 Section of of brittlegill mushrooms Russula compacta on Road FS 231 near Pole Creek of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, September 26, 2024
 Mature brittlegill mushrooms Russula compacta on Road FS 231 near Pole Creek of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, September 26, 2024
 Gills of brittlegill mushrooms Russula compacta on Road FS 231 near Pole Creek of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, September 26, 2024
 Underside of brittlegill mushrooms Russula compacta on Road FS 231 near Pole Creek of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, September 26, 2024
 Top view of cracked caps of brittlegill mushrooms Russula compacta on Road FS 231 near Pole Creek of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, September 26, 2024
 Spores (in lugol) of mushrooms Boletus durhamensis collected two days before near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, September 28, 2024
 Spores (in mixture of Melzer and lugol) of mushrooms Boletus durhamensis collected two days before near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, September 28, 2024
 Spores of brittlegill mushroom Russula albidicremea collected near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, August 31, 2022
 Spores of a large white brittlegill mushroom Russula compacta from Road FS 203 collected a day before in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, September 22, 2024
 Spores (in Melzer) of oak curtain crust fungus (Hymenochaete rubiginosa)(?) collected two days before near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, February 8, 2023
 Spores (in lugol) of oak curtain crust fungus (Hymenochaete rubiginosa)(?) collected two days before near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, February 8, 2023
 Spores of bracket polypore mushroom Trametes lactinea from a fallen oak, collected 3 days before on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, March 8, 2024
 Blackening brittlegill mushrooms (Russula eccentrica)(?) near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, July 11, 2021
 Cross section of blackening brittlegill mushrooms (Russula eccentrica)(?) near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, July 11, 2021
 Cap of some robust pink brittlegill (Russula) mushroom on a sandy slope of the creek at its crossing near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, July 11, 2021
 Large white brittlegill mushroom Russula albidicremea under pines near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, August 31, 2022
 Large white brittlegill mushroom Russula albidicremea under pines near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, August 31, 2022
 Underside of some robust pink brittlegill (Russula) mushroom on a sandy slope of the creek at its crossing near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, July 11, 2021
 Cross section of some robust pink brittlegill (Russula) mushroom on a sandy slope of the creek at its crossing near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, July 11, 2021
 Spores of mushrooms Lentinellus ursinus, from oak or pine log, collected near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, August 31, 2022
 Spores of beige coral mushrooms (Clavulinopsis umbrinella)(?) collected 2 days before on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, September 15, 2024
 Spores of small white mushrooms that look like Mycetinis scorodonius collected near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, August 31, 2022
 Spores of pineapple bolete mushrooms (Boletellus ananas) collected near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, August 31, 2022
 Spores of mushrooms Gymnopus foetidus (spore print white) collected near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, August 31, 2022
 Spores of mushrooms Clitocybe peralbida (spore print whitish) collected near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, August 31, 2022
 Spores of tooth mushrooms Irpex subrawakensis (Steccherinum subrawakense)(?) from a fallen oak, collected a day before near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 4, 2023
 Spores of mushrooms Buchwaldoboletus hemichrysus (spore print olive brown) collected near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, August 31, 2022
 Spores of hydnoid mushrooms Irpex subrawakensis (Steccherinum subrawakense)(?) from a fallen oak, collected a day before near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 4, 2023
 Spores of small Laccaria-like or may be Gymnopus gilled mushrooms from muddy area collected 2 days before on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, September 15, 2024
 Bitter bolete mushrooms Tylopilus rubrobrunneus on Road FS 231 near Pole Creek of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, September 26, 2024
 Spores of mushrooms Leucocoprinus longistriatus from mossy fallen oak (spore print white) collected near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, August 31, 2022
 Section of bitter bolete mushrooms Tylopilus rubrobrunneus on Road FS 231 near Pole Creek of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, September 26, 2024
 Burnt orange bolete mushrooms (Gyroporus ballouii) on Road FS 231 near Pole Creek of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, September 26, 2024
 Finely pimply-verrucose spores of bolete mushrooms Austroboletus subflavidus (spore print brown) collected near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, August 31, 2022
 Section of burnt orange bolete mushrooms (Gyroporus ballouii) on Road FS 231 near Pole Creek of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, September 26, 2024
 Underside of burnt orange bolete mushrooms (Gyroporus ballouii) on Road FS 231 near Pole Creek of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, September 26, 2024
 Spores of small whitish partially dried oysterling mushrooms from a burned oak log (spore print light-purple), collected a day before near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 4, 2023
 Spores of mushroom Lentinus levis collected near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, August 31, 2022
 Spores (in KOH) of oysterling mushrooms Crepidotus calolepis from a large fallen oak near the creek, collected a day before from North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 8, 2024
 Spores of cup fungus Plicaria carbonaria under a microscope at low magnification collected near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, August 31, 2022
 Mushrooms Scleroderma polyrhizum(?) near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, September 26, 2024
 Underside of large white brittlegill mushrooms Russula albidicremea at Forest Service Road 231 near Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, June 2, 2022
 Mushrooms Boletus durhamensis with their section near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, September 26, 2024
 Young mushrooms Boletus durhamensis near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, September 26, 2024
 Section of mushrooms Scleroderma polyrhizum near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, September 26, 2024
 Side view of mushrooms Boletus durhamensis near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, September 26, 2024
 Mature and young mushrooms Boletus durhamensis near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, September 26, 2024
 Side view of mushrooms Scleroderma polyrhizum near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, September 26, 2024
 Cross section of large white brittlegill mushrooms Russula albidicremea at Forest Service Road 231 near Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, June 2, 2022
 Brown velvety caps of mushrooms Boletus durhamensis near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, September 26, 2024
