 Sclerotium "Tuckahoe" of a wood-decay fungus Wolfiporia extensa found under pine needles on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, October 25, 2025
 Fragments of sclerotium "Tuckahoe" of a wood-decay fungus Wolfiporia extensa on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 10, 2020
 Sclerotium "Tuckahoe" of a wood-decay fungus Wolfiporia extensa in a shallow pit dug by hogs on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 10, 2020
 Sclerotium "Tuckahoe" of a wood-decay fungus Wolfiporia extensa dug out by hogs in a pine forest on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 10, 2020
 Cross section of sclerotium "Tuckahoe" of a wood-decay fungus Wolfiporia extensa on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 10, 2020
 Remains of a wood-decay fungus Wolfiporia extensa eaten by hogs on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, October 25, 2025
 Remains of a wood-decay fungus Wolfiporia extensa eaten by hogs on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 10, 2020
 Dissected fungus Wolfiporia extensa on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 10, 2020
 Close-up of dissected fungus Wolfiporia extensa on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 10, 2020
 Underside of wood decay fungus Spongipellis unicolor (Tyromyces unicolor, Polyporus obtusus, Sarcodontia unicolor)(?) on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, August 5, 2020
 Large pores of wood decay fungus Spongipellis unicolor (Tyromyces unicolor, Polyporus obtusus, Sarcodontia unicolor)(?) on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, August 5, 2020
 Wood decay fungus Spongipellis unicolor (Tyromyces unicolor, Polyporus obtusus, Sarcodontia unicolor)(?) at the base of a fallen oak on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, August 5, 2020
 Cross section of wood decay fungus Spongipellis unicolor (Tyromyces unicolor, Polyporus obtusus, Sarcodontia unicolor)(?) on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, August 5, 2020
 Wood-decay mushrooms Porotheleaceae on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest, near Huntsville. Texas, September 15, 2018
 Yellow web mold fungus Syzygites megalocarpus on a mushroom on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, September 13, 2025
 Yellow web mold fungus Syzygites megalocarpus on some mushroom on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, September 13, 2025
 Close-up of yellow web mold fungus Syzygites megalocarpus on a mushroom on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, September 13, 2025
 Orange amorphous mass on a side of the path in sandy exposed soil, may be sclerotium of a fungus Penicillium vanoranjei, collected on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, December 22, 2023
 Cross section of orange amorphous stuff on a side of the path in sandy exposed soil, may be sclerotium of a fungus Penicillium vanoranjei, on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, December 22, 2023
 Candlesnuff fungus (Xylaria hypoxylon) on rotting wood on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, April 20, 2020
 Some white and red resupinate polypore mushroom on burnt oak wood on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, October 2, 2021
 Underside of wood bolete mushrooms (Buchwaldoboletus lignicola) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, October 13, 2021
 Cross section of wood bolete mushrooms (Buchwaldoboletus lignicola) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, October 13, 2021
 Wood bolete mushrooms (Buchwaldoboletus lignicola) near a burned pine on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, October 13, 2021
 Some white resupinate polypore mushroom turning pink on burnt oak wood on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, October 2, 2021
 Flowers of Violet Wood Sorrel (Oxalis violacea) in Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, October 22, 2011
 Flower of Violet Wood Sorrel (Oxalis violacea) in Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, October 22, 2011
 Back lit Violet Wood Sorrel (Oxalis violacea) in Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, October 22, 2011
 Corticioid fungus Resinicium bicolor(?) on rotting wood of a large fallen pine on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, May 23, 2018
 Yellow flower of wood sorrel (shamrock, Oxalis dillenii?) on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, October 13, 2012
 Close-up of some white resupinate polypore mushroom turning pink on burnt oak wood on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, October 2, 2021
 Blooming yellow wood sorrel (shamrock, Oxalis dillenii?) on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, October 13, 2012
 Violet Wood Sorrel (Oxalis violacea) blooming at fall without leaves in Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, October 22, 2011
