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3670-34. Close-up of capsules of Bonfire moss (Funaria hygrometrica) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, February 5, 2025Similar picturesLarge thumbnails | Use small thumbnails | View as slideshow |
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3670-34. Close-up of capsules of Bonfire moss (Funaria hygrometrica) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, February 5, 2025Similar picturesLarge thumbnails | Use small thumbnails | View as slideshow |
 Masses of capsules of Bonfire moss (Funaria hygrometrica) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, February 5, 2025  Bonfire moss (Funaria hygrometrica) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, February 5, 2025  Close-up of bonfire moss (Funaria hygrometrica) on a burned pine on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, February 4, 2024  Bonfire moss (Funaria hygrometrica) on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, February 4, 2024  Bonfire moss (Funaria hygrometrica) on a burned pine on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, February 4, 2024  Corticioid mushroom Crustoderma dryinum with bonfire moss Funaria hygrometrica on a large burned pine log on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, February 4, 2024  Bonfire moss (Funaria hygrometrica) in dew in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, January 11, 2014  Orange cup bryoparasitic fungus Lamprospora carbonicola with moss Funaria hygrometrica on a site of an old bonfire on sandy soil on a forest clearing under utility lines on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, February 22, 2021  A diverse bryophyte community colonizing disturbed soil on a pipeline corridor. The scene is dominated by a dense, dark-green carpet of pioneer mosses (likely Weissia controversa or Ceratodon purpureus). Scattered throughout are the distinct, pale green, pear-shaped capsules of Bonfire Moss (Funaria hygrometrica), a classic indicator of disturbed or burned ground. In the center, you can see the bluish-green, star-shaped rosettes of a Crystalwort (Riccia species), identifiable by their deep central grooves and dichotomous branching. Fort Boggy State Park. Leon County, Texas, February 21, 2026  Bonfire moss (Funaria hygrometrica) with water droplets on roadside in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, January 11, 2014  Bryoparasitic Pezizales fungus Lamprospora carbonicola with moss Funaria hygrometrica on an old bonfire site on a forest clearing under utility lines near a parking at Osborn Road on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, February 22, 2021  Massive, simultaneous flushes of yellowish stalks (setae) with tiny capsules of Silky Forklet-moss (Dicranella heteromalla) or a closely related Dicranella species like D. hilariana, on Lick Creek Greenway Trail. College Station, Texas, February 25, 2025  Orange Ascomycete bryoparasitic fungus Lamprospora carbonicola with moss Funaria hygrometrica on burnt ground on a forest clearing under utility lines on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, February 22, 2021  Close-up of Cypress-leaved Plait-moss (Hypnum cupressiforme) with curved (falcate) and inclined capsules on a large oak in Dubki Park. Sestroretsk near Saint Petersburg, Russia, October 9, 2025  Some green short moss on sewage line right-of-way in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, February 5, 2025  Golden Thread Moss (Ditrichum pallidum) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, February 5, 2025  Close-up of moss and Cladonia lichen in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, February 3, 2023  Close-up of green moss in a dried small creek on Closed Trail in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, February 26, 2026  Close-up of Dog Vomit Slime Mold (Fuligo septica) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, February 5, 2025  Close-up of moss and liverwort on a lawn on Lick Creek Greenway Trail. College Station, Texas, February 16, 2024  Pygmy Moss (genus Pleuridium, likely Pleuridium subulatum or Pleuridium acuminatum) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, February 5, 2025  Pygmy Moss (genus Pleuridium, likely Pleuridium subulatum or Pleuridium acuminatum) and some seedlings in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, February 5, 2025  Green moss in dew on a lawn in Bee Creek Park. College Station, Texas, February 24, 2025  Close-up of young polypore mushrooms Trametes lactinea on an oak log on Yaupon Loop Trail in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, February 18, 2025  Close-up of winged elm on Lick Creek Greenway Trail. College Station, Texas, February 4, 2025  Close-up of olive-green cushion moss on bare sandstone, maybe spiny dry rock moss (Grimmia laevigata), on bare rocks in Old Baylor Park. Independence, Texas, February 2, 2025  Close-up of petiteplant (Lepuropetalon spathulatum) among short moss on a lawn on Lick Creek Greenway Trail. College Station, Texas, February 17, 2024  Close-up of common green moss on a lawn in Bee Creek Park. College Station, Texas, February 11, 2022  Soft cushion of Silky