 Tissues of brown Ascomycete fungus Plicaria carbonaria from campfire, in Congo red, collected in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 7, 2022
 Ascus with round spores of brown Ascomycete fungus Plicaria carbonaria from campfire, collected in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 7, 2022
 Brown cup (Ascomycete) fungus Plicaria carbonaria from campfire site near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 7, 2022
 Ascomycete fungus Plicaria carbonaria on a bonfire place on a sandy bottom of a dried creek 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 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
 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
 Round spores with coarse, blunt, wart-like spines of cup fungus Plicaria carbonaria 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
 Small brown cup of fungus Plicaria carbonaria on a bonfire place on a sandy bottom of a dried creek 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 (in lugol) of Ascomycete fungus Plicaria carbonaria from burned soil, collected a day before in Lake Bryan Park. College Station, Texas, May 10, 2024
 Small cup fungus Plicaria carbonaria on a bonfire place on a sandy bottom of a dried creek near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, August 31, 2022
 Close-up of small cup fungus Plicaria carbonaria on a bonfire place on a sandy bottom of a dried creek near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, August 31, 2022
 Asci with spores of Ascomycete fungus Plicaria carbonaria collected in Lake Bryan Park. Bryan, Texas, May 9, 2024
 Asci with spores (at low magnification) of Ascomycete fungus Plicaria carbonaria collected in Lake Bryan Park. Bryan, Texas, May 9, 2024
 Asci with spores (in KOH, at low magnification) of Ascomycete fungus Plicaria carbonaria collected in Lake Bryan Park. Bryan, Texas, May 9, 2024
 Asci and spores (at low magnification) of Ascomycete fungus Plicaria carbonaria collected in Lake Bryan Park. Bryan, Texas, May 9, 2024
 Apophyses of Ascomycete fungus Hyaloscypha britannica under a microscope, collected in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 7, 2022
 Tissues of Ascomycete fungus Hyaloscypha britannica under a microscope at low magnification, collected in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 7, 2022
 Apophyses and spores of Ascomycete fungus Hyaloscypha britannica under a microscope, collected in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 7, 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
 Tissues of Ascomycete fungus Hyaloscypha britannica in iodine solution under a microscope at very low magnification, collected in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 7, 2022
 Tissues of Ascomycete fungus Hyaloscypha britannica in iodine solution under a microscope at low magnification, collected in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 7, 2022
 Some round structures of slime mold Tubifera dimorphotheca in iodine solution under a microscope, collected in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 7, 2022
 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
 Asci of tiny orange Ascomycete fungus Orbilia(?) at lower magnification 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
 Spores of cup fungus Plicaria carbonaria from burned soil, collected a day before in Lake Bryan Park. Texas, May 10, 2024
 Dark violet cups of Ascomycete fungus Plicaria carbonaria on burned soil under juniper trees near the lake in Lake Bryan Park. Bryan, Texas, May 9, 2024
 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
 Close-up of dark violet cups of Ascomycete fungus Plicaria carbonaria on burned soil under juniper trees near the lake in Lake Bryan Park. Bryan, Texas, May 9, 2024
 Dark violet cups of Ascomycete fungus Plicaria carbonaria with charcoal on burned soil under juniper trees near the lake in Lake Bryan Park. Bryan, Texas, May 9, 2024
 Orange Ascomycete fungus Anthracobia tristis and larger cups of Plicaria carbonaria on burned soil under juniper trees near the lake in Lake Bryan Park. Bryan, Texas, May 9, 2024
 Close-up of dark violet cups of Ascomycete fungus Plicaria carbonaria with charcoal on burned soil under juniper trees near the lake in Lake Bryan Park. Bryan, Texas, May 9, 2024
 Dark cup of Ascomycete fungus Plicaria carbonaria and orange cups of Anthracobia tristis on burned soil under juniper trees near the lake in Lake Bryan Park. Bryan, Texas, May 9, 2024
 Interior tissue (in Congo Red) of Ascomycete mushroom Helvella lacunosa from gravel side of FS203, collected in Sam Houston National Forest near Richards. Texas, February 18, 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
 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 (in Congo Red) 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 Ascomycete fungus Orbilia(?) and some spore from burned oak collected near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, February 20, 2023
 Tissue and spores (under x40 objective) of tiny brown mushrooms (Gymnopilus, Galerina or Hebeloma) from burned ground, collected on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, October 29, 2023
 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
 Interior tissue (in Congo Red, low magnification) of Ascomycete mushroom Helvella lacunosa from gravel side of FS203, collected in Sam Houston National Forest near Richards. Texas, February 18, 2023
 Spores (x100 objective) of Ascomycete fungus Orbilia(?) from burned oak collected near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, February 21, 2023
 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
 Gill tissue of small pleurotoid mushrooms Moniliophthora conchata (Crinipellis conchata)(?) collected in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, July 17, 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
 Masses of spores and some large structures of false truffle mushroom (Rhizopogon luteolus) collected in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 12, 2023
 Round spores (in lugol) from a sample with Ascomycete fungus Orbilia(?) from burned oak collected near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, February 21, 2023
 Round spores (in Melzer) from a sample with Ascomycete fungus Orbilia(?) from burned oak collected near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, February 21, 2023
 Basidioles in gill tissue of small pleurotoid mushrooms Moniliophthora conchata (Crinipellis conchata)(?) collected in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, July 17, 2022
 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
 Tiny Ascomycete fungus Hyaloscypha britannica on underside of a pine log on Forest Service Road 231 near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 7, 2022
