Close-up of common thin grey, bluish crust fungus on wet bark and wood on underside of pine logs near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 3, 2023
 | Lone Star Hiking Trail, Montgomery County, Texas, United States |
Common thin grey, bluish crust fungus on wet bark and wood on underside of pine logs near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 3, 2023
| Lone Star Hiking Trail, Montgomery County, Texas, United States |
Orange mosscap mushrooms (Rickenella fibula) near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 3, 2023
| Lone Star Hiking Trail, Montgomery County, Texas, United States |
Underside of tooth mushroom Irpex subrawakensis (Steccherinum subrawakense)(?) on a fallen oak near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 3, 2023
| Lone Star Hiking Trail, Montgomery County, Texas, United States |
Hydnoid mushrooms Irpex subrawakensis (Steccherinum subrawakense)(?) on a fallen oak near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 3, 2023
| Lone Star Hiking Trail, Montgomery County, Texas, United States |
Spiny underside surface of tooth mushroom Irpex subrawakensis (Steccherinum subrawakense)(?) on a fallen oak near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 3, 2023
| Lone Star Hiking Trail, Montgomery County, Texas, United States |
Violet toothed polypore mushrooms (Trichaptum biforme) on a fallen oak near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 3, 2023
| Lone Star Hiking Trail, Montgomery County, Texas, United States |
Close-up of violet toothed polypore mushrooms (Trichaptum biforme) on a fallen oak near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 3, 2023
| Lone Star Hiking Trail, Montgomery County, Texas, United States |
Pinkish mold-like fungus Hypomyces samuelsii(?) on polypore mushrooms Trametes ochracea near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 3, 2023
| Lone Star Hiking Trail, Montgomery County, Texas, United States |
Polypore mushrooms Trametes ochracea with pinkish mold-like fungus Hypomyces samuelsii(?) near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 3, 2023
| Lone Star Hiking Trail, Montgomery County, Texas, United States |
Irregular pores of resupinate form of polypore mushroom Trametopsis cervina on a fallen oak near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 3, 2023
| Lone Star Hiking Trail, Montgomery County, Texas, United States |
Close-up of resupinate form of polypore mushroom Trametopsis cervina on a fallen oak near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 3, 2023
| Lone Star Hiking Trail, Montgomery County, Texas, United States |
Margin of resupinate form of polypore mushroom Trametopsis cervina on a fallen oak near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 3, 2023
| Lone Star Hiking Trail, Montgomery County, Texas, United States |
Resupinate form of polypore mushroom Trametopsis cervina on a fallen oak near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 3, 2023
| Lone Star Hiking Trail, Montgomery County, Texas, United States |
Mature mushrooms Pholiota velaglutinosa near a pine near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 3, 2023
| Lone Star Hiking Trail, Montgomery County, Texas, United States |
Underside of mushroom Bolbitius pluteoides near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 3, 2023
| Lone Star Hiking Trail, Montgomery County, Texas, United States |
Mushroom Bolbitius pluteoides on an oak log near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 3, 2023
| Lone Star Hiking Trail, Montgomery County, Texas, United States |
Small whitish partially dried oysterling mushrooms on a burned oak log near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 3, 2023
| Lone Star Hiking Trail, Montgomery County, Texas, United States |
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
| Lone Star Hiking Trail, Montgomery County, Texas, United States |
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
| Lone Star Hiking Trail, Montgomery County, Texas, United States |
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
| Lone Star Hiking Trail, Montgomery County, Texas, United States |
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
| Lone Star Hiking Trail, Montgomery County, Texas, United States |
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
| Lone Star Hiking Trail, Montgomery County, Texas, United States |
Silver-blue milkcap mushrooms (Lactarius paradoxus) near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 3, 2023
| Lone Star Hiking Trail, Montgomery County, Texas, United States |
Greyling mushrooms Tephrocybe anthracophila near an old bonfire site on a primitive campground on a bend of the creek near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 3, 2023
| Lone Star Hiking Trail, Montgomery County, Texas, United States |
Greyling mushrooms Tephrocybe anthracophila near an old bonfire site near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 3, 2023
| Lone Star Hiking Trail, Montgomery County, Texas, United States |
Texture of orange and white resupinate polypore mushroom Skeletocutis odora on a vertically cut surface of a fallen pine near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 3, 2023
| Lone Star Hiking Trail, Montgomery County, Texas, United States |
Orange and white resupinate polypore mushroom Skeletocutis odora on a vertically cut surface of a fallen pine near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 3, 2023
| Lone Star Hiking Trail, Montgomery County, Texas, United States |
Close-up of orange and white resupinate polypore mushroom Skeletocutis odora on a vertically cut surface of a fallen pine near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 3, 2023
| Lone Star Hiking Trail, Montgomery County, Texas, United States |
Tissues at low magnification (x40 objective) of greyling mushrooms Tephrocybe anthracophila from an old bonfire site, collected in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 3, 2023
Basidia 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
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
Spores of polypore mushroom Trametopsis cervina from a fallen oak, collected in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 3, 2023
Spores of a mushroom Bolbitius pluteoides from a burned oak log (spore print rusty brown), 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 (with x100 objective) at of Pine Spikes mushrooms (Chroogomphus vinicolor) collected in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 3, 2023
Spores (in lugol) at of Pine Spikes mushrooms (Chroogomphus vinicolor) collected in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 3, 2023
