 Cross section of Ascomycete truffle mushroom Tuber(?) collected on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 9, 2023
 Details of cross section of Ascomycete truffle mushroom Tuber(?) collected on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 9, 2023
 Tissues of Ascomycete truffle mushroom Tuber(?) under a microscope (x40 objective) in Congo Red dye, collected on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 9, 2023
 Tissues of Ascomycete truffle mushroom Tuber(?) under a microscope (x40 objective) in Melzer, collected on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 9, 2023
 Tissues of Ascomycete truffle mushroom Tuber(?) under a microscope (x10 objective) in Melzer, collected on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 9, 2023
 Tissues of Ascomycete truffle mushroom Tuber(?) under a microscope (x10 objective) in Congo Red dye, collected on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 9, 2023
 Immature spherical asci of Ascomycete truffle mushroom Tuber(?) under a microscope (x40 objective) in Congo Red dye, collected on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 9, 2023
 Immature spherical asci of Ascomycete truffle mushroom Tuber(?) under a microscope (x100 objective) in Congo Red dye, collected on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 9, 2023
 Close-up of a cross section of Ascomycete truffle mushroom Tuber(?) on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 9, 2023
 Immature spherical ascus (without spores) of Ascomycete truffle mushroom Tuber(?) under a microscope (x100 objective) in Congo Red dye, collected on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 9, 2023
 Ascomycete truffle mushroom Tuber(?) washed out from soil after a heavy rain on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 9, 2023
 Ascomycete truffle mushroom, probably Tuber, together with a white quartzite pebble to the right, on a path in a pine forest on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 9, 2023
 Ascomycete truffle mushroom, probably Tuber, washed out from soil after a heavy rain, together with a white quartzite pebble to the right on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 9, 2023
 Helvella sulcata mushroom (pale form of Helvella lacunosa) on black background on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 15, 2020
 Black saddle fungus Helvella atra(?) on black background on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, June 5, 2021
 Immature asci of Ascomycete truffle mushroom Tuber(?) under a microscope with darkfield condenser and x40 objective in KOH, collected 4/9/2023 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, April 12, 2023
 Ascogenous tissue of Ascomycete truffle mushroom Tuber(?) under a microscope with darkfield condenser and x40 objective in KOH, collected 4/9/2023 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, April 12, 2023
 Ascogenous tissue of immature Ascomycete truffle mushroom Tuber(?) under a microscope with darkfield condenser and x10 objective in KOH, collected 4/9/2023 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, April 12, 2023
 Ascogenous tissue of immature Ascomycete truffle mushroom Tuber(?) under a microscope with darkfield condenser and x10 objective in lugol, collected 4/9/2023 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, April 12, 2023
 Tissues of Ascomycete eyelash cup fungus (Scutellinia scutellata group), at low magnification (x10 objective), collected from muddy soil on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, January 22, 2023
 Orange spindle coral mushrooms (Clavulinopsis aurantiocinnabarina) on black background on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 23, 2020
 Spores of mushrooms Conocybe subpubescens collected on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 16, 2023
 Spores of mushrooms Conocybe subpubescens at low magnification, collected on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 16, 2023
 Spores of fibrecap mushrooms Inocybe lanuginosa (in KOH) collected on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 16, 2023
 Spores of white resupinate polypore mushroom Ceriporia(?) collected a day before on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 5, 2023
 Spores and gill tissue of mushrooms Conocybe subpubescens collected on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 16, 2023
 Close-up of Ascomycete mushroom Peziza on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, June 5, 2021
 Pinkgill mushrooms Entoloma papillatum on dark background on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 18, 2023
 Some reddening very brittle gilled mushrooms (Agaricus, Lacrimaria, Melanophyllum, or maay be Psathyrella) on black background on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 29, 2021
 Gill tissue and spores of mushrooms Conocybe subpubescens in Congo Red dye at low magnification, collected on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 16, 2023
 Tissues of white web-like fungus from pine cones under a microscope (x40 objective) in Congo Red dye, collected on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 9, 2023
