![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3632/jpeg/02t.jpg) Sidewalk firedot lichen (Xanthocarpia feracissima) on a concrete path in ultraviolet light in Bee Creek Park. College Station, Texas, October 15, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3606/jpeg/01t.jpg) Sidewalk firedot (Xanthocarpia feracissima) with other crustose lichens in ultraviolet light on a concrete path in Lemontree Park. College Station, Texas, August 22, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3606/jpeg/02t.jpg) Texture of sidewalk firedot (Xanthocarpia feracissima) with other crustose lichens in ultraviolet light on a concrete path in Lemontree Park. College Station, Texas, August 22, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3640/jpeg/04t.jpg) Granite tombstone with sidewalk firedot lichen (Xanthocarpia feracissima, Caloplaca feracissima) both in natural light and under 365 nm ultraviolet (UV-A) blacklight in Odd Fellow Cemetery. Anderson, Texas, November 9, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3640/jpeg/02t.jpg) Sidewalk firedot lichen (Xanthocarpia feracissima, Caloplaca feracissima) on a granite tomb both in natural light and under 365 nm ultraviolet (UV-A) blacklight in Odd Fellow Cemetery. Anderson, Texas, November 9, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3640/jpeg/01t.jpg) Sidewalk firedot lichen (Xanthocarpia feracissima, Caloplaca feracissima) on a tombstone when exposed to regular daylight as well as when illuminated by a 365 nm ultraviolet (UV-A) blacklight in Odd Fellow Cemetery. Anderson, Texas, November 9, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2423/jpeg/10t.jpg) Sidewalk firedot lichen (Xanthocarpia feracissima, Caloplaca feracissima) on a wet tombstone in Odd Fellow Cemetery. Anderson, Texas, December 31, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2423/jpeg/11t.jpg) Sidewalk firedot lichen (Xanthocarpia feracissima, Caloplaca feracissima) around a decoration on a tombstone in Odd Fellow Cemetery. Anderson, Texas, December 31, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2423/jpeg/09t.jpg) Sidewalk firedot lichen (Xanthocarpia feracissima, Caloplaca feracissima) on a wet tombstone with an inscription in Odd Fellow Cemetery. Anderson, Texas, December 31, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2410/jpeg/38t.jpg) Sidewalk firedot lichen (Xanthocarpia feracissima, Caloplaca feracissima) on a marble rose in Boonville Cemetery. Bryan, Texas, December 8, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2410/jpeg/27t.jpg) Sidewalk firedot lichen (Xanthocarpia feracissima, Caloplaca feracissima) on handshake symbol on a tomb in City Cemetery. Bryan, Texas, December 8, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3611/jpeg/16t.jpg) A toad on a sandy path glowing blue in ultraviolet light in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, August 30, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3605/jpeg/18t.jpg) Various crustose lichen on a trunk of oak tree in ultraviolet light in Bee Creek Park. College Station, Texas, August 19, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3611/jpeg/17t.jpg) Apothecia of a foliose lichen glowing blue in ultraviolet light in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, August 30, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3606/jpeg/24t.jpg) Crustose lichen Pertusaria in ultraviolet light on a small mesquite tree on Post Oak Trail in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, August 23, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2422/jpeg/30t.jpg) Firedot lichen Xanthocarpia crenulatella (Caloplaca crenulatella) on concrete enforcement of a sandy road in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, December 29, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3639/jpeg/29t.jpg) Sandstone with green algae on a path in ultraviolet light in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, November 8, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3639/jpeg/22t.jpg) Dry leaves and sandstone with algae on a path in ultraviolet light in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, November 8, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3625/jpeg/05t.jpg) Sandy path with elm leaves and algae in ultraviolet light in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, September 25, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3614/jpeg/19t.jpg) Mushrooms Amanita pubescens on a sandy path in ultraviolet light in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, September 5, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3614/jpeg/24t.jpg) Mushrooms Leucocoprinus longistriatus on a sandy path in ultraviolet light in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, September 5, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3639/jpeg/30t.jpg) Dry oak and hackberry leaves and sandstone with algae on a path in ultraviolet light in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, November 8, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3639/jpeg/25t.jpg) Dry oak leaves, fallen twigs and sandstone with algae on a path in ultraviolet light in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, November 8, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3614/jpeg/20t.jpg) Mushrooms Amanita pubescens on a sandy path glowing in ultraviolet light in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, September 5, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2221/jpeg/10t.jpg) Firedot lichen Xanthocarpia crenulatella (Caloplaca crenulatella) (orange) and Acarospora (brown) on sandstone on a bridge in Wolf Pen Creek Park. College Station, Texas, January 13, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2221/jpeg/09t.jpg) Firedot lichen Xanthocarpia crenulatella (Caloplaca crenulatella) (orange), Acarospora (brown), Acarospora or Pleopsideum (yellow) and Lecidea(?)