 Spores (with x100 objective) at of Pine Spikes mushrooms (Chroogomphus vinicolor) collected in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 3, 2023
 Spores at low magnification (with x40 objective) of Pine Spikes mushrooms (Chroogomphus vinicolor) collected in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 3, 2023
 Spores of Pine Spikes fungus (Chroogomphus vinicolor) collected in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, December 2, 2023
 Pine Spikes mushrooms (Chroogomphus vinicolor) on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, December 22, 2023
 Gills of Pine Spikes mushrooms (Chroogomphus vinicolor) on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, December 22, 2023
 Pine Spikes mushrooms (Chroogomphus vinicolor) near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 3, 2023
 Underside of Pine Spikes mushrooms (Chroogomphus vinicolor) near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 3, 2023
 Gills of Pine Spikes mushrooms (Chroogomphus vinicolor) near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 3, 2023
 Gills of Pine Spikes fungus (Chroogomphus vinicolor) under tall pines on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 2, 2023
 Close-up of Pine Spikes fungus (Chroogomphus vinicolor) under tall pines on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 2, 2023
 Side view of Pine Spikes mushrooms (Chroogomphus vinicolor) near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 3, 2023
 Cross section of Pine Spikes mushrooms (Chroogomphus vinicolor) near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 3, 2023
 Yellow elm leaves and Pine Spikes fungus (Chroogomphus vinicolor) under tall pines on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 2, 2023
 Pine Spikes mushrooms (Chroogomphus vinicolor) on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, December 5, 2021
 Pine Spikes mushrooms (Chroogomphus vinicolor) on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, December 5, 2021
 Dissected Pine Spikes mushrooms (Chroogomphus vinicolor) on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, December 5, 2021
 Side view of Pine Spikes mushrooms (Chroogomphus vinicolor) on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, December 5, 2021
 Pine Spikes mushrooms (Chroogomphus vinicolor) in cross section on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, December 5, 2021
 Pine Spikes fungus (Chroogomphus vinicolor) under tall pines on a descent of the trail (spore print almost black, turns brown in KOH) on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 2, 2023
 Cap of a pine spike mushroom (wine-cap Chroogomphus, Chroogomphus vinicolor, Gomphidius vinicolor) on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 27, 2019
 Dissected pine spike mushroom (wine-cap Chroogomphus, Chroogomphus vinicolor, Gomphidius vinicolor) on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 27, 2019
 Dissected mature pine spike mushroom (wine-cap Chroogomphus, Chroogomphus vinicolor, Gomphidius vinicolor) on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 27, 2019
 Side view of a mature pine spike mushroom (wine-cap Chroogomphus, Chroogomphus vinicolor, Gomphidius vinicolor) on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 27, 2019
 Pine spike mushrooms (wine-cap Chroogomphus, Chroogomphus vinicolor, Gomphidius vinicolor) on Lone Star Hiking Trail south from Stubblefield Campground in Sam Houston National Forest. Huntsville, Texas, February 23, 2019
 Pine spike mushrooms (wine-cap Chroogomphus, Chroogomphus vinicolor, Gomphidius vinicolor) under pines on Lone Star Hiking Trail south from Stubblefield Campground in Sam Houston National Forest. Huntsville, Texas, February 23, 2019
 Pine spike mushrooms (wine-cap Chroogomphus, Chroogomphus vinicolor, Gomphidius vinicolor) in Huntsville Park. Texas, December 28, 2013
 Spores (in lugol) of milkcap mushrooms Lactarius rimosellus from rotting pine wood, collected in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, May 5, 2023
 Pine spike mushrooms (wine-cap Chroogomphus, Chroogomphus vinicolor, Gomphidius vinicolor) in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, December 21, 2018
 Pine spike mushrooms (wine-cap Chroogomphus, Chroogomphus vinicolor, Gomphidius vinicolor) in cross section in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, December 21, 2018
 Pine spike mushrooms (wine-cap Chroogomphus, Chroogomphus vinicolor, Gomphidius vinicolor) on black background in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, December 21, 2018
 Pine spike mushrooms (wine-cap Chroogomphus, Chroogomphus vinicolor, Gomphidius vinicolor) under pines and oaks in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, December 21, 2018
 Spores (in lugol) of mushrooms Chromosera cyanophylla (spore print white) 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
 Pine spike mushrooms (wine-cap Chroogomphus, Chroogomphus vinicolor, Gomphidius vinicolor) on a side of a road in Huntsville State Park. Texas, November 15, 2019
