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3779-08. Spores (in KOH, spore print light brown) of Lion shield mushrooms (Pluteus leoninus) collected earlier 10/3/2025 on wood chips of spruce in Tarkhovka Park near Sestroretsk, west from Saint Petersburg, Russia, October 19, 2025Similar picturesLarge thumbnails | Use small thumbnails | View as slideshow |
 Spores (in KOH, spore print light brown) of conifer shield mushrooms (Pluteus pouzarianus) collected earlier 10/3/2025 on a forest road under spruce in Tarkhovka Park near Sestroretsk, west from Saint Petersburg, Russia, October 19, 2025  Lion shield mushrooms (Pluteus leoninus) on wood chips in Tarkhovka Park near Sestroretsk, west from Saint Petersburg. Russia, October 3, 2025  Underside of Lion shield mushrooms (Pluteus leoninus) on wood chips in Tarkhovka Park near Sestroretsk, west from Saint Petersburg. Russia, October 3, 2025  Spores (in KOH, spore print brown) of Conocybe(?) mushrooms collected earlier 10/3/2025 on black soil, under spruce trees in Tarkhovka Park near Sestroretsk, west from Saint Petersburg, Russia, October 19, 2025  Spores (spore print white) of yellowleg bonnet mushrooms (Mycena epipterygia) collected earlier 10/3/2025 in Tarkhovka Park near Sestroretsk, west from Saint Petersburg, Russia, October 19, 2025  Spores (in KOH, spore print light brown) of of mushrooms Boletinus asiaticus collected earlier 9/30/2025 in Lindulovskaya Larch Grove, near Roshchino, 30 miles north-west from Saint Petersburg. Russia, October 19, 2025  Spores (in KOH, spore print light brown) of Velvet Shank mushrooms (Flammulina velutipes) collected earlier 10/2/2025 near Kavgolovskoe Lake south from Oselki near Saint Petersburg, Russia, October 19, 2025  Spores (in KOH, spore print orange) of spectacular rustgill mushrooms (Gymnopilus junonius) collected earlier 10/9/2025 in Dubki Park, Sestroretsk near Saint Petersburg, Russia, October 19, 2025  Spores (in KOH, spore print dark brown) of common stump brittlestem mushrooms (Psathyrella piluliformis)(?) collected earlier 10/5/2025 on roadside in Petyayarvi, north from Saint Petersburg, Russia, October 19, 2025  Spores (in KOH) of lion shield mushrooms (Pluteus leoninus) from a fallen oak (spore print pink, gills turn brown after drying), collected in Little Thicket Nature Sanctuary. Cleveland, Texas, March 23, 2024  Conifer shield mushrooms (Pluteus pouzarianus) on a forest road under spruce in Tarkhovka Park near Sestroretsk, west from Saint Petersburg. Russia, October 3, 2025  Underside of conifer shield mushrooms (Pluteus pouzarianus) on a forest road under spruce in Tarkhovka Park near Sestroretsk, west from Saint Petersburg. Russia, October 3, 2025  Spores (in KOH, spore print black) of brittlestem mushrooms (Psathyrella corrugis) collected earlier 10/6/2025 on a forest trail in Pavlovsk, a suburb of Saint Petersburg, Russia, October 19, 2025  Spores (spore print white) of Goblet mushrooms (Pseudoclitocybe cyathiformis) collected earlier 10/12/2025 up from 67 km train stop near Orekhovo, north from Saint Petersburg, Russia, October 19, 2025  Spores of beefsteak fungus (Fistulina hepatica) collected earlier 10/9/2025 in Dubki Park, Sestroretsk near Saint Petersburg, Russia, October 19, 2025  Conocybe(?) mushrooms (Spore size 7.4 - 8.1 x 4.4 - 4.6) among grass on black soil, under spruce trees in Tarkhovka Park near Sestroretsk, west from Saint Petersburg. Russia, October 3, 2025  Spores (spore print pink) of deer shield mushrooms (Pluteus cervinus) from a pile of wood chips, collected in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, November 1, 2022  Spores (in lugol, with x40 objective) of Ascomycete fungus Phaeohelotium monticola(?) collected earlier 10/7/2025 on wood near Lisiy Nos, near Saint Petersburg, Russia, October 19, 2025  Spores (in KOH, with x100 objective) of Ascomycete fungus Phaeohelotium monticola(?) collected earlier 10/7/2025 on wood near Lisiy Nos, near Saint Petersburg, Russia, October 19, 2025  Spores of grey tooth mushrooms (Phellodon melaleucus) collected earlier 9/25/2025 near Dibuny, north-west from Saint