 Round spores with coarse, blunt, wart-like spines of cup fungus Plicaria carbonaria collected near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, August 31, 2022
 Masses of yellow spores of a timber mushroom Inonotus andersonii on a fallen oak near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, February 18, 2024
 Fallen oak covered by yellow spores from a timber mushroom Inonotus andersonii near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, February 18, 2024
 Spores of common thin grey, bluish crust fungus from wet bark and wood of pine logs, collected a day before near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 4, 2023
 Large white brittlegill mushroom Russula compacta on Road FS 203 near Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, September 21, 2024
 False truffle Rhizopogon luteolus on Forest Service Road 231 near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 7, 2024
 Large white brittlegill mushrooms Russula albidicremea (taste not bitter) near the edge of pine forest at Forest Service Road 231 (east side) near Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, June 2, 2022
 Spores of a mushroom Panus tephroleucus collected a day before from North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 8, 2024
 Spores of bracket polypore mushrooms Ganoderma lobatum collected 4 days before on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, September 29, 2022
 Underside of a large white brittlegill mushroom Russula compacta on Road FS 203 near Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, September 21, 2024
 Large mature brittlegill mushroom Russula albidicremea on cleared roadside at the edge of pine forest (10 m from the road, near an ant burrow) at Forest Service Road 231 near Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, June 2, 2022
 Wrinkled crust fungus Gloeoporus ambiguus (Meruliopsis ambigua) on a fallen pine branch after several rainy days near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, August 31, 2022
 Dried cap of brittlegill mushroom Russula albidicremea collected 2 days before in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, June 4, 2022
 Cap of a tan colored brittlegill (Russula) mushroom at the base of an old pine stump on South Wilderness Loop Trail at Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, January 1, 2024
 Tan colored brittlegill (Russula) mushroom at the base of an old pine stump on South Wilderness Loop Trail at Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, January 1, 2024
 Top view of a mushroom Boletus durhamensis near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, September 26, 2024
 Underside of a mushroom Boletus durhamensis near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, September 26, 2024
 Gills of a large white brittlegill mushroom Russula albidicremea at Forest Service Road 231 near Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, June 2, 2022
 Spores of brittlegill mushroom Russula flavida collected on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 1, 2022
 Pore surface of a mushroom Boletus durhamensis near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, September 26, 2024
 Top view of a milkcap mushroom Lactifluus subvellereus near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, September 26, 2024
 Section of a milkcap mushroom Lactifluus subvellereus near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, September 26, 2024
 Underside of a milkcap mushroom Lactifluus subvellereus near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, September 26, 2024
 Spores of bracket polypore mushroom Trametes lactinea from a fallen oak, collected on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, March 5, 2024
 Gills of a brittlegill mushroom Russula compacta(?) on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, June 13, 2020
 Brittlegill mushroom Russula compacta(?) on floodplain on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, June 13, 2020
 Underside of a brittlegill mushroom Russula compacta(?) on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, June 13, 2020
 Dissected brittlegill mushroom Russula compacta(?) on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, June 13, 2020
 Pines and elm trees in a ravine of Pole Creek near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, March 27, 2024
 Large white brittlegill mushroom Russula albidicremea near the edge of pine forest at Forest Service Road 231 near Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, June 2, 2022
 Cap of a large white brittlegill mushroom Russula albidicremea near the edge of pine forest at Forest Service Road 231 near Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, June 2, 2022
 Gills of a tan colored brittlegill (Russula) mushroom at the base of an old pine stump on South Wilderness Loop Trail at Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, January 1, 2024
 Underside of a dried cap of brittlegill mushroom Russula albidicremea collected 2 days before in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, June 4, 2022
 Close-up of pore surface of a mushroom Boletus durhamensis near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, September 26, 2024
 Close-up of gills of a large white brittlegill mushroom Russula albidicremea at Forest Service Road 231 near Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, June 2, 2022
 Spores of brittlegill mushroom Russula flavida at low magnification, collected on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 1, 2022
 Underside of a brittlegill mushroom close to Russula compacta on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 18, 2020
 Mushrooms Boletus durhamensis (taste is not bitter, spore print is light brown, spore size is 9.1 - 10.5 x 3.5 - 4 micron) near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, September 26, 2024
 Gills of a large white brittlegill mushroom Russula albidicremea near the edge of pine forest at Forest Service Road 231 near Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, June 2, 2022
 Underside of a large white brittlegill mushroom Russula albidicremea near the edge of pine forest at Forest Service Road 231 near Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, June 2, 2022
 Cross section of a tan colored brittlegill (Russula) mushroom at the base of an old pine stump on South Wilderness Loop Trail at Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, January 1, 2024
 Spores of resupinate polypore mushroom Skeletocutis odora from a vertically cut surface of a pine, collected a day before from North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 8, 2024
 Reddening stem of a brittlegill mushroom close to Russula compacta on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 18, 2020
 Cross section of a brittlegill mushroom close to Russula compacta on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 18, 2020
 Oysterling mushrooms Crepidotus calolepis on a large fallen oak near the creek near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 7, 2024
 Earthfan mushrooms (Thelephora terrestris) near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 25, 2024
 Neohygrocybe or may be Gamundia or Fayodia mushrooms near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 25, 2024
 Side view of a large white brittlegill mushroom Russula albidicremea near the edge of pine forest at Forest Service Road 231 near Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, June 2, 2022
 Cross section of a large white brittlegill mushroom Russula albidicremea near the edge of pine forest at Forest Service Road 231 near Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, June 2, 2022
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