Dust lichen (Lepraria incana) on bark of a large pine tree in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, March 10, 2019
Red raspberry slime mold Tubifera ferruginosa at the base of a pine with burnt bark on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Huntsville, Texas, April 28, 2018
Close up of porous corticioid fungus on bark of a fallen pine in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, November 23, 2018
Root rot fungus Heterobasidion annosum on bark of a pine log in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, January 19, 2020
White polypore mushroom Antrodia gossypium (Fibroporia gossypium)(?) on a fallen wet pine branch without bark in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, January 5, 2019
Burnt pine damaged by bark beetles in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, September 15, 2012
Peeling bark of Texas madrone on Devils Hall Trail in Pine Spring Canyon. Guadalupe Mountains National Park, Texas, December 28, 2007
Pupae on bark of a pine at Breakneck Trail in Freetown - Fall River State Forest. Massachusetts, October 11, 2003
Slime mold Lycogala exiguum on a big fallen pine without bark on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest, near Huntsville. Texas, May 26, 2018
Smooth white bark of Texas madrone on Devils Hall Trail in Pine Spring Canyon. Guadalupe Mountains National Park, Texas, December 28, 2007
Burnt pine bark on a ground in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, December 17, 2011
Lichens on bark of a pine tree in Zakhodskoe, 50 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, July 10, 2016
Corticioid form of mushroom Trichaptum fuscoviolaceum growing on bark of pine in Sosnovka Park. Saint Petersburg, Russia, April 4, 2017
Polypore mushrooms Trichaptum fuscoviolaceum on a small half-cut pine without bark near a small pond on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, October 20, 2018
Caps of polypore mushrooms Trichaptum fuscoviolaceum on a small half-cut pine without bark near a small pond on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, October 20, 2018
Corticioid form of mushroom Trichaptum fuscoviolaceum growing on bark of pine on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Huntsville. Texas, November 4, 2018
Porous corticioid fungus on bark of a fallen pine in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, November 23, 2018
Resupinate yellow poria mushroom on bark of a fallen pine in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, December 21, 2018
Powdery lichen Lepraria on bark of a big pine tree in area of Winters Bayou in Sam Houston National Forest, east from Waverly. Texas, February 23, 2019
Dust lichen (Lepraria incana) on pine bark in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, March 10, 2019
Hooded tube lichen (Hypogymnia physodes) on pine bark in Zakhodskoe (Lounatjoki), 50 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, May 9, 2019
Hooded tube lichen (Hypogymnia physodes) on pine bark in Kannelyarvi, 45 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, May 25, 2019
Mushrooms Callistosporium luteo-olivaceum(?) on a rotting pine log without bark on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, August 11, 2019
Some fuzzy white and orange corticioid mushrooms on pine bark under a log in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, November 28, 2019
Velvety orange corticioid mushroom Crustoderma dryinum on pine bark under a log in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, November 28, 2019
Orange corticioid fungus Crustoderma dryinum on pine bark under a log in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, November 28, 2019
Some soft orange corticioid fungus Crustoderma dryinum on pine bark under a log in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, November 28, 2019
Corticioid fungus Coniophora olivacea(?) on pine bark in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, January 19, 2020
Corticioid fungus Coniophora olivacea(?) on bark of a fallen pine in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, January 19, 2020
Hyphae of corticioid fungus Coniophora olivacea on pine bark on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, February 8, 2020
Slime mold Tubifera dimorphotheca on a fallen pine without bark on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, June 27, 2020
Some pink Gymnopus mushrooms growing under a fallen pine tree and on its bark on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, June 22, 2018
Corticioid mushroom on pine bark in Watson Rare Native Plant Preserve. Warren, Texas, November 23, 2019
Tooth like corticioid mushroom on pine bark in Watson Rare Native Plant Preserve. Warren, Texas, November 23, 2019
Caterpillar on velvety orange corticioid fungus Crustoderma dryinum on pine bark under a log in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, November 28, 2019
Velvety orange and some fluffy white corticioid mushrooms on pine bark under a log in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, November 28, 2019
Corticioid fungus Leucogyrophana mollusca on a small tree without bark, probably pine, but may be oak in wet area on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 1, 2019
