![](../../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/2024/3634/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/2024/3634/jpeg/07t.jpg) Golden reishi mushroom (Ganoderma curtisii) with grass both in natural light and under 365 nm ultraviolet (UV-A) blacklight in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, October 23, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3634/jpeg/06t.jpg) Golden reishi mushroom (Ganoderma curtisii) 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, October 23, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3632/jpeg/06t.jpg) Young golden reishi mushroom (Ganoderma curtisii) near a stump 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, October 16, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3634/jpeg/08t.jpg) Golden reishi mushroom (Ganoderma curtisii) on pieces of wood near a stump 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, October 23, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2714/jpeg/29t.jpg) Golden reishi mushroom (Ganoderma curtisii) on a tree base in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 26, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2950/jpeg/07t.jpg) Golden reishi mushrooms (Ganoderma curtisii) near an oak tree in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, June 1, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2737/jpeg/14t.jpg) Golden reishi mushrooms (Ganoderma curtisii) at the base of a dry honey locust tree in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, July 5, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2737/jpeg/16t.jpg) Underside of golden reishi mushrooms (Ganoderma curtisii) at the base of a dry honey locust tree in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, July 5, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2737/jpeg/15t.jpg) Golden reishi mushrooms (Ganoderma curtisii) at the base of a dry honey locust tree, with several younger mushrooms growing around on the soil in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, July 5, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2757/jpeg/33t.jpg) Dried golden reishi mushroom (Ganoderma curtisii) at the base of a sycamore tree on Winters Bayou Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Cleveland, Texas, August 22, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3411/jpeg/13t.jpg) Golden reishi mushrooms (Ganoderma curtisii) collected in Pole Creek area of Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, August 6, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3411/jpeg/15t.jpg) Underside of golden reishi mushrooms (Ganoderma curtisii) collected in Pole Creek area of Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, August 6, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3411/jpeg/14t.jpg) Shiny upper surface of golden reishi mushrooms (Ganoderma curtisii) collected in Pole Creek area of Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, August 6, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1293/jpeg/02t.jpg) Lingzhi or reishi mushrooms (Ganoderma curtisii) on Chinquapin Trail in Huntsville State Park. Texas, November 3, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2374/jpeg/19t.jpg) Polypore mushroom Ganoderma curtisii in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, October 3, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1316/jpeg/19t.jpg) Lingzhi or reishi mushrooms (Ganoderma curtisii) on Park Hudson Trail South. Bryan, Texas, December 20, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2281/jpeg/14t.jpg) Polypore mushrooms Ganoderma curtisii growing at the base of an oak in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, June 3, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1282/jpeg/03t.jpg) Puffball mushroom Lycoperdon curtisii (Vascellum curtisii) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, September 27, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2235/jpeg/18t.jpg) Puffball mushroom Lycoperdon curtisii (Vascellum curtisii) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, March 12, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1282/jpeg/02t.jpg) Mature puffball mushroom Lycoperdon curtisii (Vascellum curtisii) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, September 27, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2251/jpeg/01t.jpg) Small puffball mushroom Lycoperdon curtisii (Vascellum curtisii) on Post Oak Trail in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, April 25, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1284/jpeg/02t.jpg) Small puffball mushroom Lycoperdon curtisii (Vascellum curtisii) or pulcherrimum(?) on Post Oak Trail in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, October 2, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2324/jpeg/29t.jpg) Tinder mushrooms Ganoderma curtisii growing from buried wood on a sandy path in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, July 30, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1284/jpeg/03t.jpg) Small puffball mushroom Lycoperdon curtisii (Vascellum curtisii) or pulcherrimum(?) on sand of Post Oak Trail in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, October 2, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3458/jpeg/16t.jpg) Basidia(?) of a puffball mushroom Lycoperdon curtisii collected in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, January 10, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3458/jpeg/07t.jpg) Close-up of a young puffball mushroom Lycoperdon curtisii in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, January 10, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3458/jpeg/15t.jpg) Tissues of a puffball mushroom Lycoperdon curtisii collected in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, January 10, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2601/jpeg/28t.jpg) Polypore mushroom Ganoderma curtisii f. meredithiae (Ganoderma meredithiae) on a side of an old railroad grade(?) in a pine forest on Winters Bayou Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Cleveland, Texas, November 24, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2601/jpeg/29t.jpg) Cap of a polypore mushroom Ganoderma curtisii f. meredithiae (Ganoderma meredithiae) found on a side of an old railroad grade(?) in a pine forest on Winters Bayou Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Cleveland, Texas, November 24, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1289/jpeg/06t.jpg) Bright golden yellow mushroom Pulveroboletus curtisii (Boletus curtisii) on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, October 19, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2271/jpeg/11t.jpg) Puffball mushrooms Lycoperdon curtisii (Vascellum curtisii) on sandy soil under oaks in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 28, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2017/2194/jpeg/25t.jpg) Puffball mushrooms Lycoperdon curtisii (Vascellum curtisii) in Lemontree Park. College Station, Texas, November 4, 2017
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3521/jpeg/23t.jpg) Close-up of a puffball mushroom Vascellum curtisii on a lawn near bushes in Bee Creek Park. College Station, Texas, April 26, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3521/jpeg/24t.jpg) Cross section of a puffball mushroom Vascellum curtisii on a lawn near bushes in Bee Creek Park. College Station, Texas, April 26, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3458/jpeg/06t.jpg) Young puffball mushrooms Lycoperdon curtisii together with Nostoc on a sewer line right of way in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, January 10, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3521/jpeg/31t.jpg) Spores and hyphae (at low magnification) of a puffball mushroom Vascellum curtisii from a lawn, collected in Bee Creek Park. College Station, Texas, April 26, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3521/jpeg/32t.jpg) Spores and fragments of hyphae (in Congo Red) of a puffball mushroom Vascellum curtisii from a lawn, collected in Bee Creek Park. College Station, Texas, April 26, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2335/jpeg/17t.jpg) Lingzhi or reishi mushroom (Ganoderma lucidum) on a birch log near Lisiy Nos. West from Saint Petersburg, Russia, August 26, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2327/jpeg/10t.jpg) Reishi mushroom (Ganoderma lucidum) on a fallen birch near Lisiy Nos, south from Saint Petersburg. Russia, August 17, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3434/jpeg/23t.jpg) Reishi-like polypore mushrooms Ganoderma sessile on a hardwood log on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) east from Trailhead No. 4 in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 25, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2017/2218/jpeg/11t.jpg) Puffball mushrooms Lycoperdon curtisii (Vascellum curtisii) in Bee Creek Park. College Station, Texas, December 21, 2017
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2253/jpeg/15t.jpg) Young polypore mushroom Ganoderma sessile in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, April 30, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1297/jpeg/17t.jpg) Bracket, or shelf fungus Ganoderma sessile on a base of a tree in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, November 16, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2681/jpeg/33t.jpg) Mature polypore mushrooms Ganoderma curtisii f. meredithiae (Ganoderma meredithiae) under pines on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, April 6, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2301/jpeg/24t.jpg) Polypore bracket mushroom Ganoderma lobatum at the base of a living water(?) oak in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, July 6, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2301/jpeg/27t.jpg) Cross section of a bracket mushroom Ganoderma lobatum taken from the base of a living oak in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, July 6, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2301/jpeg/26t.jpg) Pore surface of a bracket mushroom Ganoderma lobatum taken from the base of a living oak in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, July 6, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2017/2203/jpeg/01t.jpg) Polypore mushroom Ganoderma sessile in Lemontree Park. College Station, Texas, November 18, 2017
