 Underside of bark on a fallen tree with a timber mushroom Inonotus andersonii on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, September 11, 2021
 Fallen tree covered by yellow spores from a timber mushroom Inonotus andersonii on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, September 11, 2021
 Masses of yellow spores of a timber mushroom Inonotus andersonii on a fallen tree on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, September 11, 2021
 Rotting tree with a timber mushroom Inonotus andersonii on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, September 11, 2021
 Close-up of a rotting tree with a timber mushroom Inonotus andersonii on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, September 11, 2021
 Texture of a rotting tree with a timber mushroom Inonotus andersonii on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, September 11, 2021
 Broken bark on a rotting tree with a timber mushroom Inonotus andersonii on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, September 11, 2021
 Yellow spores of a timber mushroom Inonotus andersonii on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, September 11, 2021
 Fallen oak covered by yellow spores from a timber mushroom Inonotus andersonii near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, February 18, 2024
 Masses of yellow spores of a timber mushroom Inonotus andersonii on a fallen oak near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, February 18, 2024
 Some Volvariella mushroom on a fallen tree on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, September 4, 2021
 Gills of Volvariella mushroom on a fallen tree on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, September 4, 2021
 Underside of Volvariella mushroom on a fallen oak(?) tree on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, September 4, 2021
 Timber mushrooms Inonotus cuticularis or may be I. radiatus on a small dried tree on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest, near Huntsville. Texas, June 2, 2018
 Inonotus cuticularis or may be I. radiatus mushrooms on a tilted live elm tree on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, September 29, 2019
 Caps of Inonotus cuticularis or may be I. radiatus mushrooms on a tilted live elm tree on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, September 29, 2019
 Underside of Inonotus cuticularis or may be I. radiatus mushrooms on a tilted live elm tree on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, September 29, 2019
 Tiny bracket polypore mushroom on a fallen tree on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 12, 2021
 Resupinate polypore mushroom on a fallen tree branch on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, January 30, 2021
 Brown velvety resupinate polypore mushroom Fuscoporia (Hymenochaetaceae) on a fallen tree on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, June 13, 2021
 Resupinate polypore mushroom growing over black Hypoxylon patch on a fallen tree branch on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, January 30, 2021
 Patch of brown velvety resupinate polypore mushroom Fuscoporia (Hymenochaetaceae) on a fallen tree on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, June 13, 2021
 Cross section of some black Daldinia like fungus growing on Hypoxylon crust on a fallen tree on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, September 26, 2021
 Beard lichen (Usnea) fallen from a tree on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, June 13, 2021
 Mushroom Panus strigellus on a fallen tree branch on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 4, 2022
 Strands of beard lichen (Usnea) fallen from a tree on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, June 13, 2021
 Spores of a polypore mushroom Inonotus quercustris collected on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, August 14, 2022
 Mushrooms Ripartitella brasiliensis on a fallen tree on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, September 19, 2020
 Polypore mushrooms Trichaptum sector on a fallen mossy oak tree on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, February 7, 2021
 Caps of mushrooms Ripartitella brasiliensis on a fallen tree on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, September 19, 2020
 Gills of mushrooms Ripartitella brasiliensis on a fallen tree on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, September 19, 2020
 Masses of mushrooms Ripartitella brasiliensis on a fallen tree on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, September 19, 2020
 Some small polypore mushrooms on a fallen mossy tree on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, September 4, 2022
 Resupinate polypore mushroom Megasporoporia setulosa on fallen tree branches on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 29, 2022
 Leaf-like jelly fungus Phaeotremella frondosa on a fallen tree branch on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, August 6, 2021
 Pattern of polypore mushrooms Trichaptum sector on a fallen mossy oak tree on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, February 7, 2021