Orange jelly spot fungus (Dacrymyces chrysospermus) emerging from crack of pine bark on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 31, 2020
White resupinate polypore mushroom on bark of a fallen pine branch on Winters Bayou Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Cleveland, Texas, August 22, 2020
Cut section of white resupinate polypore mushroom on bark of a fallen pine branch on Winters Bayou Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Cleveland, Texas, August 22, 2020
White resupinate polypore mushroom covering bark of a fallen pine branch on Winters Bayou Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Cleveland, Texas, August 22, 2020
White resupinate polypore mushroom covering bark of a small fallen pine branch on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, August 25, 2020
Resupinate polypore mushroom with angular tan colored pores Xylodon flaviporus on bark of a fallen pine branch on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, August 25, 2020
Close-up of resupinate polypore mushroom with angular tan colored pores Xylodon flaviporus on bark of a fallen pine branch on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, August 25, 2020
White resupinate polypore fungus growing from bark cracks of a fallen pine limb on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, August 25, 2020
White cottony resupinate polypore fungus growing from bark cracks of a small fallen pine branch on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, August 25, 2020
White resupinate polypore mushroom on bark of a fallen pine limb on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, August 30, 2020
White resupinate polypore mushroom covering thin bark of a fallen pine limb on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, August 30, 2020
Close-up of white resupinate polypore mushroom on bark of a fallen pine limb on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, August 30, 2020
Corticioid (crust) fungus on thin bark of a fallen pine on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, September 6, 2020
Creme corticioid (crust) fungus on thin bark of a fallen pine on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, September 6, 2020
Close-up of corticioid (crust) fungus on thin bark of a fallen pine on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, September 6, 2020
Resupinate polypore mushroom Fibroporia radiculosa on bark of a fallen pine on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, September 11, 2020
Gilled Bolete mushrooms (Phylloporus leucomycelinus) growing from bark cracks near base of a pine on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, September 26, 2020
Pine sap on a burned tree bark on Chinquapin Trail in Huntsville State Park. Texas, October 30, 2020
Common white resupinate polypore mushroom on thin bark of a fallen pine branch on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest, Texas, November 19, 2020
White resupinate polypore mushroom on thin bark of a fallen pine branch on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest, Texas, November 19, 2020
White resupinate polypore mushroom with embedded oak leaves on thin bark of a fallen pine branch on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest, Texas, November 19, 2020
White resupinate polypore mushroom with embedded dry fern leaves on bark of a fallen pine branch on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest, Texas, November 19, 2020
Detached small piece of white resupinate polypore mushroom on bark of a fallen pine branch on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest, Texas, November 19, 2020
Powdery lichen Lepraria on bark of a big pine tree on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 26, 2020
Polypore mushrooms Trichaptum byssogenum on a fallen pine around 40 cm in diameter, bark partially removed, in relatively dry and sunny place on old overgrown road on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, December 3, 2020
Hairy purple caps of polypore mushrooms Trichaptum byssogenum on a fallen pine around 40 cm in diameter, bark partially removed, in relatively dry and sunny place on old overgrown road on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, December 3, 2020
Light brown layer of resupinate polypore mushroom on pine bark on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 20, 2020
Blackedged shield mushrooms (Pluteus atromarginatus(?)) on a fallen pine without bark on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, December 26, 2020
Corticioid mushroom Serpula himantioides under bark on a pine log on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, January 1, 2021
Flat white resupinate polypore mushroom on bark of a fallen pine on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail east from Trailhead No. 4 in Sam Houston National Forest, near Montgomery. Texas, January 2, 2021
Close-up of flat white resupinate polypore mushroom on bark of a fallen pine on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail east from Trailhead No. 4 in Sam Houston National Forest, near Montgomery. Texas, January 2, 2021
