Graphis lichen with orange alga Trentepohlia(?) on an oak in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, January 18, 2019
Mushrooms Trichoderma peltatum (Hypocrea peltata) together with Trentepohlia alga on an oak log in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, July 9, 2018
Mushrooms Trichoderma peltatum (Hypocrea peltata) together with Trentepohlia alga and lichens on a fallen oak branch in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, July 9, 2018
Heath navel mushrooms (Lichenomphalia umbellifera) among mosses and algae on peat in Sosnovka Park. Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 3, 2017
Common moorhen among algae from Elm Lake Loop Trail in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, March 12, 2020
Green algae in a silty depression near Al Nuaman (Numan). North-western Qatar, January 16, 2016
Burnt rotten oak with algae near Lisiy Nos, west from Saint Petersburg. Russia, February 18, 2017
Red algae and gulls at eastern end of Bailey Beach (Reject s Beach) in Newport. Rhode Island, August 24, 2003
Green alga Trentepohlia with orange carotenoid pigments on a fallen oak branch on Kiwanis Nature Trail. College Station, Texas, March 1, 2018
Drying algae in a recently flooded area at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, March 12, 2019
Green algae in a pond outside of Green Circles (center-pivot irrigation) in Irkhaya (Irkaya) Farms. South-western Qatar, March 5, 2016
Seaweed (algae) on a beach of Jazirat Umm Tays, barrier island at northern tip of Qatar, east from Ruwais, March 24, 2012
Dead corals and seaweed (algae) on western beach in Haloul Island (Jazirat Halul). Qatar, April 19, 2013
Green alga Trentepohlia umbrina with orange carotenoid pigments and moss on a birch tree west from Dibuny - Pesochny area near Saint Petersburg. Russia, February 4, 2017
Birch bark with orange carotenoid pigments of green alga Trentepohlia umbrina on Krasnodolinnaya Alley in Pavlovsk Park. Pavlovsk, suburb of Saint Petersburg, Russia, December 31, 2015
Algae Oyster Thief (Colpomenia sinuosa) at low tide on a beach of Jazirat Umm Tays, barrier island at northern tip of Qatar, east from Ruwais, March 24, 2012
Algae in an irrigation pond near Green Circles (center-pivot irrigation) in Irkhaya Farms. South-western Qatar, March 29, 2014
Red algae and gulls at eastern end of Bailey Beach (Reject s Beach) in Newport. Rhode Island, August 24, 2003
Algae in Goose Neck Cove under a bridge, view from Ocean Drive. Newport, Rhode Island, May 6, 2004
Algae on Little Beach of Buzzards Bay, near Allen s Pond in south Dartmouth. Massachusetts, April 20, 2003.
Seaweed (algae) on western beach in Haloul Island (Jazirat Halul). Qatar, April 19, 2013
Algae on Little Beach of Buzzards Bay, near Allen s Pond in south Dartmouth. Massachusetts, April 20, 2003.
Sargassum seaweed (brown algae) with air bladders on a beach of Zubara archeological site. Northern Qatar, November 28, 2014
Green algae mats in a pond of Green Circles (center-pivot irrigation) in Irkhaya (Irkaya) Farms. Qatar, April 10, 2015
Green algae mats on surface of a pond of Green Circles (center-pivot irrigation) in Irkhaya (Irkaya) Farms. Qatar, April 10, 2015
Rotten tree stump with green algae near northern road in Yuntolovsky Park. Saint Petersburg, Russia, March 1, 2017
Old purple toothed polypore mushrooms (Trichaptum biforme) with algae and tiny black Fairy Pins fungus (polypore club lichen, Phaeocalicium polyporaeum) on its surface on a fallen birch in Sosnovka Park. Saint Petersburg, Russia, March 20, 2017
Mushroom Trichaptum fuscoviolaceum with algae on a fallen pine tree in Sosnovka Park. Saint Petersburg, Russia, April 4, 2017
Corticioid form of mushroom Trichaptum abietinum with algae on a fallen pine in Sosnovka Park. Saint Petersburg, Russia, April 4, 2017
Cladonia incrassata(?) lichen and algae on peat soil in Sosnovka Park. Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 3, 2017
Trentepohlia (green alga) with orange carotenoid pigments on an oak branch on Kiwanis Nature Trail. College Station, Texas, March 1, 2018
Yellowing curtain crust mushrooms (Stereum subtomentosum)(?) with green algae on a rotting oak in Hensel Park. College Station, Texas, January 16, 2020
Trentepohlia (green alga) under a fallen oak at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 26, 2020
Trentepohlia (green alga) under an oak log at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 26, 2020
Dark-brown cup fungus Ascobolus carbonarius and orange cups of fire fungus Anthracobia melaloma together with green algae on a site of a recent burn in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, February 23, 2020
Alligator floating among algae from Elm Lake Loop Trail in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, March 12, 2020
Yellow spot fungus (Nectria peziza) together wuth algae on a barkless blackened log on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, September 17, 2020
Graphis lichen with orange alga on an oak in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, January 18, 2019
Script lichen (Graphis) and orange alga Trentepohlia on an oak on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Huntsville. Texas, January 26, 2019
Trentepohlia (green alga) with orange carotenoid pigments on a fallen oak at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 26, 2020
Trentepohlia (green alga) with orange carotenoid pigments on an oak log at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 26, 2020
Old cracked crust fungus Fulvifomes johnsonianus (Phellinus johnsonianus)(?) with algae on a fallen oak in area of Caney Creek crossing on Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Huntsville, Texas, February 9, 2020
Orangish cups of fire fungus Anthracobia melaloma together with green algae on a site of a recent prescribed burn in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, February 23, 2020
Fire fungus Anthracobia melaloma together with green algae on a site of a recent prescribed burn in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, February 23, 2020
Alligator and green algae on 40-Acre Lake in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, March 12, 2020
A duck and green algae on 40-Acre Lake in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, March 12, 2020
Purple toothed polypore mushrooms (Trichaptum biforme) with green algae on a fallen oak on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, March 22, 2020