(black) lichens on sandstone rocks of a bridge in Wolf Pen Creek Park. College Station, Texas, January 13, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3611/jpeg/15t.jpg) Young toad glowing blue in ultraviolet light in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, August 30, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3609/jpeg/01t.jpg) Crustose lichens on an iron bridge in ultraviolet light in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, August 27, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3611/jpeg/14t.jpg) Creeping grass glowing blue in ultraviolet light in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, August 30, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3611/jpeg/13t.jpg) Shoot of grass glowing blue in ultraviolet light in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, August 30, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3606/jpeg/21t.jpg) Crustose lichens in ultraviolet light on a small mesquite tree on Post Oak Trail in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, August 23, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3606/jpeg/22t.jpg) Close-up of crustose lichens in ultraviolet light on a small mesquite tree on Post Oak Trail in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, August 23, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3606/jpeg/03t.jpg) Crustose lichens in ultraviolet light on bark of a hackberry in Lemontree Park. College Station, Texas, August 22, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3627/jpeg/01t.jpg) Copperhead snake on a concrete path on Lick Creek Greenway Trail. College Station, Texas, October 2, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3611/jpeg/19t.jpg) Gills of oysterling mushrooms Moniliophthora conchata from a trumpet vine glowing blue in ultraviolet light in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, August 30, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3606/jpeg/23t.jpg) Close-up of crustose lichens with apothecia in ultraviolet light on a small mesquite tree on Post Oak Trail in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, August 23, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3605/jpeg/21t.jpg) Rough bark of a live oak with crustose lichens in ultraviolet light in Thomas Park. College Station, Texas, August 21, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2709/jpeg/13t.jpg) Puffball mushrooms Arachnion album on a lawn near concrete sidewalk in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 18, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3605/jpeg/20t.jpg) Prostrate polypore mushroom Perenniporia phloiophila on a live oak (Quercus virginiana) in ultraviolet light in Thomas Park. College Station, Texas, August 21, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3628/jpeg/27t.jpg) Plant with red fluorescence in ultraviolet light in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, October 7, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3614/jpeg/18t.jpg) Mushrooms Amanita pubescens in ultraviolet light in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, September 5, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3618/jpeg/01t.jpg) Some sedge(?) glowing blue in ultraviolet light in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, September 11, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3632/jpeg/01t.jpg) Purple bindweed (Ipomoea cordatotriloba) in ultraviolet light in Bee Creek Park. College Station, Texas, October 14, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3637/jpeg/10t.jpg) Fallen horse apple (Maclura) in ultraviolet light in Bee Creek Park. College Station, Texas, October 29, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2689/jpeg/05t.jpg) Concrete path in Wolf Pen Creek Park. College Station, Texas, April 19, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3614/jpeg/21t.jpg) Cap of a mushroom Amanita pubescens glowing in ultraviolet light in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, September 5, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3614/jpeg/23t.jpg) Caps of mushrooms Leucocoprinus longistriatus in ultraviolet light in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, September 5, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3614/jpeg/22t.jpg) Top view of mushrooms Leucocoprinus longistriatus in ultraviolet light in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, September 5, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3641/jpeg/21t.jpg) Fluorescence of water fern (Azolla) and duckweed in ultraviolet light in Bee Creek Park. College Station, Texas, November 11, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3630/jpeg/03t.jpg) Inflorescence of Bradford pea both in natural light and under 365 nm ultraviolet (UV-A) blacklight from Wolf Pen Creek Park. College Station, Texas, October 9, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3464/jpeg/11t.jpg) Red