Flat white resupinate polypore mushroom with water droplets on bark of a fallen pine on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail east from Trailhead No. 4 in Sam Houston National Forest, near Montgomery. Texas, January 2, 2021
Spreading flat white resupinate polypore mushroom on bark of a fallen pine on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail east from Trailhead No. 4 in Sam Houston National Forest, near Montgomery. Texas, January 2, 2021
Pore surface of flat white resupinate polypore mushroom on bark of a fallen pine on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail east from Trailhead No. 4 in Sam Houston National Forest, near Montgomery. Texas, January 2, 2021
Corticioid fungus Gloeoporus ambiguus (Meruliopsis ambigua) on bark of a fallen pine branch near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, January 13, 2021
Olive duster fungus (Coniophora olivacea) on a pine log without bark on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, January 14, 2021
Slime mold Arcyria ferruginea on a pine log, partially under bark, on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, January 27, 2021
Brown witch s butter mushroom (Exidia saccharina) on bark of a pine tree in Sosnovka Park. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 8, 2021
Evernia(?) lichen on pine bark in Zakhodskoe (Lounatjoki), 50 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, May 22, 2021
Underside of small gilled omphalinoid mushrooms on fallen pine bark on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, June 2, 2021
Translucent jelly fungus Pale Stagshorn (Calocera pallidospathulata) or may be Dacrymyces longistipitatus on a fallen pine without bark on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, June 5, 2021
Translucent jelly fungus Pale Stagshorn (Calocera pallidospathulata) or may be Dacrymyces on a wet pine log without bark on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, June 5, 2021
Close-up of translucent jelly fungus Pale Stagshorn (Calocera pallidospathulata) or may be Dacrymyces on a wet pine log without bark on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, June 5, 2021
Stipitate-pileate basidiocarps of translucent jelly fungus Pale Stagshorn (Calocera pallidospathulata) or may be Dacrymyces on a wet pine log without bark on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, June 5, 2021
Tiny jelly fungus Pale Stagshorn (Calocera pallidospathulata) or may be Dacrymyces on a wet pine log without bark on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, June 5, 2021
Yellow jelly fungus Pale Stagshorn (Calocera pallidospathulata) or may be Dacrymyces on a wet pine log without bark on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, June 5, 2021
Semitransparent jelly fungus Pale Stagshorn (Calocera pallidospathulata) or may be Dacrymyces on a wet pine log without bark on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, June 5, 2021
Gelatinous fungus Pale Stagshorn (Calocera pallidospathulata) or may be Dacrymyces on a wet pine log without bark on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, June 5, 2021
Close-up of gelatinous fungus Pale Stagshorn (Calocera pallidospathulata) or may be Dacrymyces on a wet pine log without bark on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, June 5, 2021
Colony of gelatinous fungus Pale Stagshorn (Calocera pallidospathulata) or may be Dacrymyces on a wet pine log without bark on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, June 5, 2021
Yellow gelly fungus Pale Stagshorn (Calocera pallidospathulata) or may be Dacrymyces on a wet pine log without bark on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, June 5, 2021
Yellow gelatinous fungus Pale Stagshorn (Calocera pallidospathulata) or may be Dacrymyces on a wet pine log without bark on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, June 5, 2021
Small gelly fungus Pale Stagshorn (Calocera pallidospathulata) or may be Dacrymyces on a wet pine log without bark on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, June 5, 2021
Upper view of small gelly fungus Pale Stagshorn (Calocera pallidospathulata) or may be Dacrymyces on a wet pine log without bark on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, June 5, 2021
Close-up of small gelly fungus Pale Stagshorn (Calocera pallidospathulata) or may be Dacrymyces on a wet pine log without bark on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, June 5, 2021
Cluster of yellow jelly fungus Pale Stagshorn (Calocera pallidospathulata) or may be Dacrymyces on a wet pine log without bark on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, June 5, 2021
Side view of yellow jelly fungus Pale Stagshorn (Calocera pallidospathulata) or may be Dacrymyces on a wet pine log without bark on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, June 5, 2021
Details of yellow jelly fungus Pale Stagshorn (Calocera pallidospathulata) or may be Dacrymyces on a wet pine log without bark on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, June 5, 2021
