 Asci of cup mushrooms Sphaerosporella brunnea under a microscope with x40 objective on a trodden path, mixed with old ash, collected in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, May 17, 2024
 Asci with spores of cup mushrooms Sphaerosporella brunnea under a microscope with x40 objective on a trodden path, mixed with old ash, collected in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, May 17, 2024
 Paraphyses of cup mushrooms Sphaerosporella brunnea under a microscope with x100 objective collected in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, May 17, 2024
 Round spores inside asci of cup mushrooms Sphaerosporella brunnea collected in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, May 17, 2024
 Spores (in KOH) of dark Inocybe mushrooms from a trodden path, collected in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, May 17, 2024
 Close-up of Ascomycete mushrooms Sphaerosporella brunnea (S. hinnulea) in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, May 17, 2024
 Brown Ascomycete mushrooms Sphaerosporella brunnea (S. hinnulea) on clayey soil in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, May 17, 2024
 Small cups of Ascomycete mushrooms Sphaerosporella brunnea (S. hinnulea) on bare soil in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, May 17, 2024
 Spores (in KOH) of brown Ascomycete mushrooms Sphaerosporella brunnea (S. hinnulea) collected a day before in Bastrop State Park. Texas, May 18, 2024
 Cup fungus Sphaerosporella brunnea (S. hinnulea) on a side of a trail in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, May 17, 2024
 Dark fibrecap (Inocybe) mushrooms on a trodden path in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, May 17, 2024
 Small dark brown fibrecap (Inocybe) mushrooms on a trodden path in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, May 17, 2024
 Asci with spores of Ascomycete mushrooms Geopora arenosa(?) under a microscope with x100 objective collected in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 13, 2024
 Asci and paraphyses under a microscope (with x100 objective) of Ascomycete fungus Scutellinia nigrohirtula(?) or may be S. subhirtella with somewhat short hairs, or immature short-haired S. crinita collected in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, March 7, 2023
 Paraphyses and asci under a microscope (with x100 objective) of Ascomycete fungus Scutellinia nigrohirtula(?) or may be S. subhirtella with somewhat short hairs, or immature short-haired S. crinita collected in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, March 7, 2023
 Asci and paraphyses under a microscope (in lugol, with x100 objective) of Ascomycete fungus Scutellinia nigrohirtula(?) or may be S. subhirtella with somewhat short hairs, or immature short-haired S. crinita collected in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, March 7, 2023
 Asci and paraphyses (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
 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
 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
 Cystidia(?) of mushrooms Entonaema liquescens under a microscope with x100 objective in lugol, collected in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 4, 2024
 Asci with spores (in KOH) of mushrooms Sarcoscypha occidentalis under a microscope with x40 objective, collected in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 4, 2024
 Asci and paraphyses(?) of a fungus showing as black dots on a fallen oak leaf (x40 objective, in KOH), collected in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, May 15, 2024
 Asci and paraphyses under a microscope (with x40 objective) of Ascomycete fungus Scutellinia nigrohirtula(?) or may be S. subhirtella with somewhat short hairs, or immature short-haired S. crinita collected in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, March 7, 2023
 Asci with spores (in Congo Red) of mushrooms Sarcoscypha occidentalis under a microscope with x40 objective, collected in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 4, 2024
 Asci and paraphyses(?) of a fungus showing as black dots on a fallen oak leaf (x40 objective, in Congo red), collected in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, May 15, 2024
 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
 Spores of white-footed slime mold (Diachea leucopodia) under a microscope (with x100 objective) collected in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 10, 2024
 Spores of bolete mushrooms Xanthoconium stramineum collected in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, May 17, 2024
 Spores of reddish mushrooms looking like Phaeocollybia jennyae, collected in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, May 17, 2024
 Spores of brittlegill mushrooms Russula compacta collected in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, May 17, 2024
 Spores of mushrooms Heliocybe sulcata from a dry stalk of horseweed? collected in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, May 17, 2024
 Spores of bolete mushrooms Strobilomyces dryophilus, near young pines, in KOH, collected in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, May 17, 2024
 Spores (in lugol, spore print light brown)of larger Mallocybe mushrooms collected in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, May 17, 2024
 Asci with spores and paraphyses (x40 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 of mushrooms Amanita mutabilis under young pines, oaks, several times burned area, collected in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, May 17, 2024
 Asci with spores and paraphyses (x40 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
 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 of orange mosscap mushrooms (Rickenella fibula) under a microscope with x100 objective, collected in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, April 17, 2023
 Asci and paraphyses of mushrooms Antracobia tristis(?) under a microscope in Congo Red, collected on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, February 28, 2023
 Asci and paraphyses of black Hysteroid pyrenomycetous fungus Hysterium angustatum(?) under a microscope in KOH, collected in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, May 22, 2022
 Spores of a large false truffle Rhizopogon luteolus collected in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, May 17, 2024
 Spores (in KOH, spore print olive) of a mushroom Boletus ochraceoluteus(?) collected in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, May 17, 2024
 Spores of egghead mottlegill mushrooms (Panaeolus semiovatus) from horse dung under a microscope with x100 objective in KOH solution, collected in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, September 1, 2022
 Asci and paraphyses of Ascomycete mushrooms Geopora arenosa(?) collected in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 13, 2024
 Asci and paraphyses (under a microscope) of Ascomycete mushroom Pithya cupressina collected in Lake Bryan Park. Bryan, Texas, February 2, 2022
 Spores of jelly mushrooms Auricularia nigricans from a beech log under a microscope with x100 objective, collected in area of Winters Bayou in Sam Houston National Forest east from Waverly. Texas, May 28, 2022
