 Opening egg of devil s cigar fungus (Chorioactis geaster) on Copperfield Nature Trail. Austin, Texas, December 4, 2021
 Close-up of devil s cigar fungus (Chorioactis geaster) on Copperfield Nature Trail. Austin, Texas, December 4, 2021
 Egg stage of devil s cigar fungus (Chorioactis geaster) on Copperfield Nature Trail. Austin, Texas, December 4, 2021
 Old cedar elm stump with devil s cigar fungus (Chorioactis geaster) on Copperfield Nature Trail. Austin, Texas, December 4, 2021
 Side view of devil s cigar fungus (Chorioactis geaster) on Copperfield Nature Trail. Austin, Texas, December 4, 2021
 Upper view of devil s cigar fungus (Chorioactis geaster) on Copperfield Nature Trail. Austin, Texas, December 4, 2021
 Devil s cigar fungus (Chorioactis geaster) near a cedar elm stump on Copperfield Nature Trail. Austin, Texas, December 4, 2021
 Half-opened devil s cigar fungus (Chorioactis geaster) on Copperfield Nature Trail. Austin, Texas, December 4, 2021
 Opened body of devil s cigar fungus (Chorioactis geaster) on Copperfield Nature Trail. Austin, Texas, December 4, 2021
 Devil s cigar fungus (Chorioactis geaster) emitting spores on Copperfield Nature Trail. Austin, Texas, December 4, 2021
 Young stage of devil s cigar fungus (Chorioactis geaster) on Copperfield Nature Trail. Austin, Texas, December 4, 2021
 Malformed devil s cigar fungus (Chorioactis geaster) on a cedar elm stump on Copperfield Nature Trail. Austin, Texas, December 4, 2021
 Close-up of velvety brown egg of devil s cigar fungus (Chorioactis geaster) on Copperfield Nature Trail. Austin, Texas, December 4, 2021
 Taking pictures of devil s cigar fungus (Chorioactis geaster) around a cedar elm stump on Copperfield Nature Trail. Austin, Texas, December 4, 2021
 Side view of devil s cigar fungus (Chorioactis geaster) near a cedar elm stump on Copperfield Nature Trail. Austin, Texas, December 4, 2021
 Side view of half-opened devil s cigar fungus (Chorioactis geaster) on Copperfield Nature Trail. Austin, Texas, December 4, 2021
 Opening stage of devil s cigar fungus (Chorioactis geaster) near a cedar elm stump on Copperfield Nature Trail. Austin, Texas, December 4, 2021
 Submerged brown egg of devil s cigar fungus (Chorioactis geaster) near a cedar elm stump on Copperfield Nature Trail. Austin, Texas, December 4, 2021
 Leathery rays of devil s cigar fungus (Chorioactis geaster) near a cedar elm stump on Copperfield Nature Trail. Austin, Texas, December 4, 2021
 Brown egg of devil s cigar fungus (Chorioactis geaster) in litter near a cedar elm stump on Copperfield Nature Trail. Austin, Texas, December 4, 2021
 Closed body of devil s cigar fungus (Chorioactis geaster) near a cedar elm stump on Copperfield Nature Trail. Austin, Texas, December 4, 2021
 Recently opened devil s cigar fungus (Chorioactis geaster) near a cedar elm stump on Copperfield Nature Trail. Austin, Texas, December 4, 2021
 Velvety brown egg of devil s cigar fungus (Chorioactis geaster) near a cedar elm stump on Copperfield Nature Trail. Austin, Texas, December 4, 2021
 Splitting body of devil s cigar fungus (Chorioactis geaster) near a cedar elm stump on Copperfield Nature Trail. Austin, Texas, December 4, 2021
 Some white mold growing on mature bodies of devil s cigar fungus (Chorioactis geaster)(?) on Copperfield Nature Trail. Austin, Texas, December 4, 2021
 Mature and young bodies of devil s cigar fungus (Chorioactis geaster) near a cedar elm stump on Copperfield Nature Trail. Austin, Texas, December 4, 2021
 Partially split and malformed egg of devil s cigar fungus (Chorioactis geaster) near a cedar elm stump on Copperfield Nature Trail. Austin, Texas, December 4, 2021
 Wide opened body of devil s cigar fungus (Chorioactis geaster) near a cedar elm stump on Copperfield Nature Trail. Austin, Texas, December 4, 2021
 Star-like arrangement of leathery rays of devil s cigar fungus (Chorioactis geaster) near a cedar elm stump on Copperfield Nature Trail. Austin, Texas, December 4, 2021
 Cedar elm stump with devil s cigar fungus (Texas Star, Chorioactis geaster) on Copperfield Nature Trail. Austin, Texas, December 4, 2021
 Silver-white and black texture of fungi on rotting cedar elm wood on Copperfield Nature Trail. Austin, Texas, December 4, 2021
 Mature Devil s Cigar Ascomycete mushroom (Chorioactis geaster) growing of a small piece of submerged in soil blackened elm wood at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 1, 2023
 Spores of devil s cigar mushroom Chorioactis geaster collected a day before in Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 2, 2023
