![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3526/jpeg/10t.jpg) Stalked Scarlet Cup fungus (Sarcoscypha occidentalis) on a stick in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 4, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2954/jpeg/35t.jpg) Stalked scarlet cup mushrooms (Sarcoscypha occidentalis) on a stick in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, June 4, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3527/jpeg/07t.jpg) Spores of Stalked Scarlet Cup fungus (Sarcoscypha occidentalis) collected a day before in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 5, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3537/jpeg/11t.jpg) Stalked scarlet cup mushrooms (Sarcoscypha occidentalis) on a stick in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, May 15, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2954/jpeg/34t.jpg) Stalked scarlet cup mushrooms (Sarcoscypha occidentalis) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, June 4, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2282/jpeg/11t.jpg) Stalked scarlet cup mushrooms (Sarcoscypha occidentalis) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, June 4, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2862/jpeg/05t.jpg) Stalked Scarlet Cup mushroom (Sarcoscypha occidentalis) on a rotting stick on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, January 30, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3537/jpeg/30t.jpg) Asci of stalked scarlet cup mushrooms (Sarcoscypha occidentalis) (x40 objective) collected in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, May 15, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3537/jpeg/31t.jpg) Spores of stalked scarlet cup mushrooms (Sarcoscypha occidentalis) (x100 objective) collected in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, May 15, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2709/jpeg/02t.jpg) Stalked scarlet cup mushrooms (Sarcoscypha occidentalis) on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 17, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2521/jpeg/24t.jpg) Stalked scarlet cup mushrooms (Sarcoscypha occidentalis) on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest near Huntsville. Texas, June 7, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2242/jpeg/37t.jpg) Close up of stalked scarlet cup mushrooms (Sarcoscypha occidentalis) on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest, near Huntsville. Texas, April 8, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2242/jpeg/35t.jpg) Ascomycete mushrooms stalked scarlet cup (Sarcoscypha occidentalis) on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest, near Huntsville. Texas, April 8, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2242/jpeg/38t.jpg) Stalked scarlet cup (Sarcoscypha occidentalis) mushrooms on a rotting branch in wet soil on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest, near Huntsville. Texas, April 8, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2242/jpeg/39t.jpg) Mushrooms stalked scarlet cup (Sarcoscypha occidentalis) taken from a small piece of wood on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest, near Huntsville. Texas, April 8, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2691/jpeg/14t.jpg) Stalked scarlet cup mushrooms (Sarcoscypha occidentalis) on a fallen twig on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 23, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2242/jpeg/36t.jpg) Stalked scarlet cup mushrooms (Sarcoscypha occidentalis) on a rotting branch in soil on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest, near Huntsville. Texas, April 8, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3526/jpeg/23t.jpg) Asci with spores (in KOH) of mushrooms Sarcoscypha occidentalis under a microscope with x40 objective, collected in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 4, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2957/jpeg/23t.jpg) Stalked scarlet cup fungus (Sarcoscypha occidentalis) in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, June 6, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3526/jpeg/22t.jpg) Asci with spores (in Congo Red) of mushrooms Sarcoscypha occidentalis under a microscope with x40 objective, collected in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 4, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2375/jpeg/21t.jpg) Cup mushrooms Sarcoscypha occidentalis in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, October 5, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2276/jpeg/23t.jpg) Sarcoscypha occidentalis mushrooms on pieces of wood in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 31, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2373/jpeg/06t.jpg) Cup mushrooms Sarcoscypha occidentalis on rotting wood in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, October 3, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2276/jpeg/24t.jpg) Cap mushrooms Sarcoscypha occidentalis growing on pieces of wood in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 31, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2374/jpeg/08t.jpg) Cup mushrooms Phillipsia crispata(?) and Sarcoscypha occidentalis on rotting wood in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, October 3, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2373/jpeg/13t.jpg) Cup mushrooms Sarcoscypha occidentalis on small pieces of wood in a damp place in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, October 3, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2373/jpeg/14t.jpg) Cup fungi Phillipsia crispata(?) and Sarcoscypha occidentalis on wet wood in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, October 3, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2373/jpeg/16t.jpg) Cup fungi Phillipsia crispata(?) and Sarcoscypha occidentalis on wet fallen branches in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, October 3, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3628/jpeg/33t.jpg) Cluster of caps of ringless honey mushrooms (Desarmillaria caespitosa) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, October 7, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3629/jpeg/15t.jpg) Old cluster of ringless honey mushrooms (Desarmillaria caespitosa) in ultraviolet light in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, October 8, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3628/jpeg/22t.jpg) Cluster of ringless honey mushrooms (Desarmillaria caespitosa) in area of oxbows in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, October 6, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3628/jpeg/23t.jpg) Dense cluster of ringless honey mushrooms (Desarmillaria caespitosa) in area of oxbows in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, October 6, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3629/jpeg/14t.jpg) Gills of a cluster of ringless honey mushrooms (Desarmillaria caespitosa) in ultraviolet light in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, October 8, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3530/jpeg/11t.jpg) Young tooth mushroom Climacodon pulcherrimus on an oak stick in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 8, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3629/jpeg/13t.jpg) Side view of a cluster of ringless honey mushrooms (Desarmillaria caespitosa) in ultraviolet light in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, October 8, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3628/jpeg/36t.jpg) Cluster of young ringless honey mushrooms (Desarmillaria caespitosa) both in natural light and under 365 nm ultraviolet (UV-A) blacklight from Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, October 7, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3628/jpeg/38t.jpg) Underside of a cluster of ringless honey mushrooms (Desarmillaria caespitosa) both in natural light and under 365 nm ultraviolet (UV-A) blacklight from Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, October 7, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3629/jpeg/16t.jpg) Large old cluster of ringless honey mushrooms (Desarmillaria caespitosa) when exposed to regular daylight as well as when illuminated by a 365 nm ultraviolet (UV-A) blacklight in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, October 8, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3629/jpeg/12t.jpg) Mature cluster of ringless honey mushrooms (Desarmillaria caespitosa) when exposed to regular daylight as well as when illuminated by a 365 nm ultraviolet (UV-A) blacklight in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, October 8, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3485/jpeg/28t.jpg) Young leaves of Devil s Walking Stick (Hercules-club, Aralia spinosa) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, March 12, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3617/jpeg/05t.jpg) Buttonbush (Cephalanthus occidentalis) when exposed to regular daylight as well as when illuminated by a 365 nm ultraviolet (UV-A) blacklight from Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, September 8, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3617/jpeg/06t.jpg) Close-up of buttonbush (Cephalanthus occidentalis) when exposed to regular daylight as well as when illuminated by a 365 nm ultraviolet (UV-A) blacklight from Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, September 8, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3158/jpeg/08t.jpg) Polypore mushrooms Microporellus obovatus on a stick in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 23, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3617/jpeg/04t.jpg) Buttonbush (Cephalanthus occidentalis) when exposed to regular daylight as well as when illuminated by a 365 nm ultraviolet (UV-A) blacklight found near Nature Center from Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, September 8, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2017/2037/jpeg/08t.jpg) Scarlet elfcup (Sarcoscypha austriaca) mushrooms near Lisiy Nos, west from Saint Petersburg. Russia, May 9, 2017
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2727/jpeg/10t.jpg) Gills of scarlet waxcap mushrooms (Hygrocybe coccinea) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, June 10, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2727/jpeg/08t.jpg) Scarlet waxcap mushrooms (Hygrocybe coccinea) on Closed Trail in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, June 10, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2727/jpeg/09t.jpg) Side view of scarlet waxcap mushrooms (Hygrocybe coccinea) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, June 10, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2275/jpeg/26t.jpg) Dense cluster of Gymnopus mushrooms on a rotten stump in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 30, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2317/jpeg/20t.jpg) Cluster of pallid bolete mushrooms (Boletus pallidus) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, July 18, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2267/jpeg/16t.jpg) Cluster of small white mushrooms Marasmiellus candidus on a fallen branch in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 24, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3087/jpeg/16t.jpg) Cluster of waxcap mushrooms Cuphophyllus virgineus under elms and oaks in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, December 22, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3473/jpeg/08t.jpg) Cluster of tiny plants of Lepuropetalon spathulatum among sporophytes of a liverwort on a lawn on Lick Creek Greenway Trail. College Station, Texas, February 16, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2017/2051/jpeg/09t.jpg) Scarlet elfcup mushrooms (Sarcoscypha austriaca) on mushroom show in Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 27, 2017
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2928/jpeg/38t.jpg) Scarlet elfcup mushrooms (Sarcoscypha austriaca) at the foot of Orekhovaya Gora Hill in Duderhof Heights, south from Saint Petersburg. Russia, May 9, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3151/jpeg/02t.jpg) Dissected straight-stalked Entoloma mushrooms (Entoloma strictius) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 13, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3044/jpeg/09t.jpg) Cluster of ringless honey mushrooms (Desarmillaria caespitosa, former D. tabescens) under oaks in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, October 18, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2017/2032/jpeg/14t.jpg) Cluster of red cup mushrooms Sarcoscypha austriaca near Oselki on roadside near Kavgolovskoe Lake. North from Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 3, 2017
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3468/jpeg/03t.jpg) Cluster of seedlings of a dicotyledon plant narrowleaf marsh elder (Iva angustifolia) on a road over a sewage pipeline west from a water treatment plant in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, February 5, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3151/jpeg/01t.jpg) Straight-stalked Entoloma mushrooms (Entoloma strictius) under post oak trees in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 13, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2859/jpeg/05t.jpg) Hairy-stalked Gymnopus mushrooms (Gymnopus spongiosus(?)) under small oaks in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, January 25, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3152/jpeg/12t.jpg) Spores of straight-stalked Entoloma mushrooms (Entoloma strictius) under a microscope, collected in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 13, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3232/jpeg/06t.jpg) Cluster of mature mushrooms Leucoagaricus americanus on sawdust piles near Post Oak Trail in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, September 6, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3263/jpeg/19t.jpg) Mature blackened cluster of ringless honey mushrooms (Desarmillaria caespitosa, former D. tabescens) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, October 26, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3468/jpeg/04t.jpg) Compact cluster of seedlings of a dicotyledon plant narrowleaf marsh elder (Iva angustifolia) on a road over a sewage pipeline west from a water treatment plant in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, February 5, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3152/jpeg/13t.jpg) Spores of straight-stalked Entoloma mushrooms (Entoloma strictius) in Lugol solution, collected in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 13, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3215/jpeg/17t.jpg) Cluster of tiger sawgill mushrooms (Lentinus tigrinus) on tree roots on Racoon Run Trail in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, August 24, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1292/jpeg/03t.jpg) Cluster of wet ringless honey mushrooms (Desarmillaria caespitosa, former D. tabescens, Armillaria) on a tree base in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, October 27, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2251/jpeg/13t.jpg) Dwarf dandelion (Krigia occidentalis) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, April 25, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/729/jpeg/12t.jpg) Dwarf dandelion (Krigia occidentalis) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, April 2, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3010/jpeg/07t.jpg) Circular cluster of black-staining polypore mushrooms Meripilus sumstinei at the base of dry Mexican plum in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, August 18, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3224/jpeg/24t.jpg) Mushroom Xeromphalina tenuipes on a fallen wood stick in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, September 1, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2997/jpeg/01t.jpg) Buttonbush (Cephalanthus occidentalis) near Nature Center in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, August 1, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2993/jpeg/05t.jpg) Buttonbush (Cephalanthus occidentalis) near Nature Center in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, July 28, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2625/jpeg/25t.jpg) Cluster of woods ear mushrooms (Auricularia