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2681/jpeg/34t.jpg) Underside of mature polypore mushrooms Ganoderma curtisii f. meredithiae (Ganoderma meredithiae) under pines on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, April 6, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2301/jpeg/25t.jpg) Upper view of a polypore bracket mushroom Ganoderma lobatum at the base of a living oak in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, July 6, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2017/2196/jpeg/03t.jpg) Polypore mushroom Ganoderma sessile on a stump in Lemontree Park. College Station, Texas, November 8, 2017
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2017/2203/jpeg/03t.jpg) Polypore mushroom Ganoderma sessile on a lawn in Lemontree Park. College Station, Texas, November 18, 2017
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2017/2203/jpeg/02t.jpg) Polypore mushroom Ganoderma sessile on buried wood in Lemontree Park. College Station, Texas, November 18, 2017
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3521/jpeg/22t.jpg) Puffball mushrooms Vascellum curtisii on a lawn near bushes in Bee Creek Park. College Station, Texas, April 26, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2258/jpeg/10t.jpg) Small puffball mushrooms Lycoperdon curtisii (Vascellum curtisii) in Hensel Park. College Station, Texas, May 10, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2241/jpeg/12t.jpg) Puffball mushrooms Lycoperdon curtisii (Vascellum curtisii)(?) in Hensel Park. College Station, Texas, April 4, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3061/jpeg/16t.jpg) Immature bracket polypore mushroom Ganoderma sessile at the base of an oak in Bee Crrek Park. College Station, Texas, November 19, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2714/jpeg/08t.jpg) Golden Underskirt Blusher mushroom Amanita aureosubucula in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 26, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3476/jpeg/18t.jpg) Golden Corydalis (scrambled eggs, Corydalis aurea) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, February 23, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3061/jpeg/17t.jpg) Underside of immature bracket polypore mushroom Ganoderma sessile at the base of an oak in Bee Crrek Park. College Station, Texas, November 19, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3521/jpeg/33t.jpg) Tissues and spores of puffball mushrooms Vascellum curtisii from a lawn, collected in Bee Creek Park. College Station, Texas, April 26, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2715/jpeg/15t.jpg) Dissected golden yellow bolete mushroom (Boletus aureissimus) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 27, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2301/jpeg/04t.jpg) Golden Threads Lepidella mushroom (Amanita canescens) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, July 2, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3061/jpeg/18t.jpg) Cross section of immature bracket polypore mushroom Ganoderma sessile at the base of an oak in Bee Crrek Park. College Station, Texas, November 19, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2721/jpeg/22t.jpg) Back lit golden coincap mushroom (Cyptotrama chrysopepla or C. asprata) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, June 2, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2301/jpeg/05t.jpg) Dissected Golden Threads Lepidella mushroom (Amanita canescens) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, July 2, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2317/jpeg/27t.jpg) Golden Threads Lepidella mushroom (Amanita canescens) under oaks in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, July 18, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2715/jpeg/14t.jpg) Underside of a large golden yellow bolete mushroom (Boletus aureissimus) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 27, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3476/jpeg/19t.jpg) Yellow flowers of golden Corydalis (scrambled eggs, Corydalis aurea) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, February 23, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/686/jpeg/10t.jpg) Receptacle, achene and bracts of soft golden aster (Bradburia pilosa) on Post Oak Trail in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, November 12, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2721/jpeg/21t.jpg) Underside view of golden coincap mushroom (Cyptotrama chrysopepla or C. asprata) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, June 2, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2726/jpeg/14t.jpg) Yellow cap of a golden bolete mushroom Boletus aureissimus under bluestem in prairie in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, June 9, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2317/jpeg/29t.jpg) Dissected Golden Threads Lepidella mushroom (Amanita canescens) under oaks in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, July 18, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2726/jpeg/15t.jpg) Underside