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
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
Brown ball of slime mold Hemitrichia calyculata under a microscope, collected on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 4, 2022
Red ball of slime mold Hemitrichia calyculata under a microscope in iodine solution, collected on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 4, 2022
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
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
Capillitium and spores of slime mold Hemitrichia calyculata at low magnification in KOH, collected on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 4, 2022
Tissues of slime mold Hemitrichia calyculata under a microscope collected on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 18, 2022
Spores of slime mold Hemitrichia calyculata under a microscope collected on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 18, 2022
Stalk of sporangia of slime mold Hemitrichia calyculata under a microscope collected on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 18, 2022
Neck of sporangia of slime mold Hemitrichia calyculata under a microscope collected on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 18, 2022
Various spores and capillitium of slime mold Hemitrichia calyculata under a microscope, collected on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 4, 2022
Capillitium and spores of slime mold Hemitrichia calyculata collected on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 4, 2022
Capillitium and spores of slime mold Hemitrichia calyculata collected on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 4, 2022
Mature slime mold Hemitrichia calyculata(?) on a wet pine log on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 18, 2022
Close-up of slime mold Hemitrichia calyculata on wet soft wood on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 4, 2022
Slime mold Hemitrichia calyculata on wet soft broadleaf wood on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 4, 2022
Tiny orange and brown balls of slime mold Hemitrichia calyculata on wet soft wood on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 4, 2022
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
Capillitium and spores of slime mold Physarum viride under a microscope with 40x objective, 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
Details of capillitium and spores of slime mold Physarum viride under a microscope with 40x objective, 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
Stalked sporangia of slime mold Physarum viride under a microscope at lowest magnification, collected from brown rotten bark on oak log on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 12, 2022
Hemitrichia calyculata(?) slime mold on rotting wood on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest, near Huntsville. Texas, May 5, 2018
Sporotheca of slime mold Physarum viride under a microscope, 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
Tissues and spores of slime mold Physarum viride under a microscope, 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
Brown stalked balls of Hemitrichia calyculata(?) slime mold on a fallen branch on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest, near Huntsville. Texas, May 5, 2018
Margin of a round sporangia of slime mold Physarum viride under a microscope, 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
Tissues of slime mold Arcyria ferruginea under a microscope, collected on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, February 1, 2024
Conydia(?) of Hypomyces on a cap of mushroom Boletus harrisonii(?) at low magnification (x40 objective), collected from muddy soil on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 4, 2022
Tissues under a microscope (x40 objective) of a polypore mushroom Inonotus quercustris collected on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, August 14, 2022
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
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
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
Basidia and tissues under a microscope (x100 objective) 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
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
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
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
Conidiophore and conidia of peat mold fungus (Chromelosporium fulvum) in Congo Red solution at low magnification, collected on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 29, 2022
Gill tissues of brick red funnel mushrooms Bonomyces sinopicus (Clitocybe sinopica) from burned pine forest 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
Basidia and hyphae of brick red funnel mushrooms Bonomyces sinopicus (Clitocybe sinopica) from burned pine forest 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
Spores of slime mold Arcyria cinerea in KOH from a wet pine log, collected on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 4, 2022
Spores of slime mold Stemonitis fusca in KOH from a wet pine log, collected on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 4, 2022
Spores of slime mold Ceramytoxa fruticulosa in iodine solution, collected on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 4, 2022
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
Asci (at low magnification, x10 objective, in KOH) of common eyelash mushrooms (Scutellinia scutellata(?)) collected on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, March 24, 2024
Slime mold Tubifera dimorphotheca in iodine solution under a microscope at low magnification, collected in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 7, 2022
Black hair (at low magnification, x4 objective, in KOH) of common eyelash mushrooms (Scutellinia scutellata(?)) collected on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, March 24, 2024
Spores and a large bladder-like structure of slime mold Ceramytoxa fruticulosa in iodine solution, collected on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 4, 2022
One tube of slime mold Tubifera dimorphotheca in iodine solution under a microscope at very low magnification, collected in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 7, 2022
Tube margin of slime mold Tubifera dimorphotheca in iodine solution under a microscope at low magnification, collected in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 7, 2022
Slime mold Lycogala epidendrum under a microscope, collected on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, March 5, 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
