 Mushrooms Saproamanita thiersii(?) under oak and Yaupon trees on a trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, May 18, 2024
 Section of a mushrooms Saproamanita thiersii under oak trees on a trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, May 18, 2024
 Gills of a mushroom Saproamanita thiersii under oak trees on a trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, May 18, 2024
 White cap of a mushroom Saproamanita thiersii under oak trees on a trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, May 18, 2024
 Underside of a mushroom Saproamanita thiersii under oak trees on a trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, May 18, 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
 Spores of large Chanterelle mushrooms (Cantharellus cibarius) collected 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
 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
 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
 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
 Spores of Eastern North American destroying angel mushrooms (Amanita bisporigera)(?) collected on a trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, March 29, 2024
 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 (with x100 objective) of Ascomycete mushrooms Chorioactis geaster collected at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 1, 2023
 Asci and spores (at low magnification, x40 objective) of Ascomycete mushrooms Chorioactis geaster collected at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 1, 2023
 Spores (in KOH) of brown puffball mushrooms from a grassy path, collected on Lake Somerville Trailway near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, February 14, 2024
 Spores (in KOH) of small dark brown pinkgill (Entoloma) mushrooms collected on Lake Somerville Trailway near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, February 14, 2024
 Spores (in lugol) of small dark brown pinkgill (Entoloma) mushrooms collected on Lake Somerville Trailway near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, February 14, 2024
 Spores and basidia of small dark brown pinkgill (Entoloma) mushrooms collected on Lake Somerville Trailway near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, February 14, 2024
 Brown fibrecap (Inocybe, Mallocybe(?)) mushrooms under juniper trees on a trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, May 11, 2024
 Spores of tiny white grass oysterling mushrooms Crepidotus epibryus(?) from grass roots (may be contaminated by other spores) collected near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, September 8, 2022
 Spores of a bracket polypore mushroom Trametes lactinea (size (5) 5.2 - 5.8 (6) x (2.1) 2.15 - 2.4 (2.5)) from a fallen oak collected at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, April 3, 2022
 Hyphae of a parasitic fungus Sporophagomyces with caught spores of Dichostereum effuscatum collected at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 1, 2023
 Spores of a bracket polypore mushroom Phellinus gilvus (Fuscoporia gilva) from a fallen oak collected at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park a day before. Texas, April 4, 2022
 Spores of rust fungus Puccinia eatoniae var. myosotidis(?) from spring scorpion grass collected at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, April 3, 2022
 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
 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
 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
 Textured surface of spores of rust fungus Puccinia eatoniae var. myosotidis(?) from spring scorpion grass collected at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, April 3, 2022
 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
 Mushrooms Lepiota roseolivida under juniper trees at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, July 17, 2021
 Bolete mushrooms Boletus luridellus under oak trees at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, July 17, 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
 Coincap mushrooms Clitocybula familia near red cedar trees at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, April 5, 2020
 Mature mushrooms Xanthoconium affine under juniper trees at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, July 17, 2021
 Small mushrooms Clitocella mundula(?) under juniper trees at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, December 20, 2021
 Underside of bolete mushrooms Boletus luridellus under oak trees at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, July 17, 2021
 Stalked puffball mushrooms Tulostoma rufum 0.2 m from a sandy road, mostly on sand, under Yaupon, in red cedar forest at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 18, 2021
 Underside of small mushrooms Clitocella mundula(?) under juniper trees at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, December 20, 2021
 Side view of mushrooms Lepiota roseolivida under juniper trees at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, July 17, 2021
 Cross section of bolete mushrooms Boletus luridellus under oak trees at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, July 17, 2021
 Beard lichen (Usnea) on small elm trees on a trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, September 14, 2024
 Tiger sawgill mushrooms (Lentinus tigrinus) at the base of dead trees in a formerly flooded area near the lake at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, March 12, 2019
 Upper view of coincap mushrooms Clitocybula familia near red cedar trees at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, April 5, 2020
 Cross section and pores of bolete mushrooms Boletus luridellus under oak trees at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, July 17, 2021
 Spores of Ascomycete mushroom Chorioactis geaster collected a day before in Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 2, 2023
 Spores of rust fungus Puccinia eatoniae var. myosotidis(?) at low magnification from spring scorpion grass at low magnification, collected at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, April 3, 2022