 Close-up of cramp balls fungus (Daldinia concentrica) on Copperfield Nature Trail. Austin, Texas, December 4, 2021
 Broken bodies of cramp balls fungus (Daldinia concentrica) on Copperfield Nature Trail. Austin, Texas, December 4, 2021
 Black bodies of cramp balls fungus (Daldinia concentrica) on Copperfield Nature Trail. Austin, Texas, December 4, 2021
 Cramp balls fungus (Daldinia concentrica) on a log of a hardwood tree on Copperfield Nature Trail. Austin, Texas, December 4, 2021
 Partially dry Devil s Cigar Ascomycete mushroom (Chorioactis geaster) at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 1, 2023
 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
 Fairy inkcap mushrooms (Coprinellus disseminatus) on Copperfield Nature Trail. Austin, Texas, December 4, 2021
 Central Texas Mycological Society on Copperfield Nature Trail. Austin, Texas, December 4, 2021
 Central Texas Mycological Society at a trailhead of Copperfield Nature Trail. Austin, Texas, December 4, 2021
 Close-up of jelly mushrooms Dacrymyces(?) on black Sordariomycetes crust fungus on rotting oak wood on Kiwanis Nature Trail. College Station, Texas, December 14, 2021
 Jelly mushrooms Dacrymyces(?) on rotting oak wood on Kiwanis Nature Trail. College Station, Texas, December 14, 2021
 Some cream colored corticioid fungus with tiny pimples together with some white cyphelloid fungus on rotting wood on Kiwanis Nature Trail. College Station, Texas, May 1, 2023
 Corticioid fungus Chromelosporium carneum on rotting oak wood on Kiwanis Nature Trail. College Station, Texas, May 3, 2022
 Texture of some crust fungus on rotting oak wood on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 29, 2021
 Texture of fungus Sphaerosporium lignatile on wet rotting oak wood on Kiwanis Nature Trail. College Station, Texas, March 1, 2022
 Close-up of fungus Sphaerosporium lignatile on wet rotting oak wood on Kiwanis Nature Trail. College Station, Texas, March 1, 2022
 Neohygrocybe(?) mushrooms on pieces of rotting wood on Kiwanis Nature Trail. College Station, Texas, June 10, 2021
 Close-up of corticioid fungus Botryobasidium robustius or may be B. aureum on rotting oak wood on Kiwanis Nature Trail. College Station, Texas, May 1, 2023
 Texture of corticioid fungus Botryobasidium robustius or may be B. aureum on rotting oak wood on Kiwanis Nature Trail. College Station, Texas, May 1, 2023
 Some cream colored corticioid fungus with tiny pimples on rotting wood on Kiwanis Nature Trail. College Station, Texas, May 1, 2023
 Orange clusters of fungus Sphaerosporium lignatile on wet rotting oak wood on Kiwanis Nature Trail. College Station, Texas, March 1, 2022
 Fuzzy orange blobs of fungus Sphaerosporium lignatile on rotting oak wood on Kiwanis Nature Trail. College Station, Texas, March 1, 2022
 Texture of some cream colored corticioid fungus with tiny pimples on rotting wood on Kiwanis Nature Trail. College Station, Texas, May 1, 2023
 Close-up of some corticioid (crust) fungus on rotting wood of a deciduous tree with termite holes on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 29, 2021
 Light brown crust fungus on rotting bamboo on Kiwanis Nature Trail. College Station, Texas, December 7, 2017
 Crust fungus on rotten wood of an oak on Kiwanis Nature Trail. College Station, Texas, December 7, 2017
 Spores of soft Hypoxylon fungus from rotting wood, collected a day before on Racoon Run Trail in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, December 8, 2023
 Whitening pattern of a fungus Robergea albicedrae on bark of Ashe juniper in McKinney Roughs Nature Park near Austin. Texas, March 17, 2021
 Spores of Ascomycete mushroom Chorioactis geaster collected a day before in Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 2, 2023
 Close-up of corticioid fungus Dendrothele nivosa on bark of Eastern red cedar (Juniper) in McKinney Roughs Nature Park near Austin. Texas, March 17, 2021
 White juniper fungus (Robergea albicedrae) on bark of Juniperus ashei tree in McKinney Roughs Nature Park near Austin. Texas, March 17, 2021
 Typical whitening pattern on bark of Ashe juniper with a fungus Robergea albicedrae in McKinney Roughs Nature Park near Austin. Texas, March 17, 2021
 Spores (at low magnofication) of Ascomycete mushroom Chorioactis geaster collected a day before in Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 2, 2023
 White juniper fungus (Robergea albicedrae) on bark of a young Juniperus ashei tree in McKinney Roughs Nature Park near Austin. Texas, March 17, 2021
 Close-up of fungus Helicogloea compressa on rotting wood on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 28, 2021
