypore mushroom Megasporoporia setulosa 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 (at low magnification, x40 objective) of Ascomycete fungus Orbilia(?) from burned oak collected near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, February 21, 2023
 Broken cup of Ascomycete fungus Ascobolus carbonarius on a bonfire site on a utility line cutting on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, March 23, 2020
 Spores of mature bolete mushrooms Austroboletus subflavidus collected on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, September 18, 2022
 Spores of yellow bolete mushroom Buchwaldoboletus sphaerocephalus collected on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, September 18, 2022
 Corticioid fungus Amaurodon viridis(?) on underside of an oak log on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, January 12, 2022
 Daisy fleabane (Erigeron) with a species of tiny pea or bean weevil beetles in the family Chrysomelidae Sennius abbreviatus(?) on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 16, 2022
 Brown cups of Ascomycete fungus Ascobolus carbonarius on a bonfire site on a utility line cutting on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, March 23, 2020
 Asci of a small orange Ascomycete fungus Anthracobia tristis or may be A. maurilabra together with green globular cells of algae(?) under a microscope collected 1/26/2022 from a bonfire site on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, January 26, 2022
 Spores and cystidia of mushrooms Pluteus longistriatus at low magnification collected on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, June 26, 2022
 Basidia of a small yellow bolete mushroom Buchwaldoboletus sphaerocephalus, collected on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, September 18, 2022
 Spores of polypore mushrooms Tyromyces fumidiceps (stacked image) collected a day before on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, September 19, 2022
 Tiny Mycena mushrooms collected from a mossy fallen elm on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, September 11, 2020
 Ascomycete truffle mushroom Tuber(?) on black background collected on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 9, 2023
 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
 Gill tissue and spores of mushrooms Conocybe subpubescens in Congo Red dye at low magnification, collected on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 16, 2023
 Tissues (at low magnification) of mushrooms Chromosera cyanophylla from rotting pine wood, collected on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, January 22, 2023
 Asci at low magnification of common grey disco mushrooms (Mollisia cinerea) from an oak log, collected on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, October 30, 2022
 Spores of polypore mushroom Xanthoporia radiata (Inonotus radiatus) from a small oak collected a day before on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, September 19, 2022
 Spores and basidia of a small yellow bolete mushroom Buchwaldoboletus sphaerocephalus, collected on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, September 18, 2022
 Spores of chestnut bolete Gyroporus smithii (formerly G. castaneus) (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
 Tissues of a small yellow bolete mushroom Buchwaldoboletus sphaerocephalus under a microscope, collected on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, September 18, 2022
 Basidia and cystidia of a small yellow bolete mushroom Buchwaldoboletus sphaerocephalus, collected on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, September 18, 2022
 Tissues at low magnification of mushrooms Pholiota spumosa, collected around a pine stump from muddy soil on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, January 22, 2023
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