 Glossy black Hypoxylon fungus on a dry elm tree on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 31, 2021
 Details of glossy black Hypoxylon fungus on a dry elm tree on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 31, 2021
 Close-up of Hypoxylon fungus on a dry elm tree on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 31, 2021
 Black Hypoxylon fungus on a dry tree on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, January 30, 2021
 Close-up of black Hypoxylon fungus on a fallen twig on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, January 30, 2021
 Some black Daldinia like fungus growing on Hypoxylon crust on a rotting tree on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, September 26, 2021
 Cross section of some black Daldinia like fungus growing on Hypoxylon crust on a fallen tree on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, September 26, 2021
 Hypoxylon fungus from a dry standing elm tree on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 31, 2021
 Masses of Hypoxylon fungus on a dry elm tree on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 31, 2021
 Beech woodwart fungus (Hypoxylon fragiforme(?)) on a dry elm tree near the creek on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 31, 2021
 Texture of beech woodwart fungus (Hypoxylon fragiforme(?)) on a dry elm tree on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 31, 2021
 Some black and may be slightly blue-green Sordariomycetes growing over Hypoxylon, may be a mycoparasitic fungus Chlorostroma, showing ostioles on a cut surface, found on a fallen tree on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, October 21, 2021
 Black spots of Hypoxylon fungus on a fallen twig on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, January 30, 2021
 Resupinate polypore mushroom growing over black Hypoxylon patch on a fallen tree branch on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, January 30, 2021
 Close-up of beech woodwart fungus (Hypoxylon fragiforme) on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, October 30, 2021
 Close-up of black corticioid (crust) fungus on a fallen tree on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 26, 2020
 Pink resupinate polypore mushroom together with black Hypoxylon crust on an oak twig on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, March 7, 2021
 Almost black corticioid (crust) fungus Chaetosphaerella phaeostroma on a fallen elm tree on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, March 7, 2021
 Texture of black crust fungus Chaetosphaerella phaeostroma on a fallen elm tree on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, March 7, 2021
 Surface of old black crust fungus Chaetosphaerella phaeostroma on a fallen elm tree on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, March 7, 2021
 Black powdery corticioid fungus Chaetosphaerella phaeostroma on a fallen tree on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, June 13, 2021
 Texture of black powdery corticioid fungus Chaetosphaerella phaeostroma on a fallen tree on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, June 13, 2021
 Close-up of beech woodwart fungus (Hypoxylon fragiforme) on a fallen twig on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, February 5, 2023
 Crust fungus Hypoxylon rubiginosum(?) on a fallen tree branch on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 26, 2020
 Beech woodwart fungus (Hypoxylon fragiforme) on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, October 30, 2021
 Texture of beech woodwart fungus (Hypoxylon fragiforme) on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, October 30, 2021
 Section of beech woodwart fungus (Hypoxylon fragiforme) on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, October 30, 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
 Beech woodwart fungus (Hypoxylon fragiforme) on a fallen twig on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, March 7, 2021
 Close-up of rusty brown spots of corticioid fungus Hypoxylon fuscum or may be Virgariella on dry stems of Chinese privet(?) on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, March 10, 2024
 Close-up of thin yellow crust of corticioid fungus Hypoxylon rubiginosum around tunnels of bark beetles on an elm log in wet area on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 16, 2023
 Details of beech woodwart fungus (Hypoxylon fragiforme) on a fallen twig on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, March 7, 2021
 Beech woodwart fungus (Hypoxylon fragiforme) together with Stereum on a fallen branch on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, October 30, 2021
 Close-up of gills of brittlestem mushrooms Homophron spadiceum (Psathyrella spadicea) in front of a mouse burrow in an old elm tree on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 31, 2021
 Beech woodwart fungus (Hypoxylon fragiforme) together with folious lichen and Stereum on a fallen branch on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, October 30, 2021
 Some black crust fungus on a fallen tree branch on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 26, 2020
 Black corticioid (crust) fungus on a fallen tree on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 26, 2020
 Close-up of black jelly roll fungus (Exidia glandulosa) on a fallen elm(?) on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, January 12, 2020
 Velvety brown crust of fungus Virgariella (mitosporic stage of Hypoxylon fuscum) on a fallen twig at Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, March 13, 2021
 Velvety brown corticioid fungus Virgariella (mitosporic stage of Hypoxylon fuscum) on a fallen twig at Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, March 13, 2021
 Mushrooms Xeromphalina cauticinalis on black background on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 23, 2021
 Close-up of yellow corticioid fungus from a fallen elm tree on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 9, 2023
 Small mushrooms Xeromphalina cauticinalis on black background on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 23, 2021
 Close-up of mushrooms Entoloma parasiticum(?) on a fallen elm with black Hypoxylon canker fungus on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, September 17, 2020
 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
 Crust fungus Hypoxylon together with Hymenochaetopsis(?) on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, September 19, 2020
 Crust fungus Hypoxylon rubiginosum(?) on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, August 31, 2019
 Close-up of elbowpatch crust fungus (Fomitiporia punctata)(?) on a fallen tree on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, July 13, 2022
 Close-up of frothy porecrust fungus (Oxyporus latemarginatus) on a mossy tree in wet area on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 1, 2022
 Close-up of eyelash fungus Scutellinia superba on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 11, 2021
 Close-up of eyelash fungus Scutellinia superba on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 11, 2021
