![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3341/jpeg/32t.jpg) Spores of mushrooms Rickenella fibula collected on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, February 12, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3440/jpeg/03t.jpg) Orange mosscap mushrooms (Rickenella fibula) 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/2019/2482/jpeg/17t.jpg) Orange mosscap mushrooms (Rickenella fibula) on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest near Huntsville. Texas, April 16, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2988/jpeg/14t.jpg) Small grey mushroom Clitopilopsis hirneola together with orange mosscap (Rickenella fibula) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, July 21, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2409/jpeg/26t.jpg) Orange mosscap mushroom (Rickenella fibula) on Winters Bayou Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Cleveland, Texas, December 1, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3387/jpeg/03t.jpg) Tiny orange mosscap mushrooms (Rickenella fibula) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, April 17, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3387/jpeg/19t.jpg) Spores of orange mosscap mushrooms (Rickenella fibula) in Toluidine blue dye, collected in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, April 17, 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/2023/3387/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/2018/2251/jpeg/03t.jpg) Orange mosscap mushrooms (Rickenella fibula) on sandy side of a trail in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, April 25, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2017/2087/jpeg/03t.jpg) Orange mosscap mushrooms (Rickenella fibula), near old fire place on a trail across the swamp in Yuntolovsky Park. Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 7, 2017
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2251/jpeg/02t.jpg) Orange mosscap mushrooms (Rickenella fibula) on almost bare soil on Post Oak Trail in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, April 25, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2017/2087/jpeg/04t.jpg) Orange mosscap mushrooms (Rickenella fibula) in Yuntolovsky Park. Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 7, 2017
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2735/jpeg/27t.jpg) Orange mosscap mushrooms (Rickenella fibula) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, July 1, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2337/jpeg/13t.jpg) Orange mosscap mushrooms (Rickenella fibula) in Tarkhovka near Sestroretsk, west from Saint Petersburg. Russia, August 27, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2337/jpeg/14t.jpg) Mosscap mushrooms Rickenella swartzii and Rickenella fibula in Tarkhovka near Sestroretsk, west from Saint Petersburg. Russia, August 27, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2017/2087/jpeg/05t.jpg) Orange mosscap mushrooms (Rickenella fibula) showing cystidia (outgrowth) in Yuntolovsky Park. Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 7, 2017
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2017/2114/jpeg/23t.jpg) Orange mosscap mushrooms (Rickenella fibula) on a railroad path to artillery storage in Toksovo, north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, August 9, 2017
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2017/2129/jpeg/35t.jpg) Orange mosscap mushrooms (Rickenella fibula) on a service railroad path to artillery storage in Toksovo, north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, August 25, 2017
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2017/2114/jpeg/25t.jpg) Orange mosscap mushrooms (Rickenella fibula) collected from a railroad path to artillery storage in Toksovo, north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, August 9, 2017
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3055/jpeg/15t.jpg) Orange mosscap mushrooms (Rickenella fibula) under juniper trees in Lake Bryan Park. Bryan, Texas, November 10, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2017/2144/jpeg/03t.jpg) Orange mosscap mushrooms (Rickenella fibula) north from Lembolovo, 40 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, September 9, 2017
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2017/2068/jpeg/07t.jpg) Bog bell mushrooms (Galerina paludosa) and an orange mosscap (Rickenella fibula) in sphagnum moss near Kavgolovskoe Lake in area of Toksovo, north from Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 16, 2017
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2017/2068/jpeg/08t.jpg) Small mushrooms bog bell (Galerina paludosa) and orange mosscap (Rickenella fibula) in sphagnum moss near Kavgolovskoe Lake in area of Toksovo, north from Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 16, 2017
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3449/jpeg/34t.jpg) Tissues (with x40 objective) of orange amorphous mass (it has granules of sand and orange oily liquid) from sandy soil, may be sclerotium of a fungus Penicillium vanoranjei, collected on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, December 22, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3449/jpeg/02t.jpg) Red and orange leaves of sweetgum on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, December 22, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3449/jpeg/04t.jpg) Orange leaves of sweetgum on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, December 22, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3341/jpeg/04t.jpg) Tooth mushrooms Hydnum umbilicatum on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, February 12, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3449/jpeg/06t.jpg) Dark red and orange leaves of sweetgum on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, December 22, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3449/jpeg/14t.jpg) Bright orange leaves of a seedling of poison ivy on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, December 22, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3341/jpeg/05t.jpg) Side