 Golden reishi mushrooms (Ganoderma curtisii) collected in Pole Creek area of Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, August 6, 2023
 Shiny upper surface of golden reishi mushrooms (Ganoderma curtisii) collected in Pole Creek area of Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, August 6, 2023
 Dried golden reishi mushroom (Ganoderma curtisii) at the base of a sycamore tree on Winters Bayou Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Cleveland, Texas, August 22, 2020
 Underside of golden reishi mushrooms (Ganoderma curtisii) at the base of a dry honey locust tree in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, July 5, 2020
 Golden reishi mushrooms (Ganoderma curtisii) near an oak tree in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, June 1, 2021
 Golden reishi mushrooms (Ganoderma curtisii) at the base of a dry honey locust tree in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, July 5, 2020
 Golden reishi mushroom (Ganoderma curtisii) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, November 1, 2024
 Golden reishi mushrooms (Ganoderma curtisii) at the base of a dry honey locust tree, with several younger mushrooms growing around on the soil in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, July 5, 2020
 Golden reishi mushroom (Ganoderma curtisii) on a tree base in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 26, 2020
 Golden reishi mushroom (Ganoderma curtisii) in ultraviolet light in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, October 16, 2024
 Golden reishi mushroom (Ganoderma curtisii) near a stump in ultraviolet light in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, October 23, 2024
 Golden reishi mushroom (Ganoderma curtisii) with grass both in natural light and under 365 nm ultraviolet (UV-A) blacklight in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, October 23, 2024
 Golden reishi mushroom (Ganoderma curtisii) when exposed to regular daylight as well as when illuminated by a 365 nm ultraviolet (UV-A) blacklight in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, October 23, 2024
 Young golden reishi mushroom (Ganoderma curtisii) near a stump when exposed to regular daylight as well as when illuminated by a 365 nm ultraviolet (UV-A) blacklight in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, October 16, 2024
 Golden reishi mushroom (Ganoderma curtisii) on pieces of wood near a stump when exposed to regular daylight as well as when illuminated by a 365 nm ultraviolet (UV-A) blacklight in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, October 23, 2024
 Underside of mature polypore mushrooms Ganoderma curtisii f. meredithiae (Ganoderma meredithiae) under pines on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, April 6, 2020
 Lingzhi or reishi mushrooms (Ganoderma curtisii) on Chinquapin Trail in Huntsville State Park. Texas, November 3, 2013
 Lingzhi or reishi mushrooms (Ganoderma curtisii) on Park Hudson Trail South. Bryan, Texas, December 20, 2013
 Reishi-like polypore mushrooms Ganoderma sessile on a hardwood 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
 Mature polypore mushrooms Ganoderma curtisii f. meredithiae (Ganoderma meredithiae) under pines on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, April 6, 2020
 Bright golden yellow mushroom Pulveroboletus curtisii (Boletus curtisii) on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, October 19, 2013
 Underside of mushrooms Pseudomerulius curtisii (Meiorganum curtisii) under a pine log on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, January 12, 2020
 Polypore mushroom Ganoderma curtisii f. meredithiae (Ganoderma meredithiae) on a side of an old railroad grade(?) in a pine forest on Winters Bayou Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Cleveland, Texas, November 24, 2019
 Cap of a polypore mushroom Ganoderma curtisii f. meredithiae (Ganoderma meredithiae) found on a side of an old railroad grade(?) in a pine forest on Winters Bayou Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Cleveland, Texas, November 24, 2019
 Bolete mushroom Pulveroboletus curtisii in Pole Creek area of Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 16, 2022
 Underside of golden yellow bolete mushroom Pulveroboletus curtisii on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, September 11, 2022
 Side view of a bolete mushroom Pulveroboletus curtisii in Pole Creek area of Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 16, 2022
 Reishi polypore mushrooms (Ganoderma lucidum) near Lisiy Nos. West from Saint Petersburg, Russia, August 26, 2018
 Black blister beetle ( from Pole Creek area of Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, August 6, 2023
 Some grass with yellow spots on leaves from Pole Creek area of Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, August 6, 2023
 Close-up of some grass with yellow spots on leaves from Pole Creek area of Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, August 6, 2023
 Spores of hairy curtain crust mushrooms (Stereum hirsutum) collected a day before near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, April 29, 2023
 Golden ear mushrooms (Tremella aurantia) on a fallen oak branch 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 polypore bracket mushroom Ganoderma lobatum in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, June 26, 2019
 Mushrooms Pseudomerulius curtisii (Meiorganum curtisii) under a pine log on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 2, 2020
 Mushrooms Pseudomerulius curtisii (Meiorganum curtisii) under a pine log on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, January 12, 2020
 Spores of elastic resupinate polypore fungus Wrightoporia avellanea from underside of a thick pine log, collected in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest a day before. Texas, May 1, 2023
 Spores of polypore mushrooms Trichaptum sector from an oak log collected near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, August 20, 2022
 Spores of mushrooms Leucocoprinus cepistipes from a fallen oak collected near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, August 20, 2022
 Details of mushrooms Pseudomerulius curtisii (Meiorganum curtisii) under a pine log on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, January 12, 2020
 Mushrooms Pseudomerulius curtisii (Meiorganum curtisii) growing under a pine log on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, January 12, 2020
 Texture of mushrooms Pseudomerulius curtisii (Meiorganum curtisii) on a pine log on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 2, 2020
 Gills of mushrooms Pseudomerulius curtisii (Meiorganum curtisii) under a pine log on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, January 12, 2020
 Spores of mushrooms Climacodon pulcherrimus from a large fallen oak collected Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, April 28, 2023