brittlegill (Russula) mushroom in near ultraviolet light, collected in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, January 29, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3617/jpeg/11t.jpg) Spider lily (Hymenocallis) near Nature Center under ultraviolet light in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, September 9, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3628/jpeg/24t.jpg) Ringless honey mushrooms (Desarmillaria caespitosa) in ultraviolet light in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, October 7, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3632/jpeg/05t.jpg) Flowers and fruits of Lantana camara both in natural light and under 365 nm ultraviolet (UV-A) blacklight from Bee Creek Park. College Station, Texas, October 15, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3632/jpeg/07t.jpg) Golden reishi mushroom (Ganoderma curtisii) in ultraviolet light in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, October 16, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3464/jpeg/12t.jpg) Gills of red brittlegill (Russula) mushroom in near ultraviolet light, collected in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, January 29, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3634/jpeg/04t.jpg) Leaf of a thistle (Cirsium) both in natural light and under 365 nm ultraviolet (UV-A) blacklight from Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, October 22, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3628/jpeg/12t.jpg) Wooden fence of a small foot bridge in ultraviolet light in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, October 6, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3625/jpeg/02t.jpg) Flower of powderpuff (Mimosa strigillosa) both in natural light and under 365 nm ultraviolet (UV-A) blacklight from Bee Creek Park. College Station, Texas, September 23, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3628/jpeg/11t.jpg) Rock rose (Pavonia) in ultraviolet light behind Nature Center in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, October 6, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3635/jpeg/03t.jpg) Tombstone of Herne(?) with firedot lichen Caloplaca when exposed to regular daylight as well as when illuminated by a 365 nm ultraviolet (UV-A) blacklight in City Cemetery. Bryan, Texas, October 24, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3635/jpeg/16t.jpg) Firedot lichen Caloplaca on a tomb of W. S. Minkert when exposed to regular daylight as well as when illuminated by a 365 nm ultraviolet (UV-A) blacklight in City Cemetery. Bryan, Texas, October 24, 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/2024/3637/jpeg/09t.jpg) Tree trunk with white crust fungus Dendrothele candida(?) in ultraviolet light in Bee Creek Park. College Station, Texas, October 29, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3641/jpeg/16t.jpg) Water fern (Azolla) and duckweed both in natural light and under 365 nm ultraviolet (UV-A) blacklight taken from a pond in Bee Creek Park. College Station, Texas, November 11, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3634/jpeg/05t.jpg) Golden reishi mushroom (Ganoderma curtisii) near a stump in ultraviolet light in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, October 23, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3618/jpeg/02t.jpg) Purple gerardia (Agalinis purpurea) both in natural light and under 365 nm ultraviolet (UV-A) blacklight from Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, September 11, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3629/jpeg/05t.jpg) Close-up of ringless honey mushrooms (Desarmillaria caespitosa) in ultraviolet light in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, October 8, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3618/jpeg/17t.jpg) Flowers of frostweed (Verbesina virginica) both in natural light and under 365 nm ultraviolet (UV-A) blacklight from Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, September 11, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3631/jpeg/26t.jpg) Blooming dog fennel (Eupatorium capillifolium) both in natural light and under 365 nm ultraviolet (UV-A) blacklight from Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, October 13, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3641/jpeg/20t.jpg) Texture of water fern (Azolla) and duckweed both in natural light and under 365 nm ultraviolet (UV-A) blacklight in Bee Creek Park. College Station, Texas, November 11, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3635/jpeg/17t.jpg) Firedot lichen Caloplaca on a granite tombstone of Herne when exposed to regular daylight as well as when illuminated by a 365 nm ultraviolet (UV-A) blacklight in City Cemetery. Bryan, Texas, October 24, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3608/jpeg/03t.jpg) Hibiscus flower in ultraviolet light in Leach Teaching Gardens at Texas A and M University. College Station, Texas, August 25, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3624/jpeg/23t.jpg) Slender orange-bush lichen (Teloschistes exilis) both in natural light and under 365 nm ultraviolet (UV-A) blacklight on a twig from Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, September 22, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3630/jpeg/01t.jpg) Lichens at the base of a swamp cypress in ultraviolet light at a parking on Dartmouth Street in Wolf Pen Creek