Smooth shadow-crust lichen (Hyperphyscia syncolla) on bark of lower branches of old acacia (huisache) between Signature Park 11 apartments and Oil Well near Park Hudson Trail. Bryan, Texas, January 27, 2019
Lichen Dirinaria applanata or may be Physcia on smooth bark of hackberry tree at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 25, 2019
Rosette lichen Dirinaria applanata or may be Physcia on smooth bark of hackberry tree at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 25, 2019
Smooth white bark of Texas madrone on Devils Hall Trail in Pine Spring Canyon. Guadalupe Mountains National Park, Texas, December 28, 2007
Dwarf rosette lichen Physcia neogaea or may be P. aipolia or P. pumilior on smooth bark of hackberry tree at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 25, 2019
Smooth shadow-crust lichen (Hyperphyscia syncolla) on bark of Mexican buckeye (Ungnadia speciosa) in Antique Rose Emporium. Independence, Texas, February 27, 2019
Pyxine lichen on smooth tree bark on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest near Huntsville. Texas, March 2, 2019
Smooth white patch of corticioid fungus Dendrothele candida on bark of a big live oak (Quercus virginiana) in a forest behind the park entrance at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, August 9, 2020
Resupinate polypore mushroom of Fomitiporia punctata complex on smooth bark of a dry branch of black cherry in shade of bushes in prairie in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, November 24, 2020
Various lichens on smooth tree bark on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 26, 2020
Black and grey corticioid (crust) fungus Septobasidium fumigatum(?) on smooth bark of a living elm tree in area of Winters Bayou in Sam Houston National Forest, east from Waverly. Texas, December 5, 2020
Some foliose lichen on a smooth barke of maple(?) in Huntsville State Park. Texas, December 18, 2020
speckled shield lichen (Punctelia)(?) on a smooth barke of maple(?) in Huntsville State Park. Texas, December 18, 2020
Tiny green liverwort on smooth tree bark in Huntsville State Park. Texas, December 18, 2020
Close-up of tiny green liverwort on smooth tree bark in Huntsville State Park. Texas, December 18, 2020
Some golden brown folious lichen on smooth bark of alder(?) near Chornaya River near Dibuny, north-west from Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 5, 2021
Close-up of some golden brown folious lichen on smooth bark of alder(?) near Dibuny, north-west from Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 5, 2021
White corticioid fungus at the base of a tree with smooth bark in wet area near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 7, 2022
Vibrant, neon-yellow to chartreuse color and the powdery, granular texture (described as "leprose," meaning it lacks a smooth outer "skin" or cortex) of gold dust lichen (Chrysothrix xanthina) on bark of a tree on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, January 6, 2026