 Spores (in lugol) of swarming spine fungus (Mucronella calva) from thick wet pine log collected in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery a day before. Texas, April 9, 2023
 Spores of mushrooms Pluteus albostipitatus(?) or may be P. escharites in lugol, collected in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 10, 2023
 Spores (in lugol) of a small mushroom Lepiota atrodisca collected a day before in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 13, 2023
 Asci with spores (in lugol) of Ascomycete fungus Trichoderma citrinoviride (Hypocrea schweinitzii) from a fallen pine, collected on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, December 17, 2023
 Pine Spike mushroom (Chroogomphus vinicolor) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, December 15, 2020
 Common puffball mushrooms (Lycoperdon perlatum) together with Chroogomphus vinicolor on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, December 5, 2021
 Asci with spores (in lugol at low magnification) of Ascomycete fungus Trichoderma citrinoviride (Hypocrea schweinitzii) from a fallen pine, collected on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, December 17, 2023
 Spores (in lugol) of carnival candy slime mold (Arcyria incarnata) from a pine log, collected in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, October 22, 2022
 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
 Cross section of Pine Spike mushroom (Chroogomphus vinicolor) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, December 15, 2020
 Spores (in lugol) of white web-like fungus from a burned pine collected in Sam Houston National Forest a day before. Texas, February 19, 2023
 Spores (in lugol) of white corticioid fungus from a pine(?) log collected a day before on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, February 14, 2023
 Spores (in lugol) of golden corticioid fungus from a burned pine collected in Sam Houston National Forest a day before. Texas, February 19, 2023
 Round spores (in lugol) from a sample with Ascomycete fungus Orbilia(?) from burned oak collected near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, February 21, 2023
 Undeside of mushroom Chroogomphus vinicolor on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, December 5, 2021
 Spores (in lugol) of some pinkgill (Entoloma)(?) mushrooms (stem is tuff, spore print pinkish), collected on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 18, 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
 Spores (in lugol) of mushrooms Boletus durhamensis collected from Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, September 26, 2024
 Cross section of mushroom Chroogomphus vinicolor on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, December 5, 2021
 Spores of red-brown slimy stem Limacella mushroom (Limacella glischra) (in lugol) collected in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 14, 2023
 Chroogomphus vinicolor together with some milkcap (Lactarius) mushroom under pines on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, December 5, 2021
 Dissected pine spike mushrooms (Chroogomphus vinicolor, Gomphidius vinicolor) in Huntsville State Park. Texas, November 15, 2019
 Spores (in lugol) of fringed sawgill mushroom (Lentinus crinitus) collected in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery a day before. Texas, September 11, 2023
 Spores of tiny mushrooms Marasmiellus(?) from fallen wet pine needles and oak leaves collected in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 14, 2023
 Pine spike mushrooms (Chroogomphus vinicolor, Gomphidius vinicolor) at a creek crossing in Huntsville State Park. Texas, November 15, 2019
 Spores (in lugol) of thin brown powdery crust fungus from pine, collected 2 days before near Caney Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, January 2, 2023
 Immature spores (in lugol) of caca de luna slime mold (Reticularia lycoperdon, Enteridium lycoperdon) from a fallen pine, collected in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, February 18, 2024
 Spores of of pale grisette mushroom (Amanita sect. Vaginatae) in lugol, collected in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 10, 2023
 Dissected slippery jack mushrooms Suillus brevipes together with pine spike mushrooms (Chroogomphus vinicolor, Gomphidius vinicolor) in Huntsville State Park. Texas, November 15, 2019
 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 lugol) of mushrooms Tubaria furfuracea(?) from wet area, collected a day before in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, February 5, 2023
 Spores (in lugol) of oysterling mushrooms Clitopilus hobsonii collected a day before in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, February 20, 2023
 Spores (in lugol) of fibrecap mushrooms Inocybe lanuginosa collected a day before in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, November 20, 2023
