Masses of mushrooms Hydropus marginellus om pine litter on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, September 30, 2018
Littered dead forest at Pine Tree Street in Bay Saint Louis. Mississippi, April 16, 2006
Littered forest in Toksovo, north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, September 5, 2016
Piggyback shanklet (Collybia cirrhata) mushrooms on wood litter on a forest cutting near Dibuny, north-west from Saint Petersburg. Russia, September 18, 2017
Gymnopus biformis mushrooms growing on litter and pine needles on Forest Service Road 203 on a shortcut of Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, June 22, 2018
Horsehair parachute mushrooms (Gymnopus androsaceus) on forest litter near Pesochnaya, north-west from Saint Petersburg. Russia, July 23, 2017
White translucent plasmodium of a slime mold on pine litter on Winters Bayou Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Cleveland, Texas, July 18, 2021
Gymnopus biformis mushrooms growing on litter and pine needles near Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, October 2, 2021
Common brown cup mushroom (Peziza phyllogena) among litter near the trail on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 14, 2021
Masses of mushrooms Xeromphalina cauticinalis growing on forest litter around a big pine on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 23, 2021
Small mushrooms Xeromphalina cauticinalis with forest litter on black background on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 23, 2021
Bright yellow cap of brittlegill mushroom Russula flavida on pine litter on South Wilderness Loop Trail at Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest near Richards. Texas, January 1, 2022
Small mushrooms Xeromphalina cauticinalis growing on litter around a big pine, near the trail before the campground on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, January 12, 2022
Lobster mushrooms (Hypomyces lactifluorum) found almost hidden under pine litter on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, January 22, 2022
Inkcap mushrooms Coprinopsis spilospora on partially burned pine litter on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, August 13, 2022
Cross section of inkcap mushrooms Coprinopsis spilospora on partially burned pine litter on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, August 13, 2022
Spores of inkcap mushrooms Coprinopsis spilospora from partially burned pine litter under a microscope in KOH collected in Sam Houston National Forest two days before and similar to this day findings. Texas, August 13, 2022
Small mushrooms Marasmius delectans(?) growing on pine litter near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, August 20, 2022
Spores of small mushrooms Marasmius delectans(?) from pine litter collected near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, August 20, 2022
Spores of small Gymnopus mushrooms from pine litter on road FS 203 collected on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, August 25, 2022
Forest floor with a dense carpet of fallen leaves. The ground is thickly blanketed in thousands of yellow maple leaves, intermixed with brown oak and linden litter. Sergievka Park, Old Peterhof, west from Saint Petersburg, Russia, October 13, 2025
