A flock of disturbed sanderling birds flying from Long Point Beach. Provincetown, Massachusetts, March 20, 2004
Stretching ibex disturbed at 9:30 a.m. on a rim of Ramon Crater south-west from the city. Mitzpe Ramon, the Middle East, February 1, 2001
Close up of a disturbed ibex on a rim of Ramon Crater south-west from the city. Mitzpe Ramon, the Middle East, February 1, 2001
Disturbed ibex (others still sleeping) on a rim of Ramon Crater south-west from the city. Mitzpe Ramon, the Middle East, February 1, 2001
Disturbed caterpillar of black swallowtail butterfly (Papilio polyxenes) in defensive pose showing orange horns (osmeterium) in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, May 23, 2010
Disturbed orange ants found under a stone in Al Numan (Naim tribe, Nuaman, Nuaimiya). Northern Qatar, February 6, 2015
Blue colored disturbed desert lizard yellow-spotted agama (Trapelus flavimaculatus) showing its teeth in Mesainea Rawdat Jarrah, north-east from Dukhan. Qatar, December 4, 2015
Disturbed cat on a car near Abdullah Bin Thani Street in Musheirib (Msheireb) area. Doha, Qatar, August 14, 2015
Disturbed cat on a bed frame in Musheirib area. Doha, Qatar, October 4, 2014
Blue colored disturbed desert lizard yellow-spotted agama (Trapelus flavimaculatus) showing its dewlap in Mesainea Rawdat Jarrah, north-east from Dukhan. Qatar, December 4, 2015
Mushrooms Ramsbottomia asperior(?) growing on disturbed soil on roadside near Dibuny, north-west from Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 14, 2017
Blistered cup fungus (Peziza vesiculosa) on disturbed soil near Dibuny, north-west from Saint Petersburg. Russia, August 6, 2017
Brittlestem mushrooms Psathyrella umbonata on disturbed soil of a recent sewage cutting in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, January 15, 2020
Cap of a brittlegill mushroom close to Russula compacta in area disturbed by hogs near a floodplain on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 18, 2020
Olive-green tooth surface of hydnoid mushroom Gyrodontium sacchari (Coniophoraceae) on a piece of wood in soil disturbed by hogs on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, July 31, 2020
Olive-green underside of hydnoid mushroom Gyrodontium sacchari (Coniophoraceae) on a piece of wood in soil disturbed by hogs on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, July 31, 2020
Tooth mushroom Gyrodontium sacchari (Coniophoraceae) on a piece of wood in soil disturbed by hogs on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, July 31, 2020
Amanita rhoadsii(?) mushroom on soil disturbed by hogs on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, August 1, 2020
White Amanita mushroom on roadside with disturbed sandy soil with pine needles, oak leaves and some grass, in a pine forest at Forest Service Road 203 near Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, December 9, 2021
Milky false truffle mushroom Zelleromyces cinnabarinus found loose above the ground on a very old logging road crossing the trail just before the first lake, on the ground slightly disturbed several years ago, under pines and oaks on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, December 28, 2021
Small orange funnel-like mushrooms on sandy soil disturbed by fire ants, near rotting pine wood on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 10, 2022
Close-up of small orange omphalinoid mushrooms on sandy soil disturbed by fire ants, near rotting pine wood on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 10, 2022
Small orange omphalinoid mushrooms on sandy soil disturbed by fire ants, near rotting pine wood on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 10, 2022
Details of orange funnel-like mushrooms on sandy soil disturbed by fire ants, near rotting pine wood on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 10, 2022
Side view of small orange funnel-like mushrooms on sandy soil disturbed by fire ants, near rotting pine wood on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 10, 2022
Upper and underside views of small orange funnel-like mushrooms on sandy soil disturbed by fire ants, near rotting pine wood on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 10, 2022
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
A diverse bryophyte community colonizing disturbed soil on a pipeline corridor. The scene is dominated by a dense, dark-green carpet of pioneer mosses (likely Weissia controversa or Ceratodon purpureus). Scattered throughout are the distinct, pale green, pear-shaped capsules of Bonfire Moss (Funaria hygrometrica), a classic indicator of disturbed or burned ground. In the center, you can see the bluish-green, star-shaped rosettes of a Crystalwort (Riccia species), identifiable by their deep central grooves and dichotomous branching. Fort Boggy State Park. Leon County, Texas, February 21, 2026
A rich multi-species bryophyte community on the disturbed bare soil (pigtail moss Weissia controversa, capsule-bearing moss Bryum or Pohlia species) in Fort Boggy State Park. Leon County, Texas, February 21, 2026
An ecological observation from the median of Campbell Trail: a cluster of small saprotrophic mushrooms (Deconica sp., likely an undescribed small-spored species in the Deconica montana complex) fruiting within a distinctly dead, brown patch of Atrichum moss. While it might appear that the fungus killed the moss, the relationship is saprotrophic. Members of the Deconica genus are decomposers with a well-known affinity for mosses in the Polytrichaceae family (such as Atrichum and Polytrichum). It is highly probable that a localized disturbance on the trail median killed this specific patch of moss first. Once the Atrichum died, the underground fungal mycelium colonized the newly available decaying moss tissue, eventually producing the fruiting bodies seen here. Fort Boggy State Park. Leon County, Texas, February 21, 2026
Mushrooms Pluteus podospileus(?) on disturbed soil after a rain in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 28, 2026
