![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3399/jpeg/37t.jpg) Hairy rubber cup mushrooms (Galiella rufa) in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, April 30, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3399/jpeg/36t.jpg) Hairy rubber cup mushrooms (Galiella rufa) on an oak twig in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, April 30, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2693/jpeg/31t.jpg) Close-up of rufous rubber cup mushrooms Galiella rufa (Bulgaria rufa) on a piece of wood in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, April 25, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3401/jpeg/27t.jpg) Spores of hairy rubber cup mushrooms (Galiella rufa) collected in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest a day before. Texas, May 1, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2693/jpeg/32t.jpg) Rufous rubber cup mushrooms Galiella rufa (Bulgaria rufa) on a piece of wood in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, April 25, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3401/jpeg/29t.jpg) Spores (in Melzer) of hairy rubber cup mushrooms (Galiella rufa) collected in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest a day before. Texas, May 1, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2718/jpeg/23t.jpg) Hairy rubber cup fungus (Galiella rufa) on submerged sticks in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, May 30, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3401/jpeg/28t.jpg) Spores (in Melzer, low magnification) of hairy rubber cup mushrooms (Galiella rufa) collected in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest a day before. Texas, May 1, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3399/jpeg/38t.jpg) Ascomycete mushrooms Galiella rufa in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, April 30, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3399/jpeg/39t.jpg) Cross section of Ascomycete mushrooms Galiella rufa in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, April 30, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3407/jpeg/26t.jpg) Hairy rubber cup fungus (Galiella rufa) in Hensel Park. College Station, Texas, May 8, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3407/jpeg/19t.jpg) Hairy rubber cup fungus (Galiella rufa) on fallen oak twigs in Hensel Park. College Station, Texas, May 8, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3407/jpeg/28t.jpg) Upper view of hairy rubber cup fungus (Galiella rufa) in Hensel Park. College Station, Texas, May 8, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3400/jpeg/30t.jpg) Spores of Ascomycete fungus Galiella rufa collected in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, April 30, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3407/jpeg/20t.jpg) Young hairy rubber cup fungus (Galiella rufa) together with some tiny Gymnopus in Hensel Park. College Station, Texas, May 8, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3407/jpeg/29t.jpg) Upper view of a cluster of hairy rubber cup fungus (Galiella rufa) in Hensel Park. College Station, Texas, May 8, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3400/jpeg/15t.jpg) Asci at low magnification of Ascomycete fungus Galiella rufa collected in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, April 30, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3400/jpeg/29t.jpg) Spores of Ascomycete fungus Galiella rufa at low magnification, collected in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, April 30, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3400/jpeg/16t.jpg) Asci and paraphyses of Ascomycete fungus Galiella rufa collected in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, April 30, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2523/jpeg/08t.jpg) Close up of rufous rubber cup mushroom Galiella rufa (Bulgaria rufa) on a fallen oak branch on a property at 5369 Farm to Market Road 770 near Kountze. Texas, June 8, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2523/jpeg/07t.jpg) Rufous rubber cup mushrooms Galiella rufa (Bulgaria rufa) on a fallen oak branch on a property at 5369 Farm to Market Road 770 near Kountze. Texas, June 8, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2523/jpeg/09t.jpg) Rufous rubber cup mushrooms Galiella rufa (Bulgaria rufa) on a rotting oak branch on a property at 5369 Farm to Market Road 770 near Kountze. Texas, June 8, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2523/jpeg/05t.jpg) Rufous rubber cup mushroom Galiella rufa (Bulgaria rufa) on a fallen oak branch on a property at 5369 Farm to Market Road 770 near Kountze. Texas, June 8, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3399/jpeg/09t.jpg) Close-up of mushrooms Agrocybe acericola in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, April 30, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3399/jpeg/21t.jpg) Close-up of green cups of Ascomycete fungus Catinella olivacea on underside of a thick pine log in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, April 30, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2484/jpeg/30t.jpg) Close up of orange mushrooms Mitrula lunulatospora in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, April 20, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3399/jpeg/07t.jpg) Mushrooms Agrocybe acericola in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, April 30, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2484/jpeg/16t.jpg) Close up of Xylaria magnoliae mushrooms on a magnolia cone in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, April 20, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3400/jpeg/01t.jpg) Mushrooms Hohenbuehelia angustata on a decomposing oak log in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, April 30, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2484/jpeg/09t.jpg) Close up of ascomycete mushrooms Phaeohelotium epiphyllum (Hymenoscyphus epiphyllus) in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, April 20, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3399/jpeg/10t.jpg) Cross section of mushrooms Agrocybe acericola in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, April 30, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3399/jpeg/28t.jpg) Gills of pinkgill mushrooms Entoloma subradiatum in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, April 30, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3399/jpeg/08t.jpg) Side view of mushrooms Agrocybe acericola in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, April 30, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3400/jpeg/03t.jpg) Gills of mushrooms Hohenbuehelia angustata on a decomposing oak log in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, April 30, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3399/jpeg/12t.jpg) Bear Lentinus mushrooms (Lentinellus