![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/991/jpeg/19t.jpg) Exfoliating bark of river birch (Betula nigra) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, December 18, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/991/jpeg/21t.jpg) Exfoliating papery strips of bark of river birch (Betula nigra) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, December 18, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/667/jpeg/09t.jpg) Exfoliating bark of river birch (Betula nigra) on Deer Run Trail in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, August 28, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3194/jpeg/12t.jpg) Exfoliating bark of river birch (Betula nigra) on Deer Run Trail in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, July 20, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2010/901/jpeg/08t.jpg) Bark of river birch (Betula nigra) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, December 24, 2010
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/991/jpeg/18t.jpg) Bark of river birch (Betula nigra) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, December 18, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/992/jpeg/04t.jpg) Peeling of bark of river birch (Betula nigra) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, December 18, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/991/jpeg/24t.jpg) Texture of bark of river birch (Betula nigra) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, December 18, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/992/jpeg/02t.jpg) Papery texture of bark of river birch (Betula nigra) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, December 18, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/992/jpeg/01t.jpg) Papery strips of bark of river birch (Betula nigra) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, December 18, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/992/jpeg/05t.jpg) Papery strips of bark of river birch (Betula nigra) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, December 18, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/991/jpeg/25t.jpg) Peeling curls of bark of river birch (Betula nigra) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, December 18, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/992/jpeg/03t.jpg) Pinkish papery texture of bark of river birch (Betula nigra) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, December 18, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/991/jpeg/26t.jpg) Papery peeling curls of bark of river birch (Betula nigra) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, December 18, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/991/jpeg/20t.jpg) Brown and pinkish papery strips of bark of river birch (Betula nigra) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, December 18, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/991/jpeg/22t.jpg) Film-like papery peeling curls of bark of river birch (Betula nigra) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, December 18, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3252/jpeg/26t.jpg) Layers of bark of river birch (Betula nigra) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, September 29, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/667/jpeg/07t.jpg) Film-like papery peeling curls of bark of river birch (Betula nigra) on Deer Run Trail in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, August 28, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/667/jpeg/08t.jpg) Brown and pinkish papery strips of bark of river birch (Betula nigra) on Deer Run Trail in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, August 28, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/991/jpeg/23t.jpg) Trunk of river birch (Betula nigra) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, December 18, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3252/jpeg/25t.jpg) Trunk of river birch (Betula nigra) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, September 29, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3194/jpeg/11t.jpg) Trunk of river birch (Betula nigra) on Deer Run Trail in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, July 20, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/722/jpeg/03t.jpg) Catkins of river birch (Betula nigra) in TAMU Horticultural Gardens in Texas A and M University. College Station, Texas, March 17, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3252/jpeg/24t.jpg) Peeling bark of river birch in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, September 29, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2010/900/jpeg/26t.jpg) Bark on a fallen tree near Racoon Run Trail in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, December 21, 2010
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2010/900/jpeg/27t.jpg) Texture of bark of hackberry on Racoon Run Trail in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, December 21, 2010
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2010/901/jpeg/12t.jpg) Holes bored by Yellow-Bellied Sapsucker birds in a tree bark in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, December 24, 2010
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2010/901/jpeg/14t.jpg) Small holes bored by Yellow-Bellied Sapsucker birds in a tree bark in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, December 24, 2010
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2010/901/jpeg/13t.jpg) Line of holes bored by Yellow-Bellied Sapsucker birds (sapwells) in a tree bark in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, December 24, 2010
