 Close-up of winter stalkball mushrooms (Tulostoma fimbriatum) on black background at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, February 6, 2024
 Close-up of winter stalkball mushrooms (Tulostoma fimbriatum) at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, February 6, 2024
 Cross section of winter stalkball mushrooms (Tulostoma fimbriatum) at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, February 6, 2024
 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
 Winter stalkball mushrooms (Tulostoma fimbriatum) near a shed on a mowed path at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, February 6, 2024
 Winter stalkball mushrooms (Tulostoma fimbriatum) in grass on a mowed path at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, February 6, 2024
 Stalked puffball mushrooms Tulostoma rufum on black background at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 18, 2021
 Small dark brown pinkgill (Entoloma) mushrooms on black background at Lake Somerville Trailway near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, February 14, 2024
 Winter rosette of woolly-white (Hymenopappus artemisiaefolius) at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, February 6, 2024
 Winter rosette of white prickly poppy (Argemone albiflora) at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, February 6, 2024
 Bristled parachute mushrooms (Marasmius cohaerens) on black background on a trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, May 11, 2024
 Side view of stalked puffball mushrooms Tulostoma rufum at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 18, 2021
 Stalked puffball mushrooms Tulostoma rufum on sandy soil near a road through red cedar forest at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 18, 2021
 Fruits (purple-black, olive-like berries) of swamp privet (Forestiera acuminata) on black background on a trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, May 11, 2024
 Stalked puffball mushrooms Tulostoma rufum 0.2 m from a sandy road, mostly on sand, under Yaupon, in red cedar forest at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 18, 2021
 Winter rosette of woolly-white (Hymenopappus artemisiaefolius) at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, February 24, 2021
 Some hairy winter rosette at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, March 12, 2022
 Winter rosette of a thistle at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 18, 2021
 Old cattle pond at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, February 6, 2024
 Winter rosette of fleabane daisy(?) at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, March 12, 2022
 Standing dead oaks at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, February 6, 2024
 Leaves of bluebonnet (lupinus) in dew at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, February 6, 2024
 Various seedlings on a path in shade collected at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, February 6, 2024
 Winter rosette of woolly-white (Hymenopappus) at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, March 12, 2022
 Winter rosette of redseed plantain (Plantago rhodosperma) at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, March 12, 2022
 Winter rosette of squaw-weed (Senecio ampullaceus) at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, March 12, 2022
 Winter rosette of stemless evening primrose (Oenothera triloba) at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 18, 2021
 Hyphae of peat mold fungus (Chromelosporium fulvum) collected at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, February 6, 2024
 Some black moth at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, March 29, 2021
 Hyphae and spores (in Congo Red) of peat mold fungus (Chromelosporium fulvum) at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, February 6, 2024
 Close-up of resupinate polupore mushroom Trametes villosa on a fallen juniper at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, February 6, 2024
 Texture of resupinate polupore mushroom Trametes villosa on a fallen juniper at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, February 6, 2024
 Peat mold fungus (Chromelosporium fulvum) on soil under live oaks at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, February 6, 2024
 Resupinate polupore mushroom Trametes villosa on a fallen red cedar (juniper) at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, February 6, 2024
 Close-up of peat mold fungus (Chromelosporium fulvum) on soil under live oaks at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, February 6, 2024
 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
 Growth pattern of resupinate polupore mushroom Trametes villosa on a fallen juniper at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, February 6, 2024
 Black hoverfly (Diptera, Syrphidae) at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, April 19, 2019
 Black aphids on a stalk of lettuce (Lactuca)(?) at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, May 31, 2022
 Winter rosette of some thistle on Lake Somerville Trailway in area of Newman Bottom near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, February 2, 2021
 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
 Hyphae 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
 Small sedge (Carex) with a red bug with black dots in wet area at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, April 5, 2020
 Prickly winter rosette of some thistle on Lake Somerville Trailway in area of Newman Bottom near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, February 2, 2021
 Some hairy winter rosette of leaves on Lake Somerville Trailway in area of Newman Bottom near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, February 2, 2021
 Plants of hoary bowlesia (Bowlesia incana) at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, February 6, 2024
 Black berries of upland swamp-privet (Forestiera ligustrina) at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, November 6, 2020
 Young leaves of blackjack oak (Quercus marilandica, black oak group) at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, March 14, 2020
 Fresh red leaves of blackjack oak (Quercus marilandica, black oak group) at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, March 14, 2020
 Winter rosette of a plant of mustard family on Lake Somerville Trailway in area of Newman Bottom near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, February 2, 2021
