Large rustgill (Gymnopilus) mushroom on a recently dried pine tree in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, January 5, 2019
A marsh and dried forest in spoiled area north from Verret, view from Road 46 in Saint Bernard Parish, east from New Orleans. Louisiana, January 28, 2006
A marsh and dried forest in Hopedale, Saint Bernard Parish, east from New Orleans. Louisiana, January 28, 2006
Yellow corticioid fungus (Hypoxylon rubiginosum(?), young stage) that looks like sprayed paint on underside of an oak log in a dried shallow creek on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest, near Huntsville. Texas, May 19, 2018
Timber mushrooms Inonotus cuticularis or may be I. radiatus on a small dried tree on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest, near Huntsville. Texas, June 2, 2018
Bracket fungus Inonotus cuticularis or may be I. radiatus on a small dried tree on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest, near Huntsville. Texas, June 2, 2018
Small viscid mushroom of Amanita minutula(?) found in a small dried creek on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Huntsville, Texas, July 7, 2018
Partially dried tropical white polypore mushrooms (Favolus tenuiculus, Favolus brasiliensis) on a fallen tree on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, September 29, 2019
Some polypore mushroom around a woodpecker hole in a dried tree at Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, November 2, 2019
Pattern of dried water drops on a polypore mushroom Abortiporus biennis(?) on a tree branch taken from sandy bottom of a shallow creek on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 18, 2020
Partially dried young trumpet mushrooms Cantharellus odoratus (Craterellus odoratus) in area of Winters Bayou in Sam Houston National Forest, east from Waverly. Texas, June 11, 2020
Partially dried mushrooms Punctularia strigosozonata on a fallen oak on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, August 5, 2020
Amanita sect. Phalloideae (left), Amanita sect. Vaginatae (middle), and Amanita hygroscopica(?) (right) mushrooms near a small dried shallow pond on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest, near Huntsville. Texas, June 9, 2018
Turkeytail mushrooms (Trametes versicolor) at the base of a recently dried sweetgum tree on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 15, 2019
Underside of turkeytail mushrooms (Trametes versicolor) at the base of a recently dried sweetgum tree on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 15, 2019
Dried tips of jellied false coral mushroom (Tremellodendron schweinitzii, Sebacina schweinitzii) in area of Winters Bayou in Sam Houston National Forest, east from Waverly. Texas, June 11, 2020
Large partially dried milkcap (Lactarius) mushrooms in area of Winters Bayou in Sam Houston National Forest, east from Waverly. Texas, June 11, 2020
Dissected large partially dried milkcap (Lactarius) mushrooms in area of Winters Bayou in Sam Houston National Forest, east from Waverly. Texas, June 11, 2020
Dark brown dried underside of mushrooms Punctularia strigosozonata on a fallen oak on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, August 5, 2020
Dried golden reishi mushroom (Ganoderma curtisii) at the base of a sycamore tree on Winters Bayou Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Cleveland, Texas, August 22, 2020
Slightly dried woolly oyster mushrooms (Hohenbuehelia mastrucata) on a broken end of a fallen oak on North Wilderness Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Richards. Texas, December 27, 2020
Underside of slightly dried woolly oyster mushrooms (Hohenbuehelia mastrucata) on a broken end of a fallen oak on North Wilderness Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Richards. Texas, December 27, 2020
Caps of slightly dried woolly oyster mushrooms (Hohenbuehelia mastrucata) on a broken end of a fallen oak on North Wilderness Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Richards. Texas, December 27, 2020
Partially dried caps of woolly oyster mushrooms (Hohenbuehelia mastrucata) on a broken end of a fallen oak on North Wilderness Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Richards. Texas, December 27, 2020
Partially dried grey knight mushrooms (Tricholoma terreum group, may be T. moseri) between a red cedar tree and thin pines, on a well drained slope, near a small creek crossing on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, January 20, 2021
Mature dried grey knight mushroom (Tricholoma terreum group, may be T. moseri) between a red cedar tree and thin pines, on a well drained slope, near a small creek crossing on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, January 20, 2021
Resupinate polypore fungus Trechispora mollusca (white) on decaying mushroom Ganoderma (could be G. meredithiae or G. martinicense), under pines, ground without grass, area had standing water in the past, but now dry (Ganoderma was uprooted by animals and completely dried) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, January 27, 2021
Pore surface of dried resupinate polypore fungus Trechispora mollusca growing on decaying mushroom Ganoderma on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, January 27, 2021
Close-up of dried resupinate polypore fungus Trechispora mollusca growing on decaying mushroom Ganoderma on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, January 27, 2021