Park. College Station, Texas, October 9, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3628/jpeg/13t.jpg) Upper section of a wooden fence of a small foot bridge in ultraviolet light in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, October 6, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3642/jpeg/27t.jpg) Velvet panicum grass (Dichanthelium scoparium)(?) in ultraviolet light on Racoon Run Trail in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, November 15, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3627/jpeg/23t.jpg) Fallen horse apple (osage orange, Maclura) both in natural light and under 365 nm ultraviolet (UV-A) blacklight from Bee Creek Park. College Station, Texas, October 4, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3618/jpeg/09t.jpg) Close-up of narrowleaf marsh elder (Iva angustifolia) both in natural light and under 365 nm ultraviolet (UV-A) blacklight from Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, September 11, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3641/jpeg/27t.jpg) Close-up of water fern (Azolla) and duckweed both in natural light and under 365 nm ultraviolet (UV-A) blacklight from a pond in Bee Creek Park. College Station, Texas, November 12, 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/2024/3622/jpeg/11t.jpg) Flowers of bastard pennyroyal (Trichostema dichotomum) both in natural light and under 365 nm ultraviolet (UV-A) blacklight from Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, September 17, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3642/jpeg/25t.jpg) Crustose lichens on bark of a fallen water oak in ultraviolet light on Racoon Run Trail in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, November 15, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3629/jpeg/11t.jpg) Glowing caps of ringless honey mushrooms (Desarmillaria caespitosa) in ultraviolet light in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, October 8, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3629/jpeg/10t.jpg) Details of caps of ringless honey mushrooms (Desarmillaria caespitosa) in ultraviolet light in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, October 8, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3618/jpeg/19t.jpg) Water primrose (Ludwigia) with flower buds both in natural light and under 365 nm ultraviolet (UV-A) blacklight from Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, September 11, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3628/jpeg/26t.jpg) Glowing gills of ringless honey mushrooms (Desarmillaria caespitosa) in ultraviolet light in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, October 7, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3641/jpeg/18t.jpg) Green carpet of water fern (Azolla) and duckweed both in natural light and under 365 nm ultraviolet (UV-A) blacklight in Bee Creek Park. College Station, Texas, November 11, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3629/jpeg/07t.jpg) Glowing gills of ringless honey mushrooms (Desarmillaria caespitosa) in ultraviolet light in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, October 8, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3618/jpeg/06t.jpg) Salt-marsh fleabane (Pluchea odorata) both in natural light and under 365 nm ultraviolet (UV-A) blacklight from Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, September 11, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3626/jpeg/32t.jpg) Blooming bastard pennyroyal (Trichostema dichotomum) both in natural light and under 365 nm ultraviolet (UV-A) blacklight from Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, October 1, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3628/jpeg/25t.jpg) Side view of ringless honey mushrooms (Desarmillaria caespitosa) in ultraviolet light in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, October 7, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3642/jpeg/18t.jpg) Leaves of bull thistle (Cirsium horridulum) in ultraviolet light on a sewage line right of way in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, November 15, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3641/jpeg/29t.jpg) Close-up of water fern (Azolla) and duckweed both in natural light and under 365 nm ultraviolet (UV-A) blacklight from a pond in Bee Creek Park. College Station, Texas, November 12, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3639/jpeg/26t.jpg) Sandstone with green algae on a path 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, November 8, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3639/jpeg/24t.jpg) Dry oak leaves and sandstone with algae on a path 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, November 8, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3639/jpeg/27t.jpg) Dry oak and elm leaves and sandstone with algae on a path 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, November 8, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3608/jpeg/01t.jpg) Trumpet flower (Tecoma stans) in ultraviolet light in Leach Teaching Gardens at Texas A and M University. College Station, Texas, August 25, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3628/jpeg/15t.jpg) Caps of ringless honey mushrooms (Desarmillaria caespitosa) partially illuminated by ultraviolet light in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, October 6, 2024
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