 Tissues of brown Ascomycete fungus Plicaria carbonaria from campfire, in Congo red, collected in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 7, 2022
 Structures of tissue of brown Ascomycete fungus Plicaria carbonaria from campfire, collected in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 7, 2022
 Brown cup (Ascomycete) fungus Plicaria carbonaria from campfire site near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 7, 2022
 Round spores with coarse, blunt, wart-like spines of cup fungus Plicaria carbonaria collected near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, August 31, 2022
 Spores of cup fungus Plicaria carbonaria under a microscope at low magnification collected near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, August 31, 2022
 Ascomycete fungus Plicaria carbonaria on a bonfire place on a sandy bottom of a dried creek near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, August 31, 2022
 Spores (in lugol) of Ascomycete fungus Plicaria carbonaria from burned soil, collected a day before in Lake Bryan Park. College Station, Texas, May 10, 2024
 Tissues of cup fungus Plicaria carbonaria under a microscope with x40 objective, collected near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, August 31, 2022
 Round spores (in lugol) from a sample with Ascomycete fungus Orbilia(?) from burned oak collected near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, February 21, 2023
 Round spores (in Melzer) from a sample with Ascomycete fungus Orbilia(?) from burned oak collected near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, February 21, 2023
 Asci with spores of Ascomycete fungus Plicaria carbonaria collected in Lake Bryan Park. Bryan, Texas, May 9, 2024
 Asci with spores (in KOH, at low magnification) of Ascomycete fungus Plicaria carbonaria collected in Lake Bryan Park. Bryan, Texas, May 9, 2024
 Asci and spores (at low magnification) of Ascomycete fungus Plicaria carbonaria collected in Lake Bryan Park. Bryan, Texas, May 9, 2024
 Asci with spores (at low magnification) of Ascomycete fungus Plicaria carbonaria collected in Lake Bryan Park. Bryan, Texas, May 9, 2024
 Small brown cup of fungus Plicaria carbonaria on a bonfire place on a sandy bottom of a dried creek near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, August 31, 2022
 Immature spherical ascus (without spores) of Ascomycete truffle mushroom Tuber(?) under a microscope (x100 objective) in Congo Red dye, collected on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 9, 2023
 Apophyses and spores of Ascomycete fungus Hyaloscypha britannica under a microscope, collected in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 7, 2022
 Ascus and asco spores(?) inside a round chasmothecia of powdery mildew fungus Erysiphe trifoliorum(?) under microscope, collected from bur clover in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, April 18, 2022
 Small cup fungus Plicaria carbonaria on a bonfire place on a sandy bottom of a dried creek near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, August 31, 2022
 Close-up of small cup fungus Plicaria carbonaria on a bonfire place on a sandy bottom of a dried creek near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, August 31, 2022
 Spores of cup fungus Plicaria carbonaria from burned soil, collected a day before in Lake Bryan Park. Texas, May 10, 2024
 Round spores inside asci of Ascomycete fungus Trichoderma citrinoviride (Hypocrea schweinitzii) from a fallen pine, collected on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, December 17, 2023
 Spores (x100 objective) of Ascomycete fungus Orbilia(?) from burned oak collected near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, February 21, 2023
 Spores (at low magnification, x40 objective) of Ascomycete fungus Orbilia(?) from burned oak collected near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, February 21, 2023
 Apophyses of Ascomycete fungus Hyaloscypha britannica under a microscope, collected in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 7, 2022
 Tissues of Ascomycete fungus Hyaloscypha britannica under a microscope at low magnification, collected in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 7, 2022
 Tissues of tiny orange Ascomycete fungus Orbilia(?) from the same oak log as 1/19/2022, collected on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, March 2, 2022
 Tissues of Ascomycete fungus Hyaloscypha britannica in iodine solution under a microscope at very low magnification, collected in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 7, 2022
 Tissues of Ascomycete fungus Hyaloscypha britannica in iodine solution under a microscope at low magnification, collected in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 7, 2022
 Asci of tiny orange Ascomycete fungus Orbilia(?) under microscope from the same oak log as 1/19/2022, collected on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, March 2, 2022
 Spores of a small orange Ascomycete fungus Anthracobia tristis or may be A. maurilabra collected 1/26/2022 from a bonfire site on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, January 26, 2022
 Asci of tiny orange Ascomycete fungus Orbilia(?) at lower magnification from the same oak log as 1/19/2022, collected on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, March 2, 2022
 Spores of brown-toothed crust fungus (Hydnoporia olivacea) collected a day before on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, October 31, 2022
