![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3338/jpeg/05t.jpg) Spores (in Congo Red, at low magnification) of fungus Leucogloe compressa from pine log (no pictures of the fungus were taken), collected near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, February 6, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3347/jpeg/06t.jpg) 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
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3347/jpeg/21t.jpg) Spores from white dusty fungus from fallen oak, collected near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, February 21, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3463/jpeg/13t.jpg) Tissues with spores(?) of mushrooms Helicogloea compressa from a thick wet pine log, collected on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, January 28, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3337/jpeg/21t.jpg) Hyphae and spores (in Congo Red) of some mold fungus around a burrow from a side of a sandy trail in a pine forest collected in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, February 5, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3347/jpeg/17t.jpg) 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
![](../../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/2023/3347/jpeg/20t.jpg) 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
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3347/jpeg/19t.jpg) 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
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3441/jpeg/09t.jpg) Spores of common thin grey, bluish crust fungus from wet bark and wood of pine logs, collected a day before near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 4, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3338/jpeg/14t.jpg) Spores (in lugol) of oak curtain crust fungus (Hymenochaete rubiginosa)(?) collected two days before near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, February 8, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3338/jpeg/15t.jpg) Spores (in Melzer) of oak curtain crust fungus (Hymenochaete rubiginosa)(?) collected two days before near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, February 8, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3349/jpeg/24t.jpg) Spores (in Congo Red) of Hypomyces(?) viride fungus from mature Fuscoporia, collected in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, February 25, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3379/jpeg/13t.jpg) Tissues of white web-like fungus from pine cones under a microscope (x40 objective) in Congo Red dye, collected on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 9, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3349/jpeg/25t.jpg) Spores and hyphae (in Congo Red) of Hypomyces(?) viride fungus from mature Fuscoporia, collected in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, February 25, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3379/jpeg/14t.jpg) Tissues of white web-like fungus from pine cones under a microscope (x100 objective) in Congo Red dye, collected on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 9, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3214/jpeg/23t.jpg) Spores of corticioid fungus Gloeoporus ambiguus (Meruliopsis ambigua) from a fallen pine branch collected near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery a day before. Texas, August 21, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3341/jpeg/27t.jpg) Spores (in Congo Red) of mushroom Melanoleuca melaleuca(?) collected on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, February 12, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3345/jpeg/23t.jpg) Tissues (in Congo Red) of fungus Hyaloscypha britannica(?) from a burned pine log collected in Sam Houston National Forest near Richards. Texas, February 18, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3445/jpeg/22t.jpg) Asci with spores (in Congo Red) of Ascomycete fungus Trichoderma citrinoviride (Hypocrea schweinitzii) from a fallen pine, collected on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, December 17, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3445/jpeg/21t.jpg) Asci with spores (in Congo Red at low magnification) of Ascomycete fungus Trichoderma citrinoviride (Hypocrea schweinitzii) from a fallen pine, collected on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, December 17, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3337/jpeg/22t.jpg) Tissues (in Congo Red) of some mold fungus around a burrow from a side of a sandy trail in a pine forest collected in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, February 5, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3347/jpeg/07t.jpg) 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
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3347/jpeg/08t.jpg) 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
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3347/jpeg/09t.jpg) 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
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3386/jpeg/38t.jpg) 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
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3149/jpeg/16t.jpg) Spores of white resupinate polypore mushroom from pine bark collected a day before near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 8, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3341/jpeg/22t.jpg) Tissues of Ramaria mushroom from lower part of rotten pine log under a microscope in Congo Red, collected on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, February 12, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3420/jpeg/29t.jpg) Spores of thin powdery corticioid fungus from a fallen pine, 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/2022/3213/jpeg/19t.jpg) Spores of small mushrooms Marasmius delectans(?) from pine litter collected near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, August 20, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3425/jpeg/03t.jpg) Sporangium with sporagiospores (in Congo Red, with x40 objective) of common pinmould fungus (Mucor mucedo) collected in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 12, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3379/jpeg/12t.jpg) Immature spherical ascus (without spores) of Ascomycete truffle mushroom Tuber(?) under a microscope (x100 objective) in Congo Red dye, collected on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 9, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3346/jpeg/20t.jpg) Spores of white web-like fungus from a burned pine collected in Sam Houston National Forest a day before. Texas, February 19, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3439/jpeg/19t.jpg) Spores of Pine Spikes fungus (Chroogomphus vinicolor) collected in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, December 2, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3346/jpeg/21t.jpg) Spores (in lugol) of white web-like fungus from a burned pine collected in Sam Houston National Forest a day before. Texas, February 19, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3362/jpeg/30t.jpg) Orange spores (aeciospores) of Cronartium harknessii rust fungus (Endocronartium harknessii) collected from a pine in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, March 11, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3342/jpeg/23t.jpg) Spores (in lugol) of white corticioid fungus from a pine(?) log collected a day before on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, February 14, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3404/jpeg/13t.jpg) Basidia (in Congo Red) of tiny white Mycena mushrooms from a pine cone, collected in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, May 5, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3346/jpeg/32t.jpg) Spores (in Melzer) of golden corticioid fungus from a burned pine collected in Sam Houston National Forest a day before. Texas, February 19, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3346/jpeg/31t.jpg) Spores (in lugol) of golden corticioid fungus from a burned pine collected in Sam Houston National Forest a day before. Texas, February 19, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3346/jpeg/22t.jpg) Spores (in KOH) of dark brown Tomentella fungus from a burned pine collected in Sam Houston National Forest a day before. Texas, February 19, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3223/jpeg/10t.jpg) Spores of mushrooms Lentinellus ursinus, from oak or pine log, 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
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3342/jpeg/24t.jpg) Spores (in lactophenol blue) of white corticioid fungus from a pine(?) log collected a day before on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, February 14, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3330/jpeg/05t.jpg) Cylindrical conidia (in Congo Red) of mold fungus Cylindrium elongatum(?) from a rotting oak leaf, collected on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, January 19, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3345/jpeg/36t.jpg) Asci with spores (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
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3451/jpeg/17t.jpg) Tissues (in Congo Red) of web-like fungus Sporophagomyces chrysostomus from resupinate polypore mushroom Fuscoporia (Hymenochaetaceae) 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
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3439/jpeg/14t.jpg) Spores of corticioid fungus Leucogyrophana mollusca from a lower side of a thick wet pine log, collected in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, December 2, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3379/jpeg/20t.jpg) Spores (in lugol) of swarming spine fungus (Mucronella calva) from thick wet pine log collected in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery a day before. Texas, April 9, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3214/jpeg/22t.jpg) Basidia and spores of parasol mushrooms Macrolepiota procera under a microscope in Congo Red solution collected near Caney Creek in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, August 21, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3441/jpeg/10t.jpg) Spores of hydnoid mushrooms Irpex subrawakensis (Steccherinum subrawakense)(?) from a fallen oak, collected a day before near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 4, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3441/jpeg/11t.jpg) Spores of tooth mushrooms Irpex subrawakensis (Steccherinum subrawakense)(?) from a fallen oak, collected a day before near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 4, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3223/jpeg/18t.jpg) 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
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3379/jpeg/21t.jpg) Spores (in Toluidine blue dye) of swarming spine fungus (Mucronella calva) from thick wet pine log collected in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery a day before. Texas, April 9, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3337/jpeg/28t.jpg) Spores of white odontoid resupinate fungus Xylodon nespori(?) from underside of a burned a pine log collected a day before in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, February 5, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3346/jpeg/25t.jpg) Tissues (in Congo Red dye) of tiny yellow teeth mushroom covering large area on a fallen pine, collected in Sam Houston National Forest a day before. Texas, February 19, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3337/jpeg/29t.jpg) Spores (under more pressure) of white odontoid resupinate fungus Xylodon nespori(?) from underside of a burned a pine log collected a day before in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, February 5, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3464/jpeg/18t.jpg) Spores of white resupinate polypore mushroom Skeletocutis(?) from a thick wet pine log, collected a day before near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, January 29, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3223/jpeg/19t.jpg) 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
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3440/jpeg/38t.jpg) Spores (in lugol) at of Pine Spikes mushrooms (Chroogomphus vinicolor) collected in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 3, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3441/jpeg/12t.jpg) Spores of small whitish partially dried oysterling mushrooms from a burned oak log (spore print light-purple), collected a day before near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 4, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3341/jpeg/24t.jpg) Spores of Ramaria mushroom from lower part of rotten pine log collected on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, February 12, 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/2023/3440/jpeg/36t.jpg) Spores at low magnification (with x40 objective) of Pine Spikes mushrooms (Chroogomphus vinicolor) collected in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 3, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3384/jpeg/19t.jpg) Spores of tiny mushrooms Marasmiellus(?) from fallen wet pine needles and oak leaves collected in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 14, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3213/jpeg/21t.jpg) Tissues of crust fungus Gloeoporus ambiguus (Meruliopsis ambigua) from a fallen pine branch under a microscope at low magnification, collected near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, August 20, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3213/jpeg/23t.jpg) Mycelium hyphae of corticioid fungus Gloeoporus ambiguus (Meruliopsis ambigua) from a fallen pine branch under a microscope, collected near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, August 20, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3341/jpeg/25t.jpg) Tissues (in Congo Red) at low magnification of mushroom Melanoleuca melaleuca(?) collected