 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
 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
 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
 Mantis with white mold of fungus Beauveria bassiana near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 12, 2023
 Fungus Beauveria bassiana on dead fallen mantis near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 12, 2023
 Close-up of fungus Beauveria bassiana on dead fallen mantis near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness 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
 Underside of a cicada with entomopathogenic fungus (white mold) Beauveria bassiana (Icing Sugar Fungus, White muscardine disease) on Winters Bayou Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Cleveland, Texas, September 18, 2021
 Entomopathogenic fungus Beauveria bassiana (anamorph of Cordyceps bassiana) on a paper wasp collected during a mushroom walk on a property at 5369 Farm to Market Road 770 near Kountze. Texas, June 8, 2019
 Side view of a cicada with entomopathogenic fungus (white mold) Beauveria bassiana (Icing Sugar Fungus, White muscardine disease) on Winters Bayou Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Cleveland, Texas, September 18, 2021
 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
 Entomopathogenic fungus (white mold) Beauveria bassiana (Icing Sugar Fungus, White muscardine disease) on a dead cicada under large trees in muddy area on Winters Bayou Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Cleveland, Texas, September 18, 2021
 Close-up of entomopathogenic fungus (white mold) Beauveria bassiana (Icing Sugar Fungus, White muscardine disease) on a dead cicada under large trees in muddy area on Winters Bayou Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Cleveland, Texas, September 18, 2021
 Tissues (under x40 objective) of whitish mold fungus Hypomyces(?) from rotting Rhizopogon (no pictures of the fungus were taken) collected on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. 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 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 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 (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
 Tissues under a microscope of mold fungus Syzygites megalocarpus collected in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, October 28, 2023
 Icing sugar fungus Beauveria bassiana (anamorph of Cordyceps bassiana) on a paper wasp on a property at 5369 Farm to Market Road 770 near Kountze. Texas, June 8, 2019
 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 pinkish mold-like fungus Hypomyces samuelsii(?) from little nest polypore mushrooms, collected in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, October 28, 2023
 Tissues at low magnification of false truffle mushroom (Rhizopogon luteolus) collected in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 12, 2023
 Tissues at low magnification of orange oysterling mushrooms from a vertically cut surface of an oak log, collected in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 12, 2023
 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 (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 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
 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 (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 under a microscope of a button-like mushroom Russula marshalliorum (Cystangium (Martellia) vesiculosum)(?) collected in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 12, 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
 Tissues of pinkgill mushrooms Entoloma papillatum, collected on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 18, 2023
 Tissues of crust fungus Gloeoporus ambiguus (Meruliopsis ambigua) from a fallen pine branch under a microscope at low magnification, collected near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, August 20, 2022
 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
 Spores of thin powdery corticioid fungus from a fallen pine, collected a day before on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 5, 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
 Some tissues of Ascomycete fungus Trichoderma citrinoviride (Hypocrea schweinitzii) from a fallen pine, collected on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, December 17, 2023
 Tissues under a microscope of beech woodwart fungus (Hypoxylon fragiforme) from a fallen twig, collected on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, February 5, 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 of white web-like fungus with hyphal cords from pine cones with some spore under a microscope in Melzer, collected on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 9, 2023
 Spores (with x40 objective) of yellow corticioid fungus Penttilamyces olivascens from underside of a fallen oak, collected a day before on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 5, 2023
 Tissues of orange sclerotia of some fungus under a microscope, collected north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, December 31, 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
 Spores (with x100 objective) of yellow corticioid fungus Penttilamyces olivascens from underside of a fallen oak, collected a day before on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 5, 2023
 Tissues and some spores of corticioid fungus Drepanospora viridis (Helicoma viride)(?) from underside of a fallen pine, collected on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, December 17, 2023
 Tissues of web-like corticioid fungus from underside of an oak (or may be pine) log collected in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, June 2, 2022
 Tissues (in Congo Red) of orange sclerotia of some fungus under a microscope at low magnification, collected north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, December 31, 2023
 Tissues of Ascomycete fungus Hyaloscypha britannica under a microscope at low magnification, collected in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 7, 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 grey and blue mold-like corticioid fungus from an oak log, collected in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, December 2, 2023
 Spores from bracket mushrooms Daedaleopsis confragosa from a fallen oak branch, collected a day before in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 13, 2023
