![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/701/jpeg/03t.jpg) Petrified wood stump on a shore of Lake Somerville, north from Big Creek Park. Texas, January 17, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3636/jpeg/18t.jpg) Layers of clay and gravel on a shore of the lake in Birch Creek Unit of Lake Somerville State Park, Texas, October 26, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3636/jpeg/17t.jpg) Rusty silt and clay layers on a shore of the lake in Birch Creek Unit of Lake Somerville State Park, Texas, October 26, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3328/jpeg/06t.jpg) Small cave ib clay soil on the lake shore near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 16, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1228/jpeg/04t.jpg) Petrified wood on dry bottom of Somerville Lake in Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park, July 14, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3187/jpeg/21t.jpg) Erosion of oak logs on a lake shore near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, July 4, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3194/jpeg/17t.jpg) Clay and sand on a lake shore near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, July 21, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3636/jpeg/15t.jpg) Small caves in clay on a shore of the lake in Birch Creek Unit of Lake Somerville State Park, Texas, October 26, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3328/jpeg/05t.jpg) Old dry oak wood on the lake shore near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 16, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/789/jpeg/03t.jpg) Fire ants eating a grasshopper on a road along north shore of Lake Somerville near Birch Creek Unit Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, August 29, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/788/jpeg/23t.jpg) Gulf Fritillary (Agraulis vanillae) butterfly on a road along north shore of Lake Somerville near Birch Creek Unit Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, August 29, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/789/jpeg/01t.jpg) Smartweed (Polygonum) at a cattle drinking pond near a road along north shore of Lake Somerville near Birch Creek Unit Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, August 29, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/788/jpeg/22t.jpg) Ball rolling dung beetle (Scarabeus) on a road along north shore of Lake Somerville near Birch Creek Unit Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, August 29, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2235/jpeg/28t.jpg) Dry tree on the lake shore near a road along north shore of Lake Somerville near Birch Creek Unit Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, March 14, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2235/jpeg/26t.jpg) 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
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2235/jpeg/27t.jpg) The lake shore near a road along north shore of Lake Somerville near Birch Creek Unit Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, March 14, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/788/jpeg/24t.jpg) Turnsole (Heliotropium indicum) at a cattle drinking pond near a road along north shore of Lake Somerville near Birch Creek Unit Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, August 29, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/788/jpeg/26t.jpg) Small species of Water-primrose (Ludwigia) at a cattle drinking pond near a road along north shore of Lake Somerville near Birch Creek Unit Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, August 29, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/788/jpeg/25t.jpg) Turnsole (Heliotropium indicum) with a small beetle at a cattle drinking pond near a road along north shore of Lake Somerville near Birch Creek Unit Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, August 29, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3432/jpeg/15t.jpg) Weathered oak wood in sand on a shore of Lake Somerville in Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, November 23, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/789/jpeg/02t.jpg) Shaggy Portulaca (Rose purslane, Portulaca pilosa) on a road along north shore of Lake Somerville near Birch Creek Unit Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, August 29, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3636/jpeg/16t.jpg) Dry oak wood on a shore of the lake in Birch Creek Unit of Lake Somerville State Park, Texas, October 26, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3187/jpeg/12t.jpg) Weathered wood of a dry oak on a lake shore near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, July 4, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3194/jpeg/18t.jpg) Rustweed and weathered oak wood on a lake shore near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, July 21, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3314/jpeg/07t.jpg) Habitat of Devil s Cigar Ascomycete mushrooms (Chorioactis geaster) 0.8 m from hackberry, 4 m from elm, 7 m from oak, 11 m from juniper, around 60 m from lake shore, at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 1, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2256/jpeg/14t.jpg) A road on north shore of Lake Somerville near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, May 6, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2256/jpeg/05t.jpg) Skullcap (Scutellaria) on north shore of Lake Somerville near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, May 6, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2256/jpeg/10t.jpg) Blooming rush (Juncus) on north shore of Lake Somerville near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, May 6, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2256/jpeg/04t.jpg) Rescuegrass (Bromus cartharticus) on north shore of Lake Somerville near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, May 6, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2246/jpeg/07t.jpg) Shoot of cedar elm on north shore of Lake Somerville near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, April 15, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2246/jpeg/12t.jpg) Ripening blackberry on north shore of Lake Somerville near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, April 15, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2256/jpeg/01t.jpg) Amanita sect. Amidella mushroom on north shore of Lake Somerville near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, May 6, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2256/jpeg/12t.jpg) Whorled milkweed (Asclepias verticillata) on north shore of Lake Somerville near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, May 6, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2271/jpeg/02t.jpg) Beebalm (Monarda punctata) near a road along north shore of Lake Somerville