 Black powdery corticioid fungus Chaetosphaerella phaeostroma on a fallen tree on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, June 13, 2021
 Texture of black crust fungus Chaetosphaerella phaeostroma on a fallen elm tree on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, March 7, 2021
 Almost black corticioid (crust) fungus Chaetosphaerella phaeostroma on a fallen elm tree on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, March 7, 2021
 Leafy jelly fungus Tremella fuciformis on a small fallen tree on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 7, 2021
 Jelly fungus Silver Ear (Tremella fuciformis) on a small fallen tree on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 7, 2021
 Surface of old black crust fungus Chaetosphaerella phaeostroma on a fallen elm tree on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, March 7, 2021
 Underside of polypore mushrooms Trichaptum sector on a fallen mossy oak tree on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, February 7, 2021
 Rusty caps of mushrooms Ripartitella brasiliensis on a fallen tree on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, September 19, 2020
 Lower view mushrooms Ripartitella brasiliensis on a fallen tree on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, September 19, 2020
 Corticioid fungus Steccherinum robustius on a fallen tree branch on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, September 19, 2020
 Tissues under a microscope (x40 objective) of a polypore mushroom Inonotus quercustris collected on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, August 14, 2022
 Oak bracket mushrooms Pseudoinonotus dryadeus (Inonotus dryadeus) at the base of an oak tree on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 13, 2020
 Some white resupinate polypore mushroom covering thin dry but not fallen tree on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, January 19, 2022
 Close-up of resupinate polypore mushroom Megasporoporia setulosa on a fallen tree branch on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 29, 2022
 Young blushing bracket mushrooms (Daedaleopsis confragosa) on a small fallen tree on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, July 25, 2021
 Texture of black powdery corticioid fungus Chaetosphaerella phaeostroma on a fallen tree on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, June 13, 2021
 Saucer lichen Ochrolechia pallescens on a fallen piece of tree bark on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, September 10, 2023
 Texture of corticioid fungus Steccherinum robustius on a fallen tree branch on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, September 19, 2020
 Mature oak bracket fungus Pseudoinonotus dryadeus (Inonotus dryadeus) at the base of a tree on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 27, 2019
 Oak bracket fungus Pseudoinonotus dryadeus (Inonotus dryadeus) at the base of a sweetgum tree on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 13, 2020
 Seedlings of climbing fern (Lygodium japonicum) at the base of a tree near a creek on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, September 11, 2021
 Brown velvety resupinate polypore mushroom Fuscoporia (Hymenochaetaceae) on a fallen tree on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 1, 2019
 Close-up of Conocybe mushroom found on rotting fallen oak on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 10, 2021
 Brown gelatinous lobes of jelly fungus Phaeotremella frondosa on a fallen tree branch on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, August 6, 2021
 Gills of young blushing bracket mushrooms (Daedaleopsis confragosa) on a small fallen tree on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, July 25, 2021
 Side view of corticioid fungus Steccherinum robustius on a fallen tree branch on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, September 19, 2020
 Cut and overturned caps of mature oak bracket fungus Pseudoinonotus dryadeus (Inonotus dryadeus) at the base of a tree on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 27, 2019
 Brown velvety resupinate polypore mushroom Fuscoporia (Hymenochaetaceae) on bark of a fallen tree on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 1, 2019
 Texture of brown velvety resupinate polypore mushroom Fuscoporia (Hymenochaetaceae) on a fallen tree on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 1, 2019
 Brown velvety resupinate polypore mushroom Fuscoporia (Hymenochaetaceae) covering a fallen tree on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 1, 2019
 Jelly rot fungus (Phlebia tremellosa) together with Pluteus mushroom on a fallen oak on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 28, 2021
 Angular pores of ash tree bolete mushroom (Boletinellus merulioides) on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, October 9, 2021
 Ash tree bolete mushroom (Boletinellus merulioides) with cross section on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, October 9, 2021
 Pore surface of ash tree bolete mushroom (Boletinellus merulioides) on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, October 9, 2021
