![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/678/jpeg/11t.jpg) Orange berries of greenbrier (smilax) in Big Thicket park on Kirby Trail. Texas, October 11, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/637/jpeg/07t.jpg) White-flowered milkweed (Asclepias variegata) in Big Thicket park on Kirby Trail. Texas, April 26, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/637/jpeg/10t.jpg) White-flowered milkweed (Asclepias variegata) in Big Thicket park on Kirby Trail. Texas, April 26, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/637/jpeg/04t.jpg) Partridge berry (Mitchella repens) fruit with 2 eyespots in Big Thicket park on Kirby Trail. Texas, April 26, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/637/jpeg/11t.jpg) Small white flower of spurge Euphorbia corollata(?) in Big Thicket park on Kirby Trail. Texas, April 26, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/637/jpeg/06t.jpg) Indian mock strawberry (Potentilla indica, Duchesnea indica) fruit in Big Thicket park on Kirby Trail. Texas, April 26, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/637/jpeg/05t.jpg) Partridge berry (Mitchella repens) flowers with 4 petals in twin-like union and velvety hairs on petal surface in Big Thicket park on Kirby Trail. Texas, April 26, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/622/jpeg/13t.jpg) Oak sprout in Big Thicket park on Kirby Trail. Texas, March 23, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/637/jpeg/09t.jpg) Partridge berry (Mitchella repens) in Big Thicket park on Kirby Trail, with white flowers in twin-like union at the end of creeping stems and small rounded leaves in pairs. Texas, April 26, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/678/jpeg/12t.jpg) Small toad in Big Thicket park on Kirby Trail. Texas, October 11, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/737/jpeg/26t.jpg) Southern Toad (Bufo terrestris) in Big Thicket park, on Kirby Trail. Texas, April 25, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/738/jpeg/01t.jpg) Blooming American holly(?) tree in Big Thicket park, on Kirby Trail. Texas, April 25, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/737/jpeg/25t.jpg) Blooming White-flowered milkweed (Asclepias variegata) in Big Thicket park, on Kirby Trail. Texas, April 25, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/738/jpeg/02t.jpg) Flowers of White-flowered milkweed (Asclepias variegata) in Big Thicket park, on Kirby Trail. Texas, April 25, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/737/jpeg/24t.jpg) White-flowered milkweed (Asclepias variegata) damaged by ants in Big Thicket park, on Kirby Trail. Texas, April 25, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/738/jpeg/03t.jpg) Opening flowers of White-flowered milkweed (Asclepias variegata) in Big Thicket park, on Kirby Trail. Texas, April 25, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/636/jpeg/10t.jpg) Skullcap(?) flowers in Big Thicket park on Sundew Trail. Texas, April 26, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/636/jpeg/20t.jpg) Powderpuff (Mimosa strigillosa) in Big Thicket park on Sundew Trail. Texas, April 26, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/636/jpeg/18t.jpg) Flowers of Zigzag(?) bladderwort in Big Thicket park on Sundew Trail. Texas, April 26, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/636/jpeg/24t.jpg) Bitter milkwort (Polygala polygama) in Big Thicket park on Sundew Trail. Texas, April 26, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/636/jpeg/14t.jpg) Arrowhead, Sagittaria graminea(?) flower in Big Thicket park on Sundew Trail. Texas, April 26, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/636/jpeg/17t.jpg) Maryland Milkwort (Polygala mariana) in Big Thicket park on Sundew Trail. Texas, April 26, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/636/jpeg/12t.jpg) Yellow flower of Zigzag(?) bladderwort in Big Thicket park on Sundew Trail. Texas, April 26, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/636/jpeg/26t.jpg) Fringed sneezeweed (Helenium drummondii) in Big Thicket park on Sundew Trail. Texas, April 26, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/636/jpeg/16t.jpg) Hyssop Skullcap (Scutellaria integrifolia) flower in Big Thicket park on Sundew Trail. Texas, April 26, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/637/jpeg/02t.jpg) Arrowhead (duck potato, Sagittaria falcata(?)) in Big Thicket park near Sundew Trail. Texas, April 26, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/636/jpeg/09t.jpg) Pink