 Tissues (in KOH solution) of fallen from a tree bushy beard lichen (Usnea strigosa), collected on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, July 23, 2022
 Tissues (in iodine solution) of fallen from a tree bushy beard lichen (Usnea strigosa), collected on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, July 23, 2022
 Tissues (in Congo Red solution) of fallen from a tree bushy beard lichen (Usnea strigosa), collected on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, July 23, 2022
 Bushy beard lichen (Usnea strigosa) fallen from an oak on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 16, 2019
 Beard lichen (Usnea) fallen from a tree on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, June 13, 2021
 Strands of beard lichen (Usnea) fallen from a tree on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, June 13, 2021
 Red beard lichen (Usnea rubicunda) fallen from a tree after a recent windy day on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, January 12, 2020
 Hair-like cluster of red beard lichen (Usnea rubicunda) fallen from a tree after a recent windy day on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, January 12, 2020
 Beard lichen (Usnea) on a fallen oak twig on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 27, 2019
 Beard lichen (Usnea) on a fallen oak twig on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, October 30, 2021
 Beard lichen Usnea rubicunda(?) fallen from an oak or a pine on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 16, 2019
 Knocked down bushy beard lichen (Usnea strigosa) on oak twigs on Racoon Run Trail in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, August 19, 2022
 Bushy beard lichen (Usnea strigosa) fallen from an oak in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, January 23, 2020
 Bushy beard lichen (Usnea strigosa) fallen from an oak in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, June 18, 2019
 Bushy beard lichen (Usnea strigosa) on a fallen oak twig in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, January 22, 2019
 Bushy beard lichen (Usnea strigosa) on a fallen oak twig in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, February 3, 2019
 Beard lichen (Usnea) fallen from an oak on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, October 10, 2020
 Bushy beard lichen (Usnea strigosa) on a small tree or a bush in half-open area at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 26, 2020
 Bushy beard lichen (Usnea strigosa) with apothecia on a small tree or a bush in half-open area at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 26, 2020
 Asci with spores 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
 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
 Bushy beard lichen (Usnea strigosa) on a downed limb in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, December 26, 2013
 Beard lichen (Usnea) fallen from a tree in area of Caney Creek crossing on Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Huntsville, Texas, February 9, 2020
 Spores (in KOH) of flowering fringe lichen (Heterodermia echinata) from a fallen oak twig (no picture of the lichen was taken), collected on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 1, 2023
 Close up of bushy beard lichen (Usnea strigosa) on a downed limb in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, December 26, 2013
 Bushy beard lichen (Usnea strigosa) on a bush in half-open area at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 26, 2020
 Bushy beard lichen (Usnea strigosa) on a twig of upland swamp-privet bush at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, December 20, 2021
 Bushy beard lichen (Usnea strigosa) on small trees or bushes in half-open area at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, December 21, 2019
 Bushy beard lichen (Usnea strigosa) with apothecia on small trees or bushes in half-open area at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, December 21, 2019
 Large asco-spores of flowering fringe lichen (Heterodermia echinata) from a fallen oak twig, collected on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 1, 2023
 Spores of white polypore bracket mushroom from a fallen pine branch (spore print very thin) collected 5/18/2022 on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 20, 2022
 Asci with spores (x100 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
 Asci with spores and paraphyses (x40 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 of polypore mushrooms Trametopsis cervina from a fallen broadleaf tree, collected a day before on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 19, 2023
 Spores of Leucocoprinus longistriatus mushroom collected on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, July 23, 2022
 Asci with spores and paraphyses (x40 objective, in Congo Red) 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
 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
 Asci with spores and paraphyses (x100 objective, in Congo Red) 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 of Marasmius mushroom from rotten pine wood collected on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, July 23, 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
 Asci and paraphyses 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
 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
 Asci of common grey disco mushrooms (Mollisia cinerea) and some spore 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 mature Miller s oysterling mushrooms (Clitopilus hobsonii) or may be crepidotus(?) from a fallen tree branch, collected on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, January 7, 2023
 Spores of brown velvety resupinate polypore mushroom Fuscoporia (Hymenochaetaceae) from a fallen hardwood tree, collected a day before on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 29, 2023
 Orange-toothed crust fungus Steccherinum robustius and a lichen on a fallen tree branch on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 16, 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
