 Cystidia and spores (under x100 objective) of tiny brown mushrooms (Gymnopilus, Galerina or Hebeloma) from burned ground, collected on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, October 29, 2023
 Spores (in KOH, x100 objective) of tiny brown mushrooms (Pholiota, Gymnopilus, Galerina or Hebeloma) from burned site, collected on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, October 29, 2023
 Tissue and spores (under x40 objective) of tiny brown mushrooms (Gymnopilus, Galerina or Hebeloma) from burned ground, collected on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, October 29, 2023
 Spores (in KOH, x40 objective) of tiny brown mushrooms (Pholiota, Gymnopilus, Galerina or Hebeloma) from burned site, collected on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, October 29, 2023
 Tiny brown mushrooms (Gymnopilus, Galerina or Hebeloma) on burned ground on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, October 29, 2023
 Underside of tiny brown mushrooms (Gymnopilus, Galerina or Hebeloma) on burned ground on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, October 29, 2023
 Tiny brown mushrooms in place where a tree fell and then burned for long time, can be Gymnopilus, Galerina or Hebeloma, on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, October 29, 2023
 Basidia (in Congo red dye, x100 objective) of small brown Hebeloma(?) mushrooms from burned ground, collected on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, April 11, 2023
 Basidia and tissues (in Congo red dye, x100 objective) of small brown Hebeloma(?) mushrooms from burned ground, collected on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, April 11, 2023
 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
 Tissues (in Congo red dye, x100 objective) of small brown Hebeloma(?) mushrooms from burned ground, collected on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, April 11, 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 of small brown Hebeloma(?) mushrooms from burned ground (in lugol) collected on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, April 8, 2023
 Basidia under a microscope (x100 objective) 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 small brown Hebeloma(?) mushrooms from burned ground (in Toluidine blue) collected on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, April 8, 2023
 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, 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 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
 Hyphae and sporangia (under x100 objective) of whitish mold fungus Hypomyces(?) from rotting Rhizopogon collected on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, October 29, 2023
 Tissues (in Congo red dye, x40 objective) of small brown Hebeloma(?) mushrooms from burned ground, collected on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, April 11, 2023
 Tissues (in Congo red dye, x10 objective) of small brown Hebeloma(?) mushrooms from burned ground, collected on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, April 11, 2023
 Spores (in KOH) of tiny brown Pholiota(?) mushrooms from burned site, collected a day before on Sand Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, November 3, 2023
 Spores of tiny white Mycena mushroom from pine cone (with x100 objective) collected in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, May 5, 2023
 Spores (x100 objective) of Ascomycete fungus Orbilia(?) from burned oak collected near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, February 21, 2023
 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 (under x40 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
 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
 Asci (in Congo red dye, x100 objective) of fungus Pyronema omphalodes from burned ground collected on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, April 11, 2023
 Paraphyses (in Congo red dye, x100 objective) of fungus Pyronema omphalodes from burned ground collected on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, April 11, 2023
 Small brown Hebeloma(?) mushrooms on a burned ground on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, April 8, 2023
 Asci and paraphyses (in Congo red dye, x100 objective) of fungus Pyronema omphalodes from burned ground collected on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, April 11, 2023
 Basidia of mushrooms Albatrellus subrubescens collected on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, December 22, 2023
 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 (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 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 (with x100 objective) at of Pine Spikes mushrooms (Chroogomphus vinicolor) collected in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 3, 2023
 Basidia and spores of tiny Mycena mushrooms from a slope of an ash pit, collected on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, May 6, 2023
 Basidia 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 small veiled poisonpie mushrooms Hebeloma mesophaeum from burned soil, collected on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, May 6, 2023
 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 (in lugol) of small veiled poisonpie mushrooms Hebeloma mesophaeum from burned soil, collected on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, May 6, 2023
 Spores of tiny Mycena mushrooms from a slope of an ash pit at very low manification (x4 objective), collected on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, May 6, 2023
 Tissues (under x40 objective) of whitish mold fungus Hypomyces(?) from rotting Rhizopogon (no pictures of the fungus were taken) collected on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, October 29, 2023
 Tissues and spores (with x100 objective) of false truffle mushroom Rhizopogon roseolus(?) collected a day before on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, November 6, 2023
 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
 Basidia and spores of tiny white Mycena mushrooms from a pine cone, collected in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, May 5, 2023