 Conidia (in Melzer) from soft light brown anamorph (asexual stage) of fungus Hypoxylon rubiginosum together with spores of some Ascomycete, collected a day before in Sam Houston National Forest near Richards. Texas, April 3, 2023
 Spores of rust fungus Coleosporium elephantopodis collected in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, June 2, 2022
 Spores of rust fungus Coleosporium elephantopodis collected in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, June 18, 2022
 Spores of rust fungus Coleosporium elephantopodis at low magnification collected in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, June 2, 2022
 Spores of a white Amanita like mushroom without KOH or iodine solution (spore print brown) collected a day before near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 8, 2022
 Spores of a bolete mushroom Suillus decipiens (spore print brown) at low magnification, collected a day before on Forest Service Road 231 near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 8, 2022
 Spores of a fungus Rhizopogon roseolus collected 2 meters from bonfire, in iodine solution, in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 7, 2022
 Spores of mushrooms Pseudosperma rimosum (spore print light brown) from muddy area collected near Caney Creek in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, August 21, 2022
 Spores (in Melzer) of Ascomycete fungus Catinella olivacea (could be contaminated by other spores) collected in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest a day before. Texas, May 1, 2023
 Spores of mushrooms Pseudosperma rimosum (spore print light brown) from muddy area under a microscope at low magnification, collected near Caney Creek in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, August 21, 2022
 Some round structures of slime mold Tubifera dimorphotheca in iodine solution under a microscope, collected in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 7, 2022
 Spores of small Mycena or Gymnopus mushrooms with brown caps collected in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 4, 2022
 Chasmothecia with ascus and asco spores(?) of powdery mildew fungus Erysiphe trifoliorum(?) under microscope at low magnification, collected from bur clover in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, April 18, 2022
 Details of chasmothecia with ascus and asco spores(?) of powdery mildew fungus Erysiphe trifoliorum(?) under microscope, collected from bur clover in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, April 18, 2022
 Chasmothecia with ascus and asco spores (cleistothecia)(?) of powdery mildew fungus Erysiphe trifoliorum(?) under microscope at very low magnification, collected from bur clover in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, April 18, 2022
 Spores of corticioid fungus Gloeoporus ambiguus (Meruliopsis ambigua) from a fallen pine branch collected near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery a day before. Texas, August 21, 2022
 Dark violet cups of Ascomycete fungus Plicaria carbonaria on burned soil under juniper trees near the lake in Lake Bryan Park. Bryan, Texas, May 9, 2024
 Spores of a bolete mushroom Xanthoconium purpureum (spore print light brown) collected in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, August 28, 2022
 Spores of small Lepiota or Leucocoprinus mushrooms, light brown with dark center, collected in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 4, 2022
 Close-up of dark violet cups of Ascomycete fungus Plicaria carbonaria on burned soil under juniper trees near the lake in Lake Bryan Park. Bryan, Texas, May 9, 2024
 Dark violet cups of Ascomycete fungus Plicaria carbonaria with charcoal on burned soil under juniper trees near the lake in Lake Bryan Park. Bryan, Texas, May 9, 2024
 Spores of mushrooms Buchwaldoboletus hemichrysus (spore print olive brown) collected near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, August 31, 2022
 Basidia and spores of web mold fungus Syzygites megalocarpus collected on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, September 18, 2022
 Dark cup of Ascomycete fungus Plicaria carbonaria and orange cups of Anthracobia tristis on burned soil under juniper trees near the lake in Lake Bryan Park. Bryan, Texas, May 9, 2024
 Close-up of dark violet cups of Ascomycete fungus Plicaria carbonaria with charcoal on burned soil under juniper trees near the lake in Lake Bryan Park. Bryan, Texas, May 9, 2024
 Orange Ascomycete fungus Anthracobia tristis and larger cups of Plicaria carbonaria on burned soil under juniper trees near the lake in Lake Bryan Park. Bryan, Texas, May 9, 2024
 Spores of Agaricus mushroom with pink gills from floodplain, in KOH (spore print dark brown), collected in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 4, 2022
 Spores of bolete mushroom Porphyrellus sordidus from wet area (spore print dark brown) collected in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, August 28, 2022
 Basidia and spores of web mold fungus Syzygites megalocarpus at low magnification, collected on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, September 18, 2022
 Spores of small orange cap bolete mushrooms Boletus subfraternus (spore print olive-brown) collected in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, June 6, 2022
 Spores of a light brown young Amanita mushroom (same as malformed) collected a day before on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 11, 2022
 Finely pimply-verrucose spores of bolete mushrooms Austroboletus subflavidus (spore print brown) collected near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, August 31, 2022
