 Lace cactus (Echinocereus reichenbachii) near a trail in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, April 15, 2023
 Echinocereus reichenbachii (lace cactus) with fire ant mounds at Lost Pines Trail in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, March 19, 2022
 Echinocereus reichenbachii (lace cactus) in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, March 17, 2018
 Lace cactus (Echinocereus reichenbachii) at Lost Pines Loop Trail in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, July 28, 2018
 Lace cactus (Echinocereus reichenbachii) on Freshman Mountain in Enchanted Rock State Natural Area. Fredericksburg, Texas, December 25, 2018
 Lace cactus (Echinocereus reichenbachii) in TAMU Horticultural Gardens in Texas A and M University. College Station, Texas, April 5, 2008
 Blooming Lace cactus (Echinocereus reichenbachii) in TAMU Horticultural Gardens in Texas A and M University. College Station, Texas, April 26, 2009
 Fire ant mound in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, September 15, 2012
 Lace cactus (Echinocereus reichenbachii) in TAMU Horticultural Gardens in Texas A and M University. College Station, Texas, January 27, 2009
 Flower buds on a pad of prickly pear cactus (Opuntia) in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, April 15, 2023
 Green flower buds of prickly pear cactus (Opuntia) in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, April 15, 2023
 Sand mound in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, December 25, 2011
 Crust like caps of postfire root rot (pine-fire cushion) ascomycete mushrooms Rhizina undulata on burned ground in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, April 21, 2012
 Red berries and leaves of Yaupon holly cut by ants in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, December 25, 2021
 Burrow of harvester ants on a sandy trail in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, November 28, 2019
 Mound of fire ants on Post Oak Trail in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, April 20, 2008
 Mound of fire ants near Post Oak Trail in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, April 20, 2008
 Harvester ants with plant seeds on a sandy trail in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, November 28, 2019
 Soil discolored by fire in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, December 17, 2011
 Place of a recent fire in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, March 17, 2018
 Red soil revealed by fire in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, December 25, 2011
 Stones cracked by fire in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, December 17, 2011
 Rocks crumbled by fire in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, December 17, 2011
 Rock split by fire in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, December 17, 2011
 Forest damaged by fire in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, December 17, 2011
 Harvester ants carrying plant seeds on a sandy trail in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, November 28, 2019
 Pine forest cleaned by fire in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, December 17, 2011
 Tree trunk damaged by fire in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, December 17, 2011
 Leaf cutter ants highway with berries and leaves of Yaupon holly in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, December 25, 2021
 Old camping trash disposal revealed by fire in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, December 25, 2011
 Vintage iridescent glass revealed by fire in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, December 25, 2011
 Vintage camping trash revealed by fire in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, December 25, 2011
 Stone broken by fire near Scenic Overlook Trail in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, December 25, 2011
 A creek near Lost Pines Overlook cleaned by fire in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, December 17, 2011
 Vintage vacuum tube in camping trash revealed by fire in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, December 25, 2011
 Burnt forest near Lost Pines Overlook cleaned by fire in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, December 17, 2011
 Creek bottom near Lost Pines Overlook cleaned by fire in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, December 17, 2011
 Southern section of Scenic Overlook Trail relatively intact after a fire in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, December 25, 2011
 Burnt creek near Lost Pines Overlook cleaned by fire in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, December 17, 2011
 Fire fungus Anthracobia melaloma on a site of a recent prescribed burn in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, February 23, 2020
 Vintage spirit bottles in old trash disposal site revealed by fire in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, December 17, 2011
 View from Scenic Overlook Trail with old stone latrine in foreground revealed by fire in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, December 25, 2011
 CCC Water Fountain revealed by fire on eastern side of Scenic Overlook Trail in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, December 25, 2011
 Orange cups of fire fungus Anthracobia melaloma on a site of a recent burn in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, February 23, 2020
 Vintage Coca Cola and Duraglass bottles in a trash pile revealed by fire in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, December 25, 2011
 Orange fire fungus Anthracobia melaloma on sandy soil of burnt site in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, February 23, 2020
 Close-up of fire fungus Anthracobia melaloma on sandy soil of burnt site in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, February 23, 2020
 Orangish cups of fire fungus Anthracobia melaloma on sandy soil with charcoal in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, February 23, 2020
 Old latrine near Scenic Overlook Trail revealed by fire after burning away thick undergrowth in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, December 25, 2011
 Fire fungus Anthracobia melaloma together with green algae on a site of a recent prescribed burn in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, February 23, 2020
 Close-up of orange cups of fire fungus Anthracobia melaloma on a site of a recent burn in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, February 23, 2020
 Orangish cups of fire fungus Anthracobia melaloma on a site of a recent prescribed burn in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, February 23, 2020
 Orangish cups of fire fungus Anthracobia melaloma on sandy soil of burnt site in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, February 23, 2020