of a golden bolete mushroom Boletus aureissimus under bluestem in prairie in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, June 9, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2721/jpeg/14t.jpg) Golden coincap mushroom (Cyptotrama chrysopepla or C. asprata) on a fallen twig in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, June 2, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2721/jpeg/15t.jpg) Orange cap of golden coincap mushroom (Cyptotrama chrysopepla or C. asprata) on a fallen twig in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, June 2, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2721/jpeg/13t.jpg) Underside of golden coincap mushroom (Cyptotrama chrysopepla or C. asprata) on a fallen twig in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, June 2, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2317/jpeg/28t.jpg) Side view of Golden Threads Lepidella mushroom (Amanita canescens) under oaks in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, July 18, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2721/jpeg/16t.jpg) Side view of golden coincap mushroom (Cyptotrama chrysopepla or C. asprata) on a fallen twig in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, June 2, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2335/jpeg/18t.jpg) Reishi polypore mushrooms (Ganoderma lucidum) near Lisiy Nos. West from Saint Petersburg, Russia, August 26, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/686/jpeg/12t.jpg) Stink bug nymph (Thyanta) on a dry receptacle of soft golden aster (Bradburia pilosa, Heterotheca, Chrysopis) on Post Oak Trail in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, November 12, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2367/jpeg/04t.jpg) Bolete mushroom Strobilomyces dryophilus with golden yellow parasitic ascomycete fungus Hypomyces chrysospermus in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, September 25, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2017/2192/jpeg/01t.jpg) Polypore fungus Ganoderma sessile on a stump on a lawn in Bee Creek Park. College Station, Texas, November 3, 2017
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2017/2189/jpeg/22t.jpg) Polypore mushroom Ganoderma sessile in Bee Creek Park. College Station, Texas, October 22, 2017
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1906/jpeg/08t.jpg) Big lingzhi or reishi mushrooms (Ganoderma lucidum) on a fallen tree in Lisiy Nos, west from Saint Petersburg. Russia, September 12, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1908/jpeg/29t.jpg) Large purple-brown reishi mushrooms (Ganoderma lucidum) near Lisiy Nos, west from Saint Petersburg. Russia, September 16, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1282/jpeg/08t.jpg) Puffball mushroom Lycoperdon curtisii (Vascellum curtisii) pulcherrimum(?) in Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, September 28, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2715/jpeg/13t.jpg) Large golden yellow bolete mushroom (Boletus aureissimus) under snout bean in prairie near small winged elms and oaks in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 27, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1906/jpeg/10t.jpg) Large caps of reishi polypore mushrooms (Ganoderma lucidum) on a mossy log in Lisiy Nos, west from Saint Petersburg. Russia, September 12, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2268/jpeg/02t.jpg) Puffball mushrooms Lycoperdon curtisii (Vascellum curtisii)(?) on a lawn in David E. Schob Nature Preserve at 906 Ashburn Street. College Station, Texas, May 25, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3049/jpeg/10t.jpg) Young polypore mushroom Ganoderma sessile at the base of an oak in Bee Creek Park. College Station, Texas, October 25, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1906/jpeg/09t.jpg) Large purple-brown reishi mushrooms (Ganoderma lucidum) on a fallen tree in Lisiy Nos, west from Saint Petersburg. Russia, September 12, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2271/jpeg/01t.jpg) Tinder mushrooms Ganoderma curtisii at the base of an oak near a road along north shore of Lake Somerville near Birch Creek Unit Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, May 27, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2987/jpeg/23t.jpg) Polypore mushrooms Ganoderma sessile at the base of a dry tree in wet area in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, July 20, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2253/jpeg/22t.jpg) Large old bracket fungus Ganoderma(?) on a dried and cut broadleaf tree in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, April 30, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1906/jpeg/11t.jpg) Large brown kidney-shaped caps of reishi (lingzhi) polypore mushrooms (Ganoderma lucidum) in Lisiy Nos, west from Saint Petersburg. Russia, September 12, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3239/jpeg/10t.jpg) Golden yellow bolete mushroom Pulveroboletus curtisii on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, September 11, 2022
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