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2418/jpeg/01t.jpg) Polypore mushrooms Trichaptum sector on a fallen river birch in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, December 24, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2422/jpeg/06t.jpg) Polypore bracket mushrooms Trichaptum sector on a fallen river birch in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, December 28, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2422/jpeg/07t.jpg) Caps of bracket mushrooms Trichaptum sector on a fallen river birch in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, December 28, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2422/jpeg/05t.jpg) Pores of bracket mushrooms Trichaptum sector on a fallen river birch in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, December 28, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2828/jpeg/06t.jpg) Oak bark with white lichen in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, December 11, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1126/jpeg/15t.jpg) Texture of tree bark in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, December 14, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3206/jpeg/17t.jpg) Trunks of river birch trees in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, August 7, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1316/jpeg/16t.jpg) Tree bark on Raccoon Run Trail in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, December 19, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2828/jpeg/08t.jpg) Rough bark of Mexican plum in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, December 11, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1316/jpeg/15t.jpg) Lichens on tree bark on Raccoon Run Trail in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, December 19, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2828/jpeg/10t.jpg) Typical white stripe of a lichen on bark of water oak in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, December 11, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1104/jpeg/08t.jpg) Exfoliating bark on a dead tree in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, September 15, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2431/jpeg/15t.jpg) Sunken bloodspot lichen (Haematomma persoonii) on river birch in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, January 18, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3091/jpeg/08t.jpg) Dog vomit slime mold (Fuligo septica) on a tree bark in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, December 27, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/694/jpeg/13t.jpg) Warty texture of bark of hackberry (Celtis laevigata) on Racoon Run Trail in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, December 17, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2010/901/jpeg/10t.jpg) Rattan vine in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, December 24, 2010
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2266/jpeg/21t.jpg) Resupinate form of tinder mushrooms Trichaptum sector on a fallen branch of river birch in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 24, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3198/jpeg/05t.jpg) Exfoliating bark on a hawthorn tree on floodplain on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, July 30, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3447/jpeg/11t.jpg) Light brown corticioid fungus Dichostereum effuscatum(?) on bark of a fallen stem of Yaupon holly in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, December 20, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2010/900/jpeg/25t.jpg) Hole in a fallen tree near Racoon Run Trail in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, December 21, 2010
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2010/901/jpeg/15t.jpg) Tree damage by woodpecker near Racoon Run Trail in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, December 24, 2010
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2386/jpeg/13t.jpg) Leiotrametes lactinea (Trametes lactinea) bracket mushrooms on a fallen river birch in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, October 26, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2386/jpeg/15t.jpg) Polypore mushrooms Leiotrametes lactinea (Trametes lactinea) on a fallen river birch in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, October 26, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2010/902/jpeg/06t.jpg) Red berries of yaupon holly (Ilex vomitoria) with freeze in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, December 27, 2010
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2010/900/jpeg/24t.jpg) Hole in a fallen tree with excrements near Racoon Run Trail in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, December 21, 2010
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2010/901/jpeg/16t.jpg) Rotten tree damages by woodpeckers near Racoon Run Trail in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, December 24, 2010
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2266/jpeg/22t.jpg) Prostrate form of tinder mushrooms Trichaptum sector with purplish brown pore surface on a fallen branch of river birch in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 24, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2425/jpeg/07t.jpg) Bark sulphur-firedot lichen (Gyalolechia flavorubescens, Caloplaca flavorubescens) on bark of hackberry tree in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, January 1, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2386/jpeg/14t.jpg) Caps of Leiotrametes lactinea (Trametes lactinea) bracket mushrooms on a fallen river birch in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, October 26, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2425/jpeg/08t.jpg) Texture of bark sulphur-firedot lichen (Gyalolechia flavorubescens, Caloplaca flavorubescens) on bark of hackberry tree in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, January 1, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2425/jpeg/10t.jpg) Pattern of bark sulphur-firedot lichen (Gyalolechia flavorubescens, Caloplaca flavorubescens) on bark of hackberry tree in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, January 1, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2425/jpeg/09t.jpg) Orange apothecia of bark sulphur-firedot lichen (Gyalolechia flavorubescens, Caloplaca flavorubescens) on bark of hackberry tree in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, January 1, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2010/901/jpeg/11t.jpg) Lines of small holes bored by birds (Yellow-Bellied Sapsucker) in a tree trunk in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, December 24, 2010
