Spores of Hypoxylon canker of oak fungus (Biscogniauxia atropunctata) collected 7/15/2022 on Lake Somerville Trailway near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, July 23, 2022
Oak tree with Hypoxylon canker fungus (Biscogniauxia) on a trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, October 12, 2022
Oak tree with Hypoxylon canker fungus (Biscogniauxia) on a trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, October 12, 2022
Brown spores of Hypoxylon canker fungus (Biscogniauxia) on a drying oak on a trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, October 12, 2022
Close-up of brown spores of Hypoxylon canker fungus (Biscogniauxia) on a drying oak on a trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, October 12, 2022
Brown velvety trunk of an oak tree with Hypoxylon canker fungus (Biscogniauxia) on a trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, October 12, 2022
Oak trunk damaged by brown Hypoxylon canker fungus (Biscogniauxia) on a trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, October 12, 2022
Hypoxylon canker of oak fungus (Biscogniauxia atropunctata) on Lake Somerville Trailway near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, October 31, 2020
Hypoxylon canker of oak fungus (Biscogniauxia atropunctata) Flag Pond near Lake Somerville Trailway near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, July 15, 2022
Brown spores of Hypoxylon canker fungus (Biscogniauxia) on a drying oak on a trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, February 15, 2023
Oak tree with Hypoxylon canker fungus (Biscogniauxia) on a trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 16, 2023
Close-up of Hypoxylon canker of oak fungus (Biscogniauxia atropunctata) Flag Pond near Lake Somerville Trailway near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, July 15, 2022
Oak trunk damaged by brown Hypoxylon canker fungus (Biscogniauxia) on a trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, February 15, 2023
Spores of rust fungus Puccinia eatoniae var. myosotidis(?) from spring scorpion grass collected at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, April 3, 2022
Textured surface of spores of rust fungus Puccinia eatoniae var. myosotidis(?) from spring scorpion grass collected at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, April 3, 2022
Spores of rust fungus Puccinia eatoniae var. myosotidis(?) from spring scorpion grass under a microscope showing their texture, collected at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, April 3, 2022
Spores of rust fungus Puccinia eatoniae var. myosotidis(?) at low magnification from spring scorpion grass at low magnification, collected at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, April 3, 2022
Spores of orange hobnail canker fungus (Melogramma gyrosum) from a tree root, collected a day before on Kiwanis Nature Trail. College Station, Texas, February 1, 2024
Spores of a bracket polypore mushroom Trametes lactinea (size (5) 5.2 - 5.8 (6) x (2.1) 2.15 - 2.4 (2.5)) from a fallen oak collected at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, April 3, 2022
Spores of a bracket polypore mushroom Phellinus gilvus (Fuscoporia gilva) from a fallen oak collected at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park a day before. Texas, April 4, 2022
Hyphae of a parasitic fungus Sporophagomyces with caught spores of Dichostereum effuscatum collected at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 1, 2023
Spores of a bracket polypore mushroom Phellinus gilvus (Fuscoporia gilva) from a fallen oak through a microscope, collected at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park a day before. Texas, April 4, 2022
Tissues and spores at low magnification of peat mold fungus (Chromelosporium fulvum) from soil, collected at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, February 6, 2024
Hyphae and spores at low magnification of peat mold fungus (Chromelosporium fulvum) from soil, collected at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, February 6, 2024
Biscogniauxia atropunctata (Hypoxylon atropunctatum) and some light brown corticioid fungus on a dry oak tree in Hensel Park. College Station, Texas, December 2, 2017
Spores of bolete mushrooms Pulchroboletus rubricitrinus(?) collected Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, September 8, 2022
Spores of tiny white grass oysterling mushrooms Crepidotus epibryus(?) from grass roots (may be contaminated by other spores) collected near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, September 8, 2022
Dry live oak tree on a shore of Flag Pond near Lake Somerville Trailway near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, October 16, 2022
Spores of white bracket polypore mushrooms from rotting oak collected Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, September 8, 2022
Gray-white smooth sheet with black dots of a fungus Biscogniauxia atropunctata (Hypoxylon atropunctatum) on a dry oak tree in Hensel Park. College Station, Texas, December 2, 2017
Orange aeciospores of rust fungus Puccinia eatoniae var. myosotidis(?) from spring scorpion grass collected at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, April 3, 2022
Spores of white tubelet fungus (Henningsomyces candidus) collected a day before in Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 2, 2023
