 Hyphae and sporangia (under x100 objective) of whitish mold fungus Hypomyces(?) from rotting Rhizopogon collected on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, October 29, 2023
 Tissues (with x40 objective) of orange amorphous mass (it has granules of sand and orange oily liquid) from sandy soil, may be sclerotium of a fungus Penicillium vanoranjei, collected on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, December 22, 2023
 Tissues (under x40 objective) of brittlestem mushrooms (Psathyrella) from wet muddy soil, collected on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, October 29, 2023
 Tissues and spores (under x100 objective) of brittlestem mushrooms (Psathyrella) from wet muddy soil, collected on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, October 29, 2023
 Hyphae and spores (with x40 objective) of white Hypomyces fungus from a false truffle Rhizopogon, collected in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 12, 2023
 Hyphae and spherical spores (x40 objective) of white Hypomyces fungus from a false truffle Rhizopogon, collected in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 12, 2023
 Tissues (with x40 objective) of Mucor mold-like fungus Phycomyces or Zygomyces from poop, collected in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, December 2, 2023
 Tissues of pinkish mold-like fungus Hypomyces samuelsii(?) from little nest polypore mushrooms, collected in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, October 28, 2023
 Spores (in lugol, x40 objective) of pinkish mold-like fungus Hypomyces samuelsii(?) from little nest polypore collected in Sam Houston National Forest a day before. Texas, October 29, 2023
 Spores (in lugol, x100 objective) of pinkish mold-like fungus Hypomyces samuelsii(?) from little nest polypore collected in Sam Houston National Forest a day before. Texas, October 29, 2023
 Conidia and tissues under a microscope with x40 objective of mold-like fungus Tilachlidium setigerum(?) from dried Xeromphalina mushrooms, collected in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, December 2, 2023
 Tissues (with x40 objective) of false truffle mushroom Rhizopogon roseolus(?) collected a day before on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, November 6, 2023
 Tissues and spores (with x100 objective) of false truffle mushroom Rhizopogon roseolus(?) collected a day before on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, November 6, 2023
 Tissues (at low magnification) of greenish mold fungus Hypomyces from blushing bracket mushrooms growing on a tilted and dried oak, collected on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, January 22, 2023
 Whitish conidiophores of mold fungus Cylindrium elongatum(?) on a rotting oak leaf under a log in wet area on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, January 19, 2023
 Tissue and spores (under x40 objective) of tiny brown mushrooms (Gymnopilus, Galerina or Hebeloma) from burned ground, collected on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, October 29, 2023
 Spores (in KOH, x40 objective) of tiny brown mushrooms (Pholiota, Gymnopilus, Galerina or Hebeloma) from burned site, collected on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, October 29, 2023
 Cystidia and spores (under x100 objective) of tiny brown mushrooms (Gymnopilus, Galerina or Hebeloma) from burned ground, collected on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, October 29, 2023
 Basidia and spores (under x100 objective) of tiny brown mushrooms (Gymnopilus, Galerina or Hebeloma) from burned ground, collected on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, October 29, 2023
 Spores (in KOH, x100 objective) of tiny brown mushrooms (Pholiota, Gymnopilus, Galerina or Hebeloma) from burned site, collected on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, October 29, 2023
 Tissues of mushrooms Albatrellus subrubescens collected on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, December 22, 2023
 Tissues at low magnification of mushrooms Albatrellus subrubescens collected on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, December 22, 2023
 Tissues of a tooth of swarming spine fungus (Mucronella calva) under a microscope with x40 objective, collected in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery a day before. Texas, April 9, 2023
 Tissues (in Congo Red) at low magnification of mushroom Melanoleuca melaleuca(?) collected on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, February 12, 2023
 Tissues of white web-like fungus from pine cones under a microscope (x40 objective) in Congo Red dye, collected on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 9, 2023
 Tissues under a microscope of mold fungus Syzygites megalocarpus collected in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, October 28, 2023
 False truffle (Rhizopogon luteolus) covered by some white mold fungus Hypomyces near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 12, 2023
 Tissues of white web-like fungus from pine cones under a microscope (x100 objective) in Congo Red dye, collected on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 9, 2023
 Cross section of false truffle (Rhizopogon luteolus) covered by some white Hypomyces mold fungus near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 12, 2023
 Tissues of Ramaria mushroom from lower part of rotten pine log under a microscope in Congo Red, collected on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, February 12, 2023
 Parasitic fungus Hypomyces chrysospermus on a false truffle (Rhizopogon) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 6, 2024
 Spores of corticioid fungus Gloeoporus ambiguus (Meruliopsis ambigua)(?) collected 2 days before on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, December 24, 2023