Cylindrical conidia (in lugol, low magnification) of mold fungus Cylindrium elongatum(?) from a rotting oak leaf, collected on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, January 19, 2023
Cylindrical conidia (in Toluidine blue, low magnification) of mold fungus Cylindrium elongatum(?) from a rotting oak leaf, collected on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, January 19, 2023
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
Slime mold Arcyria cinerea on a large wet pine log on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 4, 2022
Slime mold Ceratiomyxa fruticulosa on a large wet pine log on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 4, 2022
Spores of peeling puffball mushrooms (Lycoperdon marginatum) in KOH at low magnification, collected on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 4, 2022
Mature slime mold Stemonitis fusca on a mossy pine log on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 4, 2022
Masses of slime mold Ceratiomyxa fruticulosa on a large wet pine log on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 4, 2022
Red raspberry slime mold (Tubifera ferruginosa) on a wet pine log on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, March 31, 2022
Wolf s Milk slime mold (Lycogala epidendrum) on a pine log on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, July 17, 2022
Honeycomb coral slime mold (Ceratiomyxa fruticulosa) on a large wet pine log on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 4, 2022
Dog sick slime mold (Mucilago crustacea) on a twig fallen to the ground on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 12, 2022
Close-up of dog sick slime mold (Mucilago crustacea) on a fallen twig on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 12, 2022
Red raspberry slime mold (Tubifera ferruginosa) on a rotting pine log on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, March 31, 2022
Spores of slime mold Brefeldia maxima in KOH at low magnification, collected on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, October 8, 2022
Orange plasmodium of many-headed slime mold Physarum polycephalum with coral slime mold (Ceratiomyxa fruticulosa var. porioides) on a big fallen pine on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, June 27, 2019
Black spore mass of mature Dog Vomit Slime Mold (Fuligo septica) under a microscope at low magnification, collected in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, April 14, 2022
Spores of star fibrecap mushrooms (Inocybe asterospora)(?) under a microscope collected on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 29, 2022
Gill tissue of deer shield mushrooms (Pluteus cervinus) at very low magnification, collected on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, July 13, 2022
Cystidia and spores of deer shield mushrooms (Pluteus cervinus) at low magnification, collected on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, July 13, 2022
Cystidia and basidia of deer shield mushrooms (Pluteus cervinus) at low magnification, collected on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, July 13, 2022
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
Close-up of honeycomb coral slime mold (Ceratiomyxa fruticulosa) on a large wet pine log on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 4, 2022
Asci of fungus Pyronema omphalodes from a bonfire site under a microscope, 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, collected from Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, March 10, 2022
Asci and paraphyses of fungus Pyronema omphalodes from a bonfire site under a microscope, collected on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, March 10, 2022
Some mold-like fungus growing on tiny Physarum(?) slime mold on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, June 13, 2021
Tissues of cup fungus Plicaria carbonaria under a microscope with x40 objective, 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
Tissues of peat mold fungus (Chromelosporium fulvum) collected on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 29, 2022
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
Basidioles of brick red funnel mushrooms Bonomyces sinopicus (Clitocybe sinopica) from burned pine forest under a microscope, collected on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, March 10, 2022
Basidia of brick red funnel mushrooms Bonomyces sinopicus (Clitocybe sinopica) from burned pine forest under a microscope, collected on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, March 10, 2022
Basidia and hyphae of brick red funnel mushrooms Bonomyces sinopicus (Clitocybe sinopica) from burned pine forest under a microscope, collected on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, March 10, 2022
Gill tissue of brick red funnel mushrooms Bonomyces sinopicus (Clitocybe sinopica) from burned pine forest under a microscope, collected on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, March 10, 2022
Basidia and spores of brick red funnel mushrooms Bonomyces sinopicus (Clitocybe sinopica) from burned pine forest under a microscope, collected on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, March 10, 2022
Brownish pores of some resupinate polypore mushroom on heavily decomposed hardwood on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, January 19, 2022
Conidiophore and conidia of peat mold fungus (Chromelosporium fulvum) in Congo Red solution, collected on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 29, 2022
Sporangia of white-footed slime mold (Diachea leucopodia) under a microscope at very low magnification (with x4 objective) collected in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 10, 2024
Sporangia of white-footed slime mold (Diachea leucopodia) under a microscope at low magnification (with x10 objective) collected in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 10, 2024
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
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
Conidiospores (in lugol) of blue mold fungus (Penicillium italicum) from trifoliate orange, collected on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, October 30, 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
Tiny brown slime mold under a wet log on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 8, 2020
Slime mold Stemonitopsis typhina on a wet log on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, August 13, 2021
Slime mold Arcyria ferruginea on a log on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, February 23, 2023
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