 Spores and basidia of Pluteus(?) mushrooms from the base of a burned oak collected Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, April 28, 2023
 Cystidia and basidia of Pluteus(?) mushrooms from the base of a burned oak collected Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, April 28, 2023
 Underside of bolete mushrooms with reddish pore Boletus flammans(?) in Pole Creek area of Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 16, 2022
 Gills texture of mushrooms Pseudomerulius curtisii (Meiorganum curtisii) under a pine log on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, January 12, 2020
 Cluster of mushrooms Pseudomerulius curtisii (Meiorganum curtisii) under a fallen pine on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, January 12, 2020
 Velvety caps of mushrooms Pseudomerulius curtisii (Meiorganum curtisii) under a pine log on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, January 12, 2020
 Orange caps of mushrooms Pseudomerulius curtisii (Meiorganum curtisii) under a pine log on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, January 12, 2020
 Spores of Trametes ochracea polypore mushrooms collected in Pole Creek area of Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery a day before. Texas, September 4, 2022
 Underside of hairy curtain crust mushrooms (Stereum hirsutum) together with Xylaria on a fallen oak on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, April 28, 2023
 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
 Underside surface of mushrooms Punctularia strigosozonata on a fallen oak on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, August 5, 2020
 Spores and basidia at low magnification of Pluteus(?) mushrooms from the base of a burned oak collected Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, April 28, 2023
 Spores of small mushrooms Marasmius delectans(?) from pine litter collected near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, August 20, 2022
 Underside of a polypore mushroom Ganoderma sessile when exposed to regular daylight as well as when illuminated by a 365 nm ultraviolet (UV-A) blacklight collected on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, September 13, 2024
 Spores of Neohygrocybe(?) mushrooms (spore print white, may be slight brown), collected Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, April 28, 2023
 Spores of bolete mushrooms Austroboletus subflavidus (stacked image) collected in Pole Creek area of Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 16, 2022
 Dark brown dried underside of mushrooms Punctularia strigosozonata on a fallen oak on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, August 5, 2020
 Reishi mushroom (Ganoderma lucidum) on a fallen birch near Lisiy Nos, south from Saint Petersburg. Russia, August 17, 2018
 Lingzhi or reishi mushroom (Ganoderma lucidum) on a birch log near Lisiy Nos. West from Saint Petersburg, Russia, August 26, 2018
 Spores of bolete mushrooms Boletellus ananas (in KOH, spore print is black) collected in Pole Creek area of Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 16, 2022
 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
 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 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
 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
 Spores (in lugol) of golden corticioid fungus from a burned pine collected in Sam Houston National Forest a day before. Texas, February 19, 2023
 Spores (in Melzer) of golden corticioid fungus from a burned pine collected in Sam Houston National Forest a day before. Texas, February 19, 2023
 Spores of mushrooms Agrocybe acericola collected in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest a day before. Texas, May 1, 2023
 Puffball mushroom Lycoperdon curtisii (Vascellum curtisii) pulcherrimum(?) in Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, September 28, 2013
 Spores of bolete mushrooms Austroboletus subflavidus (in KOH, spore print dark is rusty brown) collected in Pole Creek area of Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 16, 2022
 Spores from white dusty fungus from fallen oak, collected near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, February 21, 2023
 Spores of mushrooms Agrocybe acericola at low magnification, collected in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest a day before. Texas, May 1, 2023
 Spores of mushrooms Hohenbuehelia angustata from an oak(?) log, collected in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, April 30, 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 (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 (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 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 (in Congo Red) of fungus Leucogloe compressa from pine log, collected near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, February 6, 2023
 Spores and basidia of mushroom Agaricus auricolor from Forest Service Rd 231 collected Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, April 28, 2023
 Spores of tooth mushrooms Irpex subrawakensis (Steccherinum subrawakense)(?) from a fallen oak, 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
 Spores of hydnoid mushrooms Irpex subrawakensis (Steccherinum subrawakense)(?) from a fallen oak, 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
 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
 Spores (in KOH) of pinkgill mushrooms Entoloma subradiatum(?) collected in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, April 30, 2023
 Basidia of pinkgill mushrooms Entoloma subradiatum(?) collected in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, April 30, 2023
 Spores and basidia at low magnification of mushroom Agaricus auricolor from Forest Service Rd 231 collected Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, April 28, 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
 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
 Underside of mushroom Agaricus auricolor on Forest Service Rd 231, on gravel side, with needles, leaves, without grass, on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, April 28, 2023
 Underside and cap surface of bolete mushrooms Buchwaldoboletus hemichrysus near a pine tree 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 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
 Hyphae and spores of pinkgill mushrooms Entoloma subradiatum(?) collected in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, April 30, 2023
 Tissues at low magnification of pinkgill mushrooms Entoloma subradiatum(?) collected in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, April 30, 2023
 Spores of mushrooms Lentinellus ursinus, from oak or pine log, collected 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 young polypore mushrooms Ganoderma sessile on a rotting oak stump on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, October 26, 2019
 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
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