Unfolding leaves of bracken fern (Pteridium aquilinum) on Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest west from Richards. Texas, April 9, 2019
Sunken button lichen (Buellia spuria) on a marble tomb in Boonville Cemetery. Bryan, Texas, January 27, 2019
Green folious lichen on an iron foot bridge across the bayou in area of Winters Bayou in Sam Houston National Forest, east from Waverly. Texas, February 23, 2019
Flowers and young leaves of redbud tree (Cercis canadensis) in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, February 27, 2019
False Turkey Tail mushrooms (Stereum ostrea) on a fallen oak on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, March 1, 2019
Close up of yellow flowers of common wood sorrel (Oxalis stricta) on Lost Pines Trail in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, March 14, 2019
Rose Pavilion from Ninth Parade Alley in Pavlovsk Park. Pavlovsk, a suburb of Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 16, 2019
Yellow primrose (Primula) in Peter the Great Botanical Garden of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 18, 2019
White flower of Anemone umbrosa 05.16 from G. Yu. in Peter the Great Botanical Garden of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 18, 2019
Brick wall at 11 Krepostnaya Street in old city of Vyborg. Russia, May 24, 2019
Texas leaf cutting ants (Atta texana) with yaupon leaves in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, November 28, 2019
Berries of Possum-haw holly (deciduous yaupon, Ilex decidua) in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, December 8, 2019
Upper view of perennial glasswort (Salicornia virginica) in a salt marsh on Clapper Rail Trail in Galveston Island State Park. Texas, December 20, 2019
Chocolate Vine (Akebia quinata) in Antique Rose Emporium. Independence, Texas, February 27, 2019
Powdery medallion lichen (Dirinaria applanata)(?) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, January 18, 2019
Graphis lichen with orange alga Trentepohlia(?) on an oak in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, January 18, 2019
Fringe lichen (Heterodermia albicans(?)) on acacia (huisache) tree in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, January 23, 2019
Smooth axil-bristle lichen (Myelochroa galbina) on a thin twig of a bush at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 25, 2019
Sunken rim-lichen (Lecanora oreinoides) or may be Aspicilia or Diplotomma on sandstone outcrops in an oak and red cedar forest at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 25, 2019
Gray-white crust fungus Biscogniauxia atropunctata (Hypoxylon atropunctatum) on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Huntsville. Texas, January 26, 2019
Spiderwort (tradescantia) on a meadow in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, February 2, 2019
Orange apothecia of bark sulphur-firedot lichen (Gyalolechia flavorubescens, Caloplaca flavorubescens) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, February 3, 2019
Texture of bark sulphur-firedot lichen (Gyalolechia flavorubescens, Caloplaca flavorubescens) on a hackberry tree in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, February 3, 2019
Bracket mushrooms Pyrofomes juniperinus (Inonotus juniperinus(?)) on a red cedar tree in Old Independence Cemetery near Independence. Texas, February 10, 2019
Wrinkled loop lichen (Hypotrachyna livida) on an oak(?) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, February 20, 2019
Pale brown Lecanora lichen on an oak in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, February 20, 2019
Felt saddle mushroom (Helvella macropus) under pines on Lone Star Hiking Trail south from Stubblefield Campground in Sam Houston National Forest. Huntsville, Texas, February 23, 2019
Flower buds of red buckeye (Southern buckeye, Aesculus pavia) in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, February 27, 2019
Parmotrema together with loop lichen (Hypotrachyna)(?) on a tree on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, March 1, 2019
Jew s ear mushroom (Auricularia auricula-judae complex) on a fallen oak on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, March 1, 2019
Carpet of leaves of violet woodsorrel (Oxalis violacea) on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, March 1, 2019
White fringe lichen (Heterodermia albicans) on an oak on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, March 1, 2019