Growth of yellow jelly fungus Pale Stagshorn (Calocera pallidospathulata) or may be Dacrymyces on a wet pine log without bark on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, June 5, 2021
Tiny bodies of yellow jelly fungus Pale Stagshorn (Calocera pallidospathulata) or may be Dacrymyces on a wet pine log without bark on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, June 5, 2021
Jelly fungus Pale Stagshorn (Calocera pallidospathulata) or may be Dacrymyces covering a wet pine log without bark on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, June 5, 2021
Cup fungus Peziza on partially burned pine bark on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, June 5, 2021
Slime mold Arcyria cinerea on a large fallen pine without bark on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, June 11, 2021
Slime mold Arcyria cinerea on a wet mossy fallen pine without bark on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, June 11, 2021
Slime mold Physarum viride on a wet pine without bark on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, June 11, 2021
Tiny heads of slime mold Physarum viride on a wet pine without bark on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, June 11, 2021
White resupinate polypore mushroom on bark of a fallen pine branch on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, June 18, 2021
Texture of corticioid fungus Tomentella(?) on pine bark on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, July 16, 2021
Jelly fungus Pale Stagshorn (Calocera pallidospathulata) or may be Dacrymyces on a fallen pine without bark on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, July 16, 2021
Small jelly fungus Pale Stagshorn (Calocera pallidospathulata) or may be Dacrymyces on a fallen pine without bark on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, July 16, 2021
Yellow jelly fungus Pale Stagshorn (Calocera pallidospathulata) or may be Dacrymyces on a fallen pine without bark on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, July 16, 2021
Close-up of jelly fungus Pale Stagshorn (Calocera pallidospathulata) or may be Dacrymyces on a fallen pine without bark on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, July 16, 2021
Translucent jelly fungus Pale Stagshorn (Calocera pallidospathulata) or may be Dacrymyces on a fallen pine without bark on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, July 16, 2021
Gelatinous fungus Pale Stagshorn (Calocera pallidospathulata) or may be Dacrymyces on a fallen pine without bark on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, July 16, 2021
Translucent jelly fungus Pale Stagshorn (Calocera pallidospathulata) or may be Dacrymyces on a fallen pine without bark on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, July 16, 2021
Gelatinous fungus Pale Stagshorn (Calocera pallidospathulata) or may be Dacrymyces on a fallen pine without bark on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, July 16, 2021
Colonies of jelly fungus Pale Stagshorn (Calocera pallidospathulata) or may be Dacrymyces on a fallen pine without bark on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, July 16, 2021
Mushrooms Stereopsis hiscens on pine bark of a rotten log on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, July 23, 2021
Close-up of mushrooms Stereopsis hiscens on pine bark of a rotten log on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, July 23, 2021
Underside of mushrooms Stereopsis hiscens on pine bark of a rotten log on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, July 23, 2021
Fan-shaped mushrooms Stereopsis hiscens on pine bark of a rotten log on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, July 23, 2021
White resupinate polypore mushroom on bark of a fallen twig of a pine on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, August 28, 2021
Close-up of white resupinate polypore mushroom on bark of a fallen twig of a pine on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, August 28, 2021
Texture of white resupinate polypore mushroom on bark of a fallen twig of a pine on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, August 28, 2021
Margin of white resupinate polypore mushroom on bark of a fallen twig of a pine on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, August 28, 2021
Details of white resupinate polypore mushroom on bark of a fallen twig of a pine on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, August 28, 2021
Close-up of white resupinate polypore mushroom on bark of a fallen pine branch on Winters Bayou Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Cleveland, Texas, September 18, 2021
A piece of tree bark with white corticioid fungus Dendrothele candida together with a cap of a bolete mushroom Fistulinella jamaicensis under oak, pine, magnolia, holly on Kirby Trail in Big Thicket National Preserve. Warren, Texas, September 25, 2021
Common glasscup mushrooms (Orbilia xanthostigma) on a wet pine log without bark on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, October 2, 2021
Thick bark of a recently cut pine tree on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, October 6, 2021