Forklet-moss (Dicranella heteromalla) or a closely related Dicranella species like D. hilariana, on Lick Creek Greenway Trail. College Station, Texas, February 4, 2025  Close-up of white moss (Leucobryum albidum) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, June 20, 2021  "Furry" green carpet of Silky Forklet-moss (Dicranella heteromalla) or a closely related Dicranella species like D. hilariana, on Lick Creek Greenway Trail. College Station, Texas, February 4, 2025  Dense, vibrant green tufts of Silky Forklet-moss (Dicranella heteromalla) or a closely related Dicranella species like D. hilariana, on Lick Creek Greenway Trail. College Station, Texas, February 4, 2025  Close-up of dwarf sundew (Drosera brevifolia) in moss in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, June 20, 2021  Close-up of shortleaf hair moss Pogonatum brachyphyllum on a steep slope of a small creek on Lake Trail in Fort Boggy State Park. Leon County, Texas, February 8, 2025  Close-up of pink sundew (Drosera capillaris) on pincushion moss in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, April 10, 2023  Close up of pincushion moss (Leucobryum glaucum) on Closed Trail in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, June 30, 2019  Close-up of some short green moss near Lake Trail in Fort Boggy State Park. Leon County, Texas, February 8, 2025  Red fruit capsules of Illinois bundleflower (Desmanthus illinoensis) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, August 1, 2021  Close-up of violet coral mushrooms (Clavaria zollingeri) in moss on sandy soil near a small creek in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, June 1, 2021  Dry seed capsules of rattle-box water primrose (Ludwigia alternifolia) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, September 8, 2023  Close-up of some white crust fungus on a tree in Anderson Arboretum in Bee Creek Park. College Station, Texas, February 10, 2025  Close-up of Silky Forklet Moss (Dicranella heteromalla) on Lake Trail in Fort Boggy State Park. Leon County, Texas, February 1, 2025  Close-up of Slender Starburst Moss (Atrichum angustatum) on Lake Trail in Fort Boggy State Park. Leon County, Texas, February 1, 2025  Mat of moss and Cladonia lichen in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, February 3, 2023  Close-up of green moss on a side of a trail in Hensel Park. College Station, Texas, February 27, 2021  Close-up of purple-fringed liverwort (Reboulia hemisphaerica) with some moss on Lake Trail in Fort Boggy State Park. Leon County, Texas, February 8, 2025  Close-up of Pale glaucous thread moss (Pohlia wahlenbergii)(?) on Lake Trail in Fort Boggy State Park. Leon County, Texas, February 8, 2025  Close-up of Giraffe Spots fungus (Peniophora albobadia) on a twig in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, November 18, 2025  Close-up of moss on bark of an oak(?) on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, February 26, 2025  Close-up of Campyliadelphus chrysophyllus (Campylium chrysophyllum, or "Golden Feather Moss") on Campbell Trail in Fort Boggy State Park. Leon County, Texas, February 8, 2025  Close-up of Campyliadelphus chrysophyllus (Campylium chrysophyllum, or "Golden Feather Moss")(?) on Lake Trail in Fort Boggy State Park. Leon County, Texas, February 8, 2025  Close up of golden spore capsules with calyptra of common haircap moss (Polytrichum commune, Russian name Kukushkin Lion) in Posiolok near Vyritsa, south from Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 21, 2015  Shortleaf hair moss Pogonatum brachyphyllum in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, February 26, 2026  Fissidens (pocket moss) on Closed Trail in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, February 26, 2026  Fruit capsules of scarlet toothcup (Ammannia coccinea) on a recent forest clearing near a road in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, August 1, 2021  Close-up of splitgill mushrooms (Schizophyllum commune) on a fallen tree branch in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, December 13, 2025  Close-up of yellow resupinate fungus Xylodon flaviporus (Schizopora flavipora) on a log in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, December 3, 2025  Close-up of yellow spot fungus (Nectria peziza) on a barkless pecan log in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, January 3, 2025  Large water oaks in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas on Deer Run Trail in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, February 3, 2025  Some green moss in a dried small creek on Closed Trail in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, February 26, 2026  Rosettes of dwarf sundew (Drosera brevifolia) in moss in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, February 28, 2022  Close-up of sap wells drilled by Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (woodpecker) on a living tree in Anderson Arboretum in Bee Creek Park. College Station, Texas, February 24, 2025  Hairy green moss in a dried small creek on Closed Trail in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, February 26, 2026  Masses of green moss in a dried small creek on Closed Trail