 Flowers of vetch (Vicia)(?) with a dotted black skipper butterfy (Hesperiidae) at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, March 14, 2020
 Black flower fly (Diptera, Syrphidae) on woolly-white (Hymenopappus artemisiaefolius) at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, April 19, 2019
 Winter rosette of thistle under oaks on a trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, February 15, 2023
 Winter rosette of leaves of plantain(?) on a trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, February 15, 2023
 Winter rosette of leaves of star thistle (Centaurea)(?) on a trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, March 2, 2024
 Black dotted lichen Buellia or may be Lecidella on sandstone outcrops in an oak and red cedar forest at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 25, 2019
 Black dots of a lichen Buellia or may be Lecidella on sandstone outcrops in an oak and red cedar forest at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 25, 2019
 Metallic black flower fly (Diptera, Syrphidae) on woolly-white (Hymenopappus artemisiaefolius) at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, April 19, 2019
 Winter rosette of narrow leaves of a plant of mustard family on Lake Somerville Trailway in area of Newman Bottom near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, February 2, 2021
 Winter rosette of stemless evening primrose (Oenothera triloba) on Lake Somerville Trailway in area of Newman Bottom near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, February 2, 2021
 Mowed path at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, April 14, 2024
 Spiderwort (Tradescantia) at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, April 14, 2024
 Winter rosette of leaves of thistle (Cirsium) on a trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, February 15, 2023
 Green grassy path at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, April 14, 2024
 Baby blue eyes (Nemophila phacelioides) with a dotted black skipper butterfy (Hesperiidae) at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, March 14, 2020
 A nest of leaf-cutting ants with green and black fruits of evening primrose (Oenothera)(?) at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, April 20, 2022
 Winter rosette of leaves of woolly-white (Hymenopappus artemisiaefolius) on a trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, March 2, 2024
 Peeling puffball mushrooms (Lycoperdon marginatum) with their cross section at Lake Somerville Trailway near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, February 14, 2024
 Spores (in KOH) of brown puffball mushrooms from a grassy path, collected on Lake Somerville Trailway near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, February 14, 2024
 Blooming corn salad (Valerianella) at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, April 14, 2024
 Woolly-white (Hymenopappus artemisiaefolius) at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, April 14, 2024
 Leaves of a plant of carrot family at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, April 14, 2024
 False dandelion (Pyrrhopappus carolinianus) at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, April 14, 2024
 Salt marsh moth caterpillar at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, April 14, 2024
 Flowers of corn salad (Valerianella) at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, April 14, 2024
 Unripe green and black fruits of evening primrose (Oenothera)(?) collected by leaf-cutting ants at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, April 20, 2022
 Spores (in KOH) of small dark brown pinkgill (Entoloma) mushrooms collected on Lake Somerville Trailway near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, February 14, 2024
 Basidia of small dark brown pinkgill (Entoloma) mushrooms collected on Lake Somerville Trailway near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, February 14, 2024
 Crown tickseed flower (Coreopsis nuecensoides) at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, April 14, 2024
 Flower of false dandelion (Pyrrhopappus carolinianus) at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, April 14, 2024
 White prickly poppy (Argemone albiflora) at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, April 14, 2024
 Winter rosette of redseed plantain (Plantago rhodosperma) on a trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, February 15, 2023
 Dry oaks at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, February 24, 2021
 Oak skeletons at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, February 13, 2022
 Oak forest at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, February 13, 2022
 Greenbrier (Smilax) at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, February 24, 2021
 Oaks and bushes at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, February 24, 2021
 Whitish phenotype of false dandelion (Pyrrhopappus carolinianus) at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, April 14, 2024
 Almost white phenotype of false dandelion (Pyrrhopappus carolinianus) at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, April 14, 2024
 Seed head of false dandelion (Pyrrhopappus carolinianus) at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, April 14, 2024
 Spores and basidia of small dark brown pinkgill (Entoloma) mushrooms collected on Lake Somerville Trailway near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, February 14, 2024
 Brown puffball mushrooms with porous interior on a grassy path in low lying area at Lake Somerville Trailway near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, February 14, 2024
 Spores (in lugol) of small dark brown pinkgill (Entoloma) mushrooms collected on Lake Somerville Trailway near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, February 14, 2024
 Masses of greenbrier (Smilax) at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, February 24, 2021
 Oaks overgrown by greenbrier at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, February 24, 2021
 Giant ragweed (Ambrosia trifida) with half-white leaves at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, April 14, 2024
 Winter rosette of stemless evening primrose (Oenothera triloba) on a trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, February 15, 2023
 Various powdery crust fungi on a fallen oak at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, February 13, 2022
 Rosette of thistle under live oaks at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, February 24, 2021
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