Petersburg, Russia, October 19, 2025  Spores (in lugol, with x100 objective) of Ascomycete fungus Phaeohelotium monticola(?) collected earlier 10/7/2025 on wood near Lisiy Nos, near Saint Petersburg, Russia, October 19, 2025  Spores of mushrooms Leucoagaricus americanus (size 7.9 x 6 micron, spore print light brown) collected from wood chips in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, September 6, 2022  Spores of white Calocybe-like mushrooms collected earlier 10/9/2025 in Sosnovka Park. Saint Petersburg, Russia, October 19, 2025  Spores (in KOH) of Boletinus/Suillus cavipes mushrooms collected earlier 9/30/2025 near Lindulovskaya Larch Grove, near Roshchino, 30 miles north-west from Saint Petersburg. Russia, October 19, 2025  Spores of coral fungus Lentaria byssiseda collected earlier 10/13/2025 from a tall oak tree in Sergievka Park, Old Peterhof, west from Saint Petersburg, Russia, October 19, 2025  Spores (in KOH) of mushrooms Psilocybe fuscofulva(?) collected earlier 9/29/2025 near Kavgolovskoe Lake south from Oselki near Saint Petersburg, Russia, October 19, 2025  Spores of Calocybe-like mushrooms collected earlier 10/8/2025 under silvery fir trees behind Lenin s monument in Botanical Garden, Saint Petersburg, Russia, October 19, 2025  Spores of Ascomycete mushrooms Pulvinula convexella collected earlier 10/1/2025 on a bonfire site near a lake in Kannelyarvi, north from Saint Petersburg, Russia, October 19, 2025  Gills of Conocybe(?) mushrooms among grass on black soil, under spruce trees in Tarkhovka Park near Sestroretsk, west from Saint Petersburg. Russia, October 3, 2025  Underside of Conocybe(?) mushrooms among grass on black soil, under spruce trees in Tarkhovka Park near Sestroretsk, west from Saint Petersburg. Russia, October 3, 2025  Spores of roothole rosette mushrooms (Stereopsis vitellina) collected earlier 10/5/2025 in a burrow near a road under pines in Petyayarvi, north from Saint Petersburg, Russia, October 19, 2025  Lion shield mushrooms (Pluteus leoninus) near Dibuny, north-west from Saint Petersburg, Russia, September 3, 2018  Basidia with spores of lion shield mushrooms (Pluteus leoninus) from a fallen oak, collected in Little Thicket Nature Sanctuary. Cleveland, Texas, March 23, 2024  Spores of mushrooms Multiclavula corynoides collected earlier 10/5/2025 in a shallow depression covered by sand, near Petyayarvi train stop, north from Saint Petersburg, Russia, October 19, 2025  Scaly shield mushrooms (Pluteus petasatus) on buried wood near tree roots (spore print light brown) on Yaupon Loop Trail in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, December 1, 2023  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  Bitter bracket mushroom (Postia stiptica) on a spruce stump in Tarkhovka Park near Sestroretsk, west from Saint Petersburg. Russia, October 3, 2025  Anise mazegill mushroom (Gloeophyllum odoratum) on a spruce stump in Tarkhovka Park near Sestroretsk, west from Saint Petersburg. Russia, October 3, 2025  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  Small dark brown webcap (Cortinarius) mushrooms together with Cliticybe(?) on moss in Tarkhovka Park near Sestroretsk, west from Saint Petersburg. Russia, October 3, 2025  Lion shield (Pluteus leoninus) near Dibuny, north-west from Saint Petersburg. Russia, August 20, 2017  Close-up of small dark brown webcap (Cortinarius) mushrooms and Cliticybe(?) on moss in Tarkhovka Park near Sestroretsk, west from Saint Petersburg. Russia, October 3, 2025  Lion shield mushroom (Pluteus leoninus) near Dibuny, north-west from Saint Petersburg, Russia, August 24, 2016  Lion shield mushroom (Pluteus leoninus) together with pinkgill mushrooms Entoloma formosum (Leptonia formosa) near Dibuny, north-west from Saint Petersburg, Russia, September 3, 2018  Spores (spore print light brown) of a small Pluteus mushroom collected a day before in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, February 28, 2024  Cap of Conocybe(?) mushrooms showing "fried egg" hygrophanous fade--darker brown center and paler margin in Tarkhovka Park near Sestroretsk, west