![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3385/jpeg/06t.jpg) Resupinate polypore mushroom Fibroporia radiculosa on underside of a pine log in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, April 15, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3385/jpeg/07t.jpg) Close-up of resupinate polypore mushroom Fibroporia radiculosa on underside of a pine log in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, April 15, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3385/jpeg/08t.jpg) Texture of resupinate polypore mushroom Fibroporia radiculosa on underside of a pine log in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, April 15, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3385/jpeg/10t.jpg) Cross section of resupinate polypore mushroom Fibroporia radiculosa on underside of a pine log in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, April 15, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3385/jpeg/09t.jpg) Fluffy margin of resupinate polypore mushroom Fibroporia radiculosa on underside of a pine log in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, April 15, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3385/jpeg/28t.jpg) Spores (in lugol) of a mushroom Hohenbuehelia auriscalpium(?) collected in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, April 15, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3385/jpeg/25t.jpg) Spores of a dry winter stalkball mushroom (Tulostoma fimbriatum) collected in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, April 15, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3210/jpeg/36t.jpg) Spores of resupinate polypore mushroom Fibroporia radiculosa from a pine log collected in Sam Houston National Forest a day before. Texas, August 15, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3386/jpeg/28t.jpg) Spores of a mushroom Hohenbuehelia auriscalpium(?) collected a day before in Bastrop State Park. Texas, April 16, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3385/jpeg/26t.jpg) Spores (in KOH) of dry earthstar mushrooms Astraeus hygrometricus collected in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, April 15, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3385/jpeg/27t.jpg) Spores (in KOH) of fieldcap mushrooms Agrocybe pediades collected in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, April 15, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3102/jpeg/12t.jpg) Spores of resupinate polypore mushroom Fibroporia radiculosa collected 1/26/2022 on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, January 27, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3386/jpeg/30t.jpg) Spores (in KOH) of a brown crust Tomentella-like fungus from a burned log, collected a day before in Bastrop State Park. Texas, April 16, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3386/jpeg/31t.jpg) Spores (in lugol) of a brown crust Tomentella-like fungus from a burned log, collected a day before in Bastrop State Park. Texas, April 16, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3331/jpeg/23t.jpg) Hyphae and spores of yellowish web-like fungus between soil and a wet log from Toad Pond, collected in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, January 21, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3331/jpeg/26t.jpg) Spores of arched earthstar mushrooms Geastrum quadrifidum or may be G. fornicatum collected in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, January 21, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3331/jpeg/25t.jpg) Spores (in KOH) of stalked puffball mushrooms Tulostoma fimbriatum(?) from sandy soil (spore light brown) collected in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, January 21, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3540/jpeg/28t.jpg) Spores (in KOH, spore print olive) of a mushroom Boletus ochraceoluteus(?) collected in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, May 17, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3331/jpeg/24t.jpg) Spores (in lugol) of stalked puffball mushrooms Tulostoma fimbriatum(?) from sandy soil (spore light brown) collected in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, January 21, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2778/jpeg/10t.jpg) Resupinate polypore mushroom Fibroporia radiculosa (Antrodia radiculosa) on a pine log on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, September 18, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2778/jpeg/11t.jpg) Close-up of resupinate polypore mushroom Fibroporia radiculosa (Antrodia radiculosa) on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, September 18, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3333/jpeg/16t.jpg) Spores (in KOH) of mushrooms Pholiota spumosa collected in Bastrop State Park a day before. Texas, January 22, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2745/jpeg/13t.jpg) Orange polypore mushroom Fibroporia radiculosa (Antrodia radiculosa) on a completely rotten pine log on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, July 31, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2745/jpeg/12t.jpg) Resupinate polypore mushroom Fibroporia radiculosa (Antrodia radiculosa) on a completely rotten pine log on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, July 31, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2745/jpeg/14t.jpg) Soft resupinate polypore mushroom Fibroporia radiculosa (Antrodia radiculosa) on a completely rotten pine log on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, July 31, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2745/jpeg/11t.jpg) Prostrate polypore mushroom Fibroporia radiculosa (Antrodia radiculosa) on a completely rotten pine log in bushes on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, July 31, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3102/jpeg/01t.jpg) Tissue of a resupinate polypore mushroom Fibroporia radiculosa collected 1/26/2022 from Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, January 26, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3102/jpeg/02t.jpg) Basidia of a resupinate polypore mushroom Fibroporia radiculosa collected 1/26/2022 from Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, January 26, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3333/jpeg/18t.jpg) Spores (in KOH) of common rustgill mushrooms (Gymnopilus penetrans) collected from a pine forest in Bastrop State Park a day before. Texas, January 22, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3046/jpeg/14t.jpg) Resupinate polypore mushroom Fibroporia radiculosa and its white spores covering a fallen pine on South Wilderness Loop Trail at Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest near Richards. Texas, October 23, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3333/jpeg/15t.jpg) Spores (in lugol) of mushrooms Pholiota spumosa (spore print dark brown) collected in Bastrop State Park a day before. Texas, January 22, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3333/jpeg/14t.jpg) Spores of conifer mazegill mushrooms (Gloeophyllum sepiarium) collected from a dried pine tree in Bastrop State Park a day before. Texas, January 22, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3333/jpeg/12t.jpg) Spores of white powdery corticioid fungus collected from