 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
 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
 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
 Spores of Ascomycete mushroom Chorioactis geaster collected a day before in Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 2, 2023
 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
 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
 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
 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
 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
 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
 Ascomycete mushroom Chorioactis geaster under several trees in half-open area near the lake, at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 1, 2023
 Ascomycete mushrooms Chorioactis geaster with dried tips at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 1, 2023
 Devil s cigar fungus (Chorioactis geaster) emitting spores 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
 Opening egg 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
 Spores (in KOH, spore print dark brown) of common fieldcap mushroom (Agrocybe pediades) collected on a trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 16, 2023
 Hyphae of a parasitic fungus Sporophagomyces with caught spores of Dichostereum effuscatum collected at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 1, 2023
 Half-opened devil s cigar fungus (Chorioactis geaster) on Copperfield Nature Trail. Austin, Texas, December 4, 2021
 Devil s cigar fungus (Chorioactis geaster) on rotting wood 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
 Side view of devil s cigar fungus (Chorioactis geaster) 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
 Opened body 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
 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
 Side view 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
 Opening stage 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
 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
 Leathery rays of devil s cigar fungus (Chorioactis geaster) near a cedar elm stump 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 half-opened devil s cigar fungus (Chorioactis geaster) 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
 Submerged brown egg of 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
 Some white mold growing on mature bodies of devil s cigar fungus (Chorioactis geaster)(?) 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
 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
 Parasitic web-like fungus Sporophagomyces with brown spores from a corticioid mushroom Dichostereum effuscatum on a fallen oak at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 1, 2023
 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
 Spores (in Congo Red) of white crust fungus Dendrothele nivosa from bark of red cedar (juniper), collected a day before near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 17, 2023
 Spores (in lugol) of white crust fungus Dendrothele nivosa from bark of red cedar (juniper), collected a day before near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 17, 2023
 Spores of white crust fungus Dendrothele nivosa from bark of red cedar (juniper), collected 3 days before near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 19, 2023
 Spores (stacked image) of white crust fungus Dendrothele nivosa from bark of red cedar (juniper), collected a day before near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 17, 2023
 Spores (in Toluidine blue) of white crust fungus Dendrothele nivosa from bark of red cedar (juniper), collected a day before near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 17, 2023
 Spores (in Toluidine blue at low magnification) of white crust fungus Dendrothele nivosa from bark of red cedar (juniper), collected a day before near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 17, 2023
 Spores of resupinate polupore mushroom Trametes villosa from a fallen juniper, collected at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, February 6, 2024
 Spores of a bracket polypore mushroom Trametes lactinea (size (5) 5.2 - 5.8 (6) x (2.1) 2.15 - 2.4 (2.5)) from a fallen oak collected at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, April 3, 2022
 Dichohypha of corticioid fungus Dichostereum effuscatum collected at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 1, 2023
 Spores of a bracket polypore mushroom Phellinus gilvus (Fuscoporia gilva) from a fallen oak collected at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park a day before. Texas, April 4, 2022
 Spores of a bracket polypore mushroom Phellinus gilvus (Fuscoporia gilva) from a fallen oak through a microscope, collected at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park a day before. Texas, April 4, 2022
 Tissues with dichotomously branched hyphae of corticioid fungus Dichostereum effuscatum from an oak branch, collected at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 1, 2023
 Spores of a fieldcap (Agrocybe)(?) mushroom collected near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, March 8, 2023
 Spores of a solitary orange waxcap mushroom (Hygrocybe) collected under oaks in Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, May 18, 2024
 Thin brown Tomentella on old Phellinus mushroom on a juniper log at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 1, 2023
 Close-up of thin brown Tomentella on old Phellinus mushroom on a juniper log at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 1, 2023
 Pink resupinate polypore mushroom Ceriporia(?) on a fallen oak branch at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 1, 2023