 Spectacular rustgill mushrooms (Gymnopilus junonius) at the base of a dry standing pine (spore print rusty brown) on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, February 12, 2023
 Basidia and tissues under a microscope (x100 objective) of a resupinate polypore mushroom Fibroporia radiculosa collected on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, August 14, 2022
 Spores of mushrooms Rickenella fibula collected on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, February 12, 2023
 Spores and basidia (with x100 objective) of petticoat mottlegill mushrooms (Panaeolus papilionaceus) from dung, collected in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, November 27, 2023
 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 (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
 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 tooth mushrooms Hydnum umbilicatum collected on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, February 12, 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
 Hyphae and spores(?) (with x100 objective) of Mucor mold-like fungus Phycomyces or Zygomyces from poop, collected in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, December 2, 2023
 Asci with spores (x100 objective, in KOH) of common eyelash mushrooms (Scutellinia scutellata(?)) collected on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, March 24, 2024
 Spores (in lugol, x100 objective) of pinkish mold-like fungus Hypomyces samuelsii(?) from little nest polypore collected in Sam Houston National Forest a day before. Texas, October 29, 2023
 Side view of mushrooms Tephrocybe anthracophila(?) from burned ground on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, December 5, 2021
 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
 Asci with spores and paraphyses (x100 objective, in Congo Red) of common eyelash mushrooms (Scutellinia scutellata(?)) collected on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, March 24, 2024
 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 (x100 objective) of oysterling mushrooms Clitopilus hobsonii(?) collected 2 days before near Caney Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, January 2, 2023
 Tissues (with x40 objective) of orange amorphous mass (it has granules of sand and orange oily liquid) from sandy soil, may be sclerotium of a fungus Penicillium vanoranjei, collected on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, December 22, 2023
 Spores (with x100 objective) of yellow corticioid fungus Penttilamyces olivascens from underside of a fallen oak, 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
 Underside of small brown Hebeloma(?) mushrooms on burned ground under pines on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, April 11, 2023
 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
 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
 Cheilocystidia (with x100 objective, in Congo Red) of stinking dapperling mushrooms (Lepiota cristata) from a primitive campground, collected on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 4, 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
 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 lugol) of mushroom Rhodocollybia maculata 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
 Brick red funnel mushrooms Bonomyces sinopicus (Clitocybe sinopica) on muddy soil on burned ground on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, March 28, 2021
 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 tiny white Mycena mushroom from pine cone (with x40 objective, low magnification) collected in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, May 5, 2023
 Spores of tiny white Mycena mushroom from pine cone (with x10 objective, very low magnification) collected in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, May 5, 2023
 Caps of spectacular rustgill mushrooms (Gymnopilus junonius) at the base of a pine on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, February 12, 2023
 Gills of spectacular rustgill mushrooms (Gymnopilus junonius) at the base of a pine on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, February 12, 2023
 Spores and basidia of Pluteus(?) mushrooms from the base of a burned oak collected Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, April 28, 2023
 Inkcap mushroom Coprinopsis spilospora on burned ground on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, March 28, 2021
 Basidia and spores of brick red funnel mushrooms Bonomyces sinopicus (Clitocybe sinopica) from burned pine forest under a microscope, collected on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, March 10, 2022
 Spores (at low magnification, x40 objective) of Ascomycete fungus Orbilia(?) from burned oak collected near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, February 21, 2023
 Spores and basidia at low magnification of Pluteus(?) mushrooms from the base of a burned oak collected Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, April 28, 2023
 Close-up of inkcap mushroom Coprinopsis spilospora on burned ground on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, March 28, 2021
 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
 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
 Cross section of inkcap mushroom Coprinopsis spilospora on burned ground on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, March 28, 2021
 Side view of inkcap mushroom Coprinopsis spilospora on burned ground on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, March 28, 2021
 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 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
 Basidia under a microscope 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
 Brick-red Clitocybe mushrooms (Clitocybe sinopica, Bonomyces sinopicus) on burned ground together with small brown Hebeloma(?) mushrooms in foreground on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, April 11, 2023
 Tissues and basidia under a microscope 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
 Basidia under a microscope (in Congo Red) 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 Gymnopus mushrooms from burned ground collected in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, April 25, 2023
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