 Tissues of Ascomycete eyelash cup fungus (Scutellinia scutellata group), at low magnification (x10 objective), collected from muddy soil on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, January 22, 2023
 Asci of tiny white Ascomycete fungus from a fallen willow oak leaf (no pictures of fungus were taken), collected in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, May 5, 2023
 Spores (in KOH) of pinkish mold-like fungus Hypomyces samuelsii(?) from little nest polypore mushrooms, collected in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, October 28, 2023
 Mature Little nest polypore mushrooms (Poronidulus conchifer) with pinkish mold-like fungus Hypomyces samuelsii(?) on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, October 28, 2023
 Spores (in KOH) of a parasitic fungus Hypomyces chrysospermus from a false truffle (Rhizopogon) collected on FS203 in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 6, 2024
 Tissues under very low magnification of mold fungus Beauveria bassiana from a fallen mantis, collected in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 12, 2023
 Tissues at low magnification of mold fungus Beauveria bassiana from a fallen mantis, collected in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 12, 2023
 Spores (under a microscope in KOH) of pinkish mold-like fungus Hypomyces samuelsii(?) from little nest polypore mushrooms, collected in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, October 28, 2023
 Rod-shaped conidospores of mold fungus Cylindrium elongatum(?) from a rotting oak leaf, collected on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, January 19, 2023
 Hyphae and spores(?) (with x100 objective) of Mucor mold-like fungus Phycomyces or Zygomyces from poop, collected in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, December 2, 2023
 Whitish pinkgill mushrooms (Entoloma) on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, November 24, 2023
 Underside of caps of Little nest polypore mushrooms (Poronidulus conchifer) with pinkish mold-like fungus Hypomyces samuelsii(?) on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, October 28, 2023
 Mature caps of Little nest polypore mushrooms (Poronidulus conchifer) with pinkish mold-like fungus Hypomyces samuelsii(?) on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, October 28, 2023
 Tissues of white resupinate polypore mushroom from a fallen pine branch collected on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, August 13, 2022
 Cylindrical conidia (in Congo Red) of mold fungus Cylindrium elongatum(?) from a rotting oak leaf, collected on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, January 19, 2023
 Cylindrical conidia (in lugol) of mold fungus Cylindrium elongatum(?) from a rotting oak leaf, collected on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, January 19, 2023
 Spherical inclusions in tissues of mold fungus Beauveria bassiana from a fallen mantis, collected in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 12, 2023
 Spores of slime mold Brefeldia maxima in KOH, collected on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, October 8, 2022
 Hyphae and conidia under a microscope with x40 objective of mold-like fungus Tilachlidium setigerum(?) from dried Xeromphalina mushrooms, collected in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, December 2, 2023
 Underside of whitish pinkgill mushrooms (Entoloma) on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, November 24, 2023
 Spores (in Congo Red, at low magnification) of fungus Leucogloe compressa from pine log (no pictures of the fungus were taken), collected near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, February 6, 2023
 Conidiaphores and conidia of mold fungus Hypomyces from blushing bracket mushrooms, collected on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, January 22, 2023
 Hyphae and conidia of mold fungus Hypomyces from blushing bracket mushrooms, collected on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, January 22, 2023
 Cylindrical conidia (in lugol, low magnification) of mold fungus Cylindrium elongatum(?) from a rotting oak leaf, collected on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, January 19, 2023
 Section of a false truffle (Rhizopogon) with a parasitic fungus Hypomyces chrysospermus in ultraviolet light from Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 6, 2024
 Tissues and transparent spherical regions of mold fungus Beauveria bassiana from a fallen mantis, collected in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 12, 2023
 Spores of slime mold Brefeldia maxima in lugol, collected on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, October 8, 2022
 Spores of slime mold Brefeldia maxima in KOH at low magnification, collected on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, October 8, 2022
 Spores of fungus Hypomyces on Boletus subfraternis under a microscope with x40 objective, collected in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, August 28, 2022
 Cylindrical conidia (in Toluidine blue, low magnification) of mold fungus Cylindrium elongatum(?) from a rotting oak leaf, collected on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, January 19, 2023
 Side view of whitish pinkgill mushrooms (Entoloma) on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, November 24, 2023
 Pinkish tissue (at low magnification) of mold fungus Hypomyces from blushing bracket mushrooms, collected on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, January 22, 2023
 Tissues of white resupinate polypore mushroom from a fallen pine branch under a microscope at very low magnification collected on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, August 13, 2022
