 Spores of a small mushroom Amanita amerirubens(?) under a microscope at low magnification (spore print is white), collected on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, April 30, 2022
 Small mushroom Amanita amerirubens(?) on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, April 30, 2022
 Cap of a small mushroom Amanita amerirubens(?) on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, April 30, 2022
 Underside of a small mushroom Amanita amerirubens(?) on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, April 30, 2022
 Spores of a light brown young Amanita mushroom (same as malformed) collected a day before on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 11, 2022
 Spores of small chanterelle mushrooms Cantharellus tabernensis(?) collected on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, April 30, 2022
 Spores of small chanterelle mushrooms Cantharellus tabernensis(?) under a microscope at low magnification (spore print is thin and white), collected on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, April 30, 2022
 Spores of small orange Gymnopus mushrooms collected a day before on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 11, 2022
 Spores of a white Amanita mushroom (like A. amerirubens) (spore print white) collected in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 7, 2022
 Spores of brown Amanita mushroom with malformed gills from Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 10, 2022
 Spores of Amanita lavendula(?) mushrooms from Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 10, 2022
 Spores of resupinate polypore mushroom from an oak branch, collected a day before on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, November 11, 2024
 Spores of Amanita mushrooms with pinkish gills (spore print white) from Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 10, 2022
 Spores of white Amanita mushrooms with light brown center under pines from Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 10, 2022
 Spores of slime mold Brefeldia maxima in KOH, collected on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, October 8, 2022
 Brown Amanita mushroom on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 10, 2022
 Spores of small orange omphalinoid mushrooms on sandy soil from Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 10, 2022
 Spores of slime mold Brefeldia maxima in lugol, collected on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, October 8, 2022
 Spores of slime mold Brefeldia maxima in KOH at low magnification, collected on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, October 8, 2022
 Spores of polypore mushrooms Trametopsis cervina from a slice of a big oak collected a day before on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 11, 2022
 Spores (in KOH?) of mushroom Rhodocollybia maculata collected on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, February 12, 2023
 Spores of mushroom Melanoleuca melaleuca(?) collected on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, February 12, 2023
 Gills of Amanita lavendula(?) mushroom on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 10, 2022
 Tissues of white resupinate polypore mushroom from a fallen pine branch collected on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, August 13, 2022
 Spores of mushrooms Thelephora terrestris (in 3% KOH, spore print black) collected a day before on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 11, 2022
 Spores (in Congo Red) of mushroom Melanoleuca melaleuca(?) collected on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, February 12, 2023
 Spores (in KOH) of a pinkgill mushroom Entoloma papillatum collected on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, December 22, 2023
 Spores (in lugol) of mushroom Rhodocollybia maculata collected on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, February 12, 2023
 Side view of a brown Amanita mushroom on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 10, 2022
 Malformed gills of a brown Amanita mushroom on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 10, 2022
 Spores of small thin mikcap mushrooms Lactarius neotabidus(?) (stacked image) from Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 10, 2022
 Basidia and spores of inkcap mushrooms Coprinopsis spilospora (x100 objective) collected on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, August 13, 2022
 Spores, basidia and cystidia of inkcap mushrooms Coprinopsis spilospora (x40 objective) collected on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, August 13, 2022
 Spores of inkcap mushrooms Coprinopsis spilospora (x100 objective, in Congo Red) collected on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, August 13, 2022
 Spores from old dry mature slime mold Stemonitis fusca(?) from a pine log without bark, collected on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, October 8, 2022
 Spores and basidia of inkcap mushrooms Coprinopsis spilospora under a microscope (x40 objective) collected on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, August 13, 2022
 Spores of a bolete mushroom Xerocomus illudens(?) collected under pines on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, October 29, 2023
 Spores (in KOH) of a brown cap bolete mushroom with yellow pores collected a day before on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 8, 2024
 Spores of bolete mushroom Xanthoconium affine from Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 10, 2022
 Tissues of white resupinate polypore mushroom from a fallen pine branch under a microscope at very low magnification collected on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, August 13, 2022
 Close-up of malformed gills of a brown Amanita mushroom on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 10, 2022
 Spores of slime mold Brefeldia maxima from mature olive-brown sporangia in KOH, collected on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, October 8, 2022
 Spores of Ramaria mushroom from lower part of rotten pine log collected on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, February 12, 2023
 Spores of bolete mushroom Xanthoconium affine in normally wet area from Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 10, 2022
 Spores of small thin mikcap mushrooms Lactarius neotabidus(?) (spore print light-brown) from Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 10, 2022
 Small chanterelle mushrooms Cantharellus tabernensis(?) on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, April 30, 2022
 Underside of white Amanita mushroom with light brown center under pines on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 10, 2022
 Spores (in KOH) of a large orange-pore bolete mushroom Suillellus subluridus or may be Neoboletus collected a day before on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 8, 2024
 Basidia and spores of Ramaria mushroom from lower part of rotten pine log under a microscope, collected on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, February 12, 2023
