 Tiny cups of Ascomycete fungus Orbilia(?) on underside of burned 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
 Details of tiny cups of Ascomycete fungus Orbilia(?) on underside of burned 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
 Tiny cups of fungus Phaeohelotium epiphyllum (Hymenoscyphus epiphyllus) on underside of an oak leaf near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 15, 2021
 Close-up of 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
 Close-up of oak curtain crust fungus (Hymenochaete rubiginosa)(?) near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, February 6, 2023
 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
 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
 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
 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
 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
 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
 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
 Close-up of resupinate form of polypore mushroom Trichaptum abietinum on underside of a fallen pine near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 12, 2023
 Close-up of fungus Beauveria bassiana on dead fallen mantis near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 12, 2023
 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
 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
 Close-up of interior section of yellow false truffle fungus (Rhizopogon luteolus) near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 12, 2023
 Underside of a mushroom Tephrocybe anthracophila(?) on a burned fruit of sweetgum tree near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 15, 2021
 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
 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
 Texture of oak curtain crust fungus (Hymenochaete rubiginosa)(?) near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, February 6, 2023
 Small whitish partially dried oysterling mushrooms on a burned oak log near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 3, 2023
 Brown cup (Ascomycete) fungus Plicaria carbonaria from campfire site near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 7, 2022
 Tiny white pleurotoid mushrooms Hohenbuehelia(?) on a large fallen oak near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 12, 2023
 Ascomycete fungus Plicaria carbonaria on a bonfire place on a sandy bottom of a dried creek near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, August 31, 2022
 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
 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
 Tiny mushrooms Marasmius epiphyllus(?) among fallen wet pine needles and oak leaves after a rain near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 14, 2023
 Oak curtain crust fungus (Hymenochaete rubiginosa)(?) (spore print white or light brown), near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, February 6, 2023
 Candlesnuff fungus (Xylaria hypoxylon)(?) and tiny Mycena on a fallen mossy tree near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, June 8, 2021
 Underside of mushroom Bolbitius pluteoides near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 3, 2023
 Underside of Pine Spikes mushrooms (Chroogomphus vinicolor) near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 3, 2023
 Underside of small greyling mushrooms Tephrocybe anthracophila near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 12, 2023
 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
 Underside of dingy twiglet mushrooms (Simocybe centunculus) 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, April 14, 2023
 Underside of some brittlestem (Psathyrella) mushrooms near a primitive campsite a sharp bend of the creek near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 12, 2023
 Close-up of polypore mushrooms Vitreoporus dichrous on a fallen tree near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 12, 2023
 Close-up of small orange oysterling mushrooms on a vertically cut surface of an oak log near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 12, 2023
 Underside of tooth mushroom Irpex subrawakensis (Steccherinum subrawakense)(?) 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, December 3, 2023
 Close-up of light brown corticioid mushroom on underside of a fallen pine on Forest Service Rd 231 near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, October 22, 2022
 Close-up of urchin earthfan fungus (Thelephora penicillata) near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, June 8, 2021
 Close-up of violet toothed polypore mushrooms (Trichaptum biforme) 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, December 3, 2023
 Close-up of resupinate form of polypore mushroom Trametopsis cervina 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, December 3, 2023
 Close-up of corticioid mushroom Hymenochaete on an oak branch near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, February 21, 2021
 Close-up of corticioid mushroom Phlebiopsis crassa near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, February 21, 2021
 Resupinate form of polypore mushroom Trichaptum abietinum on underside of a fallen pine near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 12, 2023
 Close-up of soft green lichen or may be fungus on bark of a fallen oak near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, June 8, 2021
 Close-up of rusty porecrust fungus (Fuscoporia ferruginosa)(?) 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, December 15, 2021
 Small cup fungus Phaeohelotium epiphyllum (Hymenoscyphus epiphyllus) on underside of an oak leaf near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 15, 2021
 Underside of maze polypore mushrooms Cerrena unicolor on an oak fallen across the creek near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, February 21, 2021
 White tubelet fungus (Henningsomyces candidus) on a log near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 12, 2023
 Close-up of resupinate polypore mushroom on a fallen pine near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, February 9, 2022
 Texture of resupinate form of polypore mushroom Trichaptum abietinum on underside of a fallen pine near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 12, 2023
 Spiny underside surface of tooth mushroom Irpex subrawakensis (Steccherinum subrawakense)(?) 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, December 3, 2023
