![](../../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/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/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/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/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/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/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/2023/3449/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/2023/3449/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/2023/3449/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/2024/3456/jpeg/02t.jpg) Brown leaves with dew on small trees of sweetgum on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, January 6, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3449/jpeg/14t.jpg) Bright orange leaves of a seedling of poison ivy on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, December 22, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3209/jpeg/12t.jpg) Yellow leaves of catalpa(?) on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, August 13, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2894/jpeg/10t.jpg) Shoot of sweetgum on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, March 28, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3472/jpeg/01t.jpg) Mustard yellow polypore mushrooms (Phellinus gilvus) at the base of dried sweetgum(?) on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Richards. Texas, February 15, 2024
![](../../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/2023/3341/jpeg/06t.jpg) Yellow jelly from some seeds(?) on seapage slope to creeks on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, February 12, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3341/jpeg/19t.jpg) 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
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3341/jpeg/07t.jpg) Close-up of yellow jelly from some seeds(?) on seapage slope to creeks on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, February 12, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3341/jpeg/21t.jpg) Yellow jelly from seapage slope to creeks in lugol, collected on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, February 12, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3418/jpeg/05t.jpg) Young copperhead snake with a yellow tail on a fallen pine tree on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, October 29, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3418/jpeg/02t.jpg) Half Yellow Powdery Bolete mushroom (Buchwaldoboletus hemichrysus) under pines on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, October 29, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3341/jpeg/20t.jpg) Yellow jelly from seapage slope to creeks under a microscope in lugol, collected on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, February 12, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3449/jpeg/05t.jpg) Climbing fern (Lygodium japonicum) on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, December 22, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3449/jpeg/26t.jpg) Pores of mushrooms Albatrellus subrubescens on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, December 22, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3449/jpeg/13t.jpg) Brilliant red foliage of fragrant sumac on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, December 22, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3449/jpeg/22t.jpg) Underside of pinkgill mushroom Entoloma papillatum on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, December 22, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3449/jpeg/16t.jpg) Pine Spikes mushrooms (Chroogomphus vinicolor) on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, December 22, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3449/jpeg/27t.jpg) Pore surface of mushrooms Albatrellus subrubescens on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, December 22, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3449/jpeg/31t.jpg) Tissues of mushrooms Albatrellus subrubescens collected on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, December 22, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3449/jpeg/33t.jpg) Basidia of mushrooms Albatrellus subrubescens collected on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, December 22, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3449/jpeg/32t.jpg) Hyphae and spores of mushrooms Albatrellus subrubescens collected on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, December 22, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3449/jpeg/30t.jpg) 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
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3449/jpeg/35t.jpg) Spores (in KOH) of a pinkgill mushroom Entoloma papillatum collected on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, December 22, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3449/jpeg/24t.jpg) Underside of terrestrial polypore mushrooms Albatrellus subrubescens on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, December 22, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3450/jpeg/07t.jpg) Spores of mushrooms Albatrellus subrubescens collected 2 days before on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, December 24, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3449/jpeg/21t.jpg) Side view of pinkgill mushroom Entoloma papillatum on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, December 22, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3449/jpeg/20t.jpg) Small dark pinkgill mushroom Entoloma papillatum on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, December 22, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3449/jpeg/17t.jpg) Gills of Pine Spikes mushrooms (Chroogomphus vinicolor) on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, December 22, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3449/jpeg/23t.jpg) Terrestrial polypore mushrooms Albatrellus subrubescens on a slope of 3-rd creek on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, December 22, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3450/jpeg/06t.jpg) 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
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3449/jpeg/34t.jpg) 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
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3363/jpeg/08t.jpg) Young leaves of sweetgum on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, March 12, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3449/jpeg/19t.jpg) Close-up of corticioid fungus Gloeoporus ambiguus (Meruliopsis ambigua)(?) on pine or may be a hardwood twig on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, December 22, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3449/jpeg/18t.jpg) Corticioid (crust) fungus Gloeoporus ambiguus (Meruliopsis ambigua)(?) on pine or may be a hardwood twig on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, December 22, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3449/jpeg/25t.jpg) Cross section of terrestrial polypore mushrooms Albatrellus subrubescens (pore layer 1-3 mm thick) on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, December 22, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3433/jpeg/07t.jpg) 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
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2894/jpeg/23t.jpg) Fresh leaves of elm on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, March 28, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2894/jpeg/15t.jpg) Young leaves of elm on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, March 28, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2894/jpeg/22t.jpg) Some glossy leaves on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, March 28, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2894/jpeg/03t.jpg) Some young glossy leaves on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, March 28, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3449/jpeg/29t.jpg) 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