powderpuff flower (Mimosa strigillosa) in Big Thicket park on Sundew Trail. Texas, April 26, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/636/jpeg/25t.jpg) Soft green-eyes (Berlandiera pumila) in Big Thicket park on Sundew Trail. Texas, April 26, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/636/jpeg/15t.jpg) Yellow-eyed grass (Xyris ambigua) in Big Thicket park on Sundew Trail. Texas, April 26, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/636/jpeg/23t.jpg) Spring ladies-tresses (Spiranthes vernalis) in Big Thicket park on Sundew Trail. Texas, April 26, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/636/jpeg/13t.jpg) Arrowhead (duck potato, Sagittaria falcata(?)) flower in Big Thicket park on Sundew Trail. Texas, April 26, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/636/jpeg/22t.jpg) Spring sprout of round-leaved thoroughwort (Eupatorium rotundifolium)(?) in Big Thicket park on Sundew Trail. Texas, April 26, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/637/jpeg/13t.jpg) Long yellow-green trumpet-like leaf with a hooded lid of Sarracenia alata in Big Thicket park on Pitcher Plant Trail. Texas, April 26, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/637/jpeg/03t.jpg) Rose pogonia (Pogonia ophioglossoides) in Big Thicket park near Sundew Trail. Texas, April 26, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/636/jpeg/11t.jpg) Long yellow-green trumpet-like leaf with a hooded lid of Pitcher plant (Sarracenia alata) in Big Thicket park on Sundew Trail. Texas, April 26, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/636/jpeg/21t.jpg) Annual sundew (Drosera annua) flower in Big Thicket park on Sundew Trail. Texas, April 26, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/637/jpeg/12t.jpg) Pitcher plants (Sarracenia alata) in Big Thicket park on Pitcher Plant Trail. Texas, April 26, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2399/jpeg/02t.jpg) Cypress swamp on Kirby Trail in Big Thicket National Preserve. Warren, Texas, November 10, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2399/jpeg/15t.jpg) Cap of Leccinellum mushroom on Kirby Trail in Big Thicket National Preserve. Warren, Texas, November 10, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/631/jpeg/16t.jpg) Young leaf of raspberry in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, April 13, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3028/jpeg/21t.jpg) Some milkcap (Lactarius) mushroom on Kirby Trail in Big Thicket National Preserve. Warren, Texas, September 25, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1473/jpeg/05t.jpg) Mountain mint (Pycnanthemum) on Kirby Trail in Big Thicket National Preserve. Kountze, Texas, August 2, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2802/jpeg/10t.jpg) Mushrooms Leucopaxillus laterarius on Kirby Trail in Big Thicket National Preserve. Warren, Texas, October 17, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2399/jpeg/16t.jpg) Dissected Leccinellum mushroom on Kirby Trail in Big Thicket National Preserve. Warren, Texas, November 10, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2399/jpeg/17t.jpg) Milkcap (Lactarius) mushrooms on Kirby Trail in Big Thicket National Preserve. Warren, Texas, November 10, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2802/jpeg/25t.jpg) Laccaria ochropurpurea mushrooms on Kirby Trail in Big Thicket National Preserve. Warren, Texas, October 17, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1295/jpeg/25t.jpg) Milkcap mushrooms (Lactarius) on Kirby Trail in Big Thicket National Preserve. Warren, Texas, November 10, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1296/jpeg/02t.jpg) Honey mushrooms (Armillaria) on Kirby Trail in Big Thicket National Preserve. Warren, Texas, November 10, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2802/jpeg/27t.jpg) Mature Laccaria ochropurpurea mushrooms on Kirby Trail in Big Thicket National Preserve. Warren, Texas, October 17, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3174/jpeg/05t.jpg) Cypress swamp in dry weather on Kirby Nature Trail in Big Thicket National Preserve. Warren, Texas, June 12, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2802/jpeg/13t.jpg) Milkcap mushrooms Lactarius lanuginosus(?) on Kirby Trail in Big Thicket National Preserve. Warren, Texas, October 17, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2802/jpeg/28t.jpg) Gills of Laccaria ochropurpurea mushrooms on Kirby Trail in Big Thicket National Preserve. Warren, Texas, October 17, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1296/jpeg/06t.jpg) Milkcap mushrooms Lactarius paradoxus on Kirby Trail in Big Thicket National Preserve. Warren, Texas, November 10, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2802/jpeg/26t.jpg) Dissected Laccaria ochropurpurea mushrooms on Kirby Trail in Big Thicket National Preserve. Warren, Texas, October 17, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3174/jpeg/01t.jpg) Mushrooms Amanita canescens(?) on Kirby Nature Trail in Big Thicket National Preserve. Warren, Texas, June 12, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2399/jpeg/20t.jpg) Honey mushrooms (Armillaria mellea) on Kirby Trail in Big Thicket National Preserve. Warren, Texas, November 10, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2802/jpeg/11t.jpg) Milkcap mushrooms Lactarius subpalustris on Kirby Trail in Big Thicket National Preserve. Warren, Texas, October 17, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3029/jpeg/07t.jpg) Bolete mushrooms Suillus decipiens on Kirby Trail in Big Thicket National Preserve. Warren, Texas, September 25, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3029/jpeg/04t.jpg) Bolete mushroom Leccinum rubropunctum on Kirby Trail in Big Thicket National Preserve. Warren, Texas, September 25, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3029/jpeg/01t.jpg) Bolete mushrooms Leccinellum griseum(?) on Kirby Trail in Big Thicket National Preserve. Warren, Texas, September 25, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2399/jpeg/22t.jpg) Timber mushrooms Lentinellus ursinus on Kirby Trail in Big Thicket National Preserve. Warren, Texas, November 10, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3028/jpeg/18t.jpg) Bolete mushroom Boletus variipes on Kirby Trail in Big Thicket National Preserve. Warren, Texas, September 25, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2802/jpeg/08t.jpg) Milkcap mushroom Lactarius subpalustris on Kirby Trail in Big Thicket National Preserve. Warren, Texas, October 17, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2399/jpeg/04t.jpg) Old polypore mushrooms eaten by insects on Kirby Trail in Big Thicket National Preserve. Warren, Texas, November 10, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3028/jpeg/20t.jpg) Underside of some milkcap (Lactarius) mushroom on Kirby Trail in Big Thicket National Preserve. Warren, Texas, September 25, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2399/jpeg/24t.jpg) Webcap mushroom Cortinarius iodes on Kirby Trail in Big Thicket National Preserve. Warren, Texas, November 10, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2398/jpeg/18t.jpg) Brown cap of a webcap (Cortinarius) mushroom on Kirby Trail in Big Thicket National Preserve. Warren, Texas, November 10, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2398/jpeg/14t.jpg) Milkcap mushrooms Lactarius peckii on Kirby Trail in Big Thicket National Preserve. Warren, Texas, November 10, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2398/jpeg/12t.jpg) Mature milkcap (Lactarius) mushrooms on Kirby Trail in Big Thicket National Preserve. Warren, Texas, November 10, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1473/jpeg/11t.jpg) Leaves of alder Alnus serrulata(?) on Kirby Trail in Big Thicket National Preserve. Kountze, Texas, August 2, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1473/jpeg/06t.jpg) Tachinid(?) fly on Mountain mint (Pycnanthemum) on Kirby Trail in Big Thicket National Preserve. Kountze, Texas, August 2, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2398/jpeg/09t.jpg) Webcap mushrooms Cortinarius alboviolaceus on Kirby Trail in Big Thicket National Preserve. Warren, Texas, November 10, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1473/jpeg/09t.jpg) Elephant foot (Elephantopus carolinianus) on Kirby Trail in Big Thicket National Preserve. Kountze, Texas, August 2, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2398/jpeg/15t.jpg) Mature Microporellus obovatus mushrooms on Kirby Trail in Big Thicket National Preserve. Warren, Texas, November 10, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2398/jpeg/22t.jpg) Turkeytail mushrooms (Trametes versicolor) on Kirby Trail in Big Thicket National Preserve. Warren, Texas, November 10, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/636/jpeg/19t.jpg) Texas crescent longhorn beetle (Typocerus lunulatus) on a pink powder puff flower in Big Thicket park on Sundew Trail. Texas, April 26, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1581/jpeg/23t.jpg) Close