 Dissected reddening very brittle gilled mushrooms (Agaricus, Lacrimaria, Melanophyllum, or maay be Psathyrella) on black background on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 29, 2021
 Tissues of white web-like fungus from pine cones under a microscope (x100 objective) in Congo Red dye, collected on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 9, 2023
 Tissues of tiny orange Ascomycete fungus Orbilia(?) from the same oak log as 1/19/2022, collected on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, March 2, 2022
 Ascomycete mushrooms Hyalorbilia inflatula (Orbilia inflatula) on a trunk of a fallen elm with black Biscogniauxia fungus on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, September 17, 2020
 Side view of reddening very brittle gilled mushrooms (Agaricus, Lacrimaria, Melanophyllum, or maay be Psathyrella) on black background on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 29, 2021
 Ascomycete fungus Pyronema omphalodes or may be P. domesticum on a site of bonfire on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 18, 2021
 Asci of tiny orange Ascomycete fungus Orbilia(?) under microscope from the same oak log as 1/19/2022, collected on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, March 2, 2022
 Tissues of white web-like fungus with hyphal cords from pine cones with some spore under a microscope in Melzer, collected on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 9, 2023
 Ascomycete mushroom Genea(?) on a bonfire site on a utility line cutting on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, March 23, 2020
 Close-up of Ascomycete fungus Pyronema omphalodes or may be P. domesticum on a site of bonfire on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 18, 2021
 Ascomycete fungus Pyronema omphalodes or may be P. domesticum on a site of bonfire in wet area on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 18, 2021
 Red cups of eyelash Ascomycete fungus Scutellinia superba on muddy ground on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 6, 2024
 Ascomycete fungus Pyronema omphalodes or may be P. domesticum on a bonfire site in wet area on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 18, 2021
 Asci of tiny orange Ascomycete fungus Orbilia(?) at lower magnification from the same oak log as 1/19/2022, collected on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, March 2, 2022
 Close-up of Ascomycete mushrooms Hyalorbilia inflatula (Orbilia inflatula) on a trunk of a fallen elm with black Hypoxylon canker fungus on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, September 17, 2020
 Cross section of mushroom Tricholoma subresplendens on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 2, 2023
 Granules of Ascomycete fungus Pyronema omphalodes or may be P. domesticum on a bonfire site in wet area on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 18, 2021
 Details of Ascomycete fungus Pyronema omphalodes or may be P. domesticum on a bonfire site in wet area on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 18, 2021
 Rosy crust of Ascomycete fungus Pyronema omphalodes or may be P. domesticum on a site of bonfire on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 18, 2021
 Foggy morning on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 1, 2023
 Spores of bolete mushrooms Xanthoconium purpureum collected a day before on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 5, 2023
 Tissues of pinkgill mushrooms Entoloma papillatum, collected on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 18, 2023
 Spores of pinkgill mushrooms Entoloma papillatum collected on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 18, 2023
 Dissected small Ascomycete mushroom Genea(?) on a bonfire site on a utility line cutting on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, March 23, 2020
 Spores of a mushroom Amanita chrysoleuca collected a day before on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 30, 2022
 Rosy granules of Ascomycete fungus Pyronema omphalodes or may be P. domesticum on a bonfire site in wet area on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 18, 2021
 Cross section of cinnamon webcap mushroom (Cortinarius cinnamomeus) on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 2, 2023
 Pine forest before sunrise on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 1, 2023
 Pine forest at sunrise on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 1, 2023
 Mushroom Tricholoma subresplendens on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 2, 2023
 Basidia and spores of pinkgill mushrooms Entoloma papillatum, collected on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 18, 2023
 Spores of brittlegill mushrooms Russula ballouii from wet area, collected on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 18, 2023
 Spores of some orange corticioid fungus from rotting wood collected a day before on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, March 22, 2023
 Bracken ferns and pines on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 1, 2023
 Spores of some white resupinate polypore mushroom from soft rotten wood at the base of a tilted stump, collected on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 6, 2024