ursinus) on an oak(?) log in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, April 30, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3400/jpeg/02t.jpg) Caps of mushrooms Hohenbuehelia angustata on a decomposing oak log in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, April 30, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3399/jpeg/15t.jpg) Close-up of guttation (water droplets) on a resupinate form of brown-staining cheese polypore mushroom (Fuscopostia fragilis) on a pine log in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, April 30, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3399/jpeg/06t.jpg) Mushrooms Agrocybe acericola under a magnolia tree near the creek, in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, April 30, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3399/jpeg/26t.jpg) Pinkgill mushrooms Entoloma subradiatum(?) on a slope near the creek, on rich wet soil, in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, April 30, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3399/jpeg/34t.jpg) Dark oysterling mushrooms Anthracophyllum lateritium on a small living elm tree in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, April 30, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3399/jpeg/27t.jpg) Caps of pinkgill mushrooms Entoloma subradiatum on a slope near the creek, on rich wet soil, in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, April 30, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3399/jpeg/33t.jpg) Dark oysterling mushrooms Anthracophyllum lateritium on bark of a small living elm tree in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, April 30, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3031/jpeg/17t.jpg) Hairy curtain crust mushrooms (Stereum hirsutum) on a fallen tree together with fruits of passion flower in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest near Shepherd. Texas, October 3, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3032/jpeg/17t.jpg) Hairy cap of a mushroom Xylobolus subpileatus in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest near Shepherd. Texas, October 3, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2693/jpeg/09t.jpg) Close-up of gills of Hohenbuehelia mushroom on a small log in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, April 25, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3399/jpeg/03t.jpg) Cap of mushroom Tricholomopsis flammula in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, April 30, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2484/jpeg/02t.jpg) Close up of flowers of Virginia sweetspire (Itea virginica) in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, April 20, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3399/jpeg/02t.jpg) Underside of mushroom Tricholomopsis flammula in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, April 30, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3399/jpeg/01t.jpg) Mushroom Tricholomopsis flammula on beech roots in area with no grass, near the creek, in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, April 30, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3032/jpeg/07t.jpg) Close up of mushrooms Hymenochaete iodina in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest near Shepherd. Texas, October 3, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3032/jpeg/16t.jpg) Close-up of mushrooms Xylobolus subpileatus in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest near Shepherd. Texas, October 3, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2580/jpeg/10t.jpg) Close up of milkcap mushrooms Lactarius frustratus in a swampy area near the creek in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, October 20, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2252/jpeg/03t.jpg) Close up of crust fungus Camillea punctulata(?) on a fallen branch in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, April 28, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3399/jpeg/35t.jpg) Polypore mushroom Trametes lactinea on a stump in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, April 30, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3399/jpeg/29t.jpg) Large milkcap mushroom Lactifluus allardii in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, April 30, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3399/jpeg/04t.jpg) Polypore mushroom Microporellus dealbatus on a stump in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, April 30, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2389/jpeg/11t.jpg) Close up of webcap mushrooms Cortinarius collinitus in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, October 28, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3399/jpeg/05t.jpg) Polypore mushroom Microporellus dealbatus and its underside surface in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, April 30, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3399/jpeg/30t.jpg) Underside of a large milkcap mushroom Lactifluus allardii in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, April 30, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3399/jpeg/32t.jpg) Gills of a large milkcap mushroom Lactifluus allardii in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, April 30, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2772/jpeg/33t.jpg) Close-up of caps of mature mushrooms Pluteus longistriatus on an oak log in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, September 12, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3399/jpeg/31t.jpg) Cross section of a large milkcap mushroom Lactifluus allardii in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, April 30, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2978/jpeg/19t.jpg) Close-up of gills of peppery milkcap mushrooms (Lactarius piperatus) in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, July 10, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2406/jpeg/26t.jpg) Close up of turkeytail mushrooms (Trametes versicolor) on a fallen tree in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, November 23, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2978/jpeg/09t.jpg) Hairy surface of cloud ear jelly mushroom (Auricularia nigricans) on a big stump of a broken tree, could be elm, in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, July 10, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3399/jpeg/19t.jpg) Pattern of Ascomycete fungus Catinella olivacea on underside of a thick pine log in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, April 30, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3032/jpeg/21t.jpg) Close-up of small mushrooms Panellus pusillus on a split rotting tree in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest near Shepherd. Texas, October 3, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2633/jpeg/21t.jpg) Close-up of small soft button-like