![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3320/jpeg/20t.jpg) Spores (with x100 objective) of corticioid fungus Scytinostroma portentosum(?) from dry stems of pecan, collected a day before in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, January 3, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3320/jpeg/19t.jpg) Spores (at low magnification, x40 objective) of corticioid fungus Scytinostroma portentosum(?) from dry stems of pecan, collected a day before in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, January 3, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3320/jpeg/22t.jpg) Spores (with less applied pressure) of corticioid fungus Scytinostroma portentosum(?) from dry stems of pecan, collected a day before in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, January 3, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3316/jpeg/15t.jpg) Corticioid fungus Scytinostroma portentosum(?) on dry stems of pecan in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, January 2, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3316/jpeg/17t.jpg) Tan-colored corticioid fungus Scytinostroma portentosum(?) on a dry stem of pecan in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, January 2, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3316/jpeg/20t.jpg) Close-up of corticioid fungus Scytinostroma portentosum(?) on a dry stem of pecan in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, January 2, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3316/jpeg/24t.jpg) Corticioid fungus Scytinostroma portentosum(?) together with Hymenochaete on a dry stem of pecan in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, January 2, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3316/jpeg/16t.jpg) Texture of corticioid fungus Scytinostroma portentosum(?) on a dry stem of pecan in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, January 2, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3316/jpeg/25t.jpg) White margins of corticioid fungus Scytinostroma portentosum(?) on a dry stem of pecan in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, January 2, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3316/jpeg/23t.jpg) Close-up of surface of corticioid fungus Scytinostroma portentosum(?) on a dry stem of pecan in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, January 2, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3316/jpeg/21t.jpg) Growth pattern of corticioid fungus Scytinostroma portentosum(?) on a dry stem of pecan in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, January 2, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3316/jpeg/22t.jpg) Corticioid fungus Scytinostroma portentosum(?) with a scratch turning brown on a dry stem of pecan in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, January 2, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3321/jpeg/22t.jpg) Spores of corticioid fungus Scytinostroma portentosum(?) from a pecan log near a former pond, collected a day before in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, January 4, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3322/jpeg/02t.jpg) Spores from corticioid fungus Scytinostroma portentosum(?) from a pecan branch near the river, collected a day before in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, January 4, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3322/jpeg/01t.jpg) Spores (in lugol) from corticioid fungus Scytinostroma portentosum(?) from a pecan branch near the river, collected a day before in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, January 4, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3333/jpeg/34t.jpg) Spores of light brown corticioid (crust) fungus from an oak or pecan log collected in Lick Creek Park a day before. College Station, Texas, January 24, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3318/jpeg/06t.jpg) Section corticioid fungus Scytinostroma portentosum(?) on a pecan log near a former pond in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, January 3, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3319/jpeg/07t.jpg) Corticioid fungus Scytinostroma portentosum(?) on a fallen branch of pecan in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, January 3, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3319/jpeg/09t.jpg) Texture of corticioid fungus Scytinostroma portentosum(?) on a fallen branch of pecan in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, January 3, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3318/jpeg/05t.jpg) Partially dried corticioid fungus Scytinostroma portentosum(?) on a pecan log near a former pond in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, January 3, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3529/jpeg/23t.jpg) Spores of brown Peniophora-like corticioid fungus Scytinostroma portentosum(?) from a soft rotting log, collected in David E. Schob Nature Preserve. College Station, Texas, May 7, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3400/jpeg/22t.jpg) Spores of corticioid fungus Ceriporia(?) from rotting pecan(?) wood, collected a day before in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, April 30, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3442/jpeg/07t.jpg) Spores of corticioid fungus from pecan, green ash or hackberry, collected a day before on Racoon Run Trail in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, December 8, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3436/jpeg/28t.jpg) Spores (with x100 objective) of of a small inkcap mushroom (Coprinopsis) from dung, collected in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, November 27, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3387/jpeg/18t.jpg) Spores of orange mosscap mushrooms (Rickenella fibula) under a microscope with x100 objective, collected in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, April 17, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3436/jpeg/25t.jpg) Spores (in KOH) (with x100 objective) of petticoat mottlegill mushrooms (Panaeolus papilionaceus) from dung, collected in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, November 27, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3436/jpeg/23t.jpg) Spores and basidia (with x100 objective) of petticoat mottlegill mushrooms (Panaeolus papilionaceus) from dung, collected in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, November 27, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3333/jpeg/35t.jpg) Spores of light brown odontoid crust fungus collected from the same oak or pecan log in Lick Creek Park a day before. College Station, Texas, January 24, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3319/jpeg/08t.jpg) Crust fungus Scytinostroma portentosum(?) on a fallen branch of pecan in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, January 3, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3389/jpeg/36t.jpg) Spores of a resupinate polypore mushroom with tiny white pores on blackened wood, with x100 objective, collected in Lick Creek Park on a previous day. College Station, Texas, April 20, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3319/jpeg/10t.jpg) Crust fungus Scytinostroma portentosum(?) on bark of a fallen branch of pecan tree in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, January 3, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3317/jpeg/03t.jpg) Spores (in KOH, x100 objective) of olive duster crust fungus (Coniophora olivacea) collected 2 days before near Caney Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, January 2, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3420/jpeg/28t.jpg) Spores (with x100 objective) of yellow corticioid fungus Penttilamyces olivascens from underside of a fallen oak, collected a day before on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 5, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3317/jpeg/17t.jpg) 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
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3320/jpeg/23t.jpg) Spores (spore print thin, white) of crust fungus Hymenochaete from a fallen branch of a pecan tree, collected a day before in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, January 3, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3535/jpeg/28t.jpg) Asci with spores of Ascomycete mushrooms Geopora arenosa(?) under a microscope with x100 objective collected in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 13, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3532/jpeg/28t.jpg) Spores of white-footed slime mold (Diachea leucopodia) under a microscope (with x100 objective) collected in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 10, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3327/jpeg/10t.jpg) Spores (from second slide) of odontoid corticioid fungus from a hardwood log, collected a day before in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, January 14, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3225/jpeg/22t.jpg) Spores of polypore mushroom Abortiporus biennis(?) from a fallen oak branch under a microscope with x100 objective collected in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, September 1, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3358/jpeg/27t.jpg) Paraphyses and asci under a microscope (with x100 objective) of Ascomycete fungus Scutellinia nigrohirtula(?) or may be S. subhirtella with somewhat short hairs, or immature short-haired S. crinita collected in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, March 7, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3358/jpeg/24t.jpg) Asci and paraphyses under a microscope (with x100 objective) of Ascomycete fungus Scutellinia nigrohirtula(?) or may be S. subhirtella with somewhat short hairs, or immature short-haired S. crinita collected in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, March 7, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3317/jpeg/11t.jpg) Spores (x100 objective) of oysterling mushrooms Clitopilus hobsonii(?) collected 2 days before near Caney Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, January 2, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3347/jpeg/18t.jpg) 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
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3320/jpeg/08t.jpg) Spores of corticioid fungus Phlebia subochracea from a fallen hardwood branch, collected a day before in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, January 3, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3358/jpeg/25t.jpg) Asci and paraphyses under a microscope (in lugol, with x100 objective) of Ascomycete fungus Scutellinia nigrohirtula(?) or may be S. subhirtella with somewhat short hairs, or immature short-haired S. crinita collected in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, March 7, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3225/jpeg/20t.jpg) Spores of egghead mottlegill mushrooms (Panaeolus semiovatus) from horse dung under a microscope with x100 objective in KOH solution, collected in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, September 1, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3316/jpeg/19t.jpg) Brown corticioid fungus Hymenochaete on a fallen branch of a pecan tree in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, January 2, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3360/jpeg/20t.jpg) 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