 Close-up of rosy granules of Ascomycete fungus Pyronema omphalodes or may be P. domesticum on a bonfire site in wet area on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 18, 2021
 Bracket polypore mushrooms Oxyporus populinus on black background on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, December 31, 2023
 Underside of mushroom Tricholoma subresplendens on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 2, 2023
 Basidia of mushrooms Chromosera cyanophylla from rotting pine wood, collected on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, January 22, 2023
 Spores (stacked image) of pinkgill mushrooms Entoloma papillatum collected on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 18, 2023
 Spores of thin powdery corticioid fungus from a fallen pine, collected a day before on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 5, 2023
 Pine forest in fog at a parking at Osborn Road on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 1, 2023
 Spores (under pressure) of a polypore mushroom Megasporoporia setulosa collected a day before on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 30, 2022
 Spores of mushroom Amanita sect. Lepidella, collected on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, September 25, 2022
 Spores of a polypore mushroom Megasporoporia setulosa under a microscope, collected a day before on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 30, 2022
 Spores of polypore mushroom Nigroporus vinosus collected on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, September 18, 2022
 Small grey omphalinoid mushrooms Arrhenia obscurata on black background on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, December 9, 2023
 Caps of mushrooms Conocybe subpubescens on a trail on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 16, 2023
 Spores of common funnel mushroom (Infundibulicybe gibba) (no pictures of the mushroom were taken) collected on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, September 18, 2022
 Conidia and conidiophores of anamorph (asexual stage) of crust fungus Hypoxylon rubiginosum growing as brown fluffy granules on elm wood under a microscope in KOH, collected on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 16, 2023
 Conidia and conidiophores of anamorph (asexual stage) of crust fungus Hypoxylon rubiginosum growing as soft tiny granules on elm wood under a microscope in KOH, collected on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 16, 2023
 Conidiophores and tissue of anamorph (asexual stage) of crust fungus Hypoxylon rubiginosum growing as soft tiny granules on elm wood under a microscope in KOH, collected on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 16, 2023
 White resupinate polypore mushroom on rotting wood on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 5, 2023
 Surprise webcap mushroom (Cortinarius semisanguineus) on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, February 19, 2023
 Hyphae and conidia of mold fungus Hypomyces from blushing bracket mushrooms, collected on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, January 22, 2023
 Conidiaphores and conidia of mold fungus Hypomyces from blushing bracket mushrooms, collected on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, January 22, 2023
 Spores (in Toluidine blue) of mushrooms Chromosera cyanophylla collected from a wet fallen pine on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, January 22, 2023
 Spores of brown Hymenochaete(?) polypore mushrooms from a liana of dry trumpet vine collected a day before on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 5, 2023
 Basidia and spores of mushrooms Chromosera cyanophylla from rotting pine wood, collected on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, January 22, 2023
 Spores of mushrooms Melanoleuca or may be Lactarius (spore print white) collected from a wet area on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, January 22, 2023
 Tissues (at low magnification) of mushrooms Chromosera cyanophylla from rotting pine wood, collected on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, January 22, 2023
 Spores of felted twiglet mushrooms (Tubaria conspersa) from a muddy path, collected on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 4, 2023
 Basidia and cystidia of mushrooms Chromosera cyanophylla from rotting pine wood, collected on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, January 22, 2023
 Paraphyses of eyelash cup fungus (Scutellinia scutellata group), collected from muddy soil on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, January 22, 2023
 Blooming white milkweed (Asclepias variegata) on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 9, 2023
 Common funnel mushrooms (Infundibulicybe gibba) on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 1, 2023
 Flowers of white milkweed (Asclepias variegata) on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 9, 2023
 Pines in mist near a parking at Osborn Road on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 1, 2023
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