near Birch Creek Unit Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, May 27, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2256/jpeg/06t.jpg) Meadow pink (Sabatia campestris) on north shore of Lake Somerville near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, May 6, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2256/jpeg/09t.jpg) Carolina larkspur (Delphinium carolinianum) on north shore of Lake Somerville near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, May 6, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2256/jpeg/19t.jpg) White prickly poppy (Argemone albiflora) on north shore of Lake Somerville near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, May 6, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2256/jpeg/02t.jpg) Gills of Amanita sect. Amidella mushroom on north shore of Lake Somerville near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, May 6, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2271/jpeg/03t.jpg) Flowers of beebalm (Monarda punctata) near a road along north shore of Lake Somerville near Birch Creek Unit Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, May 27, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2235/jpeg/32t.jpg) Some polypore (bracket) mushrooms on an oak log near a road along north shore of Lake Somerville near Birch Creek Unit Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, March 15, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2256/jpeg/03t.jpg) Dissected mushroom Amanita sect. Amidella on north shore of Lake Somerville near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, May 6, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2246/jpeg/29t.jpg) Blue skullcap flowers (Scutellaria) on north shore of Lake Somerville near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, April 15, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2246/jpeg/10t.jpg) Meadow pink (Sabatia campestris) on north shore of Lake Somerville near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, April 15, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2246/jpeg/08t.jpg) Carolina larkspur (Delphinium carolinianum) on north shore of Lake Somerville near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, April 15, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2256/jpeg/11t.jpg) Flowers of whorled milkweed (Asclepias verticillata) on north shore of Lake Somerville near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, May 6, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2235/jpeg/29t.jpg) Milkcap mushrooms (Lactarius) near a road along north shore of Lake Somerville near Birch Creek Unit Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, March 14, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2256/jpeg/21t.jpg) White prickly poppy (Argemone albiflora) on a road on north shore of Lake Somerville near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, May 6, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2256/jpeg/16t.jpg) Petticoat mottlegill mushrooms (Panaeolus papilionaceus) on dung on north shore of Lake Somerville near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, May 6, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2246/jpeg/18t.jpg) Shade Betony (Stachys crenata) on a wet meadow on north shore of Lake Somerville near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, April 15, 2018
![](../../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/2018/2246/jpeg/01t.jpg) Mouse barley grass (Hordeum pusillum) on north shore of Lake Somerville near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, April 15, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2246/jpeg/02t.jpg) Southern canary grass (Phalaris caroliniana) on north shore of Lake Somerville near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, April 15, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2246/jpeg/03t.jpg) Showy blue star (Amsonia illustris) on north shore of Lake Somerville near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, April 15, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2246/jpeg/04t.jpg) Drummond wild onion (Allium drummondii) on north shore of Lake Somerville near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, April 15, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2246/jpeg/09t.jpg) Caloplaca (orange) lichen on a roadside stone on north shore of Lake Somerville near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, April 15, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2256/jpeg/20t.jpg) Dog vomit slime mold (Fuligo septica) on a tree on north shore of Lake Somerville near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, May 6, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2256/jpeg/18t.jpg) Close up of petticoat mottlegill mushrooms (Panaeolus papilionaceus) on north shore of Lake Somerville near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, May 6, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2256/jpeg/17t.jpg) Petticoat mottlegill mushrooms (Panaeolus papilionaceus) taken from dung on north shore of Lake Somerville near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, May 6, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2246/jpeg/14t.jpg) Dissected malformed yellow flower of aster family on north shore of Lake Somerville near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, April 15, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2246/jpeg/15t.jpg) Flowers of Showy blue star (Amsonia illustris) on north shore of Lake Somerville near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, April 15, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2256/jpeg/23t.jpg) Dissected weeping milk cap mushrooms Lactarius volemus var. flavus on north shore of Lake Somerville near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, May 6, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2246/jpeg/06t.jpg) Inflorescense of Drummond wild onion (Allium drummondii) on north shore of Lake Somerville near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, April 15, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2246/jpeg/13t.jpg) Malformed yellow flower of aster family because of parasites on north shore of Lake Somerville near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, April 15, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2246/jpeg/05t.jpg) Pink flowers of Drummond wild onion (Allium drummondii) on north shore of Lake Somerville near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, April 15, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2256/jpeg/15t.jpg) Petticoat mottlegill mushrooms (Panaeolus papilionaceus) on dung two meters from a road on north shore of Lake Somerville near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, May 6, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2256/jpeg/22t.jpg) Weeping milk cap mushrooms Lactarius volemus var. flavus under red cedar trees on a slope near a small creek on north shore of Lake Somerville near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, May 6, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2235/jpeg/22t.jpg) 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