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3237/jpeg/23t.jpg) Yellow bolete mushrooms Pulveroboletus curtisii on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 10, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3616/jpeg/10t.jpg) Brown cap bolete mushroom with yellow pores on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 7, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2894/jpeg/24t.jpg) Young leaves of muscadine grape on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, March 28, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2894/jpeg/18t.jpg) Reddish young leaves of hickory on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, March 28, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2894/jpeg/14t.jpg) Young tender leaves of hickory on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, March 28, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3449/jpeg/28t.jpg) Cross section of orange amorphous stuff on a side of the path in sandy exposed soil, may be sclerotium of a fungus Penicillium vanoranjei, on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, December 22, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3616/jpeg/21t.jpg) Young brown cap bolete mushroom with yellow pores on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 7, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3117/jpeg/20t.jpg) Yellow trumpet of Carolina jessamine and a blue violet on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, March 13, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3616/jpeg/12t.jpg) Section of a brown cap bolete mushroom with yellow pores on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 7, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3616/jpeg/11t.jpg) Underside of a brown cap bolete mushroom with yellow pores on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 7, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2894/jpeg/02t.jpg) Unfolding and growing young hickory leaves on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, March 28, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3341/jpeg/13t.jpg) Flowers of pussytoes (Antennaria) on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, February 12, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3341/jpeg/11t.jpg) Mushroom Rhodocollybia maculata on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, February 12, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3341/jpeg/16t.jpg) Mushroom Melanoleuca melaleuca(?) on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, February 12, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3616/jpeg/09t.jpg) Side view of a brown cap bolete mushroom with yellow pores on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 7, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3616/jpeg/22t.jpg) Section of a young brown cap bolete mushroom with yellow pores on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 7, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3617/jpeg/09t.jpg) Spores (in KOH) of a brown cap bolete mushroom with yellow pores collected a day before on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 8, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2894/jpeg/08t.jpg) Young leaves of parsley hawthorn (Crataegus marshallii) on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, March 28, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3142/jpeg/13t.jpg) Young leaves of soft greeneyes (Berlandiera pumila) on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, April 30, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2894/jpeg/04t.jpg) Young leaves of fragrant sumac (Rhus aromatica) on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, March 28, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3341/jpeg/12t.jpg) Gills of a mushroom Rhodocollybia maculata on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, February 12, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3433/jpeg/11t.jpg) Pinkgill (Entoloma) mushroom with a nipple on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, November 24, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3418/jpeg/16t.jpg) Mushrooms Pholiota spumosa on a path on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, October 29, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3341/jpeg/18t.jpg) Gills of mushroom Melanoleuca melaleuca(?) on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, February 12, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3433/jpeg/03t.jpg) Whitish pinkgill mushrooms (Entoloma) on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, November 24, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3341/jpeg/04t.jpg) Tooth mushrooms Hydnum umbilicatum on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, February 12, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3418/jpeg/06t.jpg) Bolete mushrooms Xerocomus illudens(?) on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, October 29, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3418/jpeg/03t.jpg) Underside of bolete mushroom Buchwaldoboletus hemichrysus on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, October 29, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3341/jpeg/34t.jpg) Spores of mushroom Melanoleuca melaleuca(?) collected on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, February 12, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3341/jpeg/09t.jpg) Orange mosscap mushrooms (Rickenella fibula) on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, February 12, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3433/jpeg/12t.jpg) Underside of pinkgill (Entoloma) mushroom with a nipple on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, November 24, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3341/jpeg/26t.jpg) Basidia of mushroom Melanoleuca melaleuca(?) collected on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, February 12, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3341/jpeg/17t.jpg) Side view of mushroom Melanoleuca melaleuca(?) on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, February 12, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3341/jpeg/32t.jpg) Spores of mushrooms Rickenella fibula collected on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, February 12, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3433/jpeg/04t.jpg) Underside of whitish pinkgill mushrooms (Entoloma) on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, November 24, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3418/jpeg/13t.jpg) Pores of a bolete mushroom Xerocomus illudens(?) on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, October 29, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3341/jpeg/29t.jpg) Spores (in KOH?) of mushroom Rhodocollybia maculata collected on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, February 12, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3433/jpeg/01t.jpg) Large white mushroom Amanita polypyramis on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, November 24, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3077/jpeg/11t.jpg) Some milkcap (Lactarius)(?) mushroom on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, December 5, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3353/jpeg/30t.jpg) Young leaves of sweetgum on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, March 4, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3418/jpeg/14t.jpg) Small brittlestem (Psathyrella) mushrooms in wet muddy place on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, October 29, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3341/jpeg/27t.jpg) Spores (in Congo Red) of mushroom Melanoleuca melaleuca(?) collected on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, February 12, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3418/jpeg/04t.jpg) Cross section of bolete mushroom Buchwaldoboletus hemichrysus on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, October 29, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3341/jpeg/30t.jpg) Spores (in lugol) of mushroom Rhodocollybia maculata collected on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, February 12, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3418/jpeg/11t.jpg) Large and smal bolete mushrooms Xerocomus illudens(?) on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, October 29, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3341/jpeg/08t.jpg) Ramaria mushroom on a lower part of rotten pine log on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, February 12, 2023
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