 Orange amorphous mass on a side of the path in sandy exposed soil, may be sclerotium of a fungus Penicillium vanoranjei, collected on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, December 22, 2023
 Spores (in KOH, stacked image) of a parasitic fungus Hypomyces chrysospermus on yellow stage from a false truffle (Rhizopogon) collected in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 6, 2024
 Cylindrical conidia with parallel sides, rounded ends of mold fungus Cylindrium elongatum(?) from a rotting oak leaf, collected on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, January 19, 2023
 Bicoloured bracket fungus (Vitreoporus dichrous) on a fallen tree branch on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, November 24, 2023
 Tissues of peat mold fungus (Chromelosporium fulvum) collected on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 29, 2022
 White filamentous mold fungus Phycomyces(?) on feces on a trail on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, December 5, 2021
 Tissues (in Congo Red) of some mold fungus around a burrow from a side of a sandy trail in a pine forest collected in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, February 5, 2023
 Tissues of resupinate polypore mushroom with pinkish fungus Tulasnella violea(?) under a microscope (x40 objective, in KOH) collected on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, April 11, 2023
 Tissues of resupinate polypore mushroom with pinkish fungus Tulasnella violea(?) under a microscope (x10 objective, in KOH) collected on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, April 11, 2023
 Spores from old dry mature slime mold Stemonitis fusca(?) from a pine log without bark, collected on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, October 8, 2022
 Spores of mold fungus Hypomyces cervinus from Helvella, collected on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, May 1, 2024
 Tissues (in lactophenol blue(?)) of some mold fungus around a burrow from a side of a sandy trail in a pine forest collected in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, February 5, 2023
 Tissues of resupinate polypore mushroom with pinkish fungus Tulasnella violea(?) under a microscope (x100 objective, in KOH) collected on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, April 11, 2023
 Spores of slime mold Brefeldia maxima from mature olive-brown sporangia in KOH, collected on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, October 8, 2022
 Tissues of false truffle mushroom Rhizopogon roseolus(?) collected in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, October 28, 2023
 Tissues of a small orange cap bolete mushroom Boletus subfraternus infected by Hypomyces fungus collected in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, June 6, 2022
 Spores (in KOH) of mushrooms Pholiota spumosa from a path, collected on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, October 29, 2023
 Basidia and spores of inkcap mushrooms Coprinopsis spilospora (x100 objective) collected on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, August 13, 2022
 Spores of inkcap mushrooms Coprinopsis spilospora (x100 objective, in Congo Red) collected on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, August 13, 2022
 Spores, basidia and cystidia of inkcap mushrooms Coprinopsis spilospora (x40 objective) collected on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, August 13, 2022
 Spores and basidia of inkcap mushrooms Coprinopsis spilospora under a microscope (x40 objective) collected on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, August 13, 2022
 Tissues and spores of a small orange cap bolete mushroom Boletus subfraternus infected by Hypomyces fungus collected in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, June 6, 2022
 Spores of a bolete mushroom Xerocomus illudens(?) collected under pines on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, October 29, 2023
 Spores (in KOH) of dyeball mushrooms (Pisolithus arhizus) collected under pines on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, October 29, 2023
 Tissues at low magnification of false truffle mushroom (Rhizopogon luteolus) collected in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 12, 2023
 Spores and cystidia of brittlestem mushrooms (Psathyrella) from wet muddy soil, collected on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, October 29, 2023
 Mold-like fungus Bolete eater (Hypomyces chrysospermus) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 6, 2024
 Tissues and conidia of mold fungus Tilachlidium setigerum(?) from Xeromphalina collected north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, December 31, 2023
 Tissues of mold fungus Tilachlidium setigerum(?) at low magnification from Xeromphalina collected north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, December 31, 2023
 Tissues of corticioid fungus Schizopora paradoxa from a pine branch collected on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, February 6, 2022
 Tissues and cheilocystidia (with x40 objective, in Congo Red) of stinking dapperling mushrooms (Lepiota cristata) from a primitive campground, collected on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 4, 2023
 Close-up of mold-like fungus Bolete eater (Hypomyces chrysospermus) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 6, 2024
 Resupinate form of bicoloured bracket fungus (Vitreoporus dichrous) on a twig on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, November 24, 2023
 Mold fungus Cylindrium elongatum(?) on a rotting oak leaf under a log in wet area on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, January 19, 2023
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