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2256/jpeg/13t.jpg) Recently flooded area overgrown by false bishop s weed (Ammi majus) on north shore of Lake Somerville near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, May 6, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2235/jpeg/24t.jpg) Brown 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
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3328/jpeg/10t.jpg) Dry vegetation on the lake shore near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 16, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3328/jpeg/03t.jpg) Dried lake shore near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 16, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2235/jpeg/21t.jpg) Corticioid mushrooms of Ceriporia purpurea group with large pores 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
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3097/jpeg/02t.jpg) 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
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3440/jpeg/02t.jpg) Common thin grey, bluish crust fungus on wet bark and wood on underside of pine logs near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 3, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3328/jpeg/09t.jpg) Dead oaks on the lake shore near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 16, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3328/jpeg/04t.jpg) Low water level on the lake shore near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 16, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3328/jpeg/11t.jpg) Dry greenbrier and bushes on the lake shore near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 16, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2235/jpeg/25t.jpg) Brown corticioid mushrooms with large pores of Ceriporia purpurea group on a dry rotten oak near a road along north shore of Lake Somerville near Birch Creek Unit Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, March 14, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2235/jpeg/23t.jpg) Purple corticioid mushrooms of Ceriporia purpurea group with large pores 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
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3440/jpeg/01t.jpg) Close-up of common thin grey, bluish crust fungus on wet bark and wood on underside of pine logs near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 3, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3441/jpeg/09t.jpg) 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
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2246/jpeg/11t.jpg) Fluffy seed head of Texas dandelion (Pyrrhopappus) on north shore of Lake Somerville near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, April 15, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3328/jpeg/07t.jpg) Old oak stump emerged after water receded, on the lake shore near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 16, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2246/jpeg/17t.jpg) Small flower of Japanese mazus (Mazus pumilus) in wet area on north shore of Lake Somerville near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, April 15, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2246/jpeg/16t.jpg) Woolly-white (Hymenopappus) with petaloid white phyllaries (bracts) on north shore of Lake Somerville near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, April 15, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3314/jpeg/01t.jpg) 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
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2256/jpeg/08t.jpg) Close up of young Brunneoporus juniperinus (Antrodia juniperina, Subantrodia juniperina) mushrooms on north shore of Lake Somerville near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, May 6, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2246/jpeg/23t.jpg) Close up of young Brunneoporus juniperinus (Antrodia juniperina, Subantrodia juniperina) mushrooms on north shore of Lake Somerville near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, April 15, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2235/jpeg/30t.jpg) Larvae of red-banded fungus beetle (Megalodacne) on a porous tree fungus near a road along north shore of Lake Somerville near Birch Creek Unit Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, March 14, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2256/jpeg/07t.jpg) Pores of resupinate form of Brunneoporus juniperinus (Antrodia juniperina, Subantrodia juniperina) mushrooms on north shore of Lake Somerville near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, May 6, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2235/jpeg/31t.jpg) Cedar apple rust fungus Gymnosporangium juniperi-virginianae on a twig of red cedar near a road along north shore of Lake Somerville near Birch Creek Unit Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, March 14, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2246/jpeg/26t.jpg) Spreading resupinate form of Brunneoporus juniperinus (Antrodia juniperina, Subantrodia juniperina) mushrooms on north shore of Lake Somerville near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, April 15, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2246/jpeg/25t.jpg) Structure of resupinate form of Brunneoporus juniperinus (Antrodia juniperina, Subantrodia juniperina) mushrooms on north shore of Lake Somerville near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, April 15, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2246/jpeg/24t.jpg) Texture of resupinate form of Brunneoporus juniperinus (Antrodia juniperina, Subantrodia juniperina) mushrooms on north shore of Lake Somerville near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, April 15, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2463/jpeg/13t.jpg) Shore of the lake at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, March 12, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2573/jpeg/05t.jpg) Lake shore at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, October 6, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3135/jpeg/26t.jpg) Dry oak trees on a lake shore at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, April 20, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2761/jpeg/23t.jpg) Some small sedge on a dry lake bottom on a shore of Somerville Lake near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, August 29, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2493/jpeg/11t.jpg) Orange and red clay layers in Popovka river canyon in Pyazelevo near Pavlovsk, south from Saint Petersburg. Russia, May 10, 2019
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