 Bess beetle (Odontotaenius disjunctus) on rotting wood on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 16, 2022
 Bess beetle (Odontotaenius disjunctus) on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest near Huntsville. Texas, April 16, 2019
 Bess beetle (Odontotaenius disjunctus) under a rotting log on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 26, 2020
 Bess beetle (Odontotaenius disjunctus) found in rotten wood in Huntsville Park. Texas, April 1, 2018
 Bess beetle (Odontotaenius disjunctus) on rotting wood in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, April 5, 2019
 Larva of bess beetle (Odontotaenius disjunctus) on rotting wood in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, July 24, 2021
 Bess beetle (Odontotaenius disjunctus) from Texas in entomological collection in Pushkin (former Tsarskoe Selo), a suburb of Saint Petersburg. Russia, June 21, 2009
 Larva of bess beetle (Odontotaenius disjunctus) under a log in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, July 24, 2021
 Dead bess beetle (Odontotaenius disjunctus) with green muscardine disease caused by mold like parasitic fungus Metarhizium anisopliae(?) collected during a mushroom walk on a property at 5369 Farm to Market Road 770 near Kountze. Texas, June 8, 2019
 Eastern bess beetle larva on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, October 18, 2022
 Mushrooms Hydropus marginellus on wet rotten pine wood on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 10, 2022
 Brittlegill mushrooms Russula perlactea(?) on rotten wood on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 10, 2022
 Spores of mushrooms Hydropus marginellus on wet rotten pine wood, from Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 10, 2022
 Brittlegill mushrooms Russula perlactea(?) growing on rotten wood on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 10, 2022
 Underside of brittlegill mushrooms Russula perlactea(?) growing on rotten wood on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 10, 2022
 Spores of brittlegill mushrooms Russula perlactea(?) growing on rotten wood on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 10, 2022
 Shoot of gayfeather (Liatris) on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, April 30, 2022
 Ground beetles found on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, April 30, 2022
 Cap of a small mushroom Amanita amerirubens(?) on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, April 30, 2022
 Small mushroom Amanita amerirubens(?) on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, April 30, 2022
 Blooming coralbean (Erythrina herbacea) on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, April 30, 2022
 Hyssop skullcap (Scutellaria integrifolia) on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, April 30, 2022
 Small orange omphalinoid mushrooms on sandy soil disturbed by fire ants, near rotting pine wood on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 10, 2022
 Small orange funnel-like mushrooms on sandy soil disturbed by fire ants, near rotting pine wood on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 10, 2022
 Details of orange funnel-like mushrooms on sandy soil disturbed by fire ants, near rotting pine wood on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 10, 2022
 Flowers of fragrant sumac (Rhus aromatica) on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, April 30, 2022
 Small chanterelle mushrooms Cantharellus tabernensis(?) on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, April 30, 2022
 White-flowered milkweed (Asclepias variegata) on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, April 30, 2022
 Inflorescence of hyssop skullcap (Scutellaria integrifolia) on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, April 30, 2022
 Flower bud of soft greeneyes (Berlandiera pumila) on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, April 30, 2022
 Underside of a small mushroom Amanita amerirubens(?) on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, April 30, 2022
 Blooming hyssop skullcap (Scutellaria integrifolia) on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, April 30, 2022
 Shoot of soft greeneyes (Berlandiera pumila) on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, April 30, 2022
 Goblet waxcap mushroom (Hygrocybe cantharellus) on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, April 30, 2022
 Blooming hyssop skullcap (Scutellaria integrifolia) on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, April 30, 2022
 Flower buds of coralbean (Erythrina herbacea) on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, April 30, 2022
 Fruits of fragrant sumac (Rhus aromatica) on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, April 30, 2022
 Fragrant sumac (Rhus aromatica) with red berries on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, April 30, 2022
 Flowers of soft greeneyes (Berlandiera pumila) on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, April 30, 2022
 Close-up of small orange omphalinoid mushrooms on sandy soil disturbed by fire ants, near rotting pine wood on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 10, 2022
 Spores of a small mushroom Amanita amerirubens(?) collected on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, April 30, 2022
 Blue flowers of hyssop skullcap (Scutellaria integrifolia) on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, April 30, 2022
 Flower bracts of soft greeneyes (Berlandiera pumila) on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, April 30, 2022
 Young leaves of soft greeneyes (Berlandiera pumila) on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, April 30, 2022
 Side view of small orange funnel-like mushrooms on sandy soil disturbed by fire ants, near rotting pine wood on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 10, 2022
 Conocybe mushrooms on pieces of rotting wood on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 10, 2021
 Small chanterelle mushrooms Cantharellus tabernensis(?) on sphagnum moss on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, April 30, 2022
 Spores of small chanterelle mushrooms Cantharellus tabernensis(?) collected on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, April 30, 2022
 Upper and underside views of small orange funnel-like mushrooms on sandy soil disturbed by fire ants, near rotting pine wood on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 10, 2022