 Ascogenous tissue of Ascomycete truffle mushroom Tuber(?) under a microscope with darkfield condenser and x40 objective in KOH, collected 4/9/2023 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, April 12, 2023
 Asci of tiny white Ascomycete fungus from a fallen willow oak leaf (no pictures of fungus were taken), collected in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, May 5, 2023
 Conidiophores and tissue of anamorph (asexual stage) of crust fungus Hypoxylon rubiginosum growing as soft tiny granules on elm wood under a microscope in KOH, collected on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 16, 2023
 Cheilocystidia with digitate projections in gill tissue of small pleurotoid mushrooms Moniliophthora conchata (Crinipellis conchata)(?) collected in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, July 17, 2022
 Ascogenous tissue of immature Ascomycete truffle mushroom Tuber(?) under a microscope with darkfield condenser and x10 objective in KOH, collected 4/9/2023 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, April 12, 2023
 Ascogenous tissue of immature Ascomycete truffle mushroom Tuber(?) under a microscope with darkfield condenser and x10 objective in lugol, collected 4/9/2023 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, April 12, 2023
 Spores 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
 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
 Tissue of a resupinate polypore mushroom Fibroporia radiculosa collected 1/26/2022 from Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, January 26, 2022
 Spores of brown-toothed crust fungus (Hydnoporia olivacea) collected a day before on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, October 31, 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
 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
 Tissue of a gill milkcap mushrooms (Lactarius) with basidia under a microscope collected Jan. 23 on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, January 23, 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
 Spores and gill tissue of mushrooms Conocybe subpubescens collected on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 16, 2023
 Conidia (in Melzer) from soft light brown anamorph (asexual stage) of fungus Hypoxylon rubiginosum together with spores of some Ascomycete, collected a day before in Sam Houston National Forest near Richards. Texas, April 3, 2023
 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
 Tissue of purple Hypomyces fungus (in KOH) from Daedaleopsis collected 4 days before in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, January 26, 2023
 Gill tissue and spores of sulphur tuft mushrooms (Hypholoma fasciculare) under a microscope collected Jan. 23 on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, January 23, 2022
 Brown cups of Ascomycete mushrooms Geopyxis carbonaria in a burned spruce forest in Zakhodskoe (Lounatjoki), 50 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, May 15, 2021
 Conidia from soft light brown anamorph (asexual stage) of fungus Hypoxylon rubiginosum together with a large septate spore of some Ascomycete, collected a day before in Sam Houston National Forest near Richards. Texas, April 3, 2023
 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
 Cap tissue (under a microscope) of Ascomycete mushroom Pithya cupressina collected in Lake Bryan Park. Bryan, Texas, February 2, 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
 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
 Spores of a bolete mushroom Suillus decipiens (spore print brown) at low magnification, collected a day before on Forest Service Road 231 near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 8, 2022
 Spores of rust fungus Coleosporium elephantopodis collected in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, June 2, 2022
 Hyphae of web-like corticioid fungus in Congo Red solution collected in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, June 2, 2022
 Spores of rust fungus Coleosporium elephantopodis collected in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, June 18, 2022
 Tissues of web-like corticioid fungus from underside of an oak (or may be pine) log collected in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, June 2, 2022
 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
 Spores of rust fungus Coleosporium elephantopodis at low magnification collected in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, June 2, 2022
 Spores of a fungus Rhizopogon roseolus collected 2 meters from bonfire, in iodine solution, in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 7, 2022
 Ascomycete fungus Pyronema omphalodes on a bonfire site on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, March 10, 2022
 Ascomycete fungus Pyronema omphalodes on a charred ground on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, March 10, 2022
 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
 Tissue of a lobster mushroom (Hypomyces lactifluorum) under a microscope in iodine solution collected near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, January 22, 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
 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
 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
 Gill tissue of a white brittle gilled Hemimycena(?) mushroom collected on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, July 16, 2022
 Tissue of amber jelly fungus (Exidia recisa) under a microscope, collected 2/1/2022 from Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, February 1, 2022
 Basidia of some fungal tissue grown together with black fungus Sphaeria (Rosellinia) collected on South Wilderness Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Richards. Texas, January 14, 2023
 Spores and gill tissue of a white brittle gilled Hemimycena(?) mushroom collected on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, July 16, 2022
 Cystidium and gill tissue of a white brittle gilled Hemimycena(?) mushroom collected on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, July 16, 2022
 Gill tissue of a white brittle gilled Hemimycena(?) mushroom under low magnification, collected on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, July 16, 2022
 Spores of mushrooms Buchwaldoboletus hemichrysus (spore print olive brown) 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
 Gill tissue and spores of a white brittle gilled Hemimycena(?) mushroom under low magnification, collected on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, July 16, 2022
 Spores of small Mycena or Gymnopus mushrooms with brown caps collected in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 4, 2022
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