 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
 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
 Tiny soft granules of anamorph (asexual stage) of crust fungus Hypoxylon rubiginosum(?) on an elm log in wet area on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 16, 2023
 Conidiophores and conidia (in Melzer) from soft light brown anamorph (asexual stage) of fungus Hypoxylon rubiginosum collected in Sam Houston National Forest near Richards. Texas, April 2, 2023
 Conidiophores and spores (conidia) (in Melzer) from soft light brown anamorph (asexual stage) of fungus Hypoxylon rubiginosum collected in Sam Houston National Forest near Richards. Texas, April 2, 2023
 Tiny soft granules of anamorph (asexual stage) of crust fungus Hypoxylon rubiginosum(?) together with some orange tooth-like corticioid fungus on a fallen tree branch in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, April 19, 2023
 Conidia (in Melzer) from soft light brown anamorph (asexual stage) of fungus Hypoxylon rubiginosum together with spores of some Ascomycete, collected a day before in Sam Houston National Forest near Richards. Texas, April 3, 2023
 Conidia from soft light brown anamorph (asexual stage) of fungus Hypoxylon rubiginosum together with a large septate spore of some Ascomycete, collected a day before in Sam Houston National Forest near Richards. Texas, April 3, 2023
 Growth of tiny puffs of anamorph (asexual stage) of crust fungus Hypoxylon rubiginosum(?) on an elm log in wet area on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 16, 2023
 Conidiospores (in lugol) from soft light brown anamorph (asexual stage) of fungus Hypoxylon rubiginosum, collected a day before in Sam Houston National Forest near Richards. Texas, April 3, 2023
 Conidiospores (in Melzer) from soft light brown anamorph (asexual stage) of fungus Hypoxylon rubiginosum, collected a day before in Sam Houston National Forest near Richards. Texas, April 3, 2023
 Yellow corticioid fungus Hypoxylon rubiginosum together with is brown anamorph (asexual stage) around tunnels of bark beetles on an elm log in wet area on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 16, 2023
 Fungus Hypoxylon rubiginosum together with soft light brown anamorph (asexual stage) at its margins on South Wilderness Loop Trail at Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest near Richards. Texas, April 2, 2023
 Orange crust fungus Hypoxylon rubiginosum with velvety anamorph (asexual stage) at its margins on South Wilderness Loop Trail at Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest near Richards. Texas, April 2, 2023
 Close-up of crust fungus Hypoxylon rubiginosum and light brown anamorph (asexual stage) at its margins on South Wilderness Loop Trail at Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest near Richards. Texas, April 2, 2023
 Close-up of crust fungus Hypoxylon rubiginosum with light brown fluffy anamorph (asexual stage) at its margins on South Wilderness Loop Trail at Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest near Richards. Texas, April 2, 2023
 Conidiophores and conidia (in KOH) from smooth orange stuff covering fungus Hypoxylon rubiginosum, collected in Sam Houston National Forest near Richards. Texas, April 2, 2023
 Spores (in KOH) and some black hair (under a microscope) of endophyte fungus Lylea tetracoila (Heteroconium tetracoilum)(?) from a tiny black dot on wood near crust of Hypoxylon rubiginosum, collected a day before in Sam Houston National Forest near Richards. Texas, April 3, 2023
 Tissues of rusty crust fungus (Physisporinus vitreus)(?) from soft rotten wood at the base of a tilted stumpin muddy area, collected on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 6, 2024
 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
 Bi-septate spores of endophyte fungus Lylea tetracoila (Heteroconium tetracoilum)(?) from a tiny black dot on wood near crust of Hypoxylon rubiginosum, collected a day before in Sam Houston National Forest near Richards. Texas, April 3, 2023
 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
 Spores (in KOH, low magnification) of endophyte fungus Lylea tetracoila (Heteroconium tetracoilum)(?) from a tiny black dot on wood near orange crust of Hypoxylon rubiginosum, collected a day before in Sam Houston National Forest near Richards. Texas, April 3, 2023
 Spores (in KOH), together with some larger spore of endophyte fungus Lylea tetracoila (Heteroconium tetracoilum)(?) from a tiny black dot on wood near crust of Hypoxylon rubiginosum, collected a day before in Sam Houston National Forest near Richards. Texas, April 3, 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
 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
 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
 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
 White to brown asexual stage of crust fungus Biscogniauxia atropunctata on a fallen tree on Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, June 17, 2018
 Spores (in KOH) of fungus Hypoxylon rubiginosum from a tiny black dot on wood, collected a day before in Sam Houston National Forest near Richards. Texas, April 3, 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
 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 (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 (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
 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
 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
 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
 Spores of tiny white Lepiota mushrooms from rotten pine log under a microscope (in lugol), collected on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, September 18, 2022
 Jelly mushrooms Exidia growing over a black fungus Hypoxylon(?) on a recently fallen oak on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 8, 2019
 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
 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
 Tiny caps of mushrooms Entoloma parasiticum(?) on 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
 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
 Gray-white crust fungus Biscogniauxia atropunctata (Hypoxylon atropunctatum) on a fallen oak on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 15, 2019
 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
 Tissues (at low magnification) of greenish mold fungus Hypomyces from blushing bracket mushrooms growing on a tilted and dried oak, collected on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, January 22, 2023
