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3784-14. 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, 2025Similar picturesLarge thumbnails | Use small thumbnails | View as slideshow |
 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  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  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  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  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  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  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  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  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  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  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  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  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 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  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, 2023  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  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  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  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  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 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  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  Brown corticioid mushroom on rotting wood on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, July 4, 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  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  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  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  Yellow corticioid fungus together with Hydnoid (tooth) fungus Mycoacia(?) on rotting wood on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, July 13, 2019  Brown porous corticioid fungus on a rotting oak(?) log on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, August 31, 2019  Texture of yellow corticioid fungus on rotting pine(?) wood on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, July 13, 2019  Close up of brown porous corticioid fungus on a rotting oak(?) log on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, August 31, 2019  Orange corticioid fungus Crustoderma dryinum(?) on rotting wood in wet area on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, March 21, 2023  Texture of orange corticioid fungus Crustoderma dryinum(?) on rotting wood on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, March 21, 2023  Close-up of orange crust (corticioid) fungus Crustoderma dryinum(?) on rotting wood on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, March 21, 2023  Close-up of fungus Helicogloea compressa on rotting wood on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 28, 2021  Fungus Helicogloea compressa together with a small Mycena mushroom on rotting wood on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 28, 2021  Yellow corticioid mushroom Botryobasidium robustius or may be B. aureum on rotting oak wood on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, June 13, 2020  Some brown resupinate polypore mushroom on rotting wood on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, August 31, 2019  Tinder mushrooms Callistosporium purpureomarginatum on brown rotting oak wood on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 10, 2020  Light brown resupinate polypore mushroom on rotting wood on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, March 21, 2023  Underside of a mushroom Callistosporium purpureomarginatum on brown rotting oak wood on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 10, 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 resupinate polypore mushroom on rotting wood on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, March 21, 2023  Caps and gills of mushrooms Callistosporium purpureomarginatum on brown rotting oak wood on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 10, 2020  Close-up of light brown resupinate polypore mushroom on rotting oak(?) wood on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 16, 2023  Light brown resupinate polypore mushroom on rotting broadleaf wood on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 16, 2023  Side view of a mushroom Callistosporium purpureomarginatum on brown rotting oak wood on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 10, 2020  Fungus Hypoxylon rubiginosum(?) on rotting wood on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, August 31, 2019  Fungus Hypoxylon rubiginosum(?) on rotting wood on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, September 14, 2019  Hydnoid prostrate fungus on rotting wood on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, August 31, 2019  Cross section of light brown resupinate polypore mushroom on rotting wood on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, March 21, 2023  Fresh growth of light brown resupinate polypore mushroom on rotting wood on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 16, 2023  Mushrooms Flammulaster erinaceellus on rotting oak wood on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 28, 2021  Clustered icicle fungus (Mucronella calva) on rotting wood on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 8, 2020  Crust fungus Hypoxylon rubiginosum(?) on rotting wood on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, August 31, 2019  Mushrooms Tricholomopsis flammula on rotting pine wood on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 16, 2019  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  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 north from Montgomery. Texas, May 8, 2020  Burgundydrop bonnet mushrooms (Mycena haematopus) on rotting wood on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 16, 2019  Close-up of 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  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  Spores of white corticioid fungus from hardened wood of an oak log, collected a day ago on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 19, 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  Texture of hydnoid (tooth) fungus Mycoacia(?) on rough surface of rotting wood on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, July 13, 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  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  Close-up of some dark blue and brown corticioid fungus on an oak log on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 2, 2023  Fungus Bulbillomyces farinosus in anamorphous stage Aegerita candida on rotting oak wood in wet area on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, January 12, 2020  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  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  Light brown corticioid fungus Hyphoderma leoninum(?) on a fallen oak(?) on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 12, 2021  Light brown corticioid (crust) fungus 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  Some dark blue and brown corticioid fungus on an oak log with remains of old oyster mushrooms on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 2, 2023  Conocybe mushrooms on rotting fallen oak or possibly pine and nearby on pieces of rotting wood on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 10, 2021  Brown gelatinous lobes of jelly fungus Phaeotremella frondosa on wood on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, August 6, 2021  Tiny dots of fungus Bulbillomyces farinosus in anamorphous stage Aegerita candida on rotting oak wood in wet area on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, January 12, 2020  Corticioid fungus on rotting wood on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, September 14, 2019  Corticioid fungus Leucogyrophana pinastri (Hydnomerulius pinastri) on underside of a rotting pine log on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 10, 2020  Light brown corticioid fungus Hyphoderma leoninum(?) with white margin on a fallen oak(?) on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 12, 2021  Margins of light brown corticioid (crust) fungus 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  Recent growth of corticioid fungus Leucogyrophana pinastri (Hydnomerulius pinastri) under a rotting pine log on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 10, 2020  Wrinkled texture of corticioid fungus Leucogyrophana pinastri (Hydnomerulius pinastri) under a rotting pine log on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 10, 2020  Margin area of corticioid fungus Leucogyrophana pinastri (Hydnomerulius pinastri) under a rotting pine log on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 10, 2020  Fresh growth of corticioid fungus Leucogyrophana pinastri (Hydnomerulius pinastri) under a rotting pine log on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 10, 2020  Close-up of corticioid fungus Leucogyrophana pinastri (Hydnomerulius pinastri) on underside of a rotting pine log on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 10, 2020  Details of corticioid fungus Hypoxylon rubiginosum(?) on a log on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 26, 2020  Texture of corticioid fungus Hypoxylon rubiginosum(?) on a log on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 26, 2020  Orange corticioid fungus Tomentella botryoides (Thelephora botryoides) on wet oak wood on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 2, 2023  Some yellow corticioid fungus on rotting wood on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, September 14, 2019  Merulioid pores of corticioid fungus Leucogyrophana pinastri (Hydnomerulius pinastri) on underside of a rotting pine log on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 10, 2020  Details of pores of corticioid fungus Leucogyrophana pinastri (Hydnomerulius pinastri) on underside of a rotting pine log on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 10, 2020  Close-up of orange corticioid fungus Tomentella botryoides (Thelephora botryoides) on wet oak wood on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 2, 2023  Yellow and dark-brown Hypoxylon rubiginosum(?) corticioid fungus on underside of a piece of wood on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest, near Huntsville. Texas, June 9, 2018  Rusty brown spots of corticioid fungus Hypoxylon fuscum or may be Virgariella on dry stems of Chinese privet(?) on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, March 10, 2024  Velvety brown corticioid fungus Virgariella (mitosporic stage of Hypoxylon fuscum) on a fallen twig at Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, March 13, 2021  White grits of couscous crust fungus Bulbillomyces farinosus in anamorphous stage Aegerita candida scattered on rotting oak wood in wet area on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, January 12, 2020 |