 Hyphae of a button-like mushroom Russula marshalliorum (Cystangium (Martellia) vesiculosum)(?) collected in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 12, 2023
 Hyphae and cystidia(?) of a button-like mushroom Russula marshalliorum (Cystangium (Martellia) vesiculosum)(?) collected in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 12, 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
 Soft mushroom button near an oak tree, can be Russula marshalliorum (Cystangium (Martellia) vesiculosum), near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 12, 2023
 Cross section of soft mushroom button Russula marshalliorum (Cystangium (Martellia) vesiculosum)(?) 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 cross section of soft mushroom button Russula marshalliorum (Cystangium (Martellia) vesiculosum)(?) 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 at low magnification of false truffle mushroom (Rhizopogon luteolus) collected in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 12, 2023
 Hyphae at low magnification of hydnoid mushroom Climacodon pulcherrimus from a fallen oak, collected on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, March 5, 2024
 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 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
 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 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
 Hyphae (at low magnification) 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
 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
 Spores of brittlegill mushroom Russula flavida at low magnification, collected on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 1, 2022
 Spores of tiny white Mycena mushroom from pine cone (with x10 objective, very low magnification) collected in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, May 5, 2023
 Spores of tiny white Mycena mushroom from pine cone (with x40 objective, low magnification) collected in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, May 5, 2023
 Tissues and cystidia at low magnification of a young Coprinopsis mushroom from hardwood in wet area, collected in Sam Houston National Forest near Richards. Texas, November 19, 2023
 Basidia and hyphae of brick red funnel mushrooms Bonomyces sinopicus (Clitocybe sinopica) from burned pine forest under a microscope at low magnification, collected on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, March 10, 2022
 Spores of brittlegill mushrooms Russula ballouii from wet area, collected on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 18, 2023
 Hyphae 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 (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
 Hyphae and conidia(?) 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
 Spores at low magnification (with x40 objective) of Pine Spikes mushrooms (Chroogomphus vinicolor) collected in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 3, 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 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
 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
 Hyphae of mushrooms Pluteus albostipitatus(?) or may be P. escharites collected in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 10, 2023
 Spores of a small mushroom Lepiota atrodisca collected a day before in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 13, 2023
 Spores of Melanoleuca mushroom from an old bonfire site, collected in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 12, 2023
 Spores and hyphae of peat mold fungus (Chromelosporium fulvum) at low magnification, collected in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, April 2, 2022
 Spores (in lugol) of a small mushroom Lepiota atrodisca collected a day before in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 13, 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
 Spores of mushrooms Conocybe subpubescens at low magnification, collected on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 16, 2023
 Hyphae of hydnoid mushroom Climacodon pulcherrimus from a fallen oak, collected on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, March 5, 2024
 Cystidia(?) and spores of false truffle mushroom (Rhizopogon luteolus) collected in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 12, 2023
 Basidia and hyphae of mushrooms Pholiota spumosa, collected around a pine stump 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 of a brown polypore mushroom with flexible caps from hardwood, may be beech, collected a day before in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 26, 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
 Hyphae and spores of mushrooms Albatrellus subrubescens collected on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, December 22, 2023
 Spores of a bolete mushroom Suillus decipiens (spore print brown) at low magnification, collected a day before on Forest Service Road 231 near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 8, 2022
 Masses of spores and some large structures of false truffle mushroom (Rhizopogon luteolus) collected in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 12, 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
 Gill tissue and spores of mushrooms Conocybe subpubescens in Congo Red dye at low magnification, collected on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 16, 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
 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 and spores of brittlegill mushroom Russula subloculata (Macowanites americanus)(?) from muddy path, collected on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 18, 2023
 Basidia and spores of brittlegill mushroom Russula subloculata (Macowanites americanus)(?) from muddy path, collected on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 18, 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
 Tissues at low magnification of mushrooms Pholiota spumosa, collected around a pine stump from muddy soil on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, January 22, 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
 Dried cap of brittlegill mushroom Russula albidicremea collected 2 days before in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, June 4, 2022
 Cap of blue-green cracking Russula mushroom (Russula parvovirescens) on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 5, 2023
 Blue-green cracking Russula mushroom (Russula parvovirescens) on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 5, 2023
 Hyphae of white resupinate polypore mushroom Skeletocutis(?) from a thick wet pine log, collected in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, January 28, 2024
 Spores of resupinate polypore mushroom Yuchengia narymica (Perenniporia narymica)(?) collected a day before in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 26, 2023
 Cap of a mature blue-green cracking Russula mushroom (Russula parvovirescens) on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 5, 2023
 Spores of a large mature brittlegill mushroom Russula albidicremea collected in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, June 2, 2022
 Underside of a dried cap of brittlegill mushroom Russula albidicremea collected 2 days before in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, June 4, 2022
 Hyphae of web-like corticioid fungus in Congo Red solution collected in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, June 2, 2022
 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
 Spores (at low magnification) of a resupinate polypore mushroom Xylodon flaviporus collected 2 days before in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, January 2, 2023
 Gills of a mature blue-green cracking Russula mushroom (Russula parvovirescens) on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 5, 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
 Yellow jelly from seapage slope to creeks at low magnification, collected on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, February 12, 2023
 Spores of white resupinate polypore mushroom Ceriporia(?) 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 (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
 Basidia of a small yellow bolete mushroom Buchwaldoboletus sphaerocephalus at low magnification, collected on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, September 18, 2022
 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
 Spores of pinkgill (Entoloma) mushroom with a nipple collected in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, November 24, 2023
 Basidia of mushroom Tricholomopsis flammula from beech roots, low magnification, collected in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, April 30, 2023
 Basidia of pirate gold Amanita mushroom (Amanita chrysoleuca) under a microscope at low magnification collected in a pine forest on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 29, 2022
 Tissues at low magnification of Miller s oysterling mushrooms (Clitopilus hobsonii) or may be crepidotus(?) collected on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, January 7, 2023
 Texture 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 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 (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
 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
 Spores (stacked image) of pinkgill (Entoloma) mushroom with a nipple collected in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, November 24, 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
 Asci and paraphyses (in Congo Red, low magnification) of Ascomycete mushroom Helvella lacunosa from gravel side of FS203, collected in Sam Houston National Forest near Richards. Texas, February 18, 2023
 Interior tissue (in Congo Red, low magnification) of Ascomycete mushroom Helvella lacunosa from gravel side of FS203, collected in Sam Houston National Forest near Richards. Texas, February 18, 2023
 Tissues at low magnification of white resupinate polypore mushroom Skeletocutis(?) from a thick wet pine log, collected in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, January 28, 2024
 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
 Spores of rust fungus Coleosporium elephantopodis at low magnification collected in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, June 2, 2022
 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 of polypore mushrooms Trametes ochracea collected a day before in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 26, 2023
 Spores of polypore mushrooms Trichaptum sector collected a day before in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 26, 2023
 Slime mold Tubifera dimorphotheca in iodine solution under a microscope at low magnification, collected in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 7, 2022
 Conydia(?) of Hypomyces on a cap of mushroom Boletus harrisonii(?) at low magnification (x40 objective), collected from muddy soil on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 4, 2022
 Spores (in KOH) of a mushroom Pluteus longistriatus collected a day before in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 15, 2023
 Spores of a mushroom Pluteus longistriatus from an oak log collected a day before in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 15, 2023
 Spores (in KOH) of elegant stinkhorn mushroom (Mutinus elegans) collected on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 4, 2023
 Spores of a tiny orange oysterling mushroom from a twig, collected a day before on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 19, 2023
 Cystidia 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 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
 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 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
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