angiospermarum, Auricularia auricula-judae complex) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, January 7, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3224/jpeg/25t.jpg) Brown cap of a mushroom Xeromphalina tenuipes on a fallen wood stick in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, September 1, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2993/jpeg/06t.jpg) Flower of buttonbush (Cephalanthus occidentalis) behind Nature Center in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, July 28, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2737/jpeg/36t.jpg) Florets of buttonbush (Cephalanthus occidentalis) near Nature Center in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, July 11, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3010/jpeg/13t.jpg) Side view of a circular cluster of black-staining polypore mushrooms Meripilus sumstinei at the base of dry Mexican plum in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, August 18, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3010/jpeg/08t.jpg) Upper view of a circular cluster of black-staining polypore mushrooms Meripilus sumstinei at the base of dry Mexican plum in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, August 18, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1232/jpeg/09t.jpg) Flowers of Devil s Walking Stick (Hercules-club, Aralia spinosa) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, July 24, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3361/jpeg/17t.jpg) Leaves of devil s walking stick (Hercules-club, Aralia spinosa) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, March 10, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2997/jpeg/02t.jpg) Globular flower of buttonbush (Cephalanthus occidentalis) near Nature Center in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, August 1, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2737/jpeg/40t.jpg) Spherical flowers of buttonbush (Cephalanthus occidentalis) near Nature Center in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, July 11, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2721/jpeg/01t.jpg) Straight-stalked pinkgill mushroom (Entoloma strictius) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, June 2, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2010/847/jpeg/04t.jpg) Young leaves of Devil s Walking Stick (Hercules-club, Aralia spinosa) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, April 1, 2010.
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2737/jpeg/39t.jpg) Globular flower head of buttonbush (Cephalanthus occidentalis) near Nature Center in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, July 11, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2737/jpeg/38t.jpg) Honey bees on flowers of buttonbush (Cephalanthus occidentalis) near Nature Center in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, July 11, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2737/jpeg/37t.jpg) Immature flower heads of buttonbush (Cephalanthus occidentalis) near Nature Center in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, July 11, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/669/jpeg/13t.jpg) Tiny pink flowers of scarlet toothcup (Ammannia coccinea) on Closed Trail in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, September 12, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2961/jpeg/05t.jpg) Cluster of bracket polypore mushrooms Trametes robiniophila (Perenniporia robiniophila, Vanderbylia robiniophila) on an oak stump near Nature Center in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, June 9, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2010/901/jpeg/19t.jpg) Cluster of young Laughing gym mushrooms (spectacular rustgill, Gymnopilus spectabilis, Gymnopilus junonius) at the base of a rotten tree near Racoon Run Trail in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, December 24, 2010
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2997/jpeg/22t.jpg) Fruit capsules of scarlet toothcup (Ammannia coccinea) on a recent forest clearing near a road in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, August 1, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2997/jpeg/23t.jpg) Seed cluster of fragrant flatsedge (Cyperus odoratus) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, August 1, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2921/jpeg/03t.jpg) Scarlet elfcup mushroom (Sarcoscypha austriaca) on a road west from Kavgolovo Lake near Toksovo, north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, May 2, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3455/jpeg/09t.jpg) Stalked Lattice Stinkhorn mushroom (Lysurus periphragmoides) on a lawn in Hensel Park. College Station, Texas, January 3, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3455/jpeg/12t.jpg) Cross section of stalked Lattice Stinkhorn mushroom (Lysurus periphragmoides) in Hensel Park. College Station, Texas, January 3, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2934/jpeg/26t.jpg) Dense cluster of stalked bonfire cup mushrooms Geopyxis carbonaria in a burned spruce forest in Zakhodskoe (Lounatjoki), 50 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, May 15, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1117/jpeg/13t.jpg) Spherical cluster of berries of greenbrier vine (prickly-ivy, smilax, sarsaparilla) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, November 6, 2012
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