![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3436/jpeg/29t.jpg) Fall colors of sumac and sweetgum in a pine forest on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, November 28, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3436/jpeg/30t.jpg) Orange colors of sweetgum in a pine forest on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, November 28, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2830/jpeg/26t.jpg) Fall colors of sweetgum on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, December 15, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3449/jpeg/01t.jpg) Fall colors of sweetgum on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, December 22, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3184/jpeg/25t.jpg) Climbing common trumpet creeper (Foxglove vine, Campsis radicans) on a pine tree on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, June 29, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3067/jpeg/21t.jpg) Fall colors of sweetgum leaves near Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, November 24, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3420/jpeg/03t.jpg) Underside of brown Hymenochaete(?) polypore mushrooms on a dry trumpet vine on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 4, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3420/jpeg/07t.jpg) Tiny white half-dry oysterling mushrooms Crepidotus(?) on a dry trumpet vine on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 4, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3420/jpeg/02t.jpg) Caps of brown Hymenochaete(?) polypore mushrooms on a liana of dry trumpet vine on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 4, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3449/jpeg/09t.jpg) Fall foliage of sweetgum on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, December 22, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3420/jpeg/08t.jpg) Close-up of tiny white half-dry oysterling mushrooms Crepidotus(?) on a dry trumpet vine on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 4, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3421/jpeg/08t.jpg) Cystidia 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
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3421/jpeg/07t.jpg) 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
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3449/jpeg/10t.jpg) Red foliage of sweetgum in a pine forest on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, December 22, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3420/jpeg/01t.jpg) Brown Hymenochaete(?) polypore mushrooms on dry a trumpet vine, over a creek (spore print whitish) on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 4, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3449/jpeg/11t.jpg) Burgundy red foliage of sweetgum in a pine forest on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, December 22, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2400/jpeg/02t.jpg) Golden trumpet mushrooms (Xeromphalina campanella or X. enigmatica) on a pine log on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, November 11, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3422/jpeg/19t.jpg) Spores of resupinate polypore mushroom Cerioporus mollis (Datronia mollis)(?) from a trumpet vine collected 5 days before on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 9, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/682/jpeg/22t.jpg) Fall colors of Sam Houston National Forest, on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail. Texas, November 1, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3420/jpeg/04t.jpg) Light brown resupinate polypore mushroom with large coarse pores Cerioporus mollis (Datronia mollis)(?) on a dry trumpet vine on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 4, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3420/jpeg/05t.jpg) Close-up of light brown resupinate polypore mushroom with large coarse pores Cerioporus mollis (Datronia mollis)(?) on a dry trumpet vine on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 4, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3420/jpeg/06t.jpg) Young growth of light brown resupinate polypore mushroom with large coarse pores Cerioporus mollis (Datronia mollis)(?) on a dry trumpet vine on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 4, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3420/jpeg/32t.jpg) Spores of brown Hymenochaete(?) polypore mushrooms from a liana of dry trumpet vine 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
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3386/jpeg/20t.jpg) Brown resupinate polypore mushroom on a fallen dry liana of trumpet vine (Campsis radicans) on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 16, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3366/jpeg/10t.jpg) Rattan vine (Berchemia scandens) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, March 18, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3386/jpeg/21t.jpg) Close-up of brown resupinate polypore mushroom on a fallen dry liana of trumpet vine (Campsis radicans) on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 16, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2951/jpeg/20t.jpg) Black trumpet mushrooms (Craterellus fallax) among pine needles on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, June 2, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3386/jpeg/19t.jpg) Small white patches of resupinate polypore fungus on a fallen dry liana of trumpet vine (Campsis radicans) on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 16, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3386/jpeg/18t.jpg) Close-up of small white patches of resupinate polypore fungus on a fallen dry liana of trumpet vine (Campsis radicans) on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 16, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2591/jpeg/04t.jpg) Fall colors of poison ivy on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 8, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3420/jpeg/20t.jpg) Snowy-white resupinate polypore mushroom on pine wood on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, November 5, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3420/jpeg/19t.jpg) Snowy-white resupinate polypore mushroom on a burned pine on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, November 5, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3366/jpeg/09t.jpg) Young leaves of rattan vine (Berchemia scandens) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, March 18, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3378/jpeg/25t.jpg) White