Decomposing purple toothed polypore mushrooms (Trichaptum biforme) with green algae on a fallen oak on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, March 22, 2020
Caps of mature purple toothed polypore mushrooms (Trichaptum biforme) with green algae on a fallen elm on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, September 11, 2020
Tiny black Fairy Pins fungus (polypore club lichen, Phaeocalicium polyporaeum) on purple toothed polypore mushrooms (Trichaptum biforme) with algae on an oak fallen across a creek on Four Notch Loop Trail of Sam Houston National Forest near Huntsville. Texas, January 23, 2021
Fairy Pins fungus (polypore club lichen, Phaeocalicium polyporaeum) on purple toothed polypore mushrooms (Trichaptum biforme) with green algae near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, February 21, 2021
Fairy Pins fungus (polypore club lichen, Phaeocalicium polyporaeum) on purple toothed polypore mushrooms (Trichaptum biforme) with green algae on a mossy trunk of a fallen oak near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, February 21, 2021
Lichen Porina heterospora with some green algae on a wet tree on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 24, 2021
Tiny pinkgill (Entoloma) mushrooms growing in large numbers on a lawn with short, sparse grass with some thin moss or algae, on poor compacted soil in open place in Bee Creek Park. College Station, Texas, December 17, 2021
Asci of a small orange Ascomycete fungus Anthracobia tristis or may be A. maurilabra together with green globular cells of algae(?) under a microscope collected 1/26/2022 from a bonfire site on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, January 26, 2022
Tissues of tiny cup mushrooms Hyaloscipha brotannica(?) and some algae under microscope collected on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, February 27, 2022
Green algae on a cap of a mature turkeytail polypore mushroom (Trametes versicolor)(?) in Little Thicket Nature Sanctuary. Cleveland, Texas, April 22, 2023
Green algae on bottom of dried Somerville Lake near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, December 29, 2023
Algae cells inside tissues of Nostoc like cyanolichen from pipeline right-of-way, collected in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, January 18, 2024
Close-up of a mature mushroom Silver ear (Tremella fuciformis) with greenish grey algae(?) on Wallow Trail in Little Thicket Nature Sanctuary. Cleveland, Texas, March 23, 2024
Greenish grey algae from Silver ear mushrooms (Tremella fuciformis) under a microscope with x10 objective collected in Little Thicket Nature Sanctuary. Cleveland, Texas, March 23, 2024
Greenish grey algae from Silver ear mushrooms (Tremella fuciformis) under a microscope with x4 objective, collected a day before in Little Thicket Nature Sanctuary. Cleveland, Texas, March 24, 2024
Greenish grey algae from Silver ear mushrooms (Tremella fuciformis) under a microscope with x10 objective, collected a day before in Little Thicket Nature Sanctuary. Cleveland, Texas, March 24, 2024
Greenish grey algae from Silver ear mushrooms (Tremella fuciformis) under a microscope with x40 objective, collected a day before in Little Thicket Nature Sanctuary. Cleveland, Texas, March 24, 2024
Tissues under a microscope of orange hairy algae from a dry cypress cone from bluffs above the ocean, collected 3/14/2024 in Lands End area in San Francisco, April 6, 2024
Bark of a birch tree covered by green algae in Pavlovsk Park. Pavlovsk, suburb of Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 31, 2024
Sandy path with elm leaves and algae in ultraviolet light in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, September 25, 2024
Dry leaves and sandstone with algae on a path in ultraviolet light in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, November 8, 2024
Sandstone with green algae when exposed to regular daylight as well as when illuminated by a 365 nm ultraviolet (UV-A) blacklight in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, November 8, 2024
Dry oak leaves and sandstone with algae on a path when exposed to regular daylight as well as when illuminated by a 365 nm ultraviolet (UV-A) blacklight in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, November 8, 2024
Dry oak leaves, fallen twigs and sandstone with algae on a path in ultraviolet light in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, November 8, 2024
Sandstone with green algae on a path when exposed to regular daylight as well as when illuminated by a 365 nm ultraviolet (UV-A) blacklight in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, November 8, 2024
Dry oak and elm leaves and sandstone with algae on a path when exposed to regular daylight as well as when illuminated by a 365 nm ultraviolet (UV-A) blacklight in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, November 8, 2024
Dry elm leaves and sandstone with green algae on a path in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, November 8, 2024
Sandstone with green algae on a path in ultraviolet light in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, November 8, 2024
Dry oak and hackberry leaves and sandstone with algae on a path in ultraviolet light in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, November 8, 2024
Dry oak and hackberry leaves and sandstone with algae on a path when exposed to regular daylight as well as when illuminated by a 365 nm ultraviolet (UV-A) blacklight in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, November 8, 2024
Algae on muddy soil in wet area when exposed to regular daylight as well as when illuminated by a 365 nm ultraviolet (UV-A) blacklight on Racoon Run Trail in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, November 15, 2024
Rotting log both in natural light and under 365 nm ultraviolet (UV-A) blacklight near Krugovaya Alley in Sosnovka Park. The intense blue or blue-green glow comes from the wood itself, specifically from lignin and cellulose. The red fluorescence comes from Chlorophyll from algae/moss or Porphyrins from bacteria. Saint Petersburg, Russia, September 23, 2025
Algae on hairy curtain crust fungus (Stereum hirsutum) on a fallen oak on South Wilderness Loop Trail at Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest. Montgomery County, Texas, May 2, 2026