 Close-up of Ozonium auricomum form of a fungus Coprinellus domesticus on a mossy oak log near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, June 8, 2021
 Close-up of split porecrust fungus (Schizopora paradoxa)(?) on a fallen branch near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 15, 2021
 Underside of mossy maze polypore mushrooms (Cerrena unicolor) on an oak fallen across the creek near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, February 21, 2021
 Missouri violet (Viola missouriensis) near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, February 6, 2023
 Mantis with white mold of fungus Beauveria bassiana near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 12, 2023
 Fungus Beauveria bassiana on dead fallen mantis near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 12, 2023
 Close-up of rust fungus Coleosporium elephantopodis on leaves of elephant foot plant near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, June 18, 2022
 Fresh growth of resupinate form of polypore mushroom Trichaptum abietinum on underside of a fallen pine near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 12, 2023
 Mature Ascomycete mushrooms Peziza under pines near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, June 8, 2021
 Common pinmould fungus (Mucor mucedo) growing on dog s(?) poop near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 12, 2023
 Yellow false truffle fungus (Rhizopogon luteolus) on a path near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 12, 2023
 Close-up of small cup fungus Plicaria carbonaria on a bonfire place on a sandy bottom of a dried creek near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, August 31, 2022
 Close-up of web-like margin of white resupinate polypore mushroom Trechispora mollusca on an oak log near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, February 21, 2021
 Close-up of cross section of soft mushroom button Russula marshalliorum (Cystangium (Martellia) vesiculosum)(?) near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 12, 2023
 Close-up of corticioid fungus Gloeoporus ambiguus (Meruliopsis ambigua) on a fallen pine branch near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, January 13, 2021
 Close-up of common pinmould fungus (Mucor mucedo) on animal dung on a big mossy fallen oak near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, January 4, 2024
 Cross section of yellow false truffle fungus (Rhizopogon luteolus) near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 12, 2023
 Slime mold Tubifera dimorphotheca on a partially burned log near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, June 8, 2021
 Mushrooms Pluteus romellii near a fallen and burned oak tree near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, March 27, 2024
 Underside of slimy-veiled Pholiota mushrooms (Pholiota velaglutinosa) near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 12, 2023
 Ascomycete mushrooms Phaeohelotium epiphyllum (Hymenoscyphus epiphyllus) on an oak leaf near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 15, 2021
 Close-up of orange and white resupinate polypore mushroom Skeletocutis odora on a vertically cut surface of a fallen pine near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 3, 2023
 Caps of mushrooms Pluteus romellii near a fallen and burned oak tree near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, March 27, 2024
 Gills of a mushroom Pluteus romellii near a fallen and burned oak tree near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, March 27, 2024
 False truffle (Rhizopogon luteolus) covered by some white mold fungus Hypomyces near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 12, 2023
 Polypore mushrooms Trametes ochracea with pinkish mold-like fungus Hypomyces samuelsii(?) near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 3, 2023
 Pinkish mold-like fungus Hypomyces samuelsii(?) on polypore mushrooms Trametes ochracea near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 3, 2023
 Close-up of corticioid fungus Gloeoporus ambiguus (Meruliopsis ambigua) in fresh form on a fallen pine branch near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, August 20, 2022
 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
 Close-up of red raspberry slime mold (Tubifera ferruginosa) on a vertically cut surface of a large fallen pine near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, February 18, 2024
 White elfin saddle mushrooms (Helvella lactea) on burned pine wood near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, June 8, 2021
 Small gilled mushroom Tephrocybe anthracophila(?) on a burned fruit of sweetgum tree near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 15, 2021
 Pink and dark stages of slime mold Tubifera dimorphotheca on a partially burned log near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, June 8, 2021
 Side view of a mushroom Tephrocybe anthracophila(?) on a burned fruit of sweetgum tree near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 15, 2021
 Cross section of false truffle (Rhizopogon luteolus) covered by some white Hypomyces mold fungus near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 12, 2023
 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
 Bolete mushrooms Gyroporus phaeocyanescens and Tylopilus rhodoconius near the creek in a pine forest with oaks, beautyberry, recently burned, near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, July 11, 2021
 Underside of some white Amanita(?) mushroom near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 7, 2022
 Side view of bolete mushrooms Gyroporus phaeocyanescens and Tylopilus rhodoconius on a recently burned forest floor near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, July 11, 2021
 Underside of a mushroom Boletus durhamensis near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, September 26, 2024
 Close-up of bark sulphur-firedot lichen (Gyalolechia flavorubescens, Caloplaca flavorubescens) 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 21, 2021
 Underside of bolete mushroom Buchwaldoboletus hemichrysus near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, August 31, 2022
 Underside of a milkcap mushroom Lactifluus subvellereus near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, September 26, 2024
 Underside of fishy milkcap mushroom (Lactarius volemus var. flavus) near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 7, 2022
 Close-up of zoned bracket polypore mushroom near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, June 8, 2021
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