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3378-27. 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, 2023Similar picturesLarge thumbnails | Use small thumbnails | View as slideshow |
 White rhizomorphs of corticioid fungus Phlyctibasidium polyporoideum(?) covering fallen pine cones and sweetgum balls on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 9, 2023  White rhizomorphs of corticioid fungus Phlyctibasidium polyporoideum(?) covering fallen pine cones and sweetgum balls unearthed by hogs from fallen pine needles 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  Close-up of rhizomorphs of corticioid fungus Phlyctibasidium polyporoideum(?) covering a fallen pine cone on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 9, 2023  White rhizomorphs of corticioid fungus Phlyctibasidium polyporoideum(?) covering fallen pine cones on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 9, 2023  White strands of rhizomorphs of corticioid fungus Phlyctibasidium polyporoideum(?) covering fallen pine cones on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 9, 2023  White web-like fungus Phlyctibasidium polyporoideum(?) covering a fallen sweetgum seed pod on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 9, 2023  White web-like fungus Phlyctibasidium polyporoideum(?) covering a fallen pine cone on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 9, 2023  Rhizomorphs brown corticioid fungus Phlyctibasidium polyporoideum (Ramaricium polyporoideum) on rotting wood on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 26, 2025  Light brown corticioid fungus Phlyctibasidium polyporoideum (Ramaricium polyporoideum) on rotting wood on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 26, 2025  Light brown corticioid fungus Phlyctibasidium polyporoideum (Ramaricium polyporoideum) on decomposing wood on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 26, 2025  Close-up of light brown corticioid fungus Phlyctibasidium polyporoideum (Ramaricium polyporoideum) on rotting wood on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 26, 2025  Texture of light brown corticioid fungus Phlyctibasidium polyporoideum (Ramaricium polyporoideum) on rotting wood on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 26, 2025  Brown corticioid fungus Phlyctibasidium polyporoideum (Ramaricium polyporoideum)(?) on bark of a sweetgum tree on Winters Bayou Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Cleveland, Texas, August 22, 2020  Spores of corticioid fungus Phlyctibasidium polyporoideum (Ramaricium polyporoideum) collected 3 days before on South Wilderness Loop Trail at Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest. Montgomery County, Texas, May 5, 2026  Corticioid fungus Trechispora polyporoidea (also currently known as Phlyctibasidium polyporoideum or Ramaricium polyporoideum) on wet dark brown rotting wood on South Wilderness Loop Trail at Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest. Montgomery County, Texas, May 2, 2026  Texture of yellow corticioid fungus from a fallen elm tree, on soil mixed with bark and sand, on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 9, 2023  Texture of corticioid fungus Trechispora polyporoidea (also currently known as Phlyctibasidium polyporoideum or Ramaricium polyporoideum) on wet dark brown rotting wood on South Wilderness Loop Trail at Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest. Montgomery County, Texas, May 2, 2026  Hyphae of corticioid fungus Trechispora polyporoidea (also currently known as Phlyctibasidium polyporoideum or Ramaricium polyporoideum) on wet dark brown rotting wood on South Wilderness Loop Trail at Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest. Montgomery County, Texas, May 2, 2026  Yellow corticioid fungus from roots of uprooted and fallen thin elm, on soil mixed with bark and sand, on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 9, 2023  Rhizomorphic margin of corticioid fungus Trechispora polyporoidea (also currently known as Phlyctibasidium polyporoideum or Ramaricium polyporoideum) on dark brown rotting wood on South Wilderness Loop Trail at Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest. Montgomery County, Texas, May 2, 2026  Fimbriate margin of corticioid fungus Trechispora polyporoidea (also currently known as Phlyctibasidium polyporoideum or Ramaricium polyporoideum) on wet dark brown rotting wood on South Wilderness Loop Trail at Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest. Montgomery County, Texas, May 2, 2026  Corticioid fungus Trechispora polyporoidea (also currently known as Phlyctibasidium polyporoideum or Ramaricium polyporoideum) under a hardwood log, with sterile, bright white margin that is fimbriate and strongly rhizomorphic, on South Wilderness Loop Trail at Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest. Montgomery County, Texas, May 2, 2026  Corticioid fungus Trechispora polyporoidea (also currently known as Phlyctibasidium polyporoideum or Ramaricium polyporoideum) under a hardwood log. The close-up photo clearly shows the thick, membranous to leathery texture with a grayish-yellow fertile area. on South Wilderness Loop Trail at Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest. Montgomery County, Texas, May 2, 2026  Brown corticioid fungus Phlyctibasidium polyporoideum (Ramaricium polyporoideum)(?) with green moss on bark of a sycamore tree on Winters Bayou Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Cleveland, Texas, August 22, 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  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  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  Texture 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  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 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  Yellow corticioid fungus from roots of uprooted and fallen thin elm on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 9, 2023  Yellow corticioid fungus Hypoxylon rubiginosum together with is brown anamorph (asexual stage) 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  Cream white 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  Texture of whitish 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 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  Details of light brown 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 light brown corticioid (crust) fungus covering a small leaf on dry fallen branches found on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, July 17, 2022  Spores (in lugol) of yellow corticioid fungus from roots of uprooted and fallen thin elm collected a day before on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 10, 2023  Spores (in Toluidine blue) of yellow corticioid fungus from roots of uprooted and fallen thin elm collected a day before on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 10, 2023  Brown corticioid fungus under a fallen pine on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 15, 2019  Light brown corticioid fungus Phlyctibasidium polyporoideum (Ramaricium