Dried resupinate polypore fungus Trechispora mollusca growing on decaying mushroom Ganoderma, taken from Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, January 27, 2021
Dried cups of spring hazelcup fungus (Encoelia furfuracea) in a hazelnut forest on a slope of Orekhovaya Gora Hill in Duderhof Heights, south from Saint Petersburg. Russia, May 9, 2021
Cut surface of a large pine dried after a lightning strike on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 28, 2021
Close-up of bracket polypore mushroom Fomitella supina on a recently dried elm tree on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 23, 2021
Dried cap of brittlegill mushroom Russula albidicremea collected 2 days before in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, June 4, 2022
Underside of a dried cap of brittlegill mushroom Russula albidicremea collected 2 days before in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, June 4, 2022
Small fibrecap mushrooms Inocybe paludinella(?) together with milkcaps Lactarius neotabidus in a dried swamp of baygall forest on D. L. property. Bleakwood, Newton County, Texas, June 11, 2022
Masses of small fibrecap mushrooms Inocybe paludinella(?) together with milkcaps Lactarius neotabidus in a dried swamp of baygall forest on D. L. property. Bleakwood, Newton County, Texas, June 11, 2022
Underside of small fibrecap mushrooms Inocybe paludinella(?) in a dried swamp of baygall forest on D. L. property. Bleakwood, Newton County, Texas, June 11, 2022
Gills of small fibrecap mushrooms Inocybe paludinella(?) in a dried swamp of baygall forest on D. L. property. Bleakwood, Newton County, Texas, June 11, 2022
Small fibrecap mushrooms Inocybe paludinella(?) together with milkcaps Lactarius neotabidus on dried mud of baygall forest on D. L. property. Bleakwood, Newton County, Texas, June 11, 2022
Dried Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, June 18, 2022
Green nymph of grasshopper on a dried leaf of bracken fern on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, June 29, 2022
Dried flower of black eyed susan (Rudbeckia hirta) on Forest Service Road 203 near Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, June 29, 2022
Small pleurotoid mushroom Moniliophthora conchata (Crinipellis conchata) or may be Marasmiellus "sp-TN01" on a dried fallen liana of trumpet vine (Campsis radicans) on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, July 17, 2022
Back lit pleurotoid mushroom Moniliophthora conchata (Crinipellis conchata) or may be Marasmiellus "sp-TN01" on a dried fallen liana of trumpet vine (Campsis radicans) on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, July 17, 2022
Thin caps of pleurotoid mushrooms Moniliophthora conchata (Crinipellis conchata) or may be Marasmiellus "sp-TN01" on a dried fallen liana of trumpet vine (Campsis radicans) on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, July 17, 2022
Small pleurotoid mushrooms Moniliophthora conchata (Crinipellis conchata) or may be Marasmiellus "sp-TN01" covering a dried fallen liana of trumpet vine (Campsis radicans) on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, July 17, 2022
Details of small pleurotoid mushrooms Moniliophthora conchata (Crinipellis conchata) or may be Marasmiellus "sp-TN01" covering a dried fallen liana of trumpet vine (Campsis radicans) on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, July 17, 2022
Dried sand of Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, July 29, 2022
Sow palmetto in a dried oxbow on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, July 30, 2022
Dried leaf of sow palmetto on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, July 30, 2022
Dried brown leaves on the ground on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, July 30, 2022
Dried pine needles fallen on the ground on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, July 30, 2022
Dried leaves on the ground in muddy area on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, July 30, 2022
Bracket polypore mushrooms Fomitella supina at the base of a dried elm tree in muddy area on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, August 6, 2022
Underside of bracket polypore mushrooms Fomitella supina at the base of a dried elm tree in muddy area on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, August 6, 2022
Pore surface of bracket polypore mushrooms Fomitella supina at the base of a dried elm tree in muddy area on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, August 6, 2022
Close-up of pore surface of bracket polypore mushrooms Fomitella supina at the base of a dried elm tree in muddy area on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, August 6, 2022
Cut cap of bracket polypore mushrooms Fomitella supina at the base of a dried elm tree in muddy area on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, August 6, 2022
Web under a bracket polypore from dried elm under a microscope (no cover, x10 objective), collected in Sam Houston National Forest a day before. Texas, August 7, 2022
Spores (4.7-5.5 x 2-2.7 micron) of bracket polypore mushrooms Fomitella supina from a base of a dried elm tree, collected in Sam Houston National Forest a day before. Texas, August 7, 2022
Tissues of bracket polypore mushrooms Fomitella supina from a base of a dried elm tree under a microscope (x40 objective, KOH solution), collected in Sam Houston National Forest a day before. Texas, August 7, 2022
Parasol mushrooms (Macrolepiota procera) on sand of a dried creek on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, August 21, 2022