 White juniper fungus (Robergea albicedrae) around of a broken branch spot on Juniperus ashei tree in McKinney Roughs Nature Park near Austin. Texas, March 17, 2021
 Fungus Helicogloea compressa together with a small Mycena mushroom on rotting wood on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 28, 2021
 Mushrooms Entoloma parasiticum on rotting oak wood on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 29, 2021
 Rustgill mushrooms Gymnopilus liquiritiae(?) on rotting oak wood on Kiwanis Nature Trail. College Station, Texas, May 7, 2024
 Resupinate polypore mushroomon on rotting wood on Kiwanis Nature Trail. College Station, Texas, March 25, 2020
 Pluteus thomsonii mushroom on rotting oak wood on Kiwanis Nature Trail. College Station, Texas, April 13, 2020
 Conocybe mushrooms on rotting fallen oak or possibly pine and nearby on pieces of rotting wood on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 10, 2021
 Peziza phyllogena (Peziza badioconfusa)(?) cup fungus taken from rotting wood at mushroom walk of Gulf States Mycological Society. Little Thicket Nature Sanctuary, Cleveland, Texas, November 3, 2018
 Side view of Pluteus thomsonii mushroom on rotting oak wood on Kiwanis Nature Trail. College Station, Texas, April 13, 2020
 Spring polypore mushrooms (Lentinus arcularius) on rotting wood on Kiwanis Nature Trail. College Station, Texas, March 1, 2022
 Orange hydnoid fungus Steccherinum robustius on rotting wood in Hensel Park. College Station, Texas, December 9, 2017
 White juniper fungus (Robergea albicedrae) small gray nodules where spores are produced on bark of a young Juniperus ashei tree in McKinney Roughs Nature Park near Austin. Texas, March 17, 2021
 Bend of Colorado River from Bluff Trail Loop in McKinney Roughs Nature Park near Austin. Texas, March 17, 2021
 View of Colorado River from Bluff Trail Loop in McKinney Roughs Nature Park near Austin. Texas, March 17, 2021
 Wolf s milk slime mold (Lycogala epidendrum) on rotting wood on Kiwanis Nature Trail. College Station, Texas, March 25, 2020
 Some resupinate hydnoid (tooth) fungus on rotting oak wood in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, March 2, 2021
 Close-up of white juniper fungus (Robergea albicedrae) small gray nodules where spores are produced on bark of a young Juniperus ashei tree in McKinney Roughs Nature Park near Austin. Texas, March 17, 2021
 Steep descent to Colorado River from Bluff Trail Loop in McKinney Roughs Nature Park near Austin. Texas, March 17, 2021
 Fungus Helicogloea compressa on rotting wood near Turkey Creek South Parking Lot in Big Thicket National Preserve. Texas, June 12, 2021
 Ascomycete mushrooms Chorioactis geaster with dried tips at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 1, 2023
 Coral slime mold Ceratiomyxa fruticulosa together with some fungus on rotting oak wood in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, June 25, 2021
 Resupinate (prostrate) form of a fungus Phellinus gilvus (Fuscoporia gilva) on rotting wood in Hensel Park. College Station, Texas, December 12, 2018
 Asci and paraphyses of Ascomycete mushrooms Chorioactis geaster collected at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 1, 2023
 Tooth fungus Mycoacia(?) together with some yellow corticioid fungus on rotting wood on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, July 13, 2019
 Tooth fungus Mycoacia(?) together with some yellow corticioid fungus on rotting wood on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, July 13, 2019
 Asci (in Congo Red, at low magnification) of Ascomycete mushrooms Chorioactis geaster collected at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 1, 2023
 Tissues (in Congo Red, at low magnification) of Ascomycete mushrooms Chorioactis geaster collected at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 1, 2023
 Spores (with x100 objective) of Ascomycete mushrooms Chorioactis geaster collected at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 1, 2023
 Yellow corticioid fungus together with Hydnoid (tooth) fungus Mycoacia(?) on rotting wood on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, July 13, 2019
 Immature spore and some round structures of Ascomycete mushrooms Chorioactis geaster collected at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 1, 2023
 Asci and spores (at low magnification, x40 objective) of Ascomycete mushrooms Chorioactis geaster collected at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 1, 2023
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