 Tissues (at low magnification) of Ascomycete fungus Orbilia(?) from burned oak collected near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, February 20, 2023
 Tissues (in Congo Red) of Ascomycete fungus Orbilia(?) from burned oak collected near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, February 20, 2023
 Tissues of Ascomycete fungus Orbilia(?) and some spore from burned oak collected near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, February 20, 2023
 Tissues of a cup (at low magnification) of Ascomycete fungus Orbilia(?) from burned oak collected near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, February 20, 2023
 Spores (in KOH) of Ascomycete fungus Catinella olivacea collected in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest a day before. Texas, May 1, 2023
 Spores of fungus Hypomyces on Boletus subfraternis under a microscope with x40 objective, collected in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, August 28, 2022
 Spores of star fibrecap mushrooms (Inocybe asterospora)(?) (spore print brown) collected on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 29, 2022
 Spores of small Entoloma mushrooms (spore print light brown) collected on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, September 14, 2022
 Spores of Ascomycete fungus Galiella rufa collected in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, April 30, 2023
 Spores of white poria fungus Skeletocutis nivea on a fallen tree branch collected a day before on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, September 19, 2022
 Spores of orange and brown brittlestem mushrooms (Psathyrella) (spore print brown) collected in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, September 3, 2022
 Spores of bolete mushrooms Austroboletus subflavidus (in KOH, spore print dark is rusty brown) collected in Pole Creek area of Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 16, 2022
 Spores of slime mold Brefeldia maxima from mature olive-brown sporangia in KOH, collected on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, October 8, 2022
 Spores of corticioid fungus Coniophora olivacea from a fallen barkless pine or may be oak branch, collected two days before on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, September 16, 2022
 Asci with spores of Ascomycete fungus Catinella olivacea, collected in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, April 30, 2023
 Spores of Ascomycete fungus Galiella rufa at low magnification, collected in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, April 30, 2023
 Spores of some rust fungus from underside of leaves of jumpseed (knotweed, Persicaria virginiana) collected in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, July 3, 2022
 Brown Ascomycete fungus Anthracobia maurilabra(?) on an old bonfire on a forest cutting on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, March 11, 2020
 Tiny Ascomycete fungus Hyaloscypha britannica on underside of a pine log on Forest Service Road 231 near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 7, 2022
 Spores of frothy porecrust fungus (Oxyporus latemarginatus) collected on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 1, 2022
 Spores of deer shield mushrooms (Pluteus cervinus) (spore print light brown) in KOH solution, collected on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, July 13, 2022
 Asci of tiny white Ascomycete fungus from a fallen willow oak leaf (no pictures of fungus were taken), collected in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, May 5, 2023
 Asci with spores at low mafnification of Ascomycete fungus Catinella olivacea, collected in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, April 30, 2023
 Asci, spores and paraphyses of Ascomycete fungus Catinella olivacea, collected in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, April 30, 2023
 Spores of some rust fungus from underside of leaves of jumpseed (knotweed, Persicaria virginiana) at low magnification, collected in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, July 3, 2022
 Spores of a brown polypore mushroom with flexible caps from hardwood, may be beech, collected a day before in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 26, 2023
 Spores of brown-staining cheese polypore mushrooms (Fuscopostia fragilis) collected a day before in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 26, 2023
 Spores of light brown resupinate polypore mushrooms Perenniporia tenuis(?) collected a day before in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 26, 2023
 Spores of deer shield mushrooms (Pluteus cervinus) (spore print light brown) in iodine solution, collected on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, July 13, 2022
 Spores (in Congo Red, at low magnification) of fungus Leucogloe compressa from pine log (no pictures of the fungus were taken), collected near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, February 6, 2023
 Spores of a small pinkgill (Entoloma) mushroom collected in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, June 2, 2022
 Spores of mushrooms Callistosporium luteo-olivaceum collected in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, June 2, 2022
 Tissues and spores of a small orange cap bolete mushroom Boletus subfraternus infected by Hypomyces fungus collected in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, June 6, 2022
 Spores of white corticioid fungus from palmetto leaf (may be contaminated by other spores) collected 9/28/2024 on Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, October 3, 2024
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