 Basidia of white oysterling mushrooms Hohenbuehelia(?) from a large fallen oak collected in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 12, 2023
 Spores of polypore mushrooms Vitreoporus dichrous from a fallen tree, collected a day before in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 13, 2023
 Spores of white oysterling mushrooms Hohenbuehelia(?) from a large fallen oak collected in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 12, 2023
 Tissues (in Congo Red) of web-like fungus Sporophagomyces chrysostomus from resupinate polypore mushroom Fuscoporia (Hymenochaetaceae) collected a day before on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 29, 2023
 Tissues of brown Ascomycete fungus Plicaria carbonaria from campfire, in Congo red, collected in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 7, 2022
 Immature spherical asci of Ascomycete truffle mushroom Tuber(?) 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 at low magnification (x40 objective) of greyling mushrooms Tephrocybe anthracophila from an old bonfire site, collected in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 3, 2023
 Tissues of tiny white half-dry oysterling mushrooms Crepidotus(?) on a dry trumpet vine collected 2 days before on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 6, 2023
 Basidia and spores of white oysterling mushrooms Hohenbuehelia(?) from a large fallen oak collected in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 12, 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
 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
 Tissues of Ascomycete fungus Hyaloscypha britannica in iodine solution under a microscope at low magnification, collected in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 7, 2022
 Tissues of Ascomycete fungus Hyaloscypha britannica in iodine solution under a microscope at very low magnification, collected in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 7, 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
 Immature spherical asci of Ascomycete truffle mushroom Tuber(?) 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
 Spores or may be conidia of Mucor mold-like fungus Phycomyces or Zygomyces from poop, collected in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, December 2, 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
 Immature spherical ascus (without spores) of Ascomycete truffle mushroom Tuber(?) 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
 Sporangia of slime mold Cribraria cancellata (with x10 objective) from a thick wet pine log, collected in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, November 24, 2023
 Sporangia of slime mold Cribraria cancellata (with x40 objective) from a thick wet pine log, collected in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, November 24, 2023
 Tissues of slime mold Hemitrichia calyculata under a microscope collected on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 18, 2022
 Sporagiospores (with x100 objective) of common pinmould fungus (Mucor mucedo) collected in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 12, 2023
 Sporangium with sporagiospores (with x40 objective) of common pinmould fungus (Mucor mucedo) collected in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 12, 2023
 Spores of white resupinate polypore mushroom from bark on upper side of a fallen pine, collected a day before in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 13, 2023
 Tissues of slime mold Arcyria ferruginea under a microscope, collected on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, February 1, 2024
 Tissues and spores of slime mold Physarum viride under a microscope, collected from an oak log on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 12, 2022
 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
 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
 Sporangium with sporagiospores (in Congo Red, with x40 objective) of common pinmould fungus (Mucor mucedo) collected in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 12, 2023
 Sporangium with sporagiospores at very low magnification (x10 objective) of common pinmould fungus (Mucor mucedo) collected in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 12, 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
 Tissues of a fungus Hyalascypha britannica collected from a fallen pine in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, April 9, 2022
 Spores (in KOH) of a pinkish and white mold-like fungus Hypomyces samuelsii(?) growing on mature caps of polypore mushrooms Daedaleopsis collected from a fallen oak in Sam Houston National Forest a day before. Texas, January 23, 2023
 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
 Spores of ivory bonnet mushrooms (Atheniella flavoalba)(?) or may be Lactocollybia from a fallen mossy osage orange (Maclura), collected a day before in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 26, 2023
 Tissues of mushrooms Irpicodon pendulus from a fallen pine, collected in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 4, 2022
 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
 Tissues and spores of mushrooms Pluteus albostipitatus(?) or may be P. escharites collected in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 10, 2023
 Tissues of tiny white Mycena mushrooms from a pine cone, collected in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, May 5, 2023
 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
 Some tissues of a young Coprinopsis mushroom from hardwood in wet area, collected in Sam Houston National Forest near Richards. Texas, November 19, 2023
 Tissues (in Melzer) of fungus Hyaloscypha britannica(?) from a burned pine log collected in Sam Houston National Forest near Richards. Texas, February 18, 2023
 Tissues (in Congo Red) of fungus Hyaloscypha britannica(?) from a burned pine log collected in Sam Houston National Forest near Richards. Texas, February 18, 2023
 Tissues of Ascomycete truffle mushroom Tuber(?) under a microscope (x10 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 of Ascomycete truffle mushroom Tuber(?) under a microscope (x40 objective) in Melzer, collected on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 9, 2023
 Tissues of Ascomycete truffle mushroom Tuber(?) 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 (at low magnification) of mushrooms Chromosera cyanophylla from rotting pine wood, collected on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, January 22, 2023
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