 Crust mushrooms Bacon of the Woods (Xylobolus subpileatus) on a fallen oak on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, September 11, 2021
 Flowering fringe lichen (Heterodermia echinata) on a fallen twig taken from Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, September 26, 2021
 Some small white polypore mushroom on a fallen pine branch on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, September 14, 2022
 Some black Daldinia like fungus growing on Hypoxylon crust on a rotting tree on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, September 26, 2021
 Cap of a parasol mushroom (Macrolepiota procera) on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, September 26, 2021
 Fallen oak branch heart with rot fungus Inonotus andersonii on South Wilderness Loop Trail at Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest near Richards. Texas, January 1, 2024
 Mustard yellow polypore mushroom (Phellinus gilvus) on a dry osage orange tree on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, January 30, 2021
 Close-up of bracket polypore mushroom Fomitella supina on a recently dried elm tree on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 23, 2021
 Underside of a small white polypore mushroom on a fallen pine branch on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, September 14, 2022
 Pore surface of brown velvety resupinate polypore mushroom Fuscoporia (Hymenochaetaceae) on a fallen hardwood tree on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 28, 2023
 Spores of brown velvety resupinate polypore mushroom Fuscoporia (Hymenochaetaceae) from a fallen hardwood tree, collected a day before on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 29, 2023
 Web-like covering of fungus Sporophagomyces chrysostomus on a resupinate polypore mushroom Fuscoporia on underside of a fallen broadleaf tree on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, January 12, 2022
 Underside of a parasol mushroom (Macrolepiota procera) on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, September 26, 2021
 Drying bolete mushroom Boletus patrioticus(?) on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, September 11, 2021
 Some resupinate polypore mushroom on a decomposing pine log on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, September 11, 2021
 Pore surface of a brown resupinate polypore mushroom Xanthoporia andersonii (Inonotus andersonii) in a concentric cavity inside a fallen oak on Winters Bayou Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Cleveland, Texas, February 1, 2020
 Close-up of pores of a brown resupinate polypore mushroom Xanthoporia andersonii (Inonotus andersonii) in a concentric cavity inside a fallen oak on Winters Bayou Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Cleveland, Texas, February 1, 2020
 Caps of mustard yellow polypore mushroom (Phellinus gilvus) on a dry osage orange tree on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, January 30, 2021
 Polypore mushroom Fulvifomes johnsonianus (Phellinus johnsonianus)(?) on a cut surface of an oak fallen across the trail (it covers large area on the side of this tree) on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 16, 2019
 Brown velvety resupinate polypore mushroom Fuscoporia (Hymenochaetaceae) with web-like fungus Sporophagomyces chrysostomus on a fallen hardwood tree on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 28, 2023
 Young mat of fungus Sporophagomyces chrysostomus attached below a resupinate polypore mushroom Fuscoporia on underside of a fallen broadleaf tree on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, January 12, 2022
 Feathery mycelium of fungus Sporophagomyces chrysostomus on a resupinate polypore mushroom Fuscoporia on underside of a fallen broadleaf tree on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, January 12, 2022
 Close-up of resupinate polypore mushroom on a decomposing pine log on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, September 11, 2021
 Mystery chick polypore mushroom (Piptoporellus soloniensis) on a log on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, September 4, 2021
 Resupinate polypore mushroom Fuscoporia (Hymenochaetaceae) on a rotting log on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, September 4, 2021
 Bracket polypore mushrooms Trametes aesculi (Trametes elegans) on a fallen tree (with one cap detached several weeks ago) on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, January 30, 2021
 Pink resupinate polypore mushroom Rigidoporus vinctus (Physisporinus vinctus)(?) on a fallen elm tree on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, February 25, 2023
 Tropical white polypore mushrooms (Favolus tenuiculus, Favolus brasiliensis) on a fallen tree on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, September 29, 2019
 Lower view of a brown resupinate polypore mushroom Xanthoporia andersonii (Inonotus andersonii) growing in a concentric cavity inside a fallen oak on Winters Bayou Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Cleveland, Texas, February 1, 2020
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