![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3378/jpeg/27t.jpg) White hyphae of a fungus covering fallen pine bark and sweetgum balls on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 9, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3378/jpeg/26t.jpg) White hyphae of a fungus covering fallen pine cones and sweetgum balls on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 9, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3378/jpeg/25t.jpg) White hyphae of a fungus covering fallen pine cones and sweetgum balls unearthed by hogs from fallen pine needles on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 9, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3378/jpeg/30t.jpg) White web-like fungus covering a fallen pine cone on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 9, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3378/jpeg/28t.jpg) White hyphae of a fungus covering fallen pine cones on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 9, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3378/jpeg/32t.jpg) Close-up of white hyphae of a fungus covering fallen pine bark on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 9, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3378/jpeg/33t.jpg) White strands of hyphae of a fungus covering fallen pine cones on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 9, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3378/jpeg/29t.jpg) Close-up of white hyphae of a fungus covering a fallen pine cone on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 9, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2821/jpeg/05t.jpg) Cream white corticioid fungus covering large area on a fallen tree branch on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 26, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3386/jpeg/19t.jpg) Small white patches of resupinate polypore fungus on a fallen dry liana of trumpet vine (Campsis radicans) on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 16, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3386/jpeg/18t.jpg) Close-up of small white patches of resupinate polypore fungus on a fallen dry liana of trumpet vine (Campsis radicans) on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 16, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3098/jpeg/16t.jpg) Some white resupinate polypore mushroom covering thin dry but not fallen tree on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, January 19, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2827/jpeg/32t.jpg) Sweetgum seed pods collected by some animal at the base of a large magnolia tree on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 10, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2637/jpeg/22t.jpg) White grits of couscous crust fungus Bulbillomyces farinosus covering a wet oak log on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, January 25, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2762/jpeg/19t.jpg) White resupinate polypore mushroom covering thin bark of a fallen pine limb on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, August 30, 2020
![](../../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/2023/3378/jpeg/20t.jpg) Close-up of yellow corticioid fungus from a fallen elm tree on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 9, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3378/jpeg/23t.jpg) Texture of yellow corticioid fungus from a fallen elm tree on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 9, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3378/jpeg/21t.jpg) Yellow corticioid fungus from roots of uprooted and fallen thin elm on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 9, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3097/jpeg/29t.jpg) Orange-toothed crust fungus Steccherinum robustius covering a thin fallen tree on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, January 12, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2821/jpeg/06t.jpg) Texture of whitish corticioid fungus covering large area on a fallen tree branch on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 26, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2821/jpeg/07t.jpg) Details of light brown corticioid fungus covering large area on a fallen tree branch on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 26, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2821/jpeg/08t.jpg) Close-up of light yellow corticioid fungus covering large area on a fallen tree branch on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 26, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3363/jpeg/08t.jpg) Young leaves of sweetgum on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, March 12, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2571/jpeg/11t.jpg) Tropical white polypore mushrooms (Favolus tenuiculus, Favolus brasiliensis) covering a fallen tree on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, September 29, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3097/jpeg/31t.jpg) Web-like covering of fungus Sporophagomyces chrysostomus on a resupinate polypore mushroom Fuscoporia on underside of a fallen broadleaf tree on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, January 12, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3193/jpeg/12t.jpg) Close-up of light brown corticioid (crust) fungus covering a small leaf on dry fallen branches found on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, July 17, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2627/jpeg/10t.jpg) White grits of couscous crust fungus Bulbillomyces farinosus in anamorphous stage Aegerita candida covering oak log in wet area on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, January 12, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2596/jpeg/05t.jpg) Fallen fruit of sweetgum (Liquidambar styraciflua) on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 16, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3378/jpeg/24t.jpg) Texture of yellow corticioid fungus from a fallen elm tree, on soil mixed with bark and sand, on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 9, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3386/jpeg/23t.jpg) Close-up of velvety light brown crust of a fungus at the base of a fallen small elm tree on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 16, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3380/jpeg/09t.jpg) Spores (in lugol) of yellow corticioid fungus from roots of uprooted and fallen thin elm 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/2023/3386/jpeg/24t.jpg) Texture of velvety light brown crust of a fungus at the base of a fallen small elm tree on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 16, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3386/jpeg/22t.jpg) Velvety light brown crust of a fungus at the base of a fallen small elm tree in wet area on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 16, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3380/jpeg/10t.jpg) Spores (in Toluidine blue) of yellow corticioid fungus from roots of