polyporoideum) on a fallen fruit of sweetgum collected at mushroom walk of Gulf States Mycological Society. Little Thicket Nature Sanctuary, Cleveland, Texas, November 13, 2021  Web like corticioid fungus Coniophora olivacea(?) under a fallen pine on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 15, 2019  Texture of brown corticioid fungus under a fallen pine on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 15, 2019  Growth of brown corticioid fungus under a fallen pine on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 15, 2019  Corticioid fungus Rosellinia subiculata(?) on fallen sticks on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, February 19, 2023  Brown corticioid fungus with water drops under a fallen pine on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 15, 2019  Close-up of corticioid fungus Rosellinia subiculata(?) on fallen sticks on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, February 19, 2023  White corticioid (crust) fungus Athelia epiphylla on a fallen pine or oak on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, January 12, 2020  Corticioid fungus Penttilamyces olivascens(?) on a fallen barkless pine or may be oak branch on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, September 14, 2022  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  Orange balls of wolf s milk slime mold (Lycogala epidendrum) on a rotting fallen pine on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, June 11, 2021  Brown corticioid fungus 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  Margins of corticioid fungus Penttilamyces olivascens(?) on a fallen barkless pine or may be oak branch on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, September 14, 2022  Texture of corticioid fungus Penttilamyces olivascens(?) on a fallen barkless pine or may be oak branch on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, September 14, 2022  Close-up of white corticioid (crust) fungus Athelia epiphylla on a fallen pine or oak on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, January 12, 2020  Texture of white corticioid (crust) fungus Athelia epiphylla on a fallen pine or oak on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, January 12, 2020  Close-up of corticioid fungus Penttilamyces olivascens(?) on a fallen barkless pine or may be oak branch on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, September 14, 2022  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  Elastic resupinate polypore fungus Wrightoporia avellanea or may be W. austrosinensis covering lower side of a pine log across a small dry stream on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 23, 2020  Scattered orange balls of wolf s milk slime mold (Lycogala epidendrum) on a rotting fallen pine on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, June 11, 2021  Corticioid fungus Steccherinum robustius on oak bark on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, September 14, 2022  Resupinate polypore mushroom Skeletocutis odora(?) covering a thick wet pine log on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) east from Trailhead No. 4 in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 25, 2023  Corticioid fungus Leucogyrophana olivascens (Penttilamyces olivascens, or Serpula, Coniophora) on underside of a fallen pine on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, September 14, 2019  Orange-toothed crust fungus Steccherinum robustius covering a thin fallen tree on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, January 12, 2022  Orange resupinate polypore mushroom Fibroporia radiculosa covering large area on a big half-fallen branch of a pine on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, August 14, 2022  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  Elastic polypore mushroom Wrightoporia avellanea or may be W. austrosinensis covering lower side of a pine log on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 10, 2020  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  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  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  Some corticioid fungus on underside of a pine log on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, September 16, 2021  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  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 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  Web-like covering of fungus Sporophagomyces chrysostomus on a resupinate polypore mushroom Fuscoporia on underside of a fallen broadleaf tree on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, January 12, 2022  Saucer lichen Ochrolechia pallescens on a fallen piece of tree bark on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, September 10, 2023  Some corticioid hydnoid fungus on a pine cone on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, June 15, 2022  Texture of some corticioid fungus on underside of a pine log on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, September 16, 2021  Young leaves of sweetgum on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, March 12, 2023  White corticioid mushroom Athelia epiphylla(?) under a fallen pine on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 15, 2019  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  Texture 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  Velvety light brown crust of a fungus at the base of a fallen small elm tree 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 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  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  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  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  Thin powdery corticioid fungus on a fallen pine on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 4, 2023  Sweetgum ball fruit with hyphal strands of corticioid fungus Phlyctibasidium polyporoideum (Ramaricium polyporoideum) collected at mushroom walk of Gulf States Mycological Society. Little Thicket Nature Sanctuary, Cleveland, Texas, November 13, 2021  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  Spores of thin yellowish resupinate polypore mushroom from a fallen oak (under the bark), collected a day before on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, January 8, 2023  Corticioid form of mushroom Trichaptum fuscoviolaceum on a fallen pine branch on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 8, 2019  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  Warped crust fungus Leucogyrophana mollusca on a fallen branch of elm or oak without bark on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 20, 2020  Fallen fruit of sweetgum (Liquidambar styraciflua) on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 16, 2019  Corticioid fungus Steccherinum robustius on a fallen oak branch on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, September 19, 2020  Corticioid fungus Steccherinum robustius on a fallen oak branch on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, September 14, 2022 |