 Dissected Amanita thiersii (Saproamanita thiersii) mushroom on a forest road near Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, May 23, 2018
 Cap of a brown fibrecap (Inocybe, Mallocybe(?)) mushroom under red cedar trees on a trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, May 11, 2024
 Thiers lepidella mushroom (Amanita thiersii, Saproamanita thiersii) on a forest road near Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, May 23, 2018
 Oaks and Yaupon bushes at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, December 21, 2019
 Spores of devil s cigar mushroom Chorioactis geaster collected a day before in Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 2, 2023
 Spores (at low magnofication) of Ascomycete mushroom Chorioactis geaster collected a day before in Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 2, 2023
 Weeping milk cap mushrooms Lactarius volemus var. flavus under red cedar trees on a slope near a small creek on north shore of Lake Somerville near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, May 6, 2018
 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
 Underside of a brown fibrecap (Inocybe, Mallocybe(?)) mushroom under red cedar trees on a trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, May 11, 2024
 Thiers lepidella mushroom (Amanita thiersii, Saproamanita thiersii) with volval remnants on a forest road near Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, May 23, 2018
 Leaves of Yaupon holly on highway of leafcutting ants at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, July 31, 2022
 Trees near the lake at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, March 12, 2019
 Dry oak trees on a lake shore at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, April 20, 2022
 Trees on a shore of Somerville Lake near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, December 29, 2023
 Dry oak trees at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, March 29, 2021
 Dry oak trees at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, November 6, 2020
 Elm(?) trees on a shore of Somerville Lake near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, December 29, 2023
 Various trees at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, March 12, 2019
 Asci and paraphyses of Ascomycete mushrooms Chorioactis geaster collected at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 1, 2023
 Tilted oak trees at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, March 29, 2021
 Grasses and trees on a shore of Somerville Lake near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, December 29, 2023
 Path with trees at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, December 4, 2020
 Oak and red cedar trees at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, November 6, 2020
 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
 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
 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
 Trees in a recently flooded area at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, March 12, 2019
 Frequently flooded area with dead oak trees at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, May 31, 2022
 Trees in a recently flooded area at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, March 12, 2019
 Funnel mushrooms (Clitocybe) under cedar trees near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, November 24, 2018
 Immature spore and some round structures of Ascomycete mushrooms Chorioactis geaster collected at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 1, 2023
 Dried leaves of hackberry and other trees on the ground at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, July 31, 2022
 Mushroom Gymnopus luxurians under juniper trees at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, July 17, 2021
 Thiers lepidella (Amanita thiersii, Saproamanita thiersii) mushroom on a field near Loop Trail in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, October 6, 2013
 Close-up of winter stalkball mushrooms (Tulostoma fimbriatum) at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, February 6, 2024
 Ascomycete mushroom Chorioactis geaster under several trees in half-open area near the lake, at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 1, 2023
 Spores (in lugol) 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
 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
 Spores of white crust fungus Dendrothele nivosa from bark of red cedar (juniper), collected 3 days before near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 19, 2023
 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
 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
 Underside of pinkgill (Entoloma) mushroom under red cedar trees at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, December 22, 2018
 Cross section of winter stalkball mushrooms (Tulostoma fimbriatum) at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, February 6, 2024
 Winter stalkball mushrooms (Tulostoma fimbriatum) on black background at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, February 6, 2024
 Patriotic bolete mushroom (Boletus patrioticus) under juniper and oak trees at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, October 10, 2021
 Elm trees with bony beard lichen (Usnea trichodea) in wet area at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, December 20, 2021
 Side view of pinkgill (Entoloma) mushroom under red cedar trees at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, December 22, 2018
 Thiers lepidella (Amanita thiersii, Saproamanita thiersii) mushroom with volval remnants on a field near Loop Trail in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, October 6, 2013
 Thiers lepidella (Amanita thiersii, Saproamanita thiersii) mushroom covered by volval remnants near Loop Trail in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, October 6, 2013
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