in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, February 26, 2026  Texture of green moss in a dried small creek on Closed Trail in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, February 26, 2026  Swampy area in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, February 3, 2025  Bat observation cabin in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, February 3, 2025  Rosettes of leaves of dwarf sundew (Drosera brevifolia) in moss in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, February 28, 2022  Blunt-lobed cliff fern (Woodsia obtusa) on moss at a creek crossing in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, February 1, 2021  A very young growth of Common Bladder-moss (Physcomitrium pyriforme), or potentially a Weissia species, growing closely alongside the Texas balloonwort (Sphaerocarpos texanus) on a lawn in Bee Creek Park. College Station, Texas, February 24, 2025  Bright, yellow-green, densely packed tufts of very small, rosette-like shoots of a young growth of Common Bladder-moss (Physcomitrium pyriforme), or potentially a Weissia species, on a lawn in Bee Creek Park. College Station, Texas, February 24, 2025  Close-up of milkcap mushrooms (Lactarius) of subgenus Plinthogalus (Lactarius lignyotus var. canadensis or may be Lactarius texensis) in moss near a small dry creek in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, July 1, 2020  Bushes overgrown by Smilax in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, February 3, 2025  Dry oxbow on Deer Run Trail in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, February 3, 2025  Pipeline right-of-way on Deer Run Trail in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, February 3, 2025  Bat observation cabin from sewage line right-of-way in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, February 3, 2025  Orange sporangia of bladder-moss (Physcomitrium pyriforme) on a side of Post Oak Trail in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, February 20, 2019  Glandular leaves of dwarf sundew (Drosera brevifolia) in moss on Closed Trail in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, February 28, 2022  Rosette of leaves of sow thistle (Sonchus oleraceus) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, February 5, 2025  Winter rosette of sow thistle (Sonchus oleraceus) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, February 5, 2025  Rusty-brown color of Slender Starburst Moss (Atrichum angustatum) on Closed Trail in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, February 26, 2026  Close-up of soft green moss on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, February 9, 2025  Rosette of leaves of lyreleaf sage (Salvia lyrata) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, February 5, 2025  Hemisphaeric liverwort (Reboulia hemisphaerica) on Post Oak Trail in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, February 22, 2025  Close-up of the exfoliating, cinnamon-colored bark of a River Birch (Betula nigra), showcasing its characteristic peeling papery layers in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, January 26, 2025  Bryum argenteum (silver moss or silvery thread moss) or a closely related species like Pohlia on Lake Trail in Fort Boggy State Park. Leon County, Texas, February 8, 2025  Dog Vomit Slime Mold (Fuligo septica) on wood chips in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, February 5, 2025  Olive-green cushion moss on bare sandstone, maybe spiny dry rock moss (Grimmia laevigata), on bare rocks in Old Baylor Park. Independence, Texas, February 2, 2025  Moss and sporophytes of a liverwort on a lawn on Lick Creek Greenway Trail. College Station, Texas, February 16, 2024  Immature polypore mushrooms Trametes lactinea on an oak log on Yaupon Loop Trail in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, February 18, 2025  Young polypore mushrooms Trametes lactinea on an oak log on Yaupon Loop Trail in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, February 18, 2025  Bracket polypore mushrooms Trametes lactinea on an oak log on Yaupon Loop Trail in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, February 18, 2025  Common Fern Moss (specifically Thuidium delicatulum, also known as Delicate Fern Moss) on Lake Trail in Fort Boggy State Park. Leon County, Texas, February 1, 2025  Close up of Physcia lichen with brown apothecia in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, February 3, 2019  Close-up of deceiver mushrooms (Laccaria laccata) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, February 3, 2023  Spores of brittlegill mushrooms Russula ballouii collected 12/6/2025 in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, December 23, 2025  Young polypore mushrooms Trametes lactinea on a side of an oak log on Yaupon Loop Trail in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, February 18, 2025  Upper view of Tiger sawgill mushrooms (Lentinus tigrinus) on Racoon Run Trail in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, February 22, 2025  BRP (Bison Recreational Products) Manchester Bench (Model MC104) on Deer Run Trail in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, February 3, 2025 |