![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3237/jpeg/20t.jpg) Enveloping crust fungus (Sebacina incrustans) on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 10, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3237/jpeg/21t.jpg) Side view of fungus Sebacina incrustans on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 10, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3238/jpeg/29t.jpg) Spores of Amanita lavendula(?) mushrooms from Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 10, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3238/jpeg/22t.jpg) Spores of bolete mushroom Xanthoconium affine from Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 10, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3238/jpeg/35t.jpg) Spores of bolete mushrooms Pulveroboletus curtisii from Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 10, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3238/jpeg/36t.jpg) Spores of mushrooms Clitocybula lacerata from rotting pine on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 10, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3238/jpeg/23t.jpg) Spores of bolete mushroom Xanthoconium affine in normally wet area from Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 10, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3239/jpeg/23t.jpg) Spores of small orange Gymnopus mushrooms collected a day before on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 11, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3238/jpeg/33t.jpg) Spores of brown Amanita mushroom with malformed gills from Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 10, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3238/jpeg/26t.jpg) Spores of mushrooms Clitocybula lacerata found under pines on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 10, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3238/jpeg/40t.jpg) 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
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3238/jpeg/20t.jpg) Spores of light-brown bolete mushrooms Xerocomus illudens(?) from Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 10, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3239/jpeg/26t.jpg) Spores of polypore mushrooms Trametopsis cervina from a slice of a big oak collected a day before on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 11, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3238/jpeg/37t.jpg) Spores of small orange omphalinoid mushrooms on sandy soil from Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 10, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3238/jpeg/28t.jpg) Spores of bolete mushrooms Leccinellum griseum found among sphagnum moss on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 10, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3238/jpeg/27t.jpg) 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
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3238/jpeg/31t.jpg) Spores of Amanita mushrooms with pinkish gills (spore print white) from Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 10, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3238/jpeg/25t.jpg) Spores of white Amanita mushrooms with light brown center under pines from Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 10, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3239/jpeg/24t.jpg) Spores of a light brown young Amanita mushroom (same as malformed) collected a day before on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 11, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3239/jpeg/25t.jpg) Spores of mushrooms Thelephora terrestris (in 3% KOH, spore print black) collected a day before on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 11, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3238/jpeg/30t.jpg) Spores of a bolete mushroom Xanthoconium purpureum (spore print rusty brown) from Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 10, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3238/jpeg/39t.jpg) Spores of small thin mikcap mushrooms Lactarius neotabidus(?) (stacked image) from Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 10, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3238/jpeg/21t.jpg) Spores of a bolete mushroom Xanthoconium purpureum in normally wet area with standing water, in a sparse pine and oak forest from Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 10, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3238/jpeg/24t.jpg) Spores of cracked-cap bolete mushrooms Xerocomus illudens(?) (spore print olive brown) from Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 10, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3238/jpeg/38t.jpg) Spores of small thin mikcap mushrooms Lactarius neotabidus(?) (spore print light-brown) from Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 10, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3238/jpeg/32t.jpg) Spores of brown Leccinum mushroom (spore print brown) on a path from Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 10, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2268/jpeg/22t.jpg) Wine glass fungus (Podoscypha petalodes) and encrusting fungus Sebacina incrustans on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest, near Huntsville. Texas, May 26, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2532/jpeg/24t.jpg) Encrusting fungus Sebacina incrustans on floodplain on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest near Huntsville. Texas, June 19, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2268/jpeg/23t.jpg) Encrusting fungus Sebacina incrustans in a frequently flooded area on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest, near Huntsville. Texas, May 26, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3257/jpeg/06t.jpg) Spores of slime mold Brefeldia maxima in KOH, collected on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, October 8, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3142/jpeg/28t.jpg) Spores of a small mushroom Amanita amerirubens(?) collected on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, April 30, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3257/jpeg/05t.jpg) 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
