Polypore mushroom Trametes lactinea on a fallen mossy oak branch on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 9, 2026
 | Little Lake Creek Loop Trail, Montgomery County, Texas, United States |
Underside of polypore mushroom Trametes lactinea on a fallen mossy oak branch on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 9, 2026
| Little Lake Creek Loop Trail, Montgomery County, Texas, United States |
Pores of polypore mushroom Trametes lactinea on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 9, 2026
| Little Lake Creek Loop Trail, Montgomery County, Texas, United States |
Section of polypore mushroom Trametes lactinea on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 9, 2026
| Little Lake Creek Loop Trail, Montgomery County, Texas, United States |
Xylaria mushrooms on a fallen tree on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 9, 2026
| Little Lake Creek Loop Trail, Montgomery County, Texas, United States |
Xylaria mushrooms on a mossy log on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 9, 2026
| Little Lake Creek Loop Trail, Montgomery County, Texas, United States |
Tiny oyster mushrooms (Pleurotus) on a cut surface of a log on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 9, 2026
| Little Lake Creek Loop Trail, Montgomery County, Texas, United States |
Masses of tiny oyster mushrooms (Pleurotus) on a cut surface of a log on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 9, 2026
| Little Lake Creek Loop Trail, Montgomery County, Texas, United States |
Side view of tiny oyster mushrooms (Pleurotus) on a cut surface of a log on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 9, 2026
| Little Lake Creek Loop Trail, Montgomery County, Texas, United States |
Soft white pleurotoid mushrooms in a log cavity on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 9, 2026
| Little Lake Creek Loop Trail, Montgomery County, Texas, United States |
Close-up of soft white pleurotoid mushrooms in a log cavity on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 9, 2026
| Little Lake Creek Loop Trail, Montgomery County, Texas, United States |
Underside of soft white pleurotoid mushrooms on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 9, 2026
| Little Lake Creek Loop Trail, Montgomery County, Texas, United States |
Caps of soft white pleurotoid mushrooms on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 9, 2026
| Little Lake Creek Loop Trail, Montgomery County, Texas, United States |
Mushrooms Thelephora vialis on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 9, 2026
| Little Lake Creek Loop Trail, Montgomery County, Texas, United States |
Side view of mushrooms Thelephora vialis on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 9, 2026
| Little Lake Creek Loop Trail, Montgomery County, Texas, United States |
Enveloping crust fungus (Sebacina incrustans) on needles and dry leaves on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 9, 2026
| Little Lake Creek Loop Trail, Montgomery County, Texas, United States |
Spores (in KOH) of banded mottlegill mushrooms (Panaeolus cinctulus) from a lawn collected 2 days before in Wolf Pen Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 9, 2026
Spores of black-staining polypore mushrooms Meripilus sumstinei, collected a day before in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 9, 2026
Basidia and spores (in Congo Red) of small white gilled mushrooms from Maclura, collected behind Hidden Forest in Sam Houston National Forest, May 9, 2026
Cystidia(?) (in Congo Red) of small white gilled mushrooms from Maclura, collected behind Hidden Forest in Sam Houston National Forest, May 9, 2026
Tissues under a microscope (in Congo Red) of tiny oyster mushrooms (Pleurotus), collected in Sam Houston National Forest, May 9, 2026
Hyphae (in Congo Red) of tiny oyster mushrooms (Pleurotus), collected in Sam Houston National Forest, May 9, 2026
Basidia and spores (in Congo Red) of soft white pleurotoid mushrooms collected in Sam Houston National Forest, May 9, 2026
Spores of pale milkcap mushrooms with slimy caps (Lactarius pallidus(?)) collected in Sam Houston National Forest, May 9, 2026
Spores of Gamundia striatula(?) mushrooms collected in Sam Houston National Forest, May 9, 2026
Spores of Lepiota phaeostictiformis mushrooms from a well-rotten pine log collected in Sam Houston National Forest, May 9, 2026
Spores of small white gilled mushrooms from a mossy log of Maclura tree, collected in Sam Houston National Forest, May 9, 2026
Spores of Soft white pleurotoid mushrooms from a log cavity, collected in Sam Houston National Forest, May 9, 2026