 Conocybe mushrooms found on pieces of rotting wood on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 10, 2021
 Side view of Conocybe mushrooms on pieces of rotting wood on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 10, 2021
 Conocybe mushrooms from pieces of rotting wood on black background on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 10, 2021
 Ascomycete mushrooms Pyronema omphalodes on a bonfire site near a small lake on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, April 30, 2022
 Insect eggs on rotting wood on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, March 3, 2021
 Side view of Conocybe mushrooms from pieces of rotting wood on black background on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 10, 2021
 Mushrooms Leucocoprinus longistriatus on rotting wood on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 7, 2024
 Tissues of white resupinate polypore mushroom from a fallen pine branch collected on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, August 13, 2022
 Wood pinkgill mushrooms (Entoloma rhodopolium) on a forest road on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, December 5, 2021
 Top view of mushrooms Leucocoprinus longistriatus on rotting wood on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 7, 2024
 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
 Underside of wood pinkgill mushrooms (Entoloma rhodopolium) on a forest road on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, December 5, 2021
 Tissues of white resupinate polypore mushroom from a fallen pine branch under a microscope at very low magnification collected on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, August 13, 2022
 Large wood hedgehog mushrooms (Hydnum repandum) under pines on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, December 5, 2021
 Group of mushrooms Tephrocybe anthracophila (Lyophyllum anthracophilum)(?) growing from pieces of burned pine bark on charred soil near a completely burned pine log remained from prescribed burn in spring on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, December 5, 2021
 Mushrooms Tephrocybe anthracophila(?) growing from pieces of burned pine bark on charred soil near a completely burned pine log remained from prescribed burn in spring (spore print is white) on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, December 5, 2021
 Conocybe mushrooms on rotting fallen oak or possibly pine and nearby on pieces of rotting wood on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 10, 2021
 Cross section of large wood hedgehog mushroom (Hydnum repandum) on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, December 5, 2021
 Caps of large wood hedgehog mushrooms (Hydnum repandum) under pines on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, December 5, 2021
 Spores of small chanterelle mushrooms Cantharellus tabernensis(?) under a microscope at low magnification (spore print is thin and white), collected on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, April 30, 2022
 Trailhead 2 at Bethel Road on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 10, 2022
 Amanita lavendula(?) mushrooms on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 10, 2022
 Yellow leaves of catalpa(?) on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, August 13, 2022
 Brown Amanita mushroom on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 10, 2022
 Blooming gayfeather (Liatris) on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 10, 2022
 Gills of Amanita lavendula(?) mushroom on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 10, 2022
 Bolete mushrooms Pulveroboletus curtisii on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 10, 2022
 Underside of Amanita lavendula(?) mushrooms on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 10, 2022
 Bolete mushrooms Xanthoconium purpureum on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 10, 2022
 Spores of fungus Sebacina incrustans from Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 10, 2022
 Bolete mushrooms Xerocomus illudens(?) on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 10, 2022
 Gills of mushrooms Clitocybula lacerata on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 10, 2022
 Brown Leccinum mushroom on a path on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 10, 2022
 Amanita mushrooms with pinkish gills on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 10, 2022
 Earthfan mushrooms (Thelephora terrestris) on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 10, 2022
 Spores of Amanita lavendula(?) mushrooms from Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 10, 2022
 Bolete mushrooms Xerocomus illudens(?) in a pine forest on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 10, 2022
 Mature bolete mushrooms Leccinellum griseum on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 10, 2022
 Underside of polypore mushrooms Trametopsis cervina on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 10, 2022
 Spores of bolete mushrooms Pulveroboletus curtisii from Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 10, 2022
 Underside of a bolete mushroom Leccinellum griseum on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 10, 2022
 Bolete mushrooms Leccinellum griseum in moss on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 10, 2022
 Small orange Gymnopus mushrooms under pines on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 10, 2022
 Bolete mushrooms Xerocomus illudens(?) under pines on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 10, 2022
 Small mushrooms Clitocybula lacerata under pines on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 10, 2022
 Stem of a bolete mushroom Xanthoconium purpureum on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 10, 2022
 Underside of bolete mushrooms Xerocomus illudens(?) on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 10, 2022
 Cross section of a brown Leccinum mushroom on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 10, 2022
 Side view of a brown Amanita mushroom on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 10, 2022
 Malformed gills of a brown Amanita mushroom on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 10, 2022
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