 Crust fungus Hypoxylon rubiginosum(?) on rotting wood on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, August 31, 2019
 Crust fungus Hypoxylon rubiginosum(?) on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, September 7, 2019
 Crust fungus Hypoxylon rubiginosum(?) on a log on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, September 7, 2019
 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
 Thin yellow crust of corticioid fungus Hypoxylon rubiginosum around tunnels of bark beetles on an elm log in wet area on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 16, 2023
 Web mold fungus Syzygites megalocarpus under a microscope at low magnification, collected on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, September 18, 2022
 Close-up of thin yellow crust of corticioid fungus Hypoxylon rubiginosum around tunnels of bark beetles on an elm log in wet area on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 16, 2023
 Details of thin yellow crust of corticioid fungus Hypoxylon rubiginosum around tunnels of bark beetles on an elm log in wet area on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 16, 2023
 Conidia (in lugol) from Xylocoremium flabelliforme, anamorph stage of fungus Xylaria cubensis, collected in Sam Houston National Forest near Richards. Texas, April 2, 2023
 Slime mold Physarum globuliferum from rotting wood under a microscope collected on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, April 11, 2023
 Spores (under a microscope, in lugol) 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
 Some white resupinate polypore mushroom on soft rotten wood at the base of a tilted stump of oak or elm in muddy area on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 6, 2024
 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
 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
 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
 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
 Texture of some white resupinate polypore mushroom on soft rotten wood at the base of a tilted stump of oak or elm in muddy area on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 6, 2024
 Close-up of some white resupinate polypore mushroom on soft rotten wood at the base of a tilted stump of oak or elm in muddy area on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 6, 2024
 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
 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
 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
 Tiny soft polypore mushrooms Irpicodon pendulus on a vertically cut surface of a fallen pine on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 12, 2021
 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
 Cross section of sclerotium "Tuckahoe" of a wood-decay fungus Wolfiporia extensa on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 10, 2020
 Pore surface of some white resupinate polypore mushroom on soft rotten wood at the base of a tilted stump of oak or elm in muddy area on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 6, 2024
 Darkening of cut piece of some white resupinate polypore mushroom on soft rotten wood at the base of a tilted stump of oak or elm in muddy area on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 6, 2024
 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
 Spores of milkcap mushrooms Lactarius rimosellus from rotting wood, collected on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 6, 2024
 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 white crust fungus growing on upper side on pine twigs, collected 1/12/2022 from Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Huntsville, Texas, January 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
 Small greenish grey buttons of a fungus Trihoderma(?) under a microscope (in KOH), collected on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, April 11, 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
 Fungus Biscogniauxia atropunctata (Hypoxylon atropunctatum) on a fallen oak on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, October 26, 2019
 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
 Tiny Mycena mushrooms collected from a mossy fallen elm on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, September 11, 2020
 Darkening of pressed area of some white resupinate polypore mushroom on soft rotten wood at the base of a tilted stump of oak or elm in muddy area on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 6, 2024
 Ascomycete truffle mushroom Tuber(?) on black background collected on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 9, 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
 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
 Remains of a wood-decay fungus Wolfiporia extensa eaten by hogs on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 10, 2020
 Fragments of sclerotium "Tuckahoe" of a wood-decay fungus Wolfiporia extensa on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 10, 2020
 Gray-white crust fungus Biscogniauxia atropunctata (Hypoxylon atropunctatum) on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Huntsville. Texas, January 26, 2019
 Small greenish grey buttons of a fungus Trihoderma(?) under a microscope (in Congo red dye, x40 objective), collected on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, April 11, 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
 Crust fungus Hypoxylon rubiginosum(?) on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, August 31, 2019
 Sclerotium "Tuckahoe" of a wood-decay fungus Wolfiporia extensa dug out by hogs in a pine forest on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 10, 2020
 Sclerotium "Tuckahoe" of a wood-decay fungus Wolfiporia extensa in a shallow pit dug by hogs on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 10, 2020
 Conidia of fungus Xylaria cubensis (anamorph) collected on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 18, 2022
 Tissues of a small yellow bolete mushroom Buchwaldoboletus sphaerocephalus under a microscope, collected on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, September 18, 2022
 Black dots of a fungus Biscogniauxia atropunctata (Hypoxylon atropunctatum) on a fallen oak on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, October 26, 2019
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