uprooted and fallen thin elm 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/2023/3378/jpeg/22t.jpg) Yellow corticioid fungus from roots of uprooted and fallen thin elm, on soil mixed with bark and sand, on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 9, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3403/jpeg/11t.jpg) Tropical white polypore mushroom (Favolus tenuiculus) on a fallen oak on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 5, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3337/jpeg/06t.jpg) White mycelium of a fungus on an elm leaf on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, February 5, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3446/jpeg/09t.jpg) White corticioid fungus on hardened wood of an oak log on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 18, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3403/jpeg/13t.jpg) Caps of tropical white polypore mushroom (Favolus tenuiculus) on a fallen oak on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 5, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2691/jpeg/18t.jpg) Elastic resupinate polypore fungus Wrightoporia avellanea or may be W. austrosinensis covering lower side of a pine log across a small dry stream on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 23, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3446/jpeg/08t.jpg) Close-up of white corticioid fungus on hardened wood of an oak log on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 18, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3404/jpeg/02t.jpg) Small white brackets of polypore mushroom Postia(?) on a fallen pine branch on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 5, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3386/jpeg/07t.jpg) Tiny white hydra-like fungi on an elm log on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 16, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2796/jpeg/27t.jpg) Velvety caps of white-rot fungus (Punctularia strigosozonata) on a big fallen oak on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, October 6, 2020
![](../../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/2023/3323/jpeg/12t.jpg) White odontoid corticioid fungus on a dry stem of Yaupon holly on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, January 7, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3346/jpeg/15t.jpg) Corticioid fungus Rosellinia subiculata(?) on fallen sticks on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, February 19, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3404/jpeg/03t.jpg) Underside of soft white brackets of polypore mushroom Postia(?) on a fallen pine branch on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 5, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3404/jpeg/01t.jpg) Small soft white brackets of polypore mushroom Postia(?) on a fallen pine branch on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 5, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3098/jpeg/17t.jpg) Some white resupinate polypore mushroom with moss covering thin dry tree on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, January 19, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2627/jpeg/04t.jpg) White corticioid (crust) fungus Athelia epiphylla on a fallen pine or oak on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, January 12, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3337/jpeg/10t.jpg) Beech woodwart fungus (Hypoxylon fragiforme) on a fallen twig on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, February 5, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3346/jpeg/16t.jpg) Close-up of corticioid fungus Rosellinia subiculata(?) on fallen sticks on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, February 19, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3417/jpeg/25t.jpg) Crowded parchment fungus (Stereum complicatum) on a fallen oak branch on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, October 28, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3337/jpeg/12t.jpg) Witches butter fungus (Exidia glandulosa) on a fallen tree on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, February 5, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3404/jpeg/04t.jpg) Cross section of soft white brackets of polypore mushroom Postia(?) on a fallen pine branch on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 5, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2627/jpeg/06t.jpg) Close-up of white corticioid (crust) fungus Athelia epiphylla on a fallen pine or oak on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, January 12, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2627/jpeg/05t.jpg) Texture of white corticioid (crust) fungus Athelia epiphylla on a fallen pine or oak on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, January 12, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2613/jpeg/10t.jpg) Tiny white cups of Ascomycete fungus Hyaloscypha britannica under a fallen pine on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 15, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3079/jpeg/33t.jpg) Light brown corticioid fungus Hyphoderma leoninum(?) with white margin on a fallen oak(?) on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 12, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3324/jpeg/12t.jpg) Spores of some white corticioid fungus from on a thinner stick of Yaupon holly, 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/2023/3337/jpeg/13t.jpg) Texture of witches butter fungus (Exidia glandulosa) on a fallen tree on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, February 5, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3337/jpeg/11t.jpg) Close-up of beech woodwart fungus (Hypoxylon fragiforme) on a fallen twig on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, February 5, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3143/jpeg/03t.jpg) White porous mushroom Oxyporus latemarginatus covering large area at the base of a standing tree on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 1, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3386/jpeg/09t.jpg) Brown corticioid fungus on an elm log in wet area on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 16, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3375/jpeg/18t.jpg) Fairy inkcap mushrooms (Coprinellus disseminatus) on a fallen tree on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 1, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2607/jpeg/07t.jpg) Brown velvety resupinate polypore mushroom Fuscoporia (Hymenochaetaceae) covering a fallen tree on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 1, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2816/jpeg/21t.jpg) Oak bracket fungus Pseudoinonotus dryadeus (Inonotus dryadeus) at the base of a sweetgum tree on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 13, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3434/jpeg/25t.jpg) Resupinate polypore mushroom Skeletocutis odora(?) covering a thick wet pine log on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) east