Common Pellia liverwort (Pellia epiphylla)(?) on a fallen mossy pine on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest near Huntsville. Texas, March 2, 2019
Aecia of mayapple rust fungus Allodus podophylli (Puccinia podophylli) on underside of leaves of May apple (Podophyllum peltatum) on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest near Huntsville. Texas, March 2, 2019
Blooming sweetleaf (Symplocos tinctoria) in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, March 10, 2019
Red buckeye (Southern buckeye, Aesculus pavia) in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, March 17, 2019
White clover (Trifolium repens) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, March 22, 2019
Orange aeciospores of pine-pine gall rust (Endocronartium harknessii, Cronartium harknessii rust fungus) on Four Notch Loop Trail of Sam Houston National Forest near Huntsville. Texas, March 23, 2019
Blue-eyed grass (Sisyrinchium) on Four Notch Loop Trail of Sam Houston National Forest near Huntsville. Texas, March 23, 2019
Twoheaded water-starwort (Callitriche heterophylla) floating a drying pool on Raccoon Run Trail in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, March 26, 2019
Female flowers and fruits of Houston Meadow-rue (Thalictrum texanum) with a bluet for comparison in open area left from the gate in Washington Cemetery. Washington, Texas, March 27, 2019
Houston Meadow-rue (Thalictrum texanum) with field madder near the border in Washington Cemetery. Washington, Texas, March 27, 2019
Leaf spots fungi(?) on underside of leaves of yaupon holly taken from Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest near Huntsville. Texas, March 30, 2019
Old tombs in Historic Independence Cemetery near Independence. Texas, March 31, 2019
Young leaves of bracken fern (Pteridium aquilinum) on Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest west from Richards. Texas, April 9, 2019
Fiddleheads of bracken fern (Pteridium aquilinum) on Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest west from Richards. Texas, April 9, 2019
Texture of dog vomit slime mold (Fuligo septica) on a log on Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest west from Richards. Texas, April 9, 2019
Flowers of hairy fleabane (Erigeron pulchellus)(?) on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Huntsville. Texas, April 16, 2019
Prostrate plants of monkey jump-up (Mecardonia procumbens) on a lawn in Bee Creek Park. College Station, Texas, April 17, 2019
Small disk apothecia of ascomycete mushrooms Phaeohelotium epiphyllum (Hymenoscyphus epiphyllus) on wet leaves in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, April 20, 2019
Twin flowers of partridge berry (Mitchella repens) in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, April 20, 2019
False dandelion (Pyrrhopappus carolinianus) in Wolf Pen Creek Park. College Station, Texas, April 24, 2019
Disk-shaped apothecia of maritime sunburst lichen (Xanthoria parietina) on a dry trunk of mountain ash on Svetlanovsky Prospect. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 7, 2019
Flower of stitchwort (Stellaria) in Sobstvennaya Dacha Park. Old Peterhof, west from Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 17, 2019
Stone head and a spring in Sergievka Park. Old Peterhof, west from Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 17, 2019
Giant white wakerobin (Trillium albidum, Snow Queen ) in Peter the Great Botanical Garden of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 18, 2019
Some dark red flower of lily family in Peter the Great Botanical Garden of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 18, 2019
Blue bugle (Ajuga reptans) in Peter the Great Botanical Garden of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 18, 2019
White anemone flowers in Peter the Great Botanical Garden of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 18, 2019
Blue flower of gentian speedwell (Veronica gentianoides) in Peter the Great Botanical Garden of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 18, 2019
Wood anemone (Anemone nemorosa) in a roadside ditch west from Kavgolovo Lake near Toksovo, north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, May 19, 2019
Blooming red campion (Silene dioica, Melandrium rubrum, Russian name Drioma) near a beach in Sestroretsk, west from Saint Petersburg. Russia, May 20, 2019
Young sheathed woodtuft mushrooms (Kuehneromyces mutabilis, Pholiota mutabilis) on a roadside stump near Lenin Trail in area of Razliv near Dibuny, north-west from Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 21, 2019