 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
 Spores of polypore mushroom Abortiporus biennis(?) from a fallen oak branch under a microscope with x100 objective collected in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, September 1, 2022
 Spores (in KOH) of fieldcap mushrooms Agrocybe pediades collected in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, April 15, 2023
 Spores (in KOH) of dry earthstar mushrooms Astraeus hygrometricus collected in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, April 15, 2023
 Spores of stalked scarlet cup mushrooms (Sarcoscypha occidentalis) (x100 objective) collected in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, May 15, 2024
 Reddish mushrooms that look like Phaeocollybia jennyae in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, May 17, 2024
 Brown Mallocybe (Inocybe) mushrooms in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, May 17, 2024
 Caps of mushrooms Heliocybe sulcata in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, May 17, 2024
 Earthfan mushrooms (Thelephora terrestris) in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, May 17, 2024
 Spores of arched earthstar mushrooms Geastrum quadrifidum or may be G. fornicatum collected in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, January 21, 2023
 Top view of bolete mushrooms Xanthoconium stramineum in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, May 17, 2024
 Mushrooms Heliocybe sulcata on dry stalk of horseweed(?) in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, May 17, 2024
 Underside of earthfan mushrooms (Thelephora terrestris) in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, May 17, 2024
 Underside of bolete mushrooms Xanthoconium stramineum in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, May 17, 2024
 Reddish mushrooms that look like Phaeocollybia jennyae on black background in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, May 17, 2024
 Pore surface of bolete mushrooms Xanthoconium stramineum in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, May 17, 2024
 Brown fibrecap mushrooms Inocybe lanuginosa or may be I. ovatocystis(?) in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, May 17, 2024
 Earthfan mushrooms (Thelephora terrestris) among dry pine needles in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, May 17, 2024
 Cross section of bolete mushrooms Xanthoconium stramineum in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, May 17, 2024
 Asci of stalked scarlet cup mushrooms (Sarcoscypha occidentalis) (x40 objective) collected in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, May 15, 2024
 Underside of brown fibrecap mushrooms Inocybe lanuginosa or may be I. ovatocystis(?) in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, May 17, 2024
 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
 Asci with spores (with x100 objective) of black Ascomycete fungus Coccoidella scutula from upper surface of leaves of redbay (Persea borbonia) collected a day before in Little Thicket Nature Sanctuary. Texas, March 26, 2023
 Paraphyses and asci of cup fungus (Scutellinia scutellata group) (x40 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
 Spores (in KOH) of stalked puffball mushrooms Tulostoma fimbriatum(?) from sandy soil (spore light brown) collected in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, January 21, 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
 Asci and paraphyses of eyelash cup fungus (Scutellinia scutellata group) (x40 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
 Spores (in lugol) of stalked puffball mushrooms Tulostoma fimbriatum(?) from sandy soil (spore light brown) collected in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, January 21, 2023
 Texas leaf cutting ants (Atta texana) with fruits on a sandy path in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, October 13, 2019
 Tissues of mushrooms Entonaema liquescens under a microscope with x40 objective, collected in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 4, 2024
 Asci and paraphyses through a microscope of a small orange Ascomycete fungus Anthracobia tristis or may be A. maurilabra collected 1/26/2022 from a bonfire site on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, January 26, 2022
 Spores (in lugol) of a mushroom Hohenbuehelia auriscalpium(?) collected in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, April 15, 2023
 Spores (in KOH) of earthfan mushrooms (Thelephora terrestris) collected a day before in Bastrop State Park. Texas, May 18, 2024
 Spores of a dry winter stalkball mushroom (Tulostoma fimbriatum) collected in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, April 15, 2023
 Hyphae and cystidia of mushrooms Entonaema liquescens under a microscope with x40 objective, collected in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 4, 2024
 Tissues of mushrooms Entonaema liquescens under a microscope with x40 objective in lugol, collected in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 4, 2024
 Coneflowers Echinacea sanguinea in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, May 17, 2024
 Underside of a mushroom Boletus ochraceoluteus(?) in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, May 17, 2024
 Young mushroom Amanita mutabilis in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, May 17, 2024
 Dyeball mushroom (Pisolithus arhizus) in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, May 17, 2024
 Gasteroid mushroom Scleroderma polyrhizum(?) in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, May 17, 2024
 Section of mushroom Amanita mutabilis in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, May 17, 2024
 Section of a mushroom Boletus ochraceoluteus(?) in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, May 17, 2024
 Top view of a mushroom Boletus ochraceoluteus(?) in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, May 17, 2024
 Hyphae and spores of yellowish web-like fungus between soil and a wet log from Toad Pond, collected in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, January 21, 2023
 Hyphae of white powdery corticioid fungus from Toad Pond collected in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, January 21, 2023
 Tissues (at low magnification) of yellowish web-like fungus between soil and a wet log from Toad Pond, collected in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, January 21, 2023
 Tissues of white powdery corticioid fungus from Toad Pond collected in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, January 21, 2023
 Spores (in KOH) of dark earthfan mushrooms (Thelephora terrestris) collected a day before in Bastrop State Park. Texas, May 18, 2024
 Section of young mushroom Amanita mutabilis in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, May 17, 2024
 Sanguine purple coneflowers (Echinacea sanguinea) in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, May 17, 2024
 Close-up of section of mushroom Amanita mutabilis in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, May 17, 2024
 Heartleaf sandmat spurge Euphorbia cordifolia in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, May 17, 2024
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