 Standing dead oak (snag) in Birch Creek Unit of Lake Somerville State Park, Texas, October 26, 2024
 Large standing dead oak (snag) in Birch Creek Unit of Lake Somerville State Park, Texas, October 26, 2024
 Trunk of a standing dead oak (snag) in Birch Creek Unit of Lake Somerville State Park, Texas, October 26, 2024
 Standing dead oak (snag) on a shore in Birch Creek Unit of Lake Somerville State Park, Texas, October 26, 2024
 Standing dead oak (snag) near the lake in Birch Creek Unit of Lake Somerville State Park, Texas, October 26, 2024
 Standing dry oak (snag) on a shore in Birch Creek Unit of Lake Somerville State Park, Texas, October 26, 2024
 Standing dead oak (snag) on a shore of Somerville Lake near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, December 29, 2023
 Standing dead oaks at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, February 6, 2024
 Brown corticioid (crust) mushroom Dichostereum effuscatum on a standing dead live oak at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 1, 2023
 Dry oak wood on a shore of the lake in Birch Creek Unit of Lake Somerville State Park, Texas, October 26, 2024
 Snag (standing dead tree) in Elm Lake in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, June 2, 2012
 Dead oak roots on shores of Lake Somerville near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, October 4, 2022
 Dead armadillo on shores of Lake Somerville near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, October 4, 2022
 Dead oak with greenbrier on a trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, March 29, 2024
 Texture of resupinate polupore mushroom Trametes villosa on a fallen juniper at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, February 6, 2024
 Dead oak skeleton on shores of the lake near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, October 12, 2022
 Dead oaks on shores of the lake near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, October 12, 2022
 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
 Remains of dead forest in frequently flooded area on a trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, October 12, 2022
 Dry oak wood on shores of the lake near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, October 12, 2022
 Old oak wood among flatsedge on shores of the lake near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, October 12, 2022
 Dead oaks at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, November 17, 2019
 Dead oak forest at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, November 17, 2019
 Dead oak skeleton at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, July 31, 2022
 Dead oaks at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, March 12, 2022
 Dead oak forest at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, March 14, 2020
 Dead oak forest at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, March 12, 2022
 Dead oaks at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, March 29, 2021
 Dead oaks with greenbrier at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, August 29, 2021
 Frequently flooded area with dead oak trees at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, May 31, 2022
 Dead forest in a recently flooded area at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, March 12, 2019
 Dead oaks in a recently flooded area at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, March 12, 2019
 Dead oaks overgrown by greenbrier (Smilax) at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, April 5, 2020
 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
 Texture of 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
 Texture of resupinate polypore mushroom on a fallen oak at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 26, 2020
 Texture of a hydnoid (tooth) fungus under a fallen oak at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, December 21, 2019
 Texture of corticioid fungus Hyphodontia on a fallen oak at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, December 29, 2020
 Texture of resupinate polypore mushroom under a fallen oak at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, December 21, 2019
 Texture of resupinate polypore fungus Ceriporia(?) under a fallen oak at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 26, 2020
 Fieldcap (Agrocybe) mushrooms in grass near a road in a previously flooded area of a dead oak forest at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 18, 2021
 Dense vegetation in Birch Creek Unit of Lake Somerville State Park, Texas, October 26, 2024
 Dead forest after a flooding on a shore of the lake near a road along north shore of Lake Somerville near Birch Creek Unit Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, March 14, 2018
 Texture of common duckweed (Lemna minor) on a flooded trail at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, July 14, 2019
 Texture of corticioid (crust) fungus Dichostereum effuscatum on a fallen oak at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 18, 2021
 Texture of pore surface of bracket polypore mushrooms on rotting oak at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, September 8, 2022
 Texture of tooth fungus (Corticiae) Mycoaciella bispora under a fallen elm or oak at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, December 21, 2019
 Texture of a cap of bolete mushroom Strobilomyces dryophilus under live oaks at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, July 17, 2021
 Old dead oak tree on a lake shore near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, July 4, 2022
 Dead oaks on a lake shore near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, July 21, 2022
 Dead buttonbush on a lake shore near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, July 4, 2022
 Dead oaks on the lake shore near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 16, 2023
 Layers of clay and gravel on a shore of the lake in Birch Creek Unit of Lake Somerville State Park, Texas, October 26, 2024
 Turnsole (Heliotropium indicum) on a shore of the lake in Birch Creek Unit of Lake Somerville State Park, Texas, October 26, 2024