Fallen female willow catkin near Lenin Trail in area of Razliv near Dibuny, north-west from Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 21, 2019
Pointed leaves and purple flowers of spring vetchling (Lathyrus vernus) near Lenin Trail in area of Razliv, north-west from Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 21, 2019
Makeshift storage houses at 6 Okruzhnaya Street in Vyborg. Russia, May 24, 2019
Song of Vainamoinen sculpture below granite cliffs in Monrepos Park in Vyborg. Russia, May 24, 2019
Some grey folios lichen at the foot of granite cliffs in Monrepos Park in Vyborg. Russia, May 24, 2019
Diploschistes lichen on granite in Monrepos Park in Vyborg. Russia, May 24, 2019
Green Cladonia(?) lichen at the base of a pine below cliffs in Monrepos Park in Vyborg. Russia, May 24, 2019
Yellowish dust-like lichen Trapeliopsis(?) at the foot of granite cliffs in Monrepos Park in Vyborg. Russia, May 24, 2019
Texture of star-tipped reindeer lichen (Cladonia stellaris) in Kannelyarvi, 45 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, May 25, 2019
Fairy cap mushrooms Mycena silvae-nigrae on a rotten stump in Sosnovka Park. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 27, 2019
Iron sculpure Skull of Adam (2018) by Konstantin Benkovich in Erarta Museum of Contemporary Art. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 29, 2019
Pink flowers of azalea (Rhododendron) in Peter the Great Botanical Garden of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 3, 2019
Buttercup flowers (Ranunculus) in Peter the Great Botanical Garden of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 3, 2019
Bright red azalea (Rhododendron) in Peter the Great Botanical Garden of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 3, 2019
False coral mushrooms (Tremellodendron schweinitzii, Sebacina schweinitzii) on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest near Huntsville. Texas, June 7, 2019
Entomopathogenic fungus Beauveria bassiana (anamorph of Cordyceps bassiana) on a paper wasp collected during a mushroom walk on a property at 5369 Farm to Market Road 770 near Kountze. Texas, June 8, 2019
Pink flowers of tephrosia in dew in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, June 9, 2019
Sunken bloodspot lichen (Haematomma persoonii) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, June 17, 2019
Pinkgill mushrooms Entoloma strictius var. isabellinum in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, June 18, 2019
Foliose lichens on a fallen oak twig in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, June 18, 2019
Octopus-like palmetto lichen (Ramalina celastri) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, June 18, 2019
Close up of grass pink orchid (Calopogon tuberosus) in Watson Rare Native Plant Preserve. Warren, Texas, June 22, 2019
Meadow pink (Sabatia campestris) on Pitcher Plant Trail in Big Thicket National Preserve. Warren, Texas, June 22, 2019
Pinewood gingertail mushrooms (Xeromphalina campanella) on a fallen tree in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, June 26, 2019
Pale violet brittlegill (Russula) mushrooms in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, June 28, 2019
Red brittlegill mushrooms (Russula) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, June 30, 2019
Jelly fungus Tremella fuciformis on a twig on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, July 4, 2019
Brown corticioid mushroom on rotting wood on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, July 4, 2019
Pattern of corticioid form of mushroom Trichaptum fuscoviolaceum on a fallen pine branch on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, July 4, 2019
Brittlegill mushrooms Russula parvovirescens in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, July 5, 2019
Aureoboletus auriporus mushroom in Hensel Park. College Station, Texas, July 8, 2019
Dissected Aureoboletus auriporus mushroom in Hensel Park. College Station, Texas, July 8, 2019
Dark grey bolete mushrooms Tylopilus griseocarneus in Hensel Park. College Station, Texas, July 8, 2019
Close up of sharp wing monkeyflower (Mimulus alatus) in a small dry sandy creek on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, August 18, 2019
Scaly sawgill mushrooms (Neolentinus lepideus) in dew on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, August 31, 2019
Water drops, or guttation of scaly sawgill mushrooms (Neolentinus lepideus) on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, August 31, 2019