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3320/jpeg/15t.jpg) Spores of white powdery, with stripes corticioid fungus from a fallen hardwood tree, collected a day before in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, January 3, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3327/jpeg/09t.jpg) Spores (spore print white, dense) of odontoid corticioid fungus from a hardwood log, collected a day before in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, January 14, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3320/jpeg/11t.jpg) Spores of light colored grainy corticioid fungus from a thin fallen broadleaf tree, collected a day before in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, January 3, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3320/jpeg/14t.jpg) Spores (in lugol) of white powdery, with stripes corticioid fungus from a fallen hardwood tree, collected a day before in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, January 3, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3320/jpeg/12t.jpg) Spores (under applied pressure) of light colored grainy corticioid fungus from a thin fallen broadleaf tree, collected a day before in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, January 3, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3439/jpeg/12t.jpg) Hyphae and spores(?) (with x100 objective) of Mucor mold-like fungus Phycomyces or Zygomyces from poop, collected in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, December 2, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3418/jpeg/21t.jpg) Spores (in lugol, x100 objective) of pinkish mold-like fungus Hypomyces samuelsii(?) from little nest polypore collected in Sam Houston National Forest a day before. Texas, October 29, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3314/jpeg/16t.jpg) 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
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3529/jpeg/15t.jpg) Brown Peniophora-like corticioid fungus Scytinostroma portentosum(?) on soft rotting log in David E. Schob Nature Preserve at 906 Ashburn Street. College Station, Texas, May 7, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3398/jpeg/12t.jpg) Creme white corticioid fungus on a pecan log in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, April 29, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3322/jpeg/12t.jpg) Spores of thin corticioid fungus from a log, collected a day before in Hensel Park. College Station, January 5, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3388/jpeg/38t.jpg) Spores of irregular, cotton-like or web-like corticioid fungus from a fallen oak(?) collected in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, April 19, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3365/jpeg/34t.jpg) Spores of corticioid fungus Dichostereum effuscatum (in lugol) collected a day before in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, March 17, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3372/jpeg/06t.jpg) Asci with spores (with x100 objective) of black Ascomycete fungus Coccoidella scutula from upper surface of leaves of redbay (Persea borbonia) collected a day before in Little Thicket Nature Sanctuary. Texas, March 26, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3529/jpeg/17t.jpg) Texture of brown Peniophora-like corticioid fungus Scytinostroma portentosum(?) on soft rotting log in David E. Schob Nature Preserve at 906 Ashburn Street. College Station, Texas, May 7, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3398/jpeg/13t.jpg) Close-up of creme white corticioid fungus on a pecan log in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, April 29, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3400/jpeg/19t.jpg) Spores (in KOH) of corticioid fungus Dichostereum effuscatum (brown crust) collected a day before in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, April 30, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3400/jpeg/23t.jpg) Spores of a corticioid fungus Amaurodon(??) (turn brown in lugol), collected a day before in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, April 30, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3388/jpeg/37t.jpg) Spores of orange paint-like corticioid fungus from a fallen elm(?) or oak tree collected in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, April 19, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3529/jpeg/18t.jpg) Scratched area of brown Peniophora-like corticioid fungus Scytinostroma portentosum(?) on soft rotting log in David E. Schob Nature Preserve at 906 Ashburn Street. College Station, Texas, May 7, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3529/jpeg/16t.jpg) Growth pattern of brown Peniophora-like corticioid fungus Scytinostroma portentosum(?) on soft rotting log in David E. Schob Nature Preserve at 906 Ashburn Street. College Station, Texas, May 7, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3322/jpeg/10t.jpg) Spores of white odontoid corticioid fungus from a hardwood log, collected a day before in Hensel Park. College Station, January 5, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3448/jpeg/33t.jpg) Spores of some corticioid fungus from a hardwood log with growth of Orbilia inflatula and Tomentella, collected a day before in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, December 21, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3388/jpeg/35t.jpg) Spores of white paint-like corticioid fungus from a fallen barkless elm(?) tree collected in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, April 19, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3388/jpeg/39t.jpg) Spores of white tooth-like corticioid fungus from soft rotten wood collected in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, April 19, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3400/jpeg/20t.jpg) Spores (in lugol) of corticioid fungus Dichostereum effuscatum (brown crust) collected a day before in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, April 30, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3340/jpeg/21t.jpg) Spores (in Melzer) of white corticioid (crust) fungus from water oak or elm collected two days before in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, February 11, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3365/jpeg/35t.jpg) Spores of corticioid fungus Dichostereum effuscatum (in Melzer, stacked image) collected a day before in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, March 17, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3526/jpeg/21t.jpg) Cystidia(?) of mushrooms Entonaema liquescens under a microscope with x100 objective in lugol, collected in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 4, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3397/jpeg/36t.jpg) Corticioid fungus Ceriporia(?) on rotting pecan(?) wood on Racoon Run Trail in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, April 29, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3441/jpeg/16t.jpg) Corticioid (crust) fungus on pecan, green ash or hackberry on Racoon Run Trail in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, December 7, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3448/jpeg/28t.jpg) Spores of corticioid fungus Dichostereum effuscatum(?) from a fallen stem of Yaupon holly, collected a day before in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, December 21, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3340/jpeg/22t.jpg) Spores (in Melzer) of white corticioid fungus from underside of a fallen water oak or elm collected two days before in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, February 11, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3397/jpeg/37t.jpg) Growth of corticioid fungus Ceriporia(?) on a fallen pecan(?) branch on Racoon Run Trail in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, April 29, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3441/jpeg/18t.jpg) Close-up of corticioid (crust) fungus on pecan, green ash or hackberry on Racoon Run Trail in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, December 7, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3325/jpeg/14t.jpg) Polygonal spores of corticioid mushroom Dendrothele macrodens from bark of a recently fallen big hackberry, collected a day before in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, January 10, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3426/jpeg/12t.jpg) Tissues of Ascomycete fungus Hyalorbilia inflatula from pecan or may be oak, collected in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, November 15, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3388/jpeg/36t.jpg) Spores of white paint-like corticioid fungus from a fallen barkless elm(?) tree, in tuloidine blue tint, collected in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, April 19, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3365/jpeg/33t.jpg) Spores of corticioid fungus Dichostereum effuscatum (in lugol, stacked image) on underside of a fallen water oak collected a day before in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, March 17, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3398/jpeg/04t.jpg) Roundspored oysterling mushrooms (Crepidotus cesatii) together with some white corticioid fungus on a pecan log without bark in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, April 29, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3387/jpeg/17t.jpg) Spores of orange mosscap mushrooms (Rickenella fibula) at low magnification with x10 objective, collected in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, April 17, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3404/jpeg/26t.jpg) Spores of tiny white Mycena mushroom from pine cone (with x100 objective) collected in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, May 5, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3383/jpeg/37t.jpg) Spores (in lugol) of corticioid fungus Heteroradulum deglubens(?) (Eichleriella deglubens) collected a day before in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, April 13, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3322/jpeg/11t.jpg) Spores of common mazegill polypore mushrooms Cerioporus mollis from dry stems of Japanese privet, collected a day before in Hensel Park. College Station, January 5, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3325/jpeg/13t.jpg) Polygonal spores at low magnification of corticioid mushroom Dendrothele macrodens from bark of a recently fallen big hackberry, collected a day before in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, January 10, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3398/jpeg/07t.jpg) Roundspored oysterling mushrooms (Crepidotus cesatii) together with some white corticioid fungus on rotting pecan wood in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, April 29, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3383/jpeg/38t.jpg) Spores (in Toluidine blue) of corticioid fungus Heteroradulum deglubens(?) (Eichleriella deglubens) collected a day before in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, April 13, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3440/jpeg/37t.jpg) Spores (with x100 objective) at of Pine Spikes mushrooms (Chroogomphus vinicolor) collected in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 3, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3325/jpeg/12t.jpg) Large spores of unusual shape of corticioid mushroom Dendrothele macrodens from bark of a recently fallen big hackberry, collected a day before in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, January 10, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3398/jpeg/10t.jpg) Roundspored oysterling mushrooms (Crepidotus cesatii) together with some white corticioid fungus on blackened rotting pecan wood in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, April 29, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3436/jpeg/27t.jpg) Spores (with x40 objective) of of a small inkcap mushroom (Coprinopsis) from dung (spore print black), collected in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, November 27, 2023
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