up of pea shaped fruits (drupelets) of aquatic plant Widgeon Grass (Ruppia maritima) taken from Abu Nakhla jail ponds (sewage lagoons). Qatar, April 18, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3028/jpeg/33t.jpg) Saffron bolete mushrooms (Leccinellum crocipodium)(?) on Kirby Trail in Big Thicket National Preserve. Warren, Texas, September 25, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2802/jpeg/07t.jpg) Bitter oysterling mushrooms (Panellus stipticus) on Kirby Trail in Big Thicket National Preserve. Warren, Texas, October 17, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2802/jpeg/15t.jpg) Oak curtain crust fungus (Hymenochaete rubiginosa) on a log on Kirby Trail in Big Thicket National Preserve. Warren, Texas, October 17, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2399/jpeg/11t.jpg) Purple-staining milkcap (Lactarius) mushrooms on Kirby Trail in Big Thicket National Preserve. Warren, Texas, November 10, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2398/jpeg/26t.jpg) Scalycap mushrooms Pholiota sect. Spumosae on Kirby Trail in Big Thicket National Preserve. Warren, Texas, November 10, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2398/jpeg/10t.jpg) Group of webcap mushrooms Cortinarius alboviolaceus on Kirby Trail in Big Thicket National Preserve. Warren, Texas, November 10, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3174/jpeg/03t.jpg) Yellow bractspike (Yeatesia viridiflora) on Kirby Nature Trail in Big Thicket National Preserve. Warren, Texas, June 12, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1296/jpeg/07t.jpg) Close up of milkcap mushrooms Lactarius paradoxus on Kirby Trail in Big Thicket National Preserve. Warren, Texas, November 10, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1296/jpeg/11t.jpg) Amethyst deceiver mushroom (Laccaria amethystina) on Kirby Trail in Big Thicket National Preserve. Warren, Texas, November 10, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3028/jpeg/22t.jpg) Cross section of some milkcap (Lactarius) mushroom on Kirby Trail in Big Thicket National Preserve. Warren, Texas, September 25, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1473/jpeg/08t.jpg) Earth star mushroom (Geastrum saccatum) on Kirby Trail in Big Thicket National Preserve. Kountze, Texas, August 2, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2399/jpeg/01t.jpg) Scalycap mushrooms Pholiota sect. Spumosae on a log on Kirby Trail in Big Thicket National Preserve. Warren, Texas, November 10, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3028/jpeg/17t.jpg) Underside of a bolete mushroom Boletus variipes on Kirby Trail in Big Thicket National Preserve. Warren, Texas, September 25, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2398/jpeg/16t.jpg) Orange milkcap mushrooms Lactarius peckii on Kirby Trail in Big Thicket National Preserve. Warren, Texas, November 10, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3028/jpeg/32t.jpg) Dissected bolete mushroom Fistulinella jamaicensis on Kirby Trail in Big Thicket National Preserve. Warren, Texas, September 25, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2399/jpeg/27t.jpg) Death cap mushroom (Amanita sect. Phalloideae) on Kirby Trail in Big Thicket National Preserve. Warren, Texas, November 10, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3029/jpeg/06t.jpg) Underside of bolete mushroom Suillus decipiens on Kirby Trail in Big Thicket National Preserve. Warren, Texas, September 25, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2398/jpeg/19t.jpg) Gills of a brown webcap (Cortinarius) mushroom on Kirby Trail in Big Thicket National Preserve. Warren, Texas, November 10, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2399/jpeg/23t.jpg) underside of webcap mushroom Cortinarius iodes on Kirby Trail in Big Thicket National Preserve. Warren, Texas, November 10, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3029/jpeg/03t.jpg) Dissected bolete mushrooms Leccinellum griseum(?) on Kirby Trail in Big Thicket National Preserve. Warren, Texas, September 25, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2592/jpeg/37t.jpg) Milkcap mushroom Lactarius paradoxus with red leaves on Kirby Trail in Big Thicket National Preserve. Warren, Texas, November 9, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2398/jpeg/17t.jpg) Mature milkcap mushrooms Lactarius paradoxus on Kirby Trail in Big Thicket National Preserve. Warren, Texas, November 10, 2018
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