view of tooth mushrooms Hydnum umbilicatum on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, February 12, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3341/jpeg/31t.jpg) Spores of tooth mushrooms Hydnum umbilicatum collected on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, February 12, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3449/jpeg/15t.jpg) Orange leaves remained on a small tree of sweetgum on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, December 22, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3341/jpeg/03t.jpg) Gills of spectacular rustgill mushrooms (Gymnopilus junonius) at the base of a pine on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, February 12, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3341/jpeg/02t.jpg) Caps of spectacular rustgill mushrooms (Gymnopilus junonius) at the base of a pine on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, February 12, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3341/jpeg/35t.jpg) Spores of grey knight mushrooms (Tricholoma terreum group, may be T. moseri) collected on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, February 12, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3341/jpeg/33t.jpg) Spores of grey knight mushrooms (Tricholoma terreum group, may be T. moseri) collected on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, February 12, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3341/jpeg/11t.jpg) Mushroom Rhodocollybia maculata on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, February 12, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3341/jpeg/13t.jpg) Flowers of pussytoes (Antennaria) on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, February 12, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3341/jpeg/16t.jpg) Mushroom Melanoleuca melaleuca(?) 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/2023/3341/jpeg/12t.jpg) Gills of a mushroom Rhodocollybia maculata on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, February 12, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3341/jpeg/18t.jpg) Gills of mushroom Melanoleuca melaleuca(?) on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, February 12, 2023
![](../../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/2023/3341/jpeg/17t.jpg) Side view of mushroom Melanoleuca melaleuca(?) on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, February 12, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3341/jpeg/26t.jpg) Basidia of mushroom Melanoleuca melaleuca(?) collected on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, February 12, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3341/jpeg/34t.jpg) Spores of mushroom Melanoleuca melaleuca(?) collected on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, February 12, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3341/jpeg/29t.jpg) Spores (in KOH?) of mushroom Rhodocollybia maculata collected on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, February 12, 2023
![](../../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/2022/3239/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/2023/3341/jpeg/01t.jpg) Spectacular rustgill mushrooms (Gymnopilus junonius) at the base of a dry standing pine (spore print rusty brown) on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, February 12, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3341/jpeg/06t.jpg) Yellow jelly from some seeds(?) on seapage slope to creeks on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, February 12, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3341/jpeg/08t.jpg) Ramaria mushroom on a lower part of rotten pine log on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, February 12, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3341/jpeg/30t.jpg) Spores (in lugol) of mushroom Rhodocollybia maculata collected on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, February 12, 2023
![](../../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/2023/3449/jpeg/29t.jpg) Orange amorphous mass on a side of the path in sandy exposed soil, may be sclerotium of a fungus Penicillium vanoranjei, collected on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, December 22, 2023
![](../../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/2023/3341/jpeg/21t.jpg) Yellow jelly from seapage slope to creeks in lugol, collected on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, February 12, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3341/jpeg/19t.jpg) Yellow jelly from seapage slope to creeks at low magnification, collected on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, February 12, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3341/jpeg/10t.jpg) Underside of a mushroom Rhodocollybia maculata (spore print white) on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, February 12, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3341/jpeg/07t.jpg) Close-up of yellow jelly from some seeds(?) on seapage slope to creeks on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, February 12, 2023
![](../../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/2023/3449/jpeg/28t.jpg) Cross section of orange amorphous stuff on a side of the path in sandy exposed soil, may be sclerotium of a fungus Penicillium vanoranjei, on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, December 22, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3418/jpeg/06t.jpg) Bolete mushrooms Xerocomus illudens(?) on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, October 29, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3418/jpeg/16t.jpg) Mushrooms Pholiota spumosa on a path on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, October 29, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3449/jpeg/26t.jpg) Pores of mushrooms Albatrellus subrubescens on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, December 22, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3433/jpeg/03t.jpg) Whitish pinkgill mushrooms (Entoloma) on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, November 24, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3341/jpeg/20t.jpg) Yellow jelly from seapage slope to creeks under a microscope in lugol, collected on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, February 12, 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/2023/3433/jpeg/04t.jpg) Underside of whitish pinkgill mushrooms (Entoloma) on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, November 24, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3449/jpeg/16t.jpg) Pine Spikes mushrooms (Chroogomphus vinicolor) on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, December 22, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3449/jpeg/27t.jpg) Pore surface of mushrooms Albatrellus subrubescens on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, December 22, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3449/jpeg/33t.jpg) Basidia of mushrooms Albatrellus subrubescens collected on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, December 22, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3449/jpeg/31t.jpg) Tissues of mushrooms Albatrellus subrubescens collected on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, December 22, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3418/jpeg/11t.jpg) Large and smal bolete mushrooms Xerocomus illudens(?) on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, October 29, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3418/jpeg/12t.jpg) Cross section of bolete mushrooms Xerocomus illudens(?) on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, October 29, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3449/jpeg/30t.jpg) Tissues at low magnification of mushrooms Albatrellus subrubescens collected on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, December 22, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3418/jpeg/32t.jpg) Spores (in KOH) of mushrooms Pholiota spumosa from a path, collected on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, October 29, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3449/jpeg/24t.jpg) Underside of terrestrial polypore mushrooms Albatrellus subrubescens on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, December 22, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3418/jpeg/07t.jpg) Bolete mushrooms Xerocomus illudens(?) with a cross section on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, October 29, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3418/jpeg/08t.jpg) Dyeball mushrooms (Pisolithus arhizus) under pine tree on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, October 29, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3433/jpeg/05t.jpg) Side view of whitish pinkgill mushrooms (Entoloma) on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, November 24, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3449/jpeg/32t.jpg) Hyphae and spores of mushrooms Albatrellus subrubescens collected on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, December 22, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3449/jpeg/17t.jpg) Gills of Pine Spikes mushrooms (Chroogomphus vinicolor) on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, December 22, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3418/jpeg/14t.jpg) Small brittlestem (Psathyrella) mushrooms in wet muddy place on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, October 29, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3450/jpeg/07t.jpg) Spores of mushrooms Albatrellus subrubescens collected 2 days before on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, December 24, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3433/jpeg/07t.jpg) Bicoloured bracket fungus (Vitreoporus dichrous) on a fallen tree branch on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, November 24, 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/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/2021/2876/jpeg/07t.jpg) Some orange slime mold under a pine log on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, March 3, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3418/jpeg/23t.jpg) Spores (in KOH) of dyeball mushrooms (Pisolithus arhizus) collected under pines on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, October 29, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3449/jpeg/23t.jpg) Terrestrial polypore mushrooms Albatrellus subrubescens on a slope of 3-rd creek on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, December 22, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3433/jpeg/09t.jpg) Pale stagshorn mushrooms (Calocera pallidospathulata) on a thick wet pine log on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, November 24, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3418/jpeg/15t.jpg) Caps of small brittlestem (Psathyrella) mushrooms in muddy place on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, October 29, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3238/jpeg/06t.jpg) Details of orange funnel-like mushrooms on sandy soil disturbed by fire ants, near rotting pine wood on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 10, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3238/jpeg/03t.jpg) Small orange funnel-like mushrooms on sandy soil disturbed by fire ants, near rotting pine wood on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 10, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3238/jpeg/05t.jpg) Small orange omphalinoid mushrooms on sandy soil disturbed by fire ants, near rotting pine wood on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 10, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3418/jpeg/19t.jpg) Tiny brown mushrooms (Gymnopilus, Galerina or Hebeloma) on burned ground on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, October 29, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3418/jpeg/26t.jpg) Spores and cystidia of brittlestem mushrooms (Psathyrella) from wet muddy soil, collected on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, October 29, 2023
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