Leathery puffball mushrooms (Mycenastrum corium) on a lawn in Wolf Pen Creek Park in dry weather. College Station, Texas, December 15, 2025
 | Harvey Road, College Station, Brazos County, Texas, 77840, United States |
Mature leathery puffball mushroom (Mycenastrum corium) on a lawn in Wolf Pen Creek Park. College Station, Texas, December 15, 2025
| Harvey Road, College Station, Brazos County, Texas, 77840, United States |
Section of leathery puffball mushrooms (Mycenastrum corium) on a lawn in Wolf Pen Creek Park. College Station, Texas, December 15, 2025
| Harvey Road, College Station, Brazos County, Texas, 77840, United States |
Close-up of leathery puffball mushrooms (Mycenastrum corium) on a lawn in Wolf Pen Creek Park. College Station, Texas, December 15, 2025
| Harvey Road, College Station, Brazos County, Texas, 77840, United States |
Habitat of leathery puffball mushrooms (Mycenastrum corium) on a lawn in Wolf Pen Creek Park. College Station, Texas, December 15, 2025
| Harvey Road, College Station, Brazos County, Texas, 77840, United States |
Spores of splitgill mushrooms (Schizophyllum commune)(?) collected in Lick Creek Park 2 days before. Texas, December 15, 2025
Spores of chestnut brittlestem mushrooms (Homophron spadiceum) collected in Lick Creek Park 12/5/2025. Texas, December 15, 2025
Small, smooth, ellipsoid, inamyloid spores of oak curtain crust fungus (Hymenochaete rubiginosa) collected at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park a day before. Texas, December 15, 2025
An abandoned bat observation blind (or cabin) in Lick Creek Park, College Station. It was originally built to allow visitors to watch bats and other wildlife without disturbing them. A wooden box mounted high on a tree in the background (visible through the trees in the top right) is a bat house - an artificial roost designed to attract bats. Texas, December 16, 2025
| Deer Run Trail, College Station, Brazos County, Texas, United States |
Black willow tree near Deer Run Trail in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, December 16, 2025
| Deer Run Trail, College Station, Brazos County, Texas, United States |
Dry climbing hempvine (Mikania scandens) and black willow tree near Deer Run Trail in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, December 16, 2025
| Deer Run Trail, College Station, Brazos County, Texas, United States |
Fall colors of sycamore trees near Deer Run Trail in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, December 16, 2025
| Deer Run Trail, College Station, Brazos County, Texas, United States |
A creek with floating dry leaves of box elder in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, December 16, 2025
| Deer Run Trail, College Station, Brazos County, Texas, United States |
Dry leaves of box elder on Deer Run Trail in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, December 16, 2025
| Deer Run Trail, College Station, Brazos County, Texas, United States |
Elm and water oak leaves on a sandy path in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, December 16, 2025
| Iron Bridge Trail, College Station, Brazos County, Texas, United States |
Base of a water oak tree with dry leaves in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, December 16, 2025
| Iron Bridge Trail, College Station, Brazos County, Texas, United States |
Dry willow oak leaves on a sandy path in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, December 16, 2025
| Iron Bridge Trail, College Station, Brazos County, Texas, United States |
Brittlegill mushrooms Russula ballouii under water oaks in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, December 16, 2025
| Iron Bridge Trail, College Station, Brazos County, Texas, United States |
Underside of a brittlegill mushroom Russula ballouii in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, December 16, 2025
| Iron Bridge Trail, College Station, Brazos County, Texas, United States |
Dry leaves of willow oak and mustang grape on a sandy path in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, December 16, 2025
| Iron Bridge Trail, College Station, Brazos County, Texas, United States |
Water oak leaves and acorns on a sandy path in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, December 16, 2025
| Iron Bridge Trail, College Station, Brazos County, Texas, United States |
Water oak leaves with black spots of a fungus on a sandy path in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, December 16, 2025
| Iron Bridge Trail, College Station, Brazos County, Texas, United States |
Various dry leaves and a seedling of poison ivy on a sandy path in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, December 16, 2025
| Iron Bridge Trail, College Station, Brazos County, Texas, United States |
Dry leaves of elm and hackberry on a sandy path in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, December 16, 2025
| Iron Bridge Trail, College Station, Brazos County, Texas, United States |
Fallen leaves of elm and water oak on a sandy path in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, December 16, 2025
| Iron Bridge Trail, College Station, Brazos County, Texas, United States |