Tiger s Eye mushrooms Coltricia focicola (C. perennis group) among burned pine bark in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, October 17, 2021
Tiger s Eye mushrooms Coltricia focicola (C. perennis group) on sandy soil with burned pine bark in a sparse forest in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, October 17, 2021
Mushrooms Tephrocybe anthracophila(?) growing from pieces of burned pine bark on charred soil near a completely burned pine log remained from prescribed burn in spring (spore print is white) on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, December 5, 2021
Group of mushrooms Tephrocybe anthracophila (Lyophyllum anthracophilum)(?) growing from pieces of burned pine bark on charred soil near a completely burned pine log remained from prescribed burn in spring on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, December 5, 2021
Pendent bracket mushrooms (Irpicodon pendulus) on a vertically cut surface of a pine fallen across the trail approximately 2 years ago (pine bark partially burned in spring) in a sparse pine forest on upper ground on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 12, 2021
Crust fungus Gloeoporus taxicola (Meruliopsis taxicola) on bark of a fallen pine branch on South Wilderness Loop Trail at Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest near Richards. Texas, December 26, 2021
Jelly fungus Pale Stagshorn (Calocera pallidospathulata) or may be Dacrymyces longistipitatus on a wet fallen pine without bark on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, January 12, 2022
White resupinate polypore mushroom on bark of a fallen pine branch near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 7, 2022
White resupinate polypore mushroom on thin bark of a fallen pine branch near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 7, 2022
White resupinate polypore mushroom on bark of a fallen pine branch exuding water droplets near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 7, 2022
Close-up of white resupinate polypore mushroom on bark of a fallen pine branch near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 7, 2022
Spores of white resupinate polypore mushroom from pine bark collected a day before near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 8, 2022
Tissues (in Congo Red solution) of white resupinate polypore mushroom from bark of a fallen pine branch, collected on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, July 23, 2022
Spores of white resupinate polypore mushroom from bark of a fallen pine branch, collected 2 days before near Caney Creek in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, July 25, 2022
White resupinate polypore mushroom on bark of a fallen pine branch on Four Notch Loop Trail of Sam Houston National Forest near Huntsville. Texas, July 26, 2022
Fresh growth of white resupinate polypore mushroom on bark of a fallen pine branch on Four Notch Loop Trail of Sam Houston National Forest near Huntsville. Texas, July 26, 2022
Close-up of white resupinate polypore mushroom on bark of a fallen pine branch on Four Notch Loop Trail of Sam Houston National Forest near Huntsville. Texas, July 26, 2022
Mature white resupinate polypore mushroom on bark of a fallen pine branch on Four Notch Loop Trail of Sam Houston National Forest near Huntsville. Texas, July 26, 2022
White resupinate polypore mushroom growing through cracks in bark of a fallen pine branch on Four Notch Loop Trail of Sam Houston National Forest near Huntsville. Texas, July 26, 2022
Orange resupinate polypore mushroom Fibroporia radiculosa on side surface of a pine log without bark on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, August 14, 2022
Wrinkled crust corticioid fungus Gloeoporus ambiguus (Meruliopsis ambigua) on thin bark of a fallen pine branch on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, September 3, 2022
Black sporangia of slime mold Brefeldia maxima on a pine log without bark on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, October 8, 2022
Spores from old dry mature slime mold Stemonitis fusca(?) from a pine log without bark, collected on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, October 8, 2022
Pine without bark fallen across a trail with mushrooms Chromosera cyanophylla on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, January 22, 2023
Flat green moss on surface of a large pine log without bark in wet area on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, February 19, 2023
Growth of flat green moss on surface of a large pine log without bark in wet area on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, February 19, 2023
Close-up of flat green moss on surface of a large pine log without bark in wet area on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, February 19, 2023
Rhizomorphs of corticioid fungus Phlyctibasidium polyporoideum(?) covering fallen pine bark and sweetgum balls on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 9, 2023
Close-up of rhizomorphs of corticioid fungus Phlyctibasidium polyporoideum(?) covering fallen pine bark on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 9, 2023
Polypore mushrooms Vitreoporus dichrous on a fallen oak or pine without bark near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 12, 2023