oak trees in a dried Toad Pond in Bastrop State Park a day before. Texas, January 22, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3385/jpeg/02t.jpg) Mushroom Hohenbuehelia auriscalpium(?) from base of a burned pine in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, April 15, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3540/jpeg/31t.jpg) Spores of reddish mushrooms looking like Phaeocollybia jennyae, collected in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, May 17, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3540/jpeg/27t.jpg) Spores of brittlegill mushrooms Russula compacta collected in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, May 17, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3540/jpeg/26t.jpg) Spores of bolete mushrooms Xanthoconium stramineum collected in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, May 17, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3385/jpeg/01t.jpg) Underside of a mushroom Hohenbuehelia auriscalpium(?) from base of a burned pine in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, April 15, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3540/jpeg/24t.jpg) Spores of mushrooms Heliocybe sulcata from a dry stalk of horseweed? collected in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, May 17, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3540/jpeg/22t.jpg) Spores of a large false truffle Rhizopogon luteolus collected in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, May 17, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3540/jpeg/29t.jpg) Spores (in KOH) of dark Inocybe mushrooms from a trodden path, collected in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, May 17, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3333/jpeg/17t.jpg) Spores (in KOH) of common rustgill mushrooms (Gymnopilus penetrans) (spore print orange) collected from a pine forest in Bastrop State Park a day before. Texas, January 22, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3333/jpeg/13t.jpg) Spores (under a microscope, in lugol) of white powdery corticioid fungus collected from oak trees in a dried Toad Pond in Bastrop State Park a day before. Texas, January 22, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3540/jpeg/21t.jpg) Round spores inside asci of cup mushrooms Sphaerosporella brunnea collected in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, May 17, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3540/jpeg/25t.jpg) Spores of bolete mushrooms Strobilomyces dryophilus, near young pines, in KOH, collected in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, May 17, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3540/jpeg/30t.jpg) Spores (in lugol, spore print light brown)of larger Mallocybe mushrooms collected in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, May 17, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3540/jpeg/23t.jpg) Spores of mushrooms Amanita mutabilis under young pines, oaks, several times burned area, collected in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, May 17, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3540/jpeg/19t.jpg) Asci with spores of cup mushrooms Sphaerosporella brunnea under a microscope with x40 objective on a trodden path, mixed with old ash, collected in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, May 17, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3210/jpeg/23t.jpg) Tissues under a microscope (in Congo Red, low magnification) of a resupinate polypore mushroom Fibroporia radiculosa collected on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, August 14, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3210/jpeg/24t.jpg) Basidia and tissues under a microscope (x100 objective) of a resupinate polypore mushroom Fibroporia radiculosa collected on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, August 14, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3331/jpeg/20t.jpg) Tissues of white powdery corticioid fungus from Toad Pond collected in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, January 21, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3331/jpeg/21t.jpg) Hyphae of white powdery corticioid fungus from Toad Pond collected in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, January 21, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3331/jpeg/22t.jpg) Tissues (at low magnification) of yellowish web-like fungus between soil and a wet log from Toad Pond, collected in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, January 21, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2356/jpeg/04t.jpg) Soft orange polypore mushrooms Fibroporia radiculosa (Antrodia radiculosa) on underside of a fallen pine on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Huntsville, Texas, September 15, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3331/jpeg/19t.jpg) Tissues (at low magnification) of white powdery corticioid fungus from Toad Pond collected in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, January 21, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2356/jpeg/05t.jpg) Very soft orange prostrate polypore mushrooms Fibroporia radiculosa (Antrodia radiculosa) on underside of a fallen pine on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Huntsville, Texas, September 15, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2357/jpeg/22t.jpg) Details of resupinate orange polypore mushrooms Fibroporia radiculosa (Antrodia radiculosa) on underside of a fallen pine on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Huntsville, Texas, September 15, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2357/jpeg/19t.jpg) Close up of resupinate orange polypore mushrooms Fibroporia radiculosa (Antrodia radiculosa) on underside of a fallen pine on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Huntsville, Texas, September 15, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2357/jpeg/20t.jpg) Fluffy border of resupinate orange polypore mushrooms Fibroporia radiculosa (Antrodia radiculosa) on underside of a fallen pine on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Huntsville, Texas, September 15, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2357/jpeg/21t.jpg) White edge of resupinate orange polypore mushrooms Fibroporia radiculosa (Antrodia radiculosa) on underside of a fallen pine on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Huntsville, Texas, September 15, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3392/jpeg/13t.jpg) Spores of Amanita amerirubescens mushroom collected in Lick Creek Park two days before. College Station, Texas, April 23, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3317/jpeg/26t.jpg) Spores of a yellow resupinate polypore mushroom on a fallen oak, collected a day before in Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 2, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3317/jpeg/32t.jpg) Spores of resupinate polypore mushroom Perenniporia phloiophila collected a day before in Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 2, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3317/jpeg/29t.jpg) Spores of pink resupinate polypore mushroom Ceriporia(?) from a fallen oak, collected a day before in Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 2, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3360/jpeg/14t.jpg) Spores of a fieldcap (Agrocybe)(?) mushroom collected near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, March 8, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3024/jpeg/04t.jpg) Resupinate polypore mushroom Fibroporia radiculosa on a pine log on Winters Bayou Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Cleveland, Texas, September 18, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3400/jpeg/17t.jpg) Spores of common poria mushroom (smaller) from underside of a fallen oak collected a day before in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, April 30, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3388/jpeg/34t.jpg) Spores of polypore mushroom Bresadolia craterella (Polyporus craterellus) collected in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, April 19, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3400/jpeg/18t.jpg) Spores of common poria mushroom (larger) from underside of a fallen oak collected a day before in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, April 30, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3317/jpeg/30t.jpg) Spores (from second slide) of pink resupinate polypore mushroom Ceriporia(?) from a fallen oak, collected a day before in Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 2, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3317/jpeg/31t.jpg) Spores of creamy brown corticioid mushroom from a fallen branch of live oak, collected a day before in Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 2, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3317/jpeg/22t.jpg) Spores of bicoloured bracket mushroom (Vitreoporus dichrous) from a dried juniper, collected a day before in Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 2, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3317/jpeg/33t.jpg) Spores (with less applied pressure) of resupinate polypore mushroom Perenniporia phloiophila collected a day before in Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 2, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3316/jpeg/33t.jpg) Spores of Ascomycete mushroom Chorioactis geaster collected a day before in Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 2, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3385/jpeg/16t.jpg) Fruits of blackberry in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, April 15, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2835/jpeg/20t.jpg) Orange resupinate polypore mushroom Fibroporia radiculosa on underside of a pine log on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, December 24, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2835/jpeg/23t.jpg) Texture of resupinate polypore mushroom Fibroporia radiculosa under a rotting pine log on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, December 24, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3385/jpeg/04t.jpg) Queen s delight (Stillingia sylvatica) in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, April 15, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3331/jpeg/04t.jpg) Resupinate polypore mushroom on a fallen pine(?) in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, January 21, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3316/jpeg/32t.jpg) Spores of devil s cigar mushroom Chorioactis geaster collected a day before in Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 2, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3316/jpeg/31t.jpg) Spores (at low magnofication) of Ascomycete mushroom Chorioactis geaster collected a day before in Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 2, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3541/jpeg/23t.jpg) Spores (in KOH) of earthfan mushrooms (Thelephora terrestris) collected a day before in Bastrop State Park. Texas, May 18, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3385/jpeg/03t.jpg) Common fieldcap mushrooms (Agrocybe pediades) in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, April 15, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3385/jpeg/18t.jpg) Lace cactus (Echinocereus reichenbachii) near a trail in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, April 15, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3385/jpeg/05t.jpg) Blooming Queen s delight (Stillingia sylvatica) in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, April 15, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3385/jpeg/19t.jpg) Carpet of green moss on a burned site in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, April 15, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3331/jpeg/06t.jpg) Close-up of resupinate polypore mushroom on a fallen pine(?) in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, January 21, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3331/jpeg/05t.jpg) Texture of resupinate polypore mushroom on a fallen pine(?) in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, January 21, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2835/jpeg/21t.jpg) Soft orange resupinate polypore mushroom Fibroporia radiculosa on a rotting pine log on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, December 24, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2400/jpeg/05t.jpg) Orange resupinate polypore mushroom Fibroporia radiculosa on a pine log on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, November 11, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2835/jpeg/24t.jpg) Orange pores of soft resupinate mushroom Fibroporia radiculosa on a rotting pine log on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, December 24, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2835/jpeg/19t.jpg) Close-up of orange resupinate polypore mushroom Fibroporia radiculosa on underside of a pine log on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, December 24, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2400/jpeg/06t.jpg) Orange resupinate polypore mushroom Fibroporia radiculosa on a pine log on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, November 11, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2400/jpeg/07t.jpg) Prostrate resupinate polypore mushroom Fibroporia radiculosa on a pine log on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, November 11, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3392/jpeg/16t.jpg) Spores of Laxitextum bicolor mushroom collected in Little Thicket Nature Sanctuary a day before. Texas, April 23, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3392/jpeg/22t.jpg) Spores from a mushroom Flammulaster erinaceellus collected in Little Thicket Nature Sanctuary a day before. Texas, April 23, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3385/jpeg/15t.jpg) Flower buds on a pad of prickly pear cactus (Opuntia) in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, April 15, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3385/jpeg/11t.jpg) Brown Tomentella-like corticioid fungus on underside of a pine(?) log in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, April 15, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3385/jpeg/21t.jpg) Dried barometer earthstar mushrooms (Astraeus hygrometricus) in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, April 15, 2023
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