Tiger sawgill mushrooms (Lentinus tigrinus) on pieces of wood in dried Caney Creek on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, August 21, 2022
Small cup fungus Plicaria carbonaria on a bonfire place on a sandy bottom of a dried creek near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, August 31, 2022
Ascomycete fungus Plicaria carbonaria on a bonfire place on a sandy bottom of a dried creek near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, August 31, 2022
Small brown cup of fungus Plicaria carbonaria on a bonfire place on a sandy bottom of a dried creek near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, August 31, 2022
Close-up of small cup fungus Plicaria carbonaria on a bonfire place on a sandy bottom of a dried creek near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, August 31, 2022
Underside of dried mushroom Cymatoderma caperatum on a fallen stick on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, October 2, 2022
Top view of dried mushroom Cymatoderma caperatum on a fallen stick on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, October 2, 2022
Dried mushroom Cymatoderma caperatum on a fallen stick on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, October 2, 2022
Mature blushing bracket mushrooms (Daedaleopsis confragosa) with pinkish Hypomyces on a tilted and dried oak on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, January 22, 2023
Mature caps of blushing bracket mushrooms (Daedaleopsis confragosa) with pinkish fungus Hypomyces on a tilted and dried oak on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, January 22, 2023
Caps of blushing bracket mushrooms (Daedaleopsis confragosa) damaged by pinkish fungus Hypomyces on a tilted and dried oak on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, January 22, 2023
Tissues (at low magnification) of greenish mold fungus Hypomyces from blushing bracket mushrooms growing on a tilted and dried oak, collected on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, January 22, 2023
White partially dried corticioid fungus on underside of a burned pine log on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, July 23, 2023
Mold-like fungus Tilachlidium setigerum(?) on dried Xeromphalina mushrooms on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 2, 2023
Conidia and tissues under a microscope with x40 objective of mold-like fungus Tilachlidium setigerum(?) from dried Xeromphalina mushrooms, collected in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, December 2, 2023
Hyphae and conidia under a microscope with x40 objective of mold-like fungus Tilachlidium setigerum(?) from dried Xeromphalina mushrooms, collected in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, December 2, 2023
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
Spores of small whitish partially dried oysterling mushrooms from a burned oak log (spore print light-purple), collected a day before near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 4, 2023
Sclerotia of some fungus in pincushion moss at the base of a recently dried pine on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, December 31, 2023
Yellow sclerotia of some fungus (hollow inside) moss at the base of a recently dried pine on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, December 31, 2023
Orange sclerotia of some fungus in pincushion moss at the base of a recently dried pine on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, December 31, 2023
Close-up of sclerotia of some fungus in pincushion moss at the base of a recently dried pine on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, December 31, 2023
Partially dried Dirty Southern Waxcap mushrooms (Hygrophorus subsordidus) on South Wilderness Loop Trail at Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest near Richards. Texas, January 1, 2024
Mustard yellow polypore mushrooms (Phellinus gilvus) at the base of dried sweetgum(?) on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Richards. Texas, February 15, 2024
Dried resupinate polypore mushroom Skeletocutis odora together with slime mold Stemonitis on a cut surface of a fallen pine on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, March 10, 2024
Texture of dried resupinate polypore mushroom Skeletocutis odora on a cut surface of a fallen pine on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, March 10, 2024
Mushrooms Acanthophysium oakesii (Aleurodiscus oakesii) on bark of a recently dried oak near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, October 28, 2025
Close-up of mushrooms Acanthophysium oakesii (Aleurodiscus oakesii) on a recently dried oak near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, October 28, 2025
Mushrooms Acanthophysium oakesii (Aleurodiscus oakesii) with moss on a recently dried oak near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, October 28, 2025
Close-up of mushrooms Acanthophysium oakesii (Aleurodiscus oakesii) with lichen on a recently dried oak near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, October 28, 2025
Cup shaped fungus Acanthophysium oakesii (Aleurodiscus oakesii) with moss on a recently dried oak near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, October 28, 2025
Spores of mushrooms Acanthophysium oakesii (Aleurodiscus oakesii) from bark of a recently dried oak, collected 10/28/2025 near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 4, 2025