 Close-up of yellow hydnoid fungus on underside of a log on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, January 17, 2021
 Close-up of a rotting tree with a timber mushroom Inonotus andersonii on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, September 11, 2021
 Close-up of multigoblet slime mold (Metatrichia vesparia) on a tree on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, June 13, 2021
 Details of corticioid fungus Hypoxylon rubiginosum(?) on a log on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 26, 2020
 Texture of corticioid fungus Hypoxylon rubiginosum(?) on a log on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 26, 2020
 Fungus Hypoxylon rubiginosum(?) on rotting wood on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, September 14, 2019
 Fungus Hypoxylon rubiginosum(?) on rotting wood on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, August 31, 2019
 Close-up of fungus Melogramma gyrosum on bark of a fallen oak on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 10, 2020
 Close-up of some dark blue and brown corticioid fungus on an oak log on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 2, 2023
 Close-up of white corticioid fungus on hardened wood of an oak log on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 18, 2023
 Close-up of pores of frothy porecrust fungus (Oxyporus latemarginatus) on a mossy tree in wet area on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 1, 2022
 Black scratches on pore surface of a bracket polypore mushroom Ganoderma applanatum on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 31, 2021
 Close-up of fungus Helicogloea compressa on rotting wood on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 28, 2021
 Close-up of jelly rot fungus (Phlebia tremellosa) on a fallen oak on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 28, 2021
 Close-up of pixie-hair lichen (Coenogonium implexum) at the base of a tree on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 11, 2021
 Flat purple Hypoxylon fungus on a fallen branch on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 26, 2020
 Crust fungus Hypoxylon rubiginosum(?) on rotting wood on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, August 31, 2019
 Crust fungus Hypoxylon together with Hymenochaetopsis(?) on a fallen branch on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, September 19, 2020
 Close-up of amber jelly fungus (Exidia recisa) on a twig on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 20, 2020
 Close-up of orange corticioid fungus Xenasmatella vaga(?) on wet oak wood on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 2, 2023
 Close-up of velvety light brown crust of a fungus at the base of a fallen small elm tree on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 16, 2023
 Beech woodwart fungus (Hypoxylon fragiforme) on a fallen twig on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, February 5, 2023
 Close-up of white cyphelloid fungus on a wet pine log (horizontal size corresponds to 18 mm) on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, January 30, 2021
 Close-up of light yellow corticioid fungus covering large area on a fallen tree branch on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 26, 2020
 Close-up of corticioid fungus Leucogyrophana mollusca on a lower side of a thick wet pine log on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 2, 2023
 Tiny bracket polypore mushroom on a fallen tree on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 12, 2021
 Pink resupinate polypore mushroom Rigidoporus vinctus (Physisporinus vinctus)(?) with some old black fungus on a fallen elm tree on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, February 25, 2023
 Close-up of black mushroom Annulohypoxylon annulatum(?) on an oak log on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, October 30, 2022
 Pinkish porous crust fungus on a fallen oak on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 12, 2021
 Bulbous honey fungus (Armillaria gallica) on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 12, 2021
 Bracket polypore mushrooms Fomitella supina on a dry standing elm tree on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 23, 2021
 Leaf-like jelly fungus Phaeotremella frondosa on a fallen tree branch on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, August 6, 2021
 Leafy jelly fungus Tremella fuciformis on a small fallen tree on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 7, 2021
 Jelly fungus Silver Ear (Tremella fuciformis) on a small fallen tree on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 7, 2021
 Whitewash fungus Xylodon sambuci (Hyphodontia sambuci)(?) on fallen twigs and a black corticioid fungus Chaetosphaerella phaeostroma on a fallen tree limb on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, January 12, 2020
 Rusty brown spots of corticioid fungus Hypoxylon fuscum or may be Virgariella on dry stems of Chinese privet(?) on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, March 10, 2024
 Velvety brown crust of fungus Virgariella (mitosporic stage of Hypoxylon fuscum) on a fallen twig on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 16, 2022
 Growth of tiny puffs of anamorph (asexual stage) of crust fungus Hypoxylon rubiginosum(?) on an elm log in wet area on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 16, 2023
 Thin yellow crust of corticioid fungus Hypoxylon rubiginosum around tunnels of bark beetles on an elm log in wet area on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 16, 2023
 Tiny soft granules of anamorph (asexual stage) of crust fungus Hypoxylon rubiginosum(?) on an elm log in wet area on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 16, 2023
 Close-up of Ascomycete mushrooms Hyalorbilia inflatula (Orbilia inflatula) on a trunk of a fallen elm with black Hypoxylon canker fungus on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, September 17, 2020
 Light brown corticioid fungus Hyphoderma leoninum(?) on a fallen oak(?) on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 12, 2021
 Close up of blue mould caused by fungus Penicillium italicum on a fallen and rotting fruit of trifoliate orange on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 1, 2019
 Black rat snake in dry leaves near the creek on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 20, 2021
 Close up of Hypoxylon rubiginosum(?) crust fungus on underside of a piece of wood on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest, near Huntsville. Texas, June 9, 2018
 Brown gelatinous lobes of jelly fungus Phaeotremella frondosa on a fallen tree branch on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, August 6, 2021
 Texture of rusty brown spots of corticioid fungus Hypoxylon fuscum or may be Virgariella on dry stems of Chinese privet(?) on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, March 10, 2024
 Details of thin yellow crust of corticioid fungus Hypoxylon rubiginosum around tunnels of bark beetles on an elm log in wet area on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 16, 2023
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