polypore mushrooms on underside of a pine log in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, January 19, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3031/jpeg/12t.jpg) Close-up of bracket polypore mushrooms Trametes nivosa on a small elm tree near the creek in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest near Shepherd. Texas, October 3, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3399/jpeg/20t.jpg) Green cups of Ascomycete fungus Catinella olivacea on underside of a thick pine log in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, April 30, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3399/jpeg/11t.jpg) Magnolia-cone Xylaria fungus (Xylaria magnoliae) in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, April 30, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3399/jpeg/24t.jpg) Milkcap mushroom Lactifluus petersenii (Lactarius petersenii)(?) in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, April 30, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3399/jpeg/18t.jpg) Tiny green cup fungus Catinella olivacea on underside of a thick half-decomposed pine log in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, April 30, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3399/jpeg/23t.jpg) Young growth of elastic polypore mushroom (Wrightoporia avellanea) on underside of a thick pine log in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, April 30, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3399/jpeg/22t.jpg) Decomposing of green cups of Ascomycete fungus Catinella olivacea on underside of a thick pine log in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, April 30, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2484/jpeg/26t.jpg) Group of orange mushrooms Mitrula lunulatospora in seepage area near the creek in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, April 20, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2484/jpeg/24t.jpg) Pale pinkish orange mushrooms Mitrula lunulatospora in wet area near the creek in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, April 20, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3399/jpeg/25t.jpg) Underside of milkcap mushroom Lactifluus petersenii (Lactarius petersenii)(?) in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, April 30, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2978/jpeg/12t.jpg) Close-up of mushrooms Phleogena faginea on a large stump 0.7 m above ground, growing from cracks of bark in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, July 10, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3032/jpeg/31t.jpg) Close-up of small blushing bracket mushrooms (Daedaleopsis confragosa) on fallen magnolia twigs in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest near Shepherd. Texas, October 3, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2484/jpeg/25t.jpg) Pale pinkish orange mushrooms Mitrula lunulatospora in seepage area near the creek in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, April 20, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2693/jpeg/03t.jpg) Relatively large Hohenbuehelia mushrooms on a small log in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, April 25, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2693/jpeg/07t.jpg) Caps of Hohenbuehelia mushrooms on a small log in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, April 25, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3396/jpeg/08t.jpg) Close-up of underside surface of hairy curtain crust mushrooms (Stereum hirsutum) on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, April 28, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2850/jpeg/18t.jpg) Close-up of polypore mushrooms Neoantrodia serialis (Antrodia serialis)(?) on a pine log in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, January 16, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3399/jpeg/16t.jpg) Resupinate form of brown-staining cheese polypore mushroom (Fuscopostia fragilis) on a vertically cut surface of a pine log in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, April 30, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2693/jpeg/29t.jpg) Magnolia cone mushrooms Xylaria magnoliae in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, April 25, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2484/jpeg/15t.jpg) Xylaria magnoliae mushrooms on a magnolia cone in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, April 20, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2693/jpeg/28t.jpg) Magnolia cones with Xylaria magnoliae mushrooms in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, April 25, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2252/jpeg/08t.jpg) Amethyst deceiver mushrooms (Laccaria amethystina) in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, April 28, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3032/jpeg/27t.jpg) Close-up of gills of pale oyster mushrooms (Pleurotus pulmonarius)(?) on a living American beech tree near its base in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest near Shepherd. Texas, October 3, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2886/jpeg/31t.jpg) Close-up of lichen Cryptothecia striata in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, March 20, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2484/jpeg/28t.jpg) Orange mushrooms Mitrula lunulatospora on wet leaves near the creek in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, April 20, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3399/jpeg/13t.jpg) Guttation (water droplets) on a resupinate form of brown-staining cheese polypore mushroom (Fuscopostia fragilis) on a pine log in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, April 30, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3399/jpeg/17t.jpg) Pattern of resupinate form of brown-staining cheese polypore mushroom (Fuscopostia fragilis) on a vertically cut surface of a pine log in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, April 30, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2693/jpeg/30t.jpg) Masses of Xylaria magnoliae mushrooms on a magnolia cones in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, April 25, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2252/jpeg/12t.jpg) Cinnabar-red chanterelle mushrooms (Cantharellus cinnabarinus or may be C. texensis) in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, April 28, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2252/jpeg/06t.jpg) Hoof mushrooms Fomes fasciatus on a fallen tree in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, April 28, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3064/jpeg/17t.jpg) Close-up of teeth of a mushroom Climacodon pulcherrimus on a log in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, November 21, 2021
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