Mature white resupinate polypore mushroom on bark on upper side of a fallen pine near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 12, 2023
Cross section of mature white resupinate polypore mushroom on bark on upper side of a fallen pine near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 12, 2023
Spores of white resupinate polypore mushroom from bark on upper side of a fallen pine, collected a day before in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 13, 2023
Close-up of common thin grey, bluish crust fungus on wet bark and wood on underside of pine logs near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 3, 2023
Common thin grey, bluish crust fungus on wet bark and wood on underside of pine logs 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 common thin grey, bluish crust fungus from wet bark and wood of pine logs, 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
Tiny black Ascomycete fungus Trichoderma citrinoviride (Hypocrea schweinitzii) on a fallen pine without bark with whitish wood on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, December 17, 2023
Tiny black buttons of Ascomycete fungus Trichoderma citrinoviride (Hypocrea schweinitzii) on a fallen pine without bark on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, December 17, 2023
Close-up of tiny black buttons of Ascomycete fungus Trichoderma citrinoviride (Hypocrea schweinitzii) on a fallen pine without bark on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, December 17, 2023
Texture of tiny black buttons of Ascomycete fungus Trichoderma citrinoviride (Hypocrea schweinitzii) on a fallen pine without bark on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, December 17, 2023
Tiny black buttons of Ascomycete fungus Trichoderma citrinoviride (Hypocrea schweinitzii) on a fallen pine without bark at sunrise on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, December 17, 2023
Close-up of tiny black buttons of Ascomycete fungus Trichoderma citrinoviride (Hypocrea schweinitzii) on a fallen pine without bark at sunrise on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, December 17, 2023
Close-up of tiny black Ascomycete fungus Trichoderma citrinoviride (Hypocrea schweinitzii) on a fallen pine without bark on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, January 27, 2024
Tiny black Ascomycete fungus Trichoderma citrinoviride (Hypocrea schweinitzii) on a fallen pine without bark on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, January 27, 2024
Black Ascomycete fungus Trichoderma citrinoviride (Hypocrea schweinitzii) growing together with Trichaptum on a fallen pine without bark on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, January 27, 2024
Close-up of black Ascomycete fungus Trichoderma citrinoviride (Hypocrea schweinitzii) growing together with Trichaptum on a fallen pine without bark on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, January 27, 2024
Red raspberry slime mold (Tubifera ferruginosa) in bark crevices of a pine stump on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, February 25, 2024
Close-up of red raspberry slime mold (Tubifera ferruginosa) in a bark crevice of a pine stump on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, February 25, 2024
White resupinate polypore mushroom on bark of a fallen pine branch when exposed to regular daylight as well as when illuminated by a 365 nm ultraviolet (UV-A) blacklight near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, August 31, 2024
Close-up of white resupinate polypore mushroom on bark of a fallen pine branch when exposed to regular daylight as well as when illuminated by a 365 nm ultraviolet (UV-A) blacklight near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, August 31, 2024
White resupinate polypore mushroom on bark of a fallen pine on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, October 19, 2024
Entomopathogenic fungus Hirsutella saussurei (teleomorph Ophiocordyceps humbertii) on a paper wasp attached to pine bark, in Watson Rare Native Plant Preserve. Warren, Texas, November 16, 2024
Pine tree damaged by bark beetles on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, January 25, 2025
Gulf of Finland coastline, with shallow waters and glacial boulders. Behind the rocky beach, there is a zone of Common Reed (Phragmites australis), which is ubiquitous along the Neva Bay coast. The trees include Scots Pine (Pinus sylvestris)--the tall conifer with orange bark on the right--and Black Alder or Birch, which are typical for these damp, sandy soils. The pines here are often twisted by the strong westerly winds. Tarkhovka Park near Sestroretsk, west from Saint Petersburg. Russia, October 3, 2025
Light brown corticioid fungus on a large fallen pine without bark near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, October 28, 2025
Texture of light brown corticioid fungus on a large fallen pine without bark 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 light brown corticioid fungus on a large fallen pine without bark near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, October 28, 2025