 Spores from a piece of wood with corticioid fungus Drepanospora viridis (Helicoma viride)(?) from a fallen pine, collected a day before on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, December 18, 2023
 Tissues (with x40 objective) of orange amorphous mass (it has granules of sand and orange oily liquid) from sandy soil, may be sclerotium of a fungus Penicillium vanoranjei, collected on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, December 22, 2023
 Tiny black Ascomycete fungus Trichoderma citrinoviride (Hypocrea schweinitzii) on a fallen pine without bark with whitish wood on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, December 17, 2023
 Shrinken wood of an oak branch with heart rot fungus Inonotus andersonii on South Wilderness Loop Trail at Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest near Richards. Texas, January 1, 2024
 Wood pinkgill mushrooms (Entoloma rhodopolium) on South Wilderness Loop Trail at Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest near Richards. Texas, October 23, 2021
 Thick porous crust fungus on rotting wood on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest near Huntsville. Texas, October 6, 2018
 Clustered icicle fungus (Mucronella calva) on rotting wood on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest near Huntsville. Texas, October 6, 2018
 Red leaves of sassafras on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, November 15, 2025
 Oak curtain crust fungus (Hymenochaete rubiginosa) on a fallen oak on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, October 2, 2021
 Close-up of oak curtain crust fungus (Hymenochaete rubiginosa) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, October 2, 2021
 Close-up of pores of resupinate polypore fungus Inonotus andersonii on oak wood on South Wilderness Loop Trail at Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest near Richards. Texas, January 1, 2024
 Close up of clustered icicle fungus (Mucronella calva) on rotting wood on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest near Huntsville. Texas, October 6, 2018
 Side view of pores of resupinate polypore fungus Inonotus andersonii on oak wood on South Wilderness Loop Trail at Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest near Richards. Texas, January 1, 2024
 Oak curtain crust fungus (Hymenochaete rubiginosa) on a fallen oak branch on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, October 2, 2021
 Velvet-top fungus (Phaeolus schweinitzii mushrooms) on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, October 19, 2013
 Resupinate form of oak curtain crust fungus (Hymenochaete rubiginosa) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, October 2, 2021
 Mushrooms Boletus flammans(?) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, September 13, 2025
 Fall colors of sassafras on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, November 15, 2025
 Close-up of resupinate polypore fungus Inonotus andersonii on wood under bark of a fallen oak branch on South Wilderness Loop Trail at Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest near Richards. Texas, January 1, 2024
 Close-up side view of pores of resupinate polypore fungus Inonotus andersonii on oak wood on South Wilderness Loop Trail at Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest near Richards. Texas, January 1, 2024
 Young velvet-top fungus (Phaeolus schweinitzii mushroom) on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, October 19, 2013
 Oak curtain crust fungus (Hymenochaete rubiginosa) covering fallen oak branches on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, October 2, 2021
 Mature velvet-top fungus (Phaeolus schweinitzii mushroom) on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, October 19, 2013
 Bolete mushrooms Suillus decipiens on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, September 13, 2025
 Fall foliage of seedlings of poison ivy on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, November 15, 2025
 American beautyberry (Callicarpa americana) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, November 15, 2025
 Muscadine grape and climbing fern on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, November 15, 2025
 Caps of oak curtain crust fungus (Hymenochaete rubiginosa) on a fallen oak twig and a branch on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, October 2, 2021
 Velvet-top fungus (Phaeolus schweinitzii) enveloping needles and twigs on North Wilderness Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Richards. Texas, October 8, 2020
 Red leaves of young plants of Chinese Tallow on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, November 15, 2025
 Slender Caesar mushrooms (Amanita jacksonii) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, September 13, 2025
 Black fungus Sphaeria subiculata (Rosellinia subiculata)(?) on wood of a broadleaf tree on South Wilderness Loop Trail at Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest near Richards. Texas, January 14, 2023