from Saint Petersburg. Russia, October 3, 2025  Lion shield mushroom (Pluteus leoninus) west from Kavgolovo Lake near Toksovo, north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, August 21, 2018  Spores (in KOH) of small orange webcap mushrooms (Cortinarius)(?) (spore print rusty brown) in sphagnum collected earlier 8/3/2024 in Petiayarvi, north from Saint Petersburg, Russia, August 23, 2024  Lion shield mushrooms (Pluteus leoninus) on roadside near Kavgolovskoe Lake in Toksovo, north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, August 15, 2016  Spores of Psilocybe-like gilled mushrooms in moss under spruce trees collected earlier 8/2/2024 in Tarkhovka Park, west from Saint Petersburg, Russia, August 23, 2024  Spores (in KOH) of saffron webcap mushrooms (Cortinarius croceus) (spore print rusty brown, turns black in KOH) in sphagnum collected earlier 8/3/2024 in Petiayarvi, north from Saint Petersburg, Russia, August 23, 2024  Golden waxcap mushrooms (Hygrocybe chlorophana) in Tarkhovka Park near Sestroretsk, west from Saint Petersburg. Russia, October 3, 2025  Winecork brittlegill mushrooms (Russula adusta)(?) in Tarkhovka Park near Sestroretsk, west from Saint Petersburg. Russia, October 3, 2025  Snowy waxcap mushrooms (Cuphophyllus virgineus) in Tarkhovka Park near Sestroretsk, west from Saint Petersburg. Russia, October 3, 2025  Terracotta hedgehog mushrooms (Hydnum rufescens) in Tarkhovka Park near Sestroretsk, west from Saint Petersburg. Russia, October 3, 2025  Veiled poisonpie mushrooms (Hebeloma mesophaeum) in Tarkhovka Park near Sestroretsk, west from Saint Petersburg. Russia, October 3, 2025  Yellowleg bonnet mushrooms (Mycena epipterygia) in Tarkhovka Park near Sestroretsk, west from Saint Petersburg. Russia, October 3, 2025  Basidia at low magnification of lion shield mushrooms (Pluteus leoninus) from a fallen oak, collected in Little Thicket Nature Sanctuary. Cleveland, Texas, March 23, 2024  Basidia and cystidia of lion shield mushrooms (Pluteus leoninus) from a fallen oak, collected in Little Thicket Nature Sanctuary. Cleveland, Texas, March 23, 2024  Young lion shield mushrooms (Pluteus leoninus) on completely rotten oak wood on Dillo Trail in Little Thicket Nature Sanctuary. Cleveland, Texas, March 23, 2024  Spores of a shield dapperling mushroom (Lepiota clypeolaria) collected earlier 8/2/2024 in Tarkhovka Park, west from Saint Petersburg, Russia, August 23, 2024  Light-brown webcap (Cortinarius) mushrooms under spruce in moss in Petyayarvi, north from Saint Petersburg, Russia, October 5, 2025  Powderpuff bracket mushrooms (Postia ptychogaster) at the base of a tree in Tarkhovka Park near Sestroretsk, west from Saint Petersburg. Russia, October 3, 2025  Terracotta hedgehog mushrooms (Hydnum rufescens) together with blusher (Amanita rubescens) and Clitocybe in Tarkhovka Park near Sestroretsk, west from Saint Petersburg. Russia, October 3, 2025  Small solitary brown-capped Pluteus mushroom on wood chips (spore print brown) in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, May 15, 2024  Spores (in KOH) of mushrooms Panaeolus alcis (spore print black) collected earlier 8/9/2024 in Kuzmolovo, north from Saint Petersburg, Russia, August 23, 2024  Underside of anise mazegill mushroom (Gloeophyllum odoratum) in Tarkhovka Park near Sestroretsk, west from Saint Petersburg. Russia, October 3, 2025  Spores (in lugol) of some Multifurca or may be Lactarius mushrooms under oaks (spore print light brown) collected in Hensel Park. College Station, Texas, May 8, 2023  Spores (in Melzer) of some Multifurca or may be Lactarius mushrooms under oaks (spore print light brown) collected in Hensel Park. College Station, Texas, May 8, 2023  Slime mold Trichia decipiens in its immature (developing) stage in Tarkhovka Park near Sestroretsk, west from Saint Petersburg. Russia, October 3, 2025  Gills of blackedged shield mushroom (Pluteus atromarginatus) in Tarkhovka Park near Sestroretsk, west from Saint Petersburg. Russia, September 22, 2017  Spores (spore print light brown) of Mallocybe mushrooms collected on a trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, May 11, 2024  Gulf of Finland coastline, with a zone of Common Reed (Phragmites australis) in Tarkhovka Park near Sestroretsk, west from Saint Petersburg. Russia, October 3, 2025  Spores of light brown Amanita mushrooms with a radial pattern (spore print olive-brown) collected on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, September 7, 2022  Spores (in lugol, spore print light brown)of larger Mallocybe mushrooms collected in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, May 17, 2024  Small brown Pluteus mushrooms in Tarkhovka near Sestroretsk, west from Saint Petersburg. Russia, August 27, 2018  Spores (in Melzer) of oysterling mushrooms Clitopilus hobsonii (spore print light brown) collected a day before in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, February 20, 2023  Spores of blackening Russula mushroom (spore print yellowish light brown), collected in Hensel Park. College Station, Texas, May 8, 2023  Caps of lion shield mushrooms (Pluteus leoninus) on a fallen oak on Dillo Trail in Little Thicket Nature Sanctuary. Cleveland, Texas, March 23, 2024  Lion shield mushrooms (Pluteus leoninus) on a fallen and decomposed oak on Dillo Trail in Little Thicket Nature Sanctuary. Cleveland, Texas, March 23, 2024  Spores (in KOH) of fibrecap mushrooms Inocybe curvipes(?) collected earlier 8/2/2024 in Tarkhovka Park, west from Saint Petersburg, Russia, August 23, 2024  Spores of milkcap mushrooms Lactarius subplinthogalus from a slope of a creek (spore print light brown) under a microscope, collected in Sam Houston National Forest near Richards. Texas, May 8, 2022  Spores of milkcap mushroom Lactarius yazoensis (spore print light brown), collected in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 15, 2022  Spores of a milkcap mushroom Lactifluus rugatus (spore print light brown) collected in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 27, 2022  Upper view of lion shield mushrooms (Pluteus leoninus) on a fallen oak on Dillo Trail in Little Thicket Nature Sanctuary. Cleveland, Texas, March 23, 2024  Lion shield mushrooms (Pluteus leoninus) on completely rotten fallen oak on Dillo Trail in Little Thicket Nature Sanctuary. Cleveland, Texas, March 23, 2024  Olivaceous yellow mushrooms lion shield (Pluteus leoninus) on a fallen oak on Dillo Trail in Little Thicket Nature Sanctuary. Cleveland, Texas, March 23, 2024  Side view of lion shield mushrooms (Pluteus leoninus) on a fallen oak on Dillo Trail in Little Thicket Nature Sanctuary. Cleveland, Texas, March 23, 2024  Spores of a brown, not bitter Tylopilus mushroom (spore print light brown-violet) collected on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, September 7, 2022  Spores of royal fly agaric mushrooms (Amanita regalis) collected earlier 8/2/2024 in Tarkhovka Park, west from Saint Petersburg, Russia, August 23, 2024  Spores of oyster rollrim mushrooms (Tapinella panuoides) (spore print light brown, dirty) collected a day before in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 26, 2023  Light-brown fibrecap mushrooms (Inocybe) on roadside in Tarkhovka near Sestroretsk. West from Saint Petersburg, Russia, August 15, 2017  Spores of saffron oysterling mushrooms (Crepidotus crocophyllus) (spore print light brown) collected on Winters Bayou Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Cleveland, Texas, August 27, 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 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  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 a large Tylopilus mushroom (spore print thin, light brown) collected at Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest near Richards. Texas, May 8, 2022  Cystidia and basidia under a microscope (with x40 objective) of deer shield mushrooms (Pluteus cervinus) from a pile of wood chips, collected in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, November 1, 2022  Spores (in KOH) of bolete mushrooms Xerocomus illudens(?) (spore print olive brown) collected in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, October 28, 2023 |