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3142/jpeg/30t.jpg) Spores of small chanterelle mushrooms Cantharellus tabernensis(?) collected on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, April 30, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3257/jpeg/07t.jpg) Spores of slime mold Brefeldia maxima in lugol, collected on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, October 8, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3209/jpeg/24t.jpg) Spores of inkcap mushrooms Coprinopsis spilospora (x100 objective, in Congo Red) collected on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, August 13, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3209/jpeg/23t.jpg) Spores, basidia and cystidia of inkcap mushrooms Coprinopsis spilospora (x40 objective) collected on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, August 13, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3209/jpeg/25t.jpg) Basidia and spores of inkcap mushrooms Coprinopsis spilospora (x100 objective) collected on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, August 13, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3257/jpeg/09t.jpg) Spores from old dry mature slime mold Stemonitis fusca(?) from a pine log without bark, collected on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, October 8, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3209/jpeg/22t.jpg) Spores and basidia of inkcap mushrooms Coprinopsis spilospora under a microscope (x40 objective) collected on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, August 13, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2285/jpeg/12t.jpg) Encrusting fungus Sebacina incrustans on a slope of the almost dry creek half a meter above its bottom near Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest, near Huntsville. Texas, June 9, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3450/jpeg/06t.jpg) Spores of corticioid fungus Gloeoporus ambiguus (Meruliopsis ambigua)(?) collected 2 days before on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, December 24, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3617/jpeg/09t.jpg) Spores (in KOH) of a brown cap bolete mushroom with yellow pores collected a day before on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 8, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3237/jpeg/07t.jpg) Amanita lavendula(?) mushrooms on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 10, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3237/jpeg/16t.jpg) Brown Amanita mushroom on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 10, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3237/jpeg/02t.jpg) Blooming gayfeather (Liatris) on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 10, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3236/jpeg/01t.jpg) Trailhead 2 at Bethel Road on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 10, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3257/jpeg/08t.jpg) Spores of slime mold Brefeldia maxima from mature olive-brown sporangia in KOH, collected on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, October 8, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3641/jpeg/22t.jpg) Spores of resupinate polypore mushroom from an oak branch, collected a day before on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, November 11, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2526/jpeg/24t.jpg) Encrusting fungus Sebacina incrustans on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, June 11, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2717/jpeg/02t.jpg) Enveloping crust fungus (Sebacina incrustans) on moss near a sandy trail in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, May 30, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3237/jpeg/10t.jpg) Bolete mushrooms Xanthoconium purpureum on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 10, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3237/jpeg/14t.jpg) Brown Leccinum mushroom on a path on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 10, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3237/jpeg/09t.jpg) Underside of Amanita lavendula(?) mushrooms on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 10, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3237/jpeg/08t.jpg) Gills of Amanita lavendula(?) mushroom on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 10, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3237/jpeg/22t.jpg) Bolete mushrooms Pulveroboletus curtisii on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 10, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3236/jpeg/04t.jpg) Earthfan mushrooms (Thelephora terrestris) on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 10, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3238/jpeg/02t.jpg) Gills of mushrooms Clitocybula lacerata on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 10, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3237/jpeg/13t.jpg) Amanita mushrooms with pinkish gills on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 10, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3236/jpeg/02t.jpg) Bolete mushrooms Xerocomus illudens(?) on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 10, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3142/jpeg/27t.jpg) 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
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2717/jpeg/03t.jpg) Close-up of enveloping crust fungus (Sebacina incrustans) on moss near a sandy trail in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, May 30, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2717/jpeg/05t.jpg) Details of enveloping crust fungus (Sebacina incrustans) on moss near a sandy trail in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, May 30, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3236/jpeg/17t.jpg) Bolete mushrooms Xerocomus illudens(?) in a pine forest on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 10, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3237/jpeg/25t.jpg) Underside of bolete mushroom Pulveroboletus curtisii on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 10, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3237/jpeg/23t.jpg) Yellow bolete mushrooms Pulveroboletus curtisii on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 10, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3238/jpeg/19t.jpg) Underside of polypore mushrooms Trametopsis cervina on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 10, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3238/jpeg/01t.jpg) Mushrooms Clitocybula lacerata on rotting pine on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 10, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3236/jpeg/26t.jpg) Small orange Gymnopus mushrooms under pines on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 10, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3237/jpeg/18t.jpg) Malformed gills of a brown Amanita mushroom on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 10, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3237/jpeg/04t.jpg) Bolete mushrooms Leccinellum griseum in moss on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 10, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3237/jpeg/05t.jpg) Underside of a bolete mushroom Leccinellum griseum on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 10, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3237/jpeg/17t.jpg) Side view of a brown Amanita mushroom on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 10, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3238/jpeg/12t.jpg) Mushrooms Clitocybula lacerata on pine roots on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 10, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3237/jpeg/15t.jpg) Cross section of a brown Leccinum mushroom on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 10, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3236/jpeg/22t.jpg) Small mushrooms Clitocybula lacerata under pines on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 10, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3236/jpeg/03t.jpg) Underside of bolete mushrooms Xerocomus illudens(?) on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 10, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3236/jpeg/10t.jpg) Stem of a bolete mushroom Xanthoconium purpureum on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 10, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3236/jpeg/16t.jpg) Bolete mushrooms Xerocomus illudens(?) under pines on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 10, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3237/jpeg/11t.jpg) Mature bolete mushrooms Leccinellum griseum on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 10, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2717/jpeg/04t.jpg) White texture of enveloping crust fungus (Sebacina incrustans) on moss near a sandy trail in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, May 30, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3617/jpeg/10t.jpg) Spores (in KOH) of a large orange-pore bolete mushroom Suillellus subluridus or may be Neoboletus collected a day before on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 8, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3617/jpeg/08t.jpg) Spores (in KOH) of dark brown-violet pinkgill mushrooms (Entoloma or Nolanea, Leptonia) collected a day before on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 8, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3142/jpeg/29t.jpg) 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
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3236/jpeg/09t.jpg) Side view of a bolete mushroom Xanthoconium purpureum on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 10, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3237/jpeg/06t.jpg) Cross section of bolete mushrooms Leccinellum griseum on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 10, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3237/jpeg/19t.jpg) Close-up of malformed gills of a brown Amanita mushroom on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 10, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3238/jpeg/16t.jpg) Mushrooms Hydropus marginellus on wet rotten pine wood on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 10, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3238/jpeg/14t.jpg) Small mushrooms Hydropus marginellus on wet rotten pine log on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 10, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3238/jpeg/13t.jpg) Caps of mushrooms Clitocybula lacerata on pine roots on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 10, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3236/jpeg/11t.jpg) Pore surface of a bolete mushroom Xanthoconium purpureum on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 10, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3238/jpeg/09t.jpg) Small thin mikcap mushrooms Lactarius neotabidus(?) on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 10, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3237/jpeg/03t.jpg) Bolete mushrooms Leccinellum griseum among sphagnum moss on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 10, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3237/jpeg/12t.jpg) Underside of mature bolete mushrooms Leccinellum griseum on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 10, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3237/jpeg/26t.jpg) Cross section of bolete mushrooms Pulveroboletus curtisii on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 10, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3237/jpeg/01t.jpg) Small orange Gymnopus mushrooms among pine needles on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 10, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3237/jpeg/24t.jpg) Side view of bolete mushrooms Pulveroboletus curtisii on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 10, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3238/jpeg/18t.jpg) Caps of polypore mushrooms Trametopsis cervina on a slice of a big oak on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 10, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3236/jpeg/23t.jpg) Brittlegill mushrooms Russula perlactea(?) on rotten wood on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 10, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3238/jpeg/17t.jpg) Polypore mushrooms Trametopsis cervina on a slice of a bi oak tree on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 10, 2022
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