Spores (in KOH) of brown corticioid fungus Dichostereum effuscatum from a fallen oak, collected a day before in Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 2, 2023
Spores (in lugol) of brown corticioid fungus Dichostereum effuscatum from a fallen oak, collected a day before in Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 2, 2023
Small bracket polypore mushroom Truncospora mexicana together with black Hypoxylon like fungus on a fallen trunk of a broadleaf tree near a pond at the entrance of a trailway at Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, December 29, 2023
Hyphae and spores (in lugol) of thin brown Tomentella fungus from Phellinus on juniper, collected a day before in Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 2, 2023
Dry tree and coffeeweed (bigpod sesbania, Sesbania herbacea) on a shore of Flag Pond near Lake Somerville Trailway near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, October 16, 2022
Dry oak tree on shores of the lake near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, October 12, 2022
Dried tree in fog on shores of the lake near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, October 12, 2022
Silhouette of a dry tree in fog on shores of the lake near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, October 12, 2022
Small dry tree in fog on shores of the lake near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, October 12, 2022
Spores (may be contamination by other spores) of Agaricus mushroom collected a day before under oaks at Lake Somerville. Texas, September 9, 2022
Fall colors of elm tree on shores of the lake near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, October 12, 2022
Silhouette of a dried tree in fog on shores of the lake near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, October 12, 2022
Spores (x100 objective) of white crust fungus Dendrothele candida from bark of a large live oak at the entrance, collected a day before in Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 2, 2023
Spores (at low magnification, x40 objective) of white crust fungus Dendrothele candida from bark of a large live oak at the entrance, collected a day before in Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 2, 2023
Spores (stacked image) of white crust fungus Dendrothele candida from bark of a large live oak at the entrance, collected a day before in Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 2, 2023
Spores (in KOH) of brown puffball mushrooms from a grassy path, collected on Lake Somerville Trailway near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, February 14, 2024
Spores of winter stalkball mushrooms (Tulostoma fimbriatum) collected at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, February 6, 2024
Spores (in KOH) of small dark brown pinkgill (Entoloma) mushrooms collected on Lake Somerville Trailway near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, February 14, 2024
Spores (with x100 objective) of Ascomycete mushrooms Chorioactis geaster collected at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 1, 2023
Spores of white crust fungus Dendrothele nivosa from bark of red cedar (juniper), collected 3 days before near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 19, 2023
Spores (in Congo Red) of white crust fungus Dendrothele nivosa from bark of red cedar (juniper), collected a day before near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 17, 2023
Spores (in lugol) of white rust fungus of crucifers (Albugo candida) from tansy mustard, collected near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, March 8, 2023
Spores (in lugol) of white crust fungus Dendrothele nivosa from bark of red cedar (juniper), collected a day before near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 17, 2023
Asci and spores (at low magnification, x40 objective) of Ascomycete mushrooms Chorioactis geaster collected at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 1, 2023
Spores (in lugol) of small dark brown pinkgill (Entoloma) mushrooms collected on Lake Somerville Trailway near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, February 14, 2024
Spores and basidia of small dark brown pinkgill (Entoloma) mushrooms collected on Lake Somerville Trailway near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, February 14, 2024
Spores of resupinate polupore mushroom Trametes villosa from a fallen juniper, collected at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, February 6, 2024
Spores (in KOH) of a soft Hypoxylon fungus collected a day before in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, January 4, 2023
Spores (in lactofenol blue) of white rust fungus of crucifers (Albugo candida) from tansy mustard, collected near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, March 8, 2023
Spores and mycelium (in lugol) of white rust fungus of crucifers (Albugo candida) from tansy mustard, collected near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, March 8, 2023
Spores (stacked image) of white crust fungus Dendrothele nivosa from bark of red cedar (juniper), collected a day before near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 17, 2023
Spores (in Toluidine blue) of white crust fungus Dendrothele nivosa from bark of red cedar (juniper), collected a day before near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 17, 2023
