![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3431/jpeg/13t.jpg) Tissues and spores at low magnification of small brown brittlestem (Psathyrella)(?) mushroom from a path with wood chips, in Anderson Arboretum in Bee Creek Park. College Station, Texas, November 20, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3431/jpeg/04t.jpg) Close-up of small brown brittlestem (Psathyrella)(?) mushroom on a path in Andy Anderson Arboretum in Bee Creek Park. College Station, Texas, November 20, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3431/jpeg/03t.jpg) Masses of small brown brittlestem (Psathyrella)(?) mushroom on a path in Andy Anderson Arboretum in Bee Creek Park. College Station, Texas, November 20, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3431/jpeg/02t.jpg) Small brown brittlestem (Psathyrella)(?) mushroom on a path among wood chips in Andy Anderson Arboretum in Bee Creek Park. College Station, Texas, November 20, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3431/jpeg/14t.jpg) Tissues and spores of small brown brittlestem (Psathyrella)(?) mushroom, in Anderson Arboretum in Bee Creek Park. College Station, Texas, November 20, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3431/jpeg/15t.jpg) Cystidia(?) and spores of small brown brittlestem (Psathyrella)(?) mushroom, in Anderson Arboretum in Bee Creek Park. College Station, Texas, November 20, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3426/jpeg/17t.jpg) Spores (in KOH, spore print brown) of chestnut brittlestem mushrooms Homophron spadiceum (Psathyrella spadicea) from the base of a hackberry tree, collected in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, November 15, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3425/jpeg/28t.jpg) Spores (in KOH, spore print black) of brittlestem mushrooms (Psathyrella) found near a primitive campground, collected in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 12, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3436/jpeg/27t.jpg) Spores (with x40 objective) of of a small inkcap mushroom (Coprinopsis) from dung (spore print black), collected in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, November 27, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3226/jpeg/31t.jpg) Spores of orange and brown brittlestem mushrooms (Psathyrella) (spore print brown) collected in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, September 3, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3437/jpeg/11t.jpg) Small brown webcap mushrooms (Cortinarius) growing with moss near a path (spore print brown) on Yaupon Loop Trail in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, December 1, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3335/jpeg/23t.jpg) Cap of a brittlestem mushroom (Psathyrella)(?) from lawn, near Ferry Road (spore print black) in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, January 28, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3152/jpeg/15t.jpg) Spores of a small red cap bolete mushroom under a microscope (spore print is almost black), collected in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 13, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3421/jpeg/18t.jpg) Spores (in lugol) of Lepiota mushroom with a brown cap (spore print white, turns dark purple in lugol), collected in Bee Creek Park. College Station, Texas, November 6, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3433/jpeg/13t.jpg) Spores (in lugol, spore print brown, stacked image) of a poisonpie mushroom (Hebeloma crustuliniforme) from a dried pool, collected 2 days before in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, November 24, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3528/jpeg/14t.jpg) Spores of a small reddish-brown gilled mushroom from moss of Closed Trail (spore print white, turns brown in lugol), collected in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 6, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3479/jpeg/15t.jpg) Spores (spore print light brown) of a small Pluteus mushroom collected a day before in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, February 28, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3334/jpeg/01t.jpg) Small brown webcap (Cortinarius) mushrooms (spore print brown) under small oaks in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, January 25, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3392/jpeg/20t.jpg) Spores of a small Mycena mushroom (spore print white) from a mowed path, collected in Little Thicket Nature Sanctuary a day before. Texas, April 23, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3436/jpeg/24t.jpg) Spores (in KOH) at low magnification (x40 objective) of petticoat mottlegill mushrooms (Panaeolus papilionaceus) from dung (spore print black), collected in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, November 27, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3160/jpeg/10t.jpg) Spores of small Psathyrella mushrooms (spore print brown) collected in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, May 26, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3426/jpeg/19t.jpg) Spores (in KOH) of rustgill mushrooms Gymnopilus fulvosquamulosus from a log in a dried oxbow (spore print rusty brown), collected in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, November 15, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3408/jpeg/24t.jpg) Spores of blackening Russula mushroom (spore print yellowish light brown), collected in Hensel Park. College Station, Texas, May 8, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3437/jpeg/19t.jpg) Spores of bonnet mushrooms (Mycena) from a side of a path (spore print white), collected in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, December 1, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3402/jpeg/28t.jpg) Spores (in KOH) of mushrooms Psilocybe coronilla (spore print dark brown) collected in Bee Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 3, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3421/jpeg/03t.jpg) Underside of Lepiota mushroom with a brown cap in D. A. Andy Anderson Brazos Valley Arboretum in Bee Creek Park. College Station, Texas, November 6, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3421/jpeg/04t.jpg) Young Lepiota mushroom with a brown cap in D. A. Andy Anderson Brazos Valley Arboretum in Bee Creek Park. College Station, Texas, November 6, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3238/jpeg/32t.jpg) Spores of brown Leccinum mushroom (spore print brown) on a path from Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 10, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3421/jpeg/01t.jpg) Lepiota mushroom with a brown cap on a side of the trail in D. A. Andy Anderson Brazos Valley Arboretum in Bee Creek Park. College Station, Texas, November 6, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3421/jpeg/02t.jpg) Side view of Lepiota mushroom with a brown cap in D. A. Andy Anderson Brazos Valley Arboretum in Bee Creek Park. College Station, Texas, November 6, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3522/jpeg/28t.jpg) Spores (in KOH, spore print orange) of small rustgill mushrooms (Gymnopilus) with brown caps collected a day before in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, April 28, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3641/jpeg/24t.jpg) Spores (spore print white) of brown Gymnopus(?) mushrooms from a lawn, collected in Bee Creek Park. College Station, Texas, November 11, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3398/jpeg/29t.jpg) Spores of flat oysterling mushrooms (Crepidotus applanatus), in KOH (spore print brown), collected in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, April 29, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3535/jpeg/34t.jpg) Spores of small orange Leucoagaricus(?) mushrooms from mossy soil (spore print turns brown in lugol) collected in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 13, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3405/jpeg/38t.jpg) Spores (in KOH) of a small single veiled poisonpie mushroom Hebeloma mesophaeum (spore print rusty brown) collected on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, May 6, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3480/jpeg/34t.jpg) Spores (spore print black) of a larger Psathyrella mushroom from a lawn, collected in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, March 1, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3430/jpeg/31t.jpg) Spores (in KOH) (spore print dark) of brittlegill mushrooms Psathyrella longipes from wet muddy area, collected in Sam Houston National Forest near Richards. Texas, November 19, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3153/jpeg/29t.jpg) Spores of milkcap mushroom Lactarius yazoensis (spore print light brown), collected in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 15, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3160/jpeg/19t.jpg) Spores of a milkcap mushroom Lactifluus rugatus (spore print light brown) collected in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 27, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3167/jpeg/23t.jpg) Spores of bolete a mushroom Boletus luridellus (spore print olive-brown) collected in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, June 3, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3404/jpeg/16t.jpg) Spores of blewit mushroom (Lepista nuda) (spore print grey), collected a day before in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 5, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3408/jpeg/22t.jpg) Spores (in lugol) of some Multifurca or may be Lactarius mushrooms under oaks (spore print light brown) collected in Hensel Park. College Station, Texas, May 8, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3408/jpeg/23t.jpg) Spores (in Melzer) of some Multifurca or may be Lactarius mushrooms under oaks (spore print light brown) collected in Hensel Park. College Station, Texas, May 8, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3167/jpeg/20t.jpg) Spores of split fibrecap mushroom (Pseudosperma rimosum) at low magnification (spore print brown), collected in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, June 3, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3426/jpeg/18t.jpg) Spores (in KOH) of chestnut brittlestem mushrooms Homophron spadiceum (Psathyrella spadicea) from the base of a hackberry tree, collected in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, November 15, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3528/jpeg/10t.jpg) Spores of yellowfoot dapplerling mushroom (Lepiota magnispora) (spore print white, turns brown in lugol), collected in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 6, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3426/jpeg/08t.jpg) Rustgill mushrooms Gymnopilus fulvosquamulosus on a log in a dried oxbow (spore print rusty brown) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, November 15, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3426/jpeg/14t.jpg) Basidia and spores of chestnut brittlestem mushrooms Homophron spadiceum (Psathyrella spadicea) from the base of a hackberry tree, collected in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, November 15, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3426/jpeg/13t.jpg) Cystidia and spores of chestnut brittlestem mushrooms Homophron spadiceum (Psathyrella spadicea) from the base of a hackberry tree, collected in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, November 15, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2412/jpeg/07t.jpg) Red edge brittlestem mushrooms (Psathyrella corrugis, Psathyrella gracilis) on a mulched path in Bee Creek Park. College