on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, February 12, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3166/jpeg/20t.jpg) Hyphae of web-like corticioid fungus in Congo Red solution collected in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, June 2, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3452/jpeg/39t.jpg) Tissues (in Congo Red) of orange sclerotia of some fungus under a microscope at low magnification, collected north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, December 31, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3341/jpeg/23t.jpg) Basidia and spores of Ramaria mushroom from lower part of rotten pine log under a microscope, collected on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, February 12, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3341/jpeg/28t.jpg) Spores (in KOH) of spectacular rustgill mushrooms (Gymnopilus junonius) from the base of a dry standing pine collected on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, February 12, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3362/jpeg/08t.jpg) Pine-pine gall rust (Endocronartium harknessii, Cronartium harknessii rust fungus) near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, March 11, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3362/jpeg/10t.jpg) Close up of pine-pine gall rust (Endocronartium harknessii, Cronartium harknessii rust fungus) near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, March 11, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3332/jpeg/29t.jpg) Basidia and spores of mushrooms Chromosera cyanophylla from rotting pine wood, collected on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, January 22, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3333/jpeg/20t.jpg) Spores (in Toluidine blue) of mushrooms Chromosera cyanophylla collected from a wet fallen pine on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, January 22, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3425/jpeg/31t.jpg) Spores of white resupinate polypore mushroom from bark on upper side of a fallen pine, collected a day before in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 13, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3417/jpeg/37t.jpg) Spores (in Congo Red) of false truffle mushroom Rhizopogon roseolus(?) collected in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, October 28, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3368/jpeg/36t.jpg) Spores of some orange corticioid fungus from rotting wood collected a day before on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, March 22, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3213/jpeg/22t.jpg) Basidioles(?) of crust crust fungus Gloeoporus ambiguus (Meruliopsis ambigua) from a fallen pine branch under a microscope, collected near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, August 20, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3148/jpeg/24t.jpg) 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
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3498/jpeg/14t.jpg) 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
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3317/jpeg/07t.jpg) Spores of thin brown powdery crust fungus from pine, collected 2 days before near Caney Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, January 2, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3213/jpeg/18t.jpg) Spores of mushrooms Leucocoprinus cepistipes from a fallen oak collected near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, August 20, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3213/jpeg/20t.jpg) Spores of polypore mushrooms Trichaptum sector from an oak log collected near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, August 20, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3440/jpeg/02t.jpg) Common thin grey, bluish crust fungus on wet bark and wood on underside of pine logs near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 3, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3341/jpeg/36t.jpg) Spores of Ramaria mushroom (spore print light brown) from lower part of rotten pine log, collected on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, February 12, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3380/jpeg/11t.jpg) Spores from web-like fungus with white hyphal strands collected a day before on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 10, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3425/jpeg/11t.jpg) Hyphae and spores (with x40 objective) of white Hypomyces fungus from a false truffle Rhizopogon, collected in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 12, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3498/jpeg/15t.jpg) 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
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3347/jpeg/04t.jpg) White dusty crust fungus on a fallen oak near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, February 20, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3333/jpeg/19t.jpg) Spores (in lugol) of mushrooms Chromosera cyanophylla (spore print white) collected from a wet fallen pine on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, January 22, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3440/jpeg/01t.jpg) Close-up of common thin grey, bluish crust fungus on wet bark and wood on underside of pine logs near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 3, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3317/jpeg/06t.jpg) Spores (in lugol) of thin brown powdery crust fungus from pine, collected 2 days before near Caney Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, January 2, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3317/jpeg/05t.jpg) Spores (soft) of white powdery crust fungus Athelia(?) from pine, collected 2 days before near Caney Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, January 2, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3324/jpeg/11t.jpg) Spores of ceramic parchment fungus (Xylobolus frustulatus) 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
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3446/jpeg/18t.jpg) Spores of white corticioid fungus from hardened wood of an oak log, collected a day ago on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 19, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3379/jpeg/10t.jpg) Tissues of Ascomycete truffle mushroom Tuber(?) under a microscope (x10 objective) in Congo Red dye, collected on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 9, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3379/jpeg/08t.jpg) Tissues of Ascomycete truffle mushroom Tuber(?) under a microscope (x40 objective) in Congo Red dye, collected on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 9, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3468/jpeg/09t.jpg) Spores (in KOH) of dry rot fungus (Serpula himantioides) from a burned pine log, collected a day before on Lone Star hiking trail north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest, February 5, 2024
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