Larvae of red-banded fungus beetle (Megalodacne) on a porous tree fungus near a road along north shore of Lake Somerville near Birch Creek Unit Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, March 14, 2018
Spores of black fungus Biscogniauxia repanda (Sordariomycetes) from a fallen honey locust, collected 2 days before in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, February 22, 2024
Spores and mycelium (in lugol, with x40 objective) of white rust fungus of crucifers (Albugo candida) from tansy mustard, collected near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, March 8, 2023
Spores (in Toluidine blue at low magnification) of white crust fungus Dendrothele nivosa from bark of red cedar (juniper), collected a day before near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 17, 2023
Spores (in lugol, with x100 objective) of white rust fungus of crucifers (Albugo candida) from tansy mustard, collected near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, March 8, 2023
Spores (in KOH, x40 objective) of downy mildew fungus Plasmopara geranii or may be P. pusilla from a leaf of crane s bill (Geranium carolinianum), collected near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, March 5, 2023
Spores of a mushroom Clitocella mundula(?) collected at Lake Somerville 1/9/2022. College Station, Texas, February 9, 2022
Fungus Biscogniauxia atropunctata (Hypoxylon atropunctatum) on a fallen oak on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, October 26, 2019
Hyphae and spores (in Congo Red) of peat mold fungus (Chromelosporium fulvum) at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, February 6, 2024
Spores of a small Gymnopus mushroom (like G. spongiosus) collected at Lake Somerville 1/9/2022. College Station, Texas, February 7, 2022
Spores of mushroom Gymnopilus junonius (in KOH, then Lugol) collected at Lake Somerville 1/9/2022. College Station, Texas, February 7, 2022
Dichohypha of corticioid fungus Dichostereum effuscatum collected at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 1, 2023
Asci and spores of black Hysteroid pyrenomycetous fungus Hysterium angustatum(?) from a dry maclura tree at low magnification, collected in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, May 22, 2022
Parasitic web-like fungus Sporophagomyces with brown spores from a corticioid mushroom Dichostereum effuscatum on a fallen oak at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 1, 2023
Plant of woolly croton (Croton capitatus) and tree skeletons on shores of the lake near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, October 12, 2022
Spores of mushroom Gymnopilus junonius (in iodine Lugol solution) collected at Lake Somerville 1/9/2022. College Station, Texas, February 7, 2022
Hyphae of peat mold fungus (Chromelosporium fulvum) collected at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, February 6, 2024
Dead tree on a shore of Flag Pond near Lake Somerville Trailway near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, July 15, 2022
Black dots of a fungus Biscogniauxia atropunctata (Hypoxylon atropunctatum) on a fallen oak on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, October 26, 2019
Spore print of a bolete mushroom Boletus luridellus collected at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, October 11, 2021
Spores of soft Hypoxylon fungus from rotting wood, collected a day before on Racoon Run Trail in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, December 8, 2023
Biscogniauxia atropunctata (Hypoxylon atropunctatum) and a tan resupinate polypore fungus on oak s bark in Hensel Park. College Station, Texas, December 2, 2017
Close up of black dots of a fungus Biscogniauxia atropunctata (Hypoxylon atropunctatum) in Hensel Park. College Station, Texas, December 2, 2017
Gray-white crust fungus Biscogniauxia atropunctata (Hypoxylon atropunctatum) in Hensel Park. College Station, Texas, December 2, 2017
Resupinate polypore mushroom on a fallen juniper(?) tree in dry area at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, February 13, 2022
A tree near Flag Pond on Lake Somerville Trailway near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, October 31, 2020
Powdery white corticioid fungus under a fallen tree at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, December 21, 2019
Unripe green and black fruits of evening primrose (Oenothera)(?) collected by leaf-cutting ants at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, April 20, 2022
Texture of resupinate polypore mushroom on a fallen juniper(?) tree in dry area at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, February 13, 2022
Close-up of resupinate polypore mushroom on a fallen juniper(?) tree in dry area at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, February 13, 2022
Tissues with dichotomously branched hyphae of corticioid fungus Dichostereum effuscatum from an oak branch, collected at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 1, 2023
Spores of blewit mushrooms (Lepista nuda) collected in Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, May 7, 2023
Caked mud on shores of Lake Somerville near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, October 4, 2022
Caked mud on bottom of Lake Somerville near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, October 4, 2022
Some sedge on shores of Lake Somerville near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, October 4, 2022
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