 Brown corticioid fungus Odontia fibrosa (Tomentella fibrosa) on rotting oak(?) wood on South Wilderness Loop Trail at Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest near Richards. Texas, November 19, 2023
 Whitish wood with black fungus Sphaeria subiculata (Rosellinia subiculata)(?) on a log of a broadleaf tree on South Wilderness Loop Trail at Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest near Richards. Texas, January 14, 2023
 Surface of corticioid fungus Gloeoporus ambiguus (Meruliopsis ambigua) on a fallen pine twig on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, October 2, 2021
 Corticioid (crust) fungus Gloeoporus ambiguus (Meruliopsis ambigua) on a fallen pine twig on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, October 2, 2021
 Texture of corticioid fungus Gloeoporus ambiguus (Meruliopsis ambigua) on a fallen pine twig on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, October 2, 2021
 Close-up of corticioid fungus Gloeoporus ambiguus (Meruliopsis ambigua) on a fallen pine twig on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, October 2, 2021
 Rusty gilled polypore, wood decay fungus Gloeophyllum sepiarium on mushroom show in Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, October 1, 2016
 Bright red leaves of flameleaf sumac (Rhus lanceolata) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, November 15, 2025
 Golden threads Lepidella mushroomrs (Amanita canescens)(?) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, September 13, 2025
 Section of slender Caesar mushrooms (Amanita jacksonii) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, September 13, 2025
 Dark-red leaves of flameleaf sumac (Rhus lanceolata) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, November 15, 2025
 Fall colors of flameleaf sumac (Rhus lanceolata) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, November 15, 2025
 Red and green leaves of flameleaf sumac (Rhus lanceolata) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, November 15, 2025
 Texture of black corticioid fungus Sphaeria subiculata (Rosellinia subiculata)(?) on wood of a broadleaf tree on South Wilderness Loop Trail at Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest near Richards. Texas, January 14, 2023
 Wavering margin of corticioid fungus Gloeoporus ambiguus (Meruliopsis ambigua) on a fallen pine twig on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, October 2, 2021
 Corticioid (crust) fungus Gloeoporus ambiguus (Meruliopsis ambigua) on underside of a fallen pine twig on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, October 2, 2021
 Showy fall foliage of Carolina buckthorn (Frangula caroliniana) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, November 15, 2025
 Section of mushrooms Boletus flammans(?) instantly turning blue on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, September 13, 2025
 Yellow wood sorrel (Oxalis stricta) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, March 18, 2020
 Brown slime mold on rotting wood on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, February 18, 2023
 Violet wood sorrel (Oxalis violacea) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, March 3, 2024
 Yellow wood sorrel (Oxalis stricta) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, March 26, 2020
 Orange corticioid fungus Leucogyrophana olivascens (Penttilamyces olivascens, or Serpula, Coniophora) under a log on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, October 2, 2021
 Web-like orange corticioid fungus Leucogyrophana olivascens (Penttilamyces olivascens, or Serpula, Coniophora) under a log on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, October 2, 2021
 Yellow leaves of climbing angularfruit milkvine (anglepod, Matelea gonocarpos) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, November 15, 2025
 Tiger s Eye mushrooms Coltricia focicola (C. perennis group) on burned site on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, September 13, 2025
 Golden threads Lepidella mushroomrs (Amanita canescens)(?) and Boletus patrioticus(?) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, September 13, 2025
 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
 Tooth fungus Mycoacia(?) together with some yellow corticioid fungus on rotting wood on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, July 13, 2019
 Tooth fungus Mycoacia(?) together with some yellow corticioid fungus on rotting wood on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, July 13, 2019
 Section of soft fleshy amorphous polypore mushroom Abortiporus biennis(?), found on rotting pine wood before the lake on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 6, 2025
 Some gilled omphalinoid mushrooms on pieces of pine wood on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, June 2, 2021
 Yellow wood sorrel (shamrock, Oxalis dillenii?) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, March 30, 2024
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