 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
 Spores of olive merulioid mushroom Penttilamyces olivascens (Leucogyrophana olivascens) from a fallen pine, collected a day before on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, October 24, 2022
 Elbowpatch crust fungus (Fomitiporia punctata)(?) on a fallen tree on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, July 13, 2022
 Spores of deer shield mushrooms (Pluteus cervinus) (spore print light brown) in KOH solution, collected on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, July 13, 2022
 Old and new growth of elbowpatch crust fungus (Fomitiporia punctata)(?) on a fallen tree on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, July 13, 2022
 Close-up of elbowpatch crust fungus (Fomitiporia punctata)(?) on a fallen tree on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, July 13, 2022
 Spores of deer shield mushrooms (Pluteus cervinus) (spore print light brown) in iodine solution, collected on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, July 13, 2022
 Spores of mushrooms Panus strigellus collected on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 4, 2022
 Spores of mushrooms Hydnum repandum collected on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 4, 2022
 Spores of mushrooms Cotylidia diaphana collected on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 29, 2022
 Spores of mushrooms Gerronema strombodes collected on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 29, 2022
 Beard lichen (Usnea) fallen from a tree in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, January 19, 2020
 Tissues (in Congo Red solution) of white resupinate polypore mushroom from bark of a fallen pine branch, collected on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, July 23, 2022
 Spores of bolete mushrooms Tylopilus rhodoconius(?) collected on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 29, 2022
 Spores of bolete mushrooms Phylloporus leucomycelinus collected on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 18, 2022
 Spores of milkcap mushrooms Lactarius gerardii collected on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 29, 2022
 Spores of a mushroom Amanita cinereoconia collected on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, September 17, 2022
 Spores of brittlegill mushroom Russula flavida collected on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 1, 2022
 Spores of polypore mushrooms Favolus braziliensis collected on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 4, 2022
 Spores of bolete mushrooms Gyroporus ballouii collected on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 29, 2022
 Spores of mushrooms Amanita coprinopsoides(?) collected on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, September 14, 2022
 Spores of milkcap mushrooms Lactarius volemus collected on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 18, 2022
 Spores of yellow resupinate polypore mushroom from a fallen oak, collected a day before on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, January 8, 2023
 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
 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
 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
 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
 Spores of milkcap mushrooms Lactarius ruginosus collected on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, September 17, 2022
 Spores of peeling puffball mushrooms (Lycoperdon marginatum) in KOH, collected on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 4, 2022
 Spores of frothy porecrust fungus (Oxyporus latemarginatus) collected on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 1, 2022
 Spores of black mushroom Annulohypoxylon annulatum(?) from an oak log, 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
 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
 Spores 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
 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
 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
 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
 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
 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 oyster rollrim mushrooms (Tapinella panuoides) collected on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, September 14, 2022
 Spores of young bolete mushroom Xanthoconium purpureum collected on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, September 14, 2022
 Spores of small Entoloma mushrooms (stacked image) collected on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, September 14, 2022
 Spores of white Coprinopsis or Marasmius like mushrooms from a stick, collected on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, September 14, 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
 Spores of magnolia-cone mushrooms (Strobilurus conigenoides) collected on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, October 30, 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
 Spores of polypore mushrooms Trametopsis cervina from a hardwood 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 chestnut bolete mushroom Gyroporus smithii (formerly G. castaneus) 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
 Orange underside with trapped spores of fungus Sporophagomyces chrysostomus attached below a resupinate polypore mushroom Fuscoporia on underside of a fallen broadleaf tree on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, January 12, 2022
 Spores of light olive bolete mushroom Leccinellum griseum(?) from a sandy trail in wet area, collected on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, September 17, 2022
 Palm ruffle lichen (Parmotrema tinctorum) on a fallen tree on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 26, 2020
 Spores of thin yellowish resupinate polypore mushroom from a fallen oak (under the bark), collected a day before on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, January 8, 2023
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