from Trailhead No. 4 in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 25, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3427/jpeg/23t.jpg) Blue mould caused by fungus Penicillium italicum on a fallen and crashed fruit of trifoliate orange on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 18, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3143/jpeg/04t.jpg) Frothy porecrust fungus (Oxyporus latemarginatus) covering large area at the base of a standing tree on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 1, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3131/jpeg/25t.jpg) Orange-toothed crust fungus Steccherinum robustius on a fallen branch on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 16, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3386/jpeg/20t.jpg) Brown resupinate polypore mushroom on a fallen dry liana of trumpet vine (Campsis radicans) on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 16, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3349/jpeg/10t.jpg) Pink, with white margin resupinate polypore mushroom Rigidoporus vinctus (Physisporinus vinctus)(?) on a fallen elm tree on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, February 25, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3210/jpeg/14t.jpg) Orange resupinate polypore mushroom Fibroporia radiculosa covering large area on a big half-fallen branch of a pine on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, August 14, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3131/jpeg/18t.jpg) Warty spurge (Euphorbia spathulata) with white powdery mildew fungus Podosphaera euphorbiae on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 16, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3120/jpeg/21t.jpg) Young leaves of sweetgum in Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, March 20, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3450/jpeg/18t.jpg) Brown velvety resupinate polypore mushroom Fuscoporia (Hymenochaetaceae) with web-like fungus Sporophagomyces chrysostomus on a fallen hardwood tree on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 28, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3386/jpeg/21t.jpg) Close-up of brown resupinate polypore mushroom on a fallen dry liana of trumpet vine (Campsis radicans) on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 16, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3375/jpeg/30t.jpg) Large asco-spores of flowering fringe lichen (Heterodermia echinata) from a fallen oak twig, collected on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 1, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2685/jpeg/13t.jpg) Elastic polypore mushroom Wrightoporia avellanea or may be W. austrosinensis covering lower side of a pine log on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 10, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3131/jpeg/26t.jpg) Orange-toothed crust fungus Steccherinum robustius and a lichen on a fallen tree branch on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 16, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3131/jpeg/19t.jpg) Reticulate-seeded spurge (Euphorbia spathulata) infected by white powdery mildew fungus Podosphaera euphorbiae on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 16, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3131/jpeg/30t.jpg) Velvety brown crust of fungus Virgariella (mitosporic stage of Hypoxylon fuscum) on a fallen twig on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 16, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3386/jpeg/14t.jpg) Tiny soft granules of anamorph (asexual stage) of crust fungus Hypoxylon rubiginosum(?) on an elm log in wet area on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 16, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3386/jpeg/08t.jpg) Growth of tiny puffs of anamorph (asexual stage) of crust fungus Hypoxylon rubiginosum(?) on an elm log in wet area on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 16, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3386/jpeg/11t.jpg) Thin yellow crust of corticioid fungus Hypoxylon rubiginosum around tunnels of bark beetles on an elm log in wet area on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 16, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3349/jpeg/18t.jpg) Cross section of pink resupinate polypore fungus Rigidoporus vinctus (Physisporinus vinctus)(?) on a fallen elm tree on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, February 25, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3349/jpeg/07t.jpg) Pink resupinate polypore mushroom Rigidoporus vinctus (Physisporinus vinctus)(?) with some old black fungus on a fallen elm tree on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, February 25, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3323/jpeg/10t.jpg) Elder whitewash fungus (Xylodon sambuci) (upper side) and some white corticioid (lower side) on dry stems of Yaupon holly on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, January 7, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3323/jpeg/11t.jpg) Elder whitewash (Xylodon sambuci) (upper side) and some white corticioid fungus (lower side) on dry stems of Yaupon holly on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, January 7, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3349/jpeg/17t.jpg) More distant view of growth of pink resupinate polypore fungus Rigidoporus vinctus (Physisporinus vinctus)(?) on a fallen elm tree on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, February 25, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3386/jpeg/13t.jpg) Close-up of thin yellow crust of corticioid fungus Hypoxylon rubiginosum around tunnels of bark beetles on an elm log in wet area on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 16, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3386/jpeg/16t.jpg) Common puffball mushrooms (Lycoperdon perlatum) and early ringless honey fungus (Desarmillaria caespitosa, former D. tabescens)(?) on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 16, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3386/jpeg/12t.jpg) Details of thin yellow crust of corticioid fungus Hypoxylon rubiginosum around tunnels of bark beetles on an elm log in wet area on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 16, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3375/jpeg/29t.jpg) Spores (in KOH) of flowering fringe lichen (Heterodermia echinata) from a fallen oak twig (no picture of the lichen was taken), collected on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 1, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3419/jpeg/23t.jpg) White resupinate polypore mushroom Ceriporia(?) on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 4, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3386/jpeg/10t.jpg) Yellow corticioid fungus Hypoxylon rubiginosum together with is brown anamorph (asexual stage) around tunnels of bark beetles on an elm log in wet area on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 16, 2023
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