hyphae of a fungus covering fallen pine cones and sweetgum balls unearthed by hogs from fallen pine needles on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 9, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2557/jpeg/19t.jpg) Pleurotoid mushrooms Moniliophthora conchata (Crinipellis conchata)(?) growing on a dry vine of trumpet creeper (Foxglove vine, Campsis radicans) on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, August 4, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3149/jpeg/03t.jpg) Orange fibrecap (Inocybe) mushroom on bottomlands with oak, elm, pine, sweetgum on South Wilderness Loop Trail at Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest near Richards. Texas, May 8, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3420/jpeg/22t.jpg) Texture of snowy-white resupinate polypore mushroom on pine wood on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, November 5, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3420/jpeg/23t.jpg) Close-up of snowy-white resupinate polypore mushroom on pine wood on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, November 5, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3420/jpeg/21t.jpg) Snowy-white resupinate polypore mushroom on one end of a broken and burned pine on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, November 5, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3420/jpeg/33t.jpg) Spores of snowy-white resupinate polypore mushroom from a burned pine, collected on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, November 5, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2591/jpeg/05t.jpg) Fall colors of area near the creek on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 8, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3378/jpeg/27t.jpg) White hyphae of a fungus covering fallen pine bark and sweetgum balls on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 9, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3378/jpeg/26t.jpg) White hyphae of a fungus covering fallen pine cones and sweetgum balls on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 9, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3127/jpeg/23t.jpg) Shoot of sweetgum on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, April 9, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2667/jpeg/19t.jpg) Shoot of sweetgum on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, March 18, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2667/jpeg/11t.jpg) Young leaves of sweetgum on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, March 18, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3405/jpeg/06t.jpg) Brown Cortinarius(?) mushrooms on a slope of a cattle pond in pine forest on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, May 6, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3405/jpeg/05t.jpg) Underside of brown Cortinarius(?) mushrooms on a slope of a cattle pond in pine forest on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, May 6, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3405/jpeg/07t.jpg) Gills of brown Cortinarius(?) mushrooms on a slope of a cattle pond in pine forest on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, May 6, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1100/jpeg/07t.jpg) Sweetgum (Liquidambar) at Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, August 19, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3405/jpeg/32t.jpg) Spores (in KOH) of brown Cortinarius(?) mushrooms from a slope of a cattle pond in pine forest collected on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, May 6, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2818/jpeg/16t.jpg) Thin shoots of Urochloa(?) grass in a pine forest on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest, Texas, November 19, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3061/jpeg/04t.jpg) Earthfan mushroom (Thelephora terrestris) in a pine forest on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, November 17, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3430/jpeg/13t.jpg) A path in a pine forest on Forest Service Road 231 near Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest near Richards. Texas, November 19, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3243/jpeg/05t.jpg) Polypore mushrooms Trametes ochracea(?) on trumpet vine on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, September 14, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3449/jpeg/02t.jpg) Red and orange leaves of sweetgum on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, December 22, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3449/jpeg/04t.jpg) Orange leaves of sweetgum on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, December 22, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3449/jpeg/03t.jpg) Red and yellow leaves of sweetgum on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, December 22, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3449/jpeg/07t.jpg) Yellow leaves of sweetgum on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, December 22, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3449/jpeg/12t.jpg) Dark red foliage of sweetgum on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, December 22, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3387/jpeg/13t.jpg) Spores of brown mature resupinate polypore mushroom from a larger dry fallen liana of trumpet vine, collected a day before in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, April 17, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3387/jpeg/12t.jpg) Spores of white resupinate polypore mushroom with large pores from a dry fallen liana of trumpet vine, collected a day before in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, April 17, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3062/jpeg/01t.jpg) Fall colors of beautyberry on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 20, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3243/jpeg/07t.jpg) Caps of polypore mushrooms Trametes ochracea(?) on trumpet vine on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, September 14, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3243/jpeg/04t.jpg) Bracket polypore mushrooms Trametes ochracea(?) on trumpet vine on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, September 14, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3243/jpeg/06t.jpg) Trumpet vine with bracket polypore mushrooms Trametes ochracea(?) on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, September 14, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1062/jpeg/21t.jpg) Palmately 5-lobed leaves of sweetgum (Liquidambar) in Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, May 26, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3449/jpeg/06t.jpg) Dark red and orange leaves of sweetgum on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, December 22, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3449/jpeg/08t.jpg) Dark red and yellow leaves of sweetgum on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, December 22, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2991/jpeg/27t.jpg) Chanterelle mushrooms (Cantharellus cibarius) together with fallen trumpet vine flowers on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, July 25, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2589/jpeg/14t.jpg) Azure blue sage (Salvia azurea) in a pine forest on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Richards. Texas, November 3, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3243/jpeg/08t.jpg) Hairy caps and their underside of polypore mushrooms Trametes ochracea(?) on trumpet vine on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, September 14, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3387/jpeg/16t.jpg) Spores of brown mature resupinate polypore mushroom from a larger dry fallen liana of trumpet vine (in Toluidine blue), collected a day before in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, April 17, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2589/jpeg/15t.jpg) Close up of azure blue sage (Salvia azurea) in a pine forest on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Richards. Texas, November 3, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2400/jpeg/08t.jpg) Nodding Ladies-Tresses Orchid (Spiranthes cernua) in a pine forest on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, November 11, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2409/jpeg/02t.jpg) Fall colors of a forest on Winters Bayou Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Cleveland, Texas, December 1, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3216/jpeg/24t.jpg) Spores of Daedaleopsis confragosa mushrooms from a fallen sweetgum branch collected on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, August 25, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3344/jpeg/33t.jpg) Some golden corticioid fungus on a burned pine log on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, February 18, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3325/jpeg/15t.jpg) Slime mold Arcyria ferruginea on a pine log on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, January 11, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3344/jpeg/08t.jpg) Yellow hydnoid crust fungus on a pine log on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, February 18, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3344/jpeg/01t.jpg) White web-like corticioid fungus on burned pine on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, February 18, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3344/jpeg/36t.jpg) Golden corticioid fungus on a burned pine log on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, February 18, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3337/jpeg/02t.jpg) Tomentella(?) fungus on underside of a burned pine log on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, February 4, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3449/jpeg/15t.jpg) Orange leaves remained on a small tree of sweetgum on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, December 22, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3216/jpeg/11t.jpg) Blushing bracket mushrooms (Daedaleopsis confragosa) on a fallen sweetgum branch on Road FS 203 near Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, August 25, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3405/jpeg/25t.jpg) Milkcap mushrooms Lactarius rimosellus on a fallen pine cone on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, May 6, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3405/jpeg/39t.jpg) Spores of milkcap mushrooms Lactarius rimosellus from a pine log, collected on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, May 6, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3410/jpeg/06t.jpg) White corticioid fungus on underside of a burned pine log on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, July 23, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3325/jpeg/16t.jpg) Close-up of slime mold Arcyria ferruginea on a pine log on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, January 11, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3344/jpeg/19t.jpg) Orange corticioid fungus Tomentella on a burned pine log on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, February 18, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3429/jpeg/21t.jpg) Yellow tooth resupinate mushroom, may be Sarcodontia crocea (Noblesia crocea), on a fallen pine on South Wilderness Loop Trail at Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest near Richards. Texas, November 19, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3641/jpeg/01t.jpg) Green snake on a small sweetgum tree on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, November 10, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3420/jpeg/24t.jpg) Some reddish bolete mushrooms on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, November 5, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2818/jpeg/19t.jpg) Mature peach-colored fly agaric mushrooms (Amanita persicina) on a grassy path in a sunny sparse pine forest on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest, Texas, November 19, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3344/jpeg/06t.jpg) Light brown corticioid fungus Ceriporia(?) on a burned pine log on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, February 18, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3325/jpeg/21t.jpg) Merulioid corticioid fungus Serpula himantioides with its margins on a pine log on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, January 11, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3325/jpeg/19t.jpg) Fresh growth of corticioid fungus Serpula himantioides on a pine log on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, January 11, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3405/jpeg/24t.jpg) Milkcap mushrooms Lactarius rimosellus (spore print brownish) on a pine log on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, May 6, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3378/jpeg/09t.jpg) Swarming spine mushrooms (Mucronella calva) on a wet fallen pine on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, April 8, 2023
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