 Small caves in clay on a shore of the lake in Birch Creek Unit of Lake Somerville State Park, Texas, October 26, 2024
 Texture of netted crust fungus (Byssomerulius corium) on a fallen oak branch at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 26, 2020
 Texture of resupinate polypore mushroom on a fallen juniper(?) tree in dry area at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, February 13, 2022
 Trailway in low lying area in Birch Creek Unit of Lake Somerville State Park, Texas, October 26, 2024
 Black willow on a shore in Birch Creek Unit of Lake Somerville State Park, Texas, October 26, 2024
 Greenery and bushy vegetation in Birch Creek Unit of Lake Somerville State Park, Texas, October 26, 2024
 Turkey vultures on a dead oak on a lake shore near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, July 21, 2022
 Trunk of a dead tree on a lake shore near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, July 4, 2022
 Petrified wood on dry bottom of Somerville Lake in Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park, July 14, 2013
 Rusty silt and clay layers on a shore of the lake in Birch Creek Unit of Lake Somerville State Park, Texas, October 26, 2024
 Weathered oak wood on bottom of dried Somerville Lake near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, December 29, 2023
 Weathered oak wood in sand on a shore of Lake Somerville in Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, November 23, 2023
 Dead oak forest on a trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, March 5, 2023
 Texture of orange rust fungus Coleosporium ipomoeae on a leaf of Ipomoea lacunosa at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, September 19, 2021
 Texture of corticioid mushrooms of Ceriporia purpurea group 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
 Texture of brown corticioid (crust) fungus Dichostereum effuscatum on a fallen live oak at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 1, 2023
 Texture of peppered rock-shield lichen Xanthoparmelia conspersa on a sandstone outcrop at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 26, 2020
 Texture white resupinate polypore mushroom at the base of a dried juniper tree at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 1, 2023
 Texture of sunken rim-lichen (Lecanora oreinoides) 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
 Wood blewit mushrooms (Lepista nuda) at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, May 7, 2023
 Texture of mature resupinate polypore mushroom Xylodon flaviporus (Schizopora flavipora) on a fallen oak at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 1, 2023
 Texture of orange spots of rust fungus Coleosporium ipomoeae on a leaf of Ipomoea lacunosa at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, September 19, 2021
 Wood blewit mushroom (Lepista nuda) at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, March 18, 2021
 Fish attractors from piles of dead buttonbush on a lake shore near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, July 4, 2022
 Gills of mushrooms Gymnopilus fulvosquamulosus on rotting oak wood taken from Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, November 17, 2019
 Gills of mushrooms Gymnopilus fulvosquamulosus on rotting oak wood at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, November 17, 2019
 Some hydnoid (tooth) fungus covering rotting oak wood at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, December 21, 2019
 Texture of brown corticioid (crust) mushroom Dichostereum effuscatum on a fallen dried live oak branch at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 1, 2023
 Texture of bicoloured bracket mushroom (Gelatoporia dichroa, Vitreoporus dichrous) on a dry red cedar tree without bark at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, December 29, 2020
 Texture of peppered rock-shield lichen Xanthoparmelia conspersa on sandstone outcrop at the road descent at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, February 24, 2021
 Cross section of wood blewit mushroom (Lepista nuda) at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, March 18, 2021
 Scaly caps of mushrooms Gymnopilus fulvosquamulosus on rotting oak wood taken from Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, November 17, 2019
 Common puffball mushrooms (Lycoperdon perlatum) on buried wood at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 9, 2022
 White tubelet fungus (Henningsomyces candidus) on rotting oak wood at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, December 29, 2020
 Ants eating a dead copperhead snake in Birch Creek Unit of Lake Somerville State Park, Texas, April 29, 2012
 Dead oaks in frequently flooded area near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, July 21, 2022
 Texture of polypore mushroom Perenniporia tephropora (Truncospora tephropora) on cut surface of a fallen oak at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, May 31, 2022
 Texture of a dry leaf of lotus (Nelumbo lutea) in Flag Pond near Lake Somerville Trailway near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, October 16, 2022
 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
 Texture of elder whitewash fungus (Xylodon sambuci, Hyphodontia sambuci) under a fallen oak at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, December 21, 2019
 Texture of weathered buttonbush root on a lake shore near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, July 4, 2022
 Texture of a peeling puffball mushroom (Lycoperdon marginatum) on a mowed grassy path in low lying area at Lake Somerville Trailway near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, February 14, 2024
 Texture of buttonbush root at low water level on a lake shore near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, July 4, 2022
 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
 Brown corticioid (crust) fungus Dichostereum effuscatum growing on bark and wood of a fallen oak at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 1, 2023
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