Station, Texas, December 14, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3483/jpeg/17t.jpg) Chestnut brittlestem mushrooms (Homophron spadiceum) at the base of large living elm on a lawn (spore print light brown) in Wolf Pen Creek Park. College Station, March 8, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3390/jpeg/21t.jpg) Laxitextum bicolor mushroom on a fallen oak(?) branch on a mowed path (spore print white, turns black in lugol) in Little Thicket Nature Sanctuary. Cleveland, Texas, April 22, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2412/jpeg/08t.jpg) Group of red edge brittlestem mushrooms (Psathyrella corrugis, Psathyrella gracilis) on a mulched path in Bee Creek Park. College Station, Texas, December 14, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2412/jpeg/09t.jpg) Gills of red edge brittlestem mushrooms (Psathyrella corrugis, Psathyrella gracilis) on a mulched path in Bee Creek Park. College Station, Texas, December 14, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3401/jpeg/30t.jpg) Spores of kidney-shaped tooth mushroom (Mycorrhaphium adustum) (no pictures of the mushroom were taken, spore print white, fungus turns black), collected in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest a day before. Texas, May 1, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3431/jpeg/16t.jpg) Spores of mushrooms Leucocoprinus cepistipes from a tall pile of wood chips, in Anderson Arboretum in Bee Creek Park. College Station, Texas, November 20, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3056/jpeg/01t.jpg) Brittlestem mushrooms Psathyrella atrospora on wood chips on a path in bushes in Bee Creek Park. College Station, Texas, November 11, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3421/jpeg/20t.jpg) Spores of some Leucoagaricus mushrooms from a trail with sparse grass (spore print almost white, turns dark purple in lugol) collected in Bee Creek Park. College Station, Texas, November 6, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3328/jpeg/37t.jpg) Spores (in KOH, spore print dark brown) of common fieldcap mushroom (Agrocybe pediades) collected on a trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 16, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2982/jpeg/05t.jpg) Underside of a tan pinkgill mushroom (Rhodocybe gemina, Clitopilus geminus)(?) on a shady path through bushes behind Anderson Arboretum, under Japanese privet, Yaupon, small oaks and other trees near the creek, in Bee Creek Park. College Station, Texas, July 14, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3419/jpeg/18t.jpg) Felted twiglet mushrooms (Tubaria conspersa) (spore print light brown) on a muddy path on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 4, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3437/jpeg/20t.jpg) Spores (in KOH) of small brown webcap mushrooms (Cortinarius) near a path, collected in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, December 1, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3419/jpeg/21t.jpg) Details of felted twiglet mushrooms (Tubaria conspersa) (spore print light brown) on a muddy path on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 4, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3144/jpeg/16t.jpg) Spores of Agaricus mushroom (spore print thin, brown) collected in David E. Schob Nature Preserve. College Station, Texas, May 3, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3233/jpeg/27t.jpg) Spores of mushrooms Psathyrella pennata(?) (in KOH, spore print dark brown) collected on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, September 7, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3346/jpeg/36t.jpg) Spores of webcap mushroom Cortinarius semisanguineus (in KOH, spore print orange-brown), collected in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, February 19, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3143/jpeg/33t.jpg) Spores of oysterling mushrooms Crepidotus mollis (spore print brown) collected in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 2, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3153/jpeg/33t.jpg) Spores of mushrooms Leccinum rugosiceps (spore print dark brown) collected in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 15, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3153/jpeg/34t.jpg) Spores of mushrooms Xanthoconium affine (spore print rusty brown) collected in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 15, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3338/jpeg/08t.jpg) Gills of meadow mushrooms (Agaricus campestris) on a lawn (spore print almost black) in Bee Creek Park. College Station, Texas, February 8, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2017/2196/jpeg/01t.jpg) Pale brittlestem (Psathyrella candolleana) mushrooms on a lawn on Anderson Street. College Station, Texas, November 8, 2017
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3522/jpeg/27t.jpg) Spores (in KOH, spore print brown) of oysterling mushrooms Crepidotus calolepis collected a day before in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, April 28, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2017/2189/jpeg/36t.jpg) Dissected brittlestem mushroom (Psathyrella) taken from a lawn on Anderson Street. College Station, Texas, October 22, 2017