 Small chanterelle mushrooms Cantharellus tabernensis(?) on sphagnum moss on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, April 30, 2022
 Basidia with spores of polypore mushrooms Panus neostrigosus (Panus lecomtei) from a fallen pine, collected on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, August 13, 2022
 Spores of a bolete mushroom Xanthoconium purpureum (spore print rusty brown) from Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 10, 2022
 Spores of a bolete mushroom Xanthoconium purpureum in normally wet area with standing water, in a sparse pine and oak forest from Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 10, 2022
 Ascomycete mushrooms Pyronema omphalodes on a bonfire site near a small lake on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, April 30, 2022
 Spores of Ramaria mushroom (spore print light brown) from lower part of rotten pine log, collected on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, February 12, 2023
 Spores under a microscope (in Lugol solution) of polypore mushrooms Panus neostrigosus (Panus lecomtei) from a fallen pine, collected on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, August 13, 2022
 Amanita lavendula(?) mushrooms on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 10, 2022
 Spores of brown Leccinum mushroom (spore print brown) on a path from Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 10, 2022
 Goblet waxcap mushroom (Hygrocybe cantharellus) on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, April 30, 2022
 Spores of mushrooms Rickenella fibula collected on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, February 12, 2023
 Amanita mushrooms with pinkish gills on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 10, 2022
 Underside of Amanita lavendula(?) mushrooms on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 10, 2022
 Spores of a mushroom Amanita cinereoconia collected on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, September 17, 2022
 Spores (in KOH) of mushrooms Pholiota spumosa from a path, collected on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, October 29, 2023
 Spores of tooth mushrooms Hydnum umbilicatum collected on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, February 12, 2023
 Hyphae and spores of mushrooms Albatrellus subrubescens collected on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, December 22, 2023
 Spores of mushrooms Albatrellus subrubescens collected 2 days before on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, December 24, 2023
 Spores of white polypore bracket mushroom from a fallen pine branch (spore print very thin) collected 5/18/2022 on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 20, 2022
 Spores of fungus Sebacina incrustans from Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 10, 2022
 Peach-colored fly agaric mushrooms (Amanita persicina) near a small creek on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, January 1, 2021
 Spores (in KOH) of dyeball mushrooms (Pisolithus arhizus) collected under pines on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, October 29, 2023
 Spores of bolete mushrooms Pulveroboletus curtisii from Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 10, 2022
 Spores of carrot Amanita mushroom (Amanita daucipes) collected in Pole Creek area of Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 16, 2022
 Spores of Amanita subsolitaria (Lepidella) mushroom collected on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, May 14, 2022
 Spores and cystidia of brittlestem mushrooms (Psathyrella) from wet muddy soil, collected on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, October 29, 2023
 Spores of mushrooms Clitocybula lacerata found under pines on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 10, 2022
 Spores of mushrooms Clitocybula lacerata from rotting pine on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 10, 2022
 White Amanita mushrooms with light brown center under pines on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 10, 2022
 Small orange Gymnopus mushrooms under pines on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 10, 2022
 Small mushrooms Clitocybula lacerata under pines on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 10, 2022
 Large white mushroom Amanita polypyramis on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, November 24, 2023
 Spores of young Amanita canescens mushroom collected a day before on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, September 8, 2022
 Spores of a white Amanita mushroom (that looks like Limacella) collected on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, September 7, 2022
 Spores of corticioid fungus Gloeoporus ambiguus (Meruliopsis ambigua)(?) collected 2 days before on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, December 24, 2023
 Spores of grey knight mushrooms (Tricholoma terreum group, may be T. moseri) collected on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, February 12, 2023
 Spores of grey knight mushrooms (Tricholoma terreum group, may be T. moseri) collected on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, February 12, 2023
 Spores of light-brown bolete mushrooms Xerocomus illudens(?) from Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 10, 2022
 Spores of mushrooms Hydropus marginellus on wet rotten pine wood, from Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 10, 2022
 Caps of white Amanita mushrooms with light brown center under pines on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 10, 2022
 Spores of mushroom Irpex lacteus from small standing dead oak collected on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, September 14, 2022
 Small mushrooms Hydropus marginellus on wet rotten pine log on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 10, 2022
 Small thin mikcap mushrooms Lactarius neotabidus(?) on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 10, 2022
 Small orange Gymnopus mushrooms among pine needles on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 10, 2022
 Peach-colored fly agaric mushroom (Amanita persicina) on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, January 6, 2024
 Mature large white mushroom Amanita polypyramis on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, January 6, 2024
 Spores (in KOH) of spectacular rustgill mushrooms (Gymnopilus junonius) from the base of a dry standing pine collected on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, February 12, 2023
 Tissues and spores (under x100 objective) of brittlestem mushrooms (Psathyrella) from wet muddy soil, collected on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, October 29, 2023
 Spores (in KOH) of dark brown-violet pinkgill mushrooms (Entoloma or Nolanea, Leptonia) collected a day before on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 8, 2024
 Peach-colored fly agaric mushroom (Amanita persicina) on a trail on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, December 5, 2021
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