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1108/jpeg/12t.jpg) Oak bark in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, October 2, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/905/jpeg/13t.jpg) Bark of sycamore in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, January 4, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1100/jpeg/12t.jpg) Tree bark in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, August 22, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2813/jpeg/30t.jpg) Hackberry(?) bark in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, November 10, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2432/jpeg/20t.jpg) Various lichens on oak bark in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, January 18, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1122/jpeg/04t.jpg) Corky bark in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, November 30, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1122/jpeg/01t.jpg) Bark of water oak in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, November 30, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1448/jpeg/20t.jpg) Bark of water oak in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, July 3, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2530/jpeg/19t.jpg) Various lichens on oak bark in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, June 17, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1108/jpeg/11t.jpg) Oak bark texture in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, October 2, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1467/jpeg/15t.jpg) Bark beetle taken from Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, July 26, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2010/901/jpeg/17t.jpg) Laughing gym mushrooms (spectacular rustgill, Gymnopilus spectabilis, Gymnopilus junonius) at the base of a rotten tree near Racoon Run Trail in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, December 24, 2010
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/905/jpeg/14t.jpg) Texture of bark of sycamore in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, January 4, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2010/901/jpeg/18t.jpg) Emerging Laughing gym mushrooms (spectacular rustgill, Gymnopilus spectabilis, Gymnopilus junonius) at the base of a rotten tree near Racoon Run Trail in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, December 24, 2010
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2010/901/jpeg/19t.jpg) Cluster of young Laughing gym mushrooms (spectacular rustgill, Gymnopilus spectabilis, Gymnopilus junonius) at the base of a rotten tree near Racoon Run Trail in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, December 24, 2010
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/905/jpeg/19t.jpg) Bark texture near Racoon Run Trail in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, January 4, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2374/jpeg/07t.jpg) Cup fungus Phillipsia crispata(?) on bark of an oak log in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, October 3, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2530/jpeg/29t.jpg) Various lichens on bark of a fallen oak branch in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, June 17, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/905/jpeg/23t.jpg) Bark texture near Racoon Run Trail in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, January 4, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1467/jpeg/16t.jpg) Ventral view of a bark beetle taken from Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, July 26, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1108/jpeg/13t.jpg) Tree bark with sapsucker holes in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, October 2, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1228/jpeg/23t.jpg) Bark of dead oak on Racoon Run Trail in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, July 17, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1115/jpeg/07t.jpg) Tree bark on Racoon Run Trail in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, November 1, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1228/jpeg/26t.jpg) Bark of a tree on Racoon Run Trail in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, July 17, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1228/jpeg/24t.jpg) Patterns of bark of dead oak on Racoon Run Trail in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, July 17, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1229/jpeg/08t.jpg) Rough tree bark on Racoon Run Trail in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, July 17, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1229/jpeg/10t.jpg) Chinaberry(?) tree bark on Racoon Run Trail in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, July 17, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1229/jpeg/13t.jpg) Texture of bark of dry oak tree on Racoon Run Trail in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, July 17, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1229/jpeg/07t.jpg) Rotten tree bark on Racoon Run Trail in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, July 17, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2432/jpeg/17t.jpg) Lichen Cryptothecia striata on rough oak bark in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, January 18, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1229/jpeg/17t.jpg) Tree bark with lichens on Racoon Run Trail in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, July 17, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1229/jpeg/16t.jpg) Bark of a dead tree on Racoon Run Trail in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, July 17, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2450/jpeg/09t.jpg) Bark rash lichen (Pyrenula cruenta) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, February 20, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/905/jpeg/20t.jpg) Peeling bark on a tree near Racoon Run Trail in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, January 4, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2954/jpeg/15t.jpg) Some corticioid white and brown fungi on oak bark in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, June 4, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/906/jpeg/03t.jpg) Bark of dead tree near Racoon Run Trail in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, January 4, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1229/jpeg/14t.jpg) Bark of Mexican plum(?) on Racoon Run Trail in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, July 17, 2013
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