 Spores of mushrooms Antracobia tristis(?) under a microscope in lugol, collected a day before in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, March 1, 2023
 Cystidia(?) and spores of greyling mushrooms Tephrocybe anthracophila from an old bonfire site, collected in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 3, 2023
 Basidia and spores of greyling mushrooms Tephrocybe anthracophila from an old bonfire site, collected in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 3, 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
 Spores (in lugol) of splitgill mushrooms (Schizophyllum commune) from a fallen oak, collected a day before in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, January 9, 2023
 Spores (in lugol) of oak curtain crust fungus (Hymenochaete rubiginosa)(?) collected two days before near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, February 8, 2023
 Spores of corticioid fungus Leucogyrophana mollusca from a lower side of a thick wet pine log, collected in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, December 2, 2023
 Spores (in lugol) of mushrooms Hygrophorus hypothejus(?) collected in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, January 6, 2024
 Spores (in lugol) 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
 Pine spike mushrooms (Chroogomphus vinicolor) on South Wilderness Loop Trail at Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest near Richards. Texas, January 1, 2022
 Spores of parasol mushrooms Macrolepiota procera (spore print white) under a microscope in Lugol solution collected near Caney Creek in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, August 21, 2022
 Spores of mushrooms Irpicodon pendulus from a fallen pine, collected 2 days before in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, December 4, 2023
 Spores of mushrooms Antracobia tristis(?) under a microscope in lugol, collected on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, February 28, 2023
 Dissected pine spike mushrooms (Chroogomphus vinicolor) on South Wilderness Loop Trail at Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest near Richards. Texas, January 1, 2022
 Spores (in lugol) of wrinkled crust fungus Serpula himantioides from a pine log (spore print orange-brown, turns orange in KOH), collected a day before in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, January 12, 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
 Spores (in lugol) of yellow corticioid fungus from roots of uprooted and fallen thin elm collected a day before on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 10, 2023
 Crowded spores of mushrooms Irpicodon pendulus from a fallen pine, collected 2 days before in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, December 4, 2023
 Pine spike mushrooms (Chroogomphus vinicolor) with a cross section on South Wilderness Loop Trail at Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest near Richards. Texas, January 1, 2022
 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 (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 (in lugol) of dry rot fungus (Serpula himantioides) from a burned pine log, collected a day before on Lone Star hiking trail north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest, February 5, 2024
 Spores (in Congo Red) of fungus Leucogloe compressa from pine log, collected near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, February 6, 2023
 Spores of common thin grey, bluish crust fungus from wet bark and wood of pine logs, collected a day before near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 4, 2023
 Spores (in lugol, at low magnification, x40 objective) of oysterling mushrooms Clitopilus hobsonii(?) collected 2 days before near Caney Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, January 2, 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
 Spores (in toluidine blue) of milkcap mushrooms Lactarius rimosellus from rotting pine wood, collected in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, May 5, 2023
 Spores (in KOH) of rounded earthstar mushrooms (Geastrum saccatum) collected in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, December 2, 2023
 Spores of small pinkgill (Entoloma) mushrooms from floodplain, collected in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, December 2, 2023
 Spores (in lugol) of mushrooms Boletus durhamensis collected two days before near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, September 28, 2024
 Spores of polypore mushroom Trametopsis cervina from a fallen oak, collected in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 3, 2023
 Spores (in lugol) of small brown mushrooms Pluteus thomsonii(?), collected on South Wilderness Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Richards. Texas, January 14, 2023
 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
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