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3541-20. Large spherical structure of blistered jelly lichen (Collema) under a microscope in Congo red, collected in Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, May 18, 2024Similar picturesLarge thumbnails | Use small thumbnails | View as slideshow |
 Blistered jelly lichen (Collema) under a microscope in Congo red, collected in Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, May 18, 2024  Hyphae of blistered jelly lichen (Collema) under a microscope in Congo red, collected in Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, May 18, 2024  Blistered jelly lichen (Collema) under a microscope in KOH solution, collected in Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, May 18, 2024  Blistered jelly lichen (Collema) on bark of a fallen oak on a trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, May 18, 2024  Texture of blistered jelly lichen (Collema) on a fallen oak on a trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, May 18, 2024  Cyanobacteria Nostoc forming a blistered jelly lichen (Collema) on a fallen oak on a trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, May 18, 2024  Blistered jelly lichen (Collema) on a fallen oak branch near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, November 24, 2018  Blistered jelly lichen (Collema) on bark of a fallen oak branch near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, November 24, 2018  Blistered jelly lichen (Collema) with green moss on a fallen oak branch near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, November 24, 2018  White substance from animal droppings under a microscope (in KOH), collected on a trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, March 2, 2024  Texture of a blistered jelly lichen (Collema) with Nostoc cyanobacteria on a fallen oak in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, October 3, 2018  Cyanobacteria Nostoc forming a blistered jelly lichen (Collema) on an oak branch in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, October 3, 2018  Close up of a blistered jelly lichen (Collema) with Nostoc cyanobacteria on a fallen oak in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, October 3, 2018  Asci (in Congo Red, at low magnification) of Ascomycete mushrooms Chorioactis geaster collected at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 1, 2023  Tissues (in Congo Red, at low magnification) of Ascomycete mushrooms Chorioactis geaster collected at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 1, 2023  Spores of large Chanterelle mushrooms (Cantharellus cibarius) collected in Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, May 18, 2024  Hyphae and spores (in Congo Red) of peat mold fungus (Chromelosporium fulvum) at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, February 6, 2024  Tiny mite under a microscope, collected near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, September 8, 2022  Spores of a bracket polypore mushroom Phellinus gilvus (Fuscoporia gilva) from a fallen oak through a microscope, collected at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park a day before. Texas, April 4, 2022  Salted shell lichen (Coccocarpia palmicola) on a large rock in a forest at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, April 5, 2020  Mycena corticola mushrooms and folious lichen on a large branch of a live oak at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, December 20, 2021  White fringe lichen (Heterodermia albicans) with apothecia on a large branch of a live oak at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, December 20, 2021  Spores of rust fungus Puccinia eatoniae var. myosotidis(?) from spring scorpion grass under a microscope showing their texture, collected at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, April 3, 2022  Spherical inflorescence of buttonbush (Cephalanthus occidentalis) when exposed to regular daylight as well as when illuminated by a 365 nm ultraviolet (UV-A) blacklight from a trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, August 28, 2024  Spherical flowers of buttonbush (Cephalanthus occidentalis) when exposed to regular daylight as well as when illuminated by a 365 nm ultraviolet (UV-A) blacklight from a trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, August 28, 2024  Spores (in Congo Red) of white crust fungus Dendrothele nivosa from bark of red cedar (juniper), collected a day before near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 17, 2023  Salted shell lichen (Coccocarpia palmicola) on a large rock in a forest in area of sandstone outcrops at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 26, 2020  White fringe lichen (Heterodermia albicans) and Mycena corticola mushrooms on a large branch of a live oak at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, December 20, 2021  Tiny mushrooms Mycena corticola together with a lichen Heterodermia albicans on bark of a branch of a large live oak at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, December 20, 2021  Basidia and cystidia (in Congo Red, x40 objective) of some tiny gilled mushrooms collected from moss under a juniper forest on a side of a trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, March 5, 2023  Various seedlings on a path in shade collected at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, February 6, 2024  Spherical inflorescence of buttonbush (Cephalanthus occidentalis) in Birch Creek Unit of Lake Somerville State Park, Texas, July 22, 2018  Hyphae of peat mold fungus (Chromelosporium fulvum) collected at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, February 6, 2024  Spores of winter stalkball mushrooms (Tulostoma fimbriatum) collected at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, February 6, 2024  Large standing dead oak (snag) in Birch Creek Unit of Lake Somerville State Park, Texas, October 26, 2024  Spores of resupinate polupore mushroom Trametes villosa from a fallen juniper, collected at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, February 6, 2024  Spherical inflorescence of buttonbush (Cephalanthus occidentalis) on black background in Birch Creek Unit of Lake Somerville State Park, Texas, July 22, 2018  Tissues and spores at low magnification of peat mold fungus (Chromelosporium fulvum) from soil, collected at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, February 6, 2024  Hyphae and spores at low magnification of peat mold fungus (Chromelosporium fulvum) from soil, collected at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, February 6, 2024  Top view of large Chanterelle mushrooms (Cantharellus cibarius) on a trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, May 18, 2024  Jelly like cyanobacteria Nostoc commune at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, November 17, 2019  Structure of resupinate form of Brunneoporus juniperinus (Antrodia juniperina, Subantrodia juniperina) mushrooms on north shore of Lake Somerville near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, April 15, 2018  Jelly mushroom Tremella aurantia on a fallen oak at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 26, 2020  Beard lichen (Usnea) on an elm tree on a trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, March 2, 2024  Fan shaped jelly fungus (Dacryopinax spathularia) on a fallen juniper at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, August 29, 2021  Fan shaped jelly fungus (Dacryopinax spathularia) on a dry red cedar (juniper) at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, August 29, 2021  Golden-eye lichen (Teloschistes chrysophthalmus) on a twig on a trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, March 2, 2024  Powdered ruffle lichen (Parmotrema hypotropum) from a trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, September 1, 2024  Beard lichen (Usnea) on small elm trees on a trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, September 14, 2024  Apothecia of golden-eye lichen (Teloschistes chrysophthalmus) on a twig on a trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, March 2, 2024  Cystidia and some large cell of tiny gilled mushrooms collected from moss under a juniper forest on a side of a trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, March 5, 2023  Spores of mushrooms Saproamanita thiersii(?) under oak and Yaupon trees collected in Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, May 18, 2024  Jelly fungus Tremella aurantia parasitizing common wood rotter mushroom Stereum at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, December 20, 2021  Beard lichen (Usnea) on branches of elm trees in a low lying area on a trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, September 14, 2024  Slender orange-bush lichen (Teloschistes exilis) on a twig on a trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, March 2, 2024  Sunken rim-lichen (Lecanora oreinoides) and peppered rock-shield lichen (Xanthoparmelia conspersa) on sandstone outcrops in an oak and red cedar forest at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 25, 2019  Some large sedge (Carex) at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, March 14, 2020  Large buttonweed (Diodia virginiana) at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, August 9, 2020  Large buttonweed (Diodia virginiana) at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, August 29, 2021  Spores of a solitary orange waxcap mushroom (Hygrocybe) collected under oaks in Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, May 18, 2024  Spores (in KOH) of split fibrecap mushrooms (Pseudosperma rimosum) collected on a trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, May 11, 2024  Spores of bristled parachute mushrooms (Marasmius cohaerens) collected on a trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, May 11, 2024  Peppered rock-shield lichen (Xanthoparmelia conspersa) and sunken rim-lichen (Lecanora oreinoides) on a rock at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 25, 2019  Large colony of partridge pea (Cassia fasciculata) at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, July 19, 2020  White flowers of large buttonweed (Diodia virginiana) at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, October 6, 2019  Flowers and seeds of large buttonweed (Diodia virginiana) at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, October 6, 2019  Aeciospores of blackberry rust fungus Gymnoconia nitens, collected on a trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, March 2, 2024  Spores (spore print light brown) of Mallocybe mushrooms collected on a trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, May 11, 2024  Ramalina lichen on a twig when exposed to regular daylight as well as when illuminated by a 365 nm ultraviolet (UV-A) blacklight from a trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, September 1, 2024  Mycena corticola mushrooms on bark of a large branch of a live oak at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, December 20, 2021  Pox lichen (Pyrenula)(?) on a twig at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, December 21, 2019  Pertusaria lichen on a twig at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, December 21, 2019  Turbin lichen (Cladonia peziziformis) at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, November 17, 2019  Cladonia(?) lichen on sandstone rocks at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, February 24, 2021  Aeciospores of blackberry rust fungus Gymnoconia nitens at low magnification, collected on a trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, March 2, 2024  Large tachinid fly (Diptera, Tachinidae) on woolly-white (Hymenopappus artemisiaefolius) at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, April 19, 2019  Tiny mushrooms Mycena corticola on bark of a branch of a large live oak at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, December 20, 2021  Golden-eye lichen (Teloschistes chrysophthalmus) when exposed to regular daylight as well as when illuminated by a 365 nm ultraviolet (UV-A) blacklight from a trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, September 1, 2024  Rosette lichen (Physcia)(?) on a hackberry tree at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 26, 2020  Turbin lichen (Cladonia peziziformis) on sandstone at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, March 12, 2019  Turbin lichen (Cladonia peziziformis) on roadside at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, March 12, 2019  Dark brown powdery lichen on a stone at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, December 21, 2019  Turbin lichen (Cladonia peziziformis) on roadside at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, April 5, 2020  Yellow cobblestone lichen Acarospora socialis on sandstone at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 25, 2019  Turbin lichen (Cladonia peziziformis) on a side of a road at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, December 20, 2021  Speckled shield lichen (Punctelia) on a sandstone rock at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, December 20, 2021  Ruffle lichen Parmotrema submarginale(?) on a fallen oak branch at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 25, 2019  Cartilage lichen (Ramalina stenospora) on a twig a bush at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, December 20, 2021  Buellia or may be Lecidella lichen on sandstone in an oak and red cedar forest at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 25, 2019  Palm ruffle lichen (Parmotrema tinctorum) on a fallen oak at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 25, 2019  Folious lichen Cladonia together with moss on sandstone rocks at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, December 20, 2021  Caloplaca (orange) lichen on a roadside stone on north shore of Lake Somerville near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, April 15, 2018  Powdered ruffle lichen (Parmotrema hypotropum) on bushes at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, April 5, 2020  Aeciospores of blackberry rust fungus Gymnoconia nitens (stacked image), collected on a trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, March 2, 2024  Corticioid mushrooms of Ceriporia purpurea group with large pores on a rotten oak near a road along north shore of Lake Somerville near Birch Creek Unit Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, March 14, 2018  Buellia or may be Lecidella lichen on sandstone outcrops in an oak and red cedar forest at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 25, 2019  Peppered rock-shield lichen Xanthoparmelia conspersa with apothecia at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, February 24, 2021  Powdered ruffle lichen (Parmotrema hypotropum(?)) on a fallen oak twig at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, February 24, 2021  Bony beard lichen (Usnea trichodea) with apothecia on an elm tree at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, December 20, 2021 |