 Small patch of a yellow resupinate polypore mushroom on a fallen oak at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 1, 2023
 Orange resupinate polypore mushroom Xylodon flaviporus (Schizopora flavipora) on a log at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 1, 2023
 Pink and white resupinate polypore mushroom Ceriporia(?) on a fallen oak branch at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 1, 2023
 Close-up of pink resupinate polypore mushroom Ceriporia(?) on a fallen oak branch at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 1, 2023
 Some white resupinate polypore mushroom at the base of a dried juniper tree at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 1, 2023
 Texture white resupinate polypore mushroom at the base of a dried juniper tree at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 1, 2023
 White resupinate polypore mushroom at the base of a dried red cedar (juniper tree) at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 1, 2023
 Close-up of orange resupinate polypore mushroom Xylodon flaviporus (Schizopora flavipora) on a log at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 1, 2023
 Mature creamy brown corticioid (crust) mushroom on a fallen branch of live oak at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 1, 2023
 Bicoloured bracket mushroom (Vitreoporus dichrous) on top of a dried, slightly rotting juniper at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 1, 2023
 Close-up of white resupinate polypore mushroom at the base of a dried juniper tree at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 1, 2023
 Details of pink and white resupinate polypore mushroom Ceriporia(?) on a fallen oak branch at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 1, 2023
 Mature resupinate polypore mushroom Xylodon flaviporus (Schizopora flavipora) on a fallen oak at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 1, 2023
 Section of orange resupinate polypore mushroom Xylodon flaviporus (Schizopora flavipora) on a log at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 1, 2023
 Orange resupinate polypore mushroom Xylodon flaviporus (Schizopora flavipora) on underside of an oak log at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 1, 2023
 Brown corticioid (crust) mushroom Dichostereum effuscatum on a standing dead live oak at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 1, 2023
 Resupinate polypore mushroom Perenniporia phloiophila on bark of a fallen branch of live oak at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 1, 2023
 Spores of winter stalkball mushrooms (Tulostoma fimbriatum) collected at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, February 6, 2024
 Close-up of mature creamy brown corticioid (crust) mushroom on a fallen branch of live oak at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 1, 2023
 Pattern of white resupinate polypore mushroom on bark at the base of a dried juniper tree at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 1, 2023
 Close-up of mature resupinate polypore mushroom Xylodon flaviporus (Schizopora flavipora) on a fallen oak at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 1, 2023
 Texture of mature resupinate polypore mushroom Xylodon flaviporus (Schizopora flavipora) on a fallen oak at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 1, 2023
 Close-up of resupinate polypore mushroom Perenniporia phloiophila on bark of a fallen branch of live oak at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 1, 2023
 Brown corticioid (crust) mushroom Dichostereum effuscatum on a fallen dried live oak branch at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 1, 2023
 Pink resupinate polypore mushroom Vitreoporus dichrous with white margins on a fallen juniper at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 1, 2023
 Close-up of orange resupinate polypore mushroom Xylodon flaviporus (Schizopora flavipora) on underside of an oak log at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 1, 2023
 Pore surface of resupinate polypore mushroom Perenniporia phloiophila on bark of a fallen branch of live oak at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 1, 2023
 Growth pattern of resupinate polypore mushroom Perenniporia phloiophila on bark of a fallen branch of live oak at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 1, 2023
 Texture of brown corticioid (crust) mushroom Dichostereum effuscatum on a fallen dried live oak branch at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 1, 2023
 Spores (in KOH, x40 objective) of downy mildew fungus Plasmopara geranii or may be P. pusilla from a leaf of crane s bill (Geranium carolinianum), collected near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, March 5, 2023
 Thin growth of brown corticioid (crust) mushroom Dichostereum effuscatum on a fallen dried live oak branch at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 1, 2023
 Cross setion of bracket polypore mushroom Truncospora mexicana collected in Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, December 29, 2023
 Polypore mushroom Perenniporia tephropora (Truncospora tephropora) on cut surface of a fallen oak at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 1, 2023
 Spores of rust fungus Puccinia eatoniae var. myosotidis(?) from spring scorpion grass collected at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, April 3, 2022
 Tissues and spores at low magnification of peat mold fungus (Chromelosporium fulvum) from soil, collected at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, February 6, 2024
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