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3225/jpeg/21t.jpg) Spores of polypore mushroom Abortiporus biennis(?) (or may be A. albida from 8/28/2022 ??) from a fallen oak branch under a microscope with x40 objective (spore print whitish, may be light brown) collected in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, September 1, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3404/jpeg/17t.jpg) Spores of mushrooms Panus tephroleucus (spore print white), collected a day before in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 5, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3377/jpeg/37t.jpg) Spores (in KOH) of mature pale brittlestem mushrooms (Psathyrella candolleana) from a lawn, collected a day before in Wolf Pen Creek Park. College Station, Texas, April 7, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3440/jpeg/35t.jpg) Spores of a mushroom Bolbitius pluteoides from a burned oak log (spore print rusty brown), collected in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 3, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3396/jpeg/31t.jpg) Spores of Pluteus longistriatus(?) mushroom in KOH (spore print brown) 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
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3435/jpeg/06t.jpg) Spores of oyster rollrim mushrooms (Tapinella panuoides) (spore print light brown, dirty) collected a day before in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 26, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3240/jpeg/16t.jpg) Spores of Agaricus mushrooms under sumpweed on sewage line right-of-way, in KOH (spore print dark brown) collected in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, September 12, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3514/jpeg/06t.jpg) Spores of Leucoagaricus barssii(?) mushroom (spore print white, turns brown-violet in lugol) collected on Kiwanis Nature Trail. College Station, Texas, April 18, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3405/jpeg/20t.jpg) Small single veiled poisonpie mushroom Hebeloma mesophaeum (spore print rusty brown) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, May 6, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3398/jpeg/32t.jpg) Spores of mushrooms Limacella illinita (Zhuliangomyces illinitus), spore print white, collected in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, April 29, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3327/jpeg/09t.jpg) Spores (spore print white, dense) of odontoid corticioid fungus from a hardwood log, collected a day before in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, January 14, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3425/jpeg/36t.jpg) Spores (in KOH, spore print orange-brown) of orange oysterling mushrooms from a vertically cut surface of an oak log, collected a day before in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 13, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3225/jpeg/19t.jpg) Spores of egghead mottlegill mushrooms (Panaeolus semiovatus) from horse dung (spore print completely black) under a microscope with x40 objective in KOH solution, collected in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, September 1, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3535/jpeg/35t.jpg) Spores og tiny grey mushrooms Lepiota roseolivida(?) found under juniper (spore print turns brown in lugol) collected in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 13, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3232/jpeg/14t.jpg) Spores of mushrooms Leucoagaricus americanus (size 7.9 x 6 micron, spore print light brown) collected from wood chips in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, September 6, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3396/jpeg/33t.jpg) Spores (in KOH) of mushroom Agaricus auricolor (spore print dark-brown) on Forest Service Rd 231 collected Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, April 28, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3333/jpeg/15t.jpg) Spores (in lugol) of mushrooms Pholiota spumosa (spore print dark brown) collected in Bastrop State Park a day before. Texas, January 22, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3430/jpeg/33t.jpg) Spores (in KOH, spore print brownish) of saffron oysterling mushroom (Crepidotus crocophyllus) collected in Sam Houston National Forest near Richards. Texas, November 19, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3154/jpeg/20t.jpg) Spores of some Amanita(?) mushroom (spore print white) under a microscope at low magnification, collected in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 17, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3400/jpeg/25t.jpg) Spores (in KOH) of mushrooms Agrocybe acericola (spore print brown) collected in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, April 30, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2982/jpeg/04t.jpg) Tan pinkgill mushrooms (Rhodocybe gemina, Clitopilus geminus)(?) on a shady path through bushes behind Anderson Arboretum, under Japanese privet, Yaupon, small oaks and other trees near the creek, in Bee Creek Park. College Station, Texas, July 14, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3341/jpeg/36t.jpg) Spores of Ramaria mushroom (spore print light brown) from lower part of rotten pine log, collected on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, February 12, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3231/jpeg/13t.jpg) Spores of small brown funnel mushrooms Crepidotus subfulviceps(?) in grass (spore print brown), collected in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, September 5, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3320/jpeg/23t.jpg) Spores (spore print thin, white) of crust fungus Hymenochaete from a fallen branch of a pecan tree, collected a day before in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, January 3, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3398/jpeg/01t.jpg) Tiny roundspored oysterling mushrooms Crepidotus cesatii (spore print brown) on a fallen branch of pecan or may be oak in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, April 29, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3407/jpeg/16t.jpg) Blackening brittlegill mushrooms (Russula) (spore print yellowish light brown) in Hensel Park. College Station, Texas, May 8, 2023
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