 Vintage Coca Cola and Duraglass bottles in old trash disposal site revealed by fire in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, December 17, 2011
 Orangish cups of fire fungus Anthracobia melaloma on a site of a recent prescribed burn in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, February 23, 2020
 Orange cups of fire fungus Anthracobia melaloma on sandy soil after a recent prescribed burn in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, February 23, 2020
 Fruits of blackberry in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, April 15, 2023
 Texas leaf cutting ants (Atta texana) with fruits of beautyberry in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, October 13, 2019
 Texas leaf cutting ants (Atta texana) with yaupon leaves in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, November 28, 2019
 Yaupon berries cut by Texas leaf cutting ants (Atta texana) in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, November 28, 2019
 Texas leaf cutting ants (Atta texana) carrying yaupon leaves in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, November 28, 2019
 Texas leaf cutting ants (Atta texana) carrying fruits of beautyberry in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, October 13, 2019
 Texas leaf cutting ants (Atta texana) with fruits on a sandy path in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, October 13, 2019
 Queen s delight (Stillingia sylvatica) in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, April 15, 2023
 Orangish cups of fire fungus Anthracobia melaloma together with green algae on a site of a recent prescribed burn in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, February 23, 2020
 Cup fungi Disciotis venosa(?) on burnt ground damaged by a recent fire near Lost Pines Loop Trail in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, February 28, 2021
 Masses of Yaupon berries collected by Texas leaf cutting ants (Atta texana) in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, November 28, 2019
 Blooming Queen s delight (Stillingia sylvatica) in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, April 15, 2023
 Carpet of green moss on a burned site in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, April 15, 2023
 Common fieldcap mushrooms (Agrocybe pediades) in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, April 15, 2023
 Side view of Ascomycete mushrooms Peziza ammophila in a roadside depression on sandy soil in area of a past fire in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, December 25, 2021
 Dried barometer earthstar mushrooms (Astraeus hygrometricus) in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, April 15, 2023
 Last year barometer earthstar mushrooms (Astraeus hygrometricus) in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, April 15, 2023
 Spores (in KOH) of dry earthstar mushrooms Astraeus hygrometricus collected in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, April 15, 2023
 Spores (in KOH) of fieldcap mushrooms Agrocybe pediades collected in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, April 15, 2023
 Mature barometer earthstar mushrooms (Astraeus hygrometricus) in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, April 15, 2023
 Spores (in lugol) of a mushroom Hohenbuehelia auriscalpium(?) collected in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, April 15, 2023
 Brown Tomentella-like corticioid fungus on underside of a pine(?) log in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, April 15, 2023
 Mushroom Hohenbuehelia auriscalpium(?) from base of a burned pine in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, April 15, 2023
 Spores of a dry winter stalkball mushroom (Tulostoma fimbriatum) collected in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, April 15, 2023
 Resupinate polypore mushroom Fibroporia radiculosa on underside of a pine log in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, April 15, 2023
 Close-up of brown Tomentella-like corticioid fungus on underside of a pine(?) log in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, April 15, 2023
 Underside of a mushroom Hohenbuehelia auriscalpium(?) from base of a burned pine in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, April 15, 2023
 White and blue flowers of Venus looking glass (Triodanis perfoliata) in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, April 15, 2023
 Ascomycete (cup) fungus Disciotis venosa(?) damaged by a recent fire on ashes of a last year burn near Lost Pines Loop Trail in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, February 28, 2021
 Close-up of resupinate polypore mushroom Fibroporia radiculosa on underside of a pine log in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, April 15, 2023
 Texture of resupinate polypore mushroom Fibroporia radiculosa on underside of a pine log in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, April 15, 2023
 Fire ants mound in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, March 19, 2010.
 Cross section of resupinate polypore mushroom Fibroporia radiculosa on underside of a pine log in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, April 15, 2023
 Fluffy margin of resupinate polypore mushroom Fibroporia radiculosa on underside of a pine log in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, April 15, 2023
 Orange cups of fire fungus Anthracobia melaloma together with dark-brown cup fungus Ascobolus carbonarius on a site of a recent burn in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, February 23, 2020
 Dark-brown cup fungus Ascobolus carbonarius and orange cups of fire fungus Anthracobia melaloma on a site of a recent burn in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, February 23, 2020
 Dark-brown cup fungus Ascobolus carbonarius and orange cups of fire fungus Anthracobia melaloma together with green algae on a site of a recent burn in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, February 23, 2020
 Resupinate polypore mushroom on a fallen pine(?) in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, January 21, 2023
 Multicolored lichens on sandstone of Lost Pines Overlook in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, January 21, 2023
 Close-up of resupinate polypore mushroom on a fallen pine(?) in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, January 21, 2023
 Texture of resupinate polypore mushroom on a fallen pine(?) in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, January 21, 2023
 Underside of conifer mazegill mushrooms (Gloeophyllum sepiarium) in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, January 21, 2023
 Rosette lichen (Physcia) on sandstone of Lost Pines Overlook in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, January 21, 2023
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