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3793-16. Close-up of merged caps of woolly oyster mushroom (Hohenbuehelia mastrucata) on a fallen oak or elm on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, December 24, 2025Similar picturesLarge thumbnails | Use small thumbnails | View as slideshow |
 Merged caps of woolly oyster mushroom (Hohenbuehelia mastrucata) on a fallen oak or elm on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, December 24, 2025  Close-up of a cap of woolly oyster mushroom (Hohenbuehelia mastrucata) on a fallen oak or elm on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, December 24, 2025  Young caps of woolly oyster mushroom (Hohenbuehelia mastrucata) under a fallen oak, sweetgum or elm on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, November 30, 2025  Decomposing caps of woolly oyster mushroom (Hohenbuehelia mastrucata) under a fallen oak, sweetgum or elm on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, November 30, 2025  Cap of woolly oyster mushroom (Hohenbuehelia mastrucata) on a fallen oak or elm on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, December 24, 2025  Close-up of a cap of woolly oyster mushroom (Hohenbuehelia mastrucata) under a fallen oak, sweetgum or elm on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, November 30, 2025  Cluster of small caps of woolly oyster mushroom (Hohenbuehelia mastrucata) under a fallen oak, sweetgum or elm on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, November 30, 2025  Cap texture of woolly oyster mushroom (Hohenbuehelia mastrucata) on a fallen oak or elm on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, December 24, 2025  Gills of woolly oyster mushroom (Hohenbuehelia mastrucata) on a fallen oak or elm on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, December 24, 2025  Underside of a cap of woolly oyster mushroom (Hohenbuehelia mastrucata) on a fallen oak or elm on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, December 24, 2025  Underside of woolly oyster mushroom (Hohenbuehelia mastrucata) under a fallen oak or elm on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, December 24, 2025  Mature caps of woolly oyster mushroom (Hohenbuehelia mastrucata) infected by some fungus under a fallen oak, sweetgum or elm on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, November 30, 2025  Gill pattern of woolly oyster mushroom (Hohenbuehelia mastrucata) on a fallen oak or elm on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, December 24, 2025  Underside of woolly oyster mushroom (Hohenbuehelia mastrucata) on a fallen oak or elm with white cottony mycelium on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, December 24, 2025  Tiny young cap of woolly oyster mushroom (Hohenbuehelia mastrucata) under a fallen oak, sweetgum or elm on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, November 30, 2025  White fluffy mycelium of woolly oyster mushroom (Hohenbuehelia mastrucata) under a fallen oak, sweetgum or elm on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, November 30, 2025  An immature female Southern Black Widow (Latrodectus mactans) or Northern Black Widow (Latrodectus variolus) under a fallen oak, sweetgum or elm on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. The "web" in the background is the woolly mycelium or tomentum characteristic of fungus Hohenbuehelia mastrucata. Texas, November 30, 2025  Close-up of caps and mycelium of woolly oyster mushrooms (Hohenbuehelia mastrucata) on a broken end of a fallen oak on North Wilderness Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Richards. Texas, December 27, 2020  Shoehorn oyster mushrooms (Hohenbuehelia petaloides) on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, December 19, 2021  Spores of woolly oyster mushroom (Hohenbuehelia mastrucata) from a fallen tree, collected in Sam Houston National Forest a day before. Texas, December 1, 2025  Underside of caps of woolly oyster mushrooms (Hohenbuehelia mastrucata) on a fallen oak on North Wilderness Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Richards. Texas, December 27, 2020  Caps and mycelium of woolly oyster mushrooms (Hohenbuehelia mastrucata) on a broken end of a fallen oak on North Wilderness Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Richards. Texas, December 27, 2020  Overlapping caps of woolly oyster mushrooms (Hohenbuehelia mastrucata) on underside of a fallen oak on North Wilderness Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Richards. Texas, December 27, 2020  Cluster of caps of woolly oyster mushrooms (Hohenbuehelia mastrucata) on underside of a fallen oak on North Wilderness Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Richards. Texas, December 27, 2020  Dense caps of woolly oyster mushrooms (Hohenbuehelia mastrucata) on underside of a fallen oak on North Wilderness Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Richards. Texas, December 27, 2020  Pattern of caps of woolly oyster mushrooms (Hohenbuehelia mastrucata) on underside of a fallen oak on North Wilderness Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Richards. Texas, December 27, 2020  Emerging caps and mycelium of woolly oyster mushrooms (Hohenbuehelia mastrucata) on underside of a fallen oak on North Wilderness Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Richards. Texas, December 27, 2020  Small and large caps of woolly oyster mushrooms (Hohenbuehelia mastrucata) on a broken end of a fallen oak on North Wilderness Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Richards. Texas, December 27, 2020  Young caps and mycelium of woolly oyster mushrooms (Hohenbuehelia mastrucata) on underside of a fallen oak on North Wilderness Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Richards. Texas, December 27, 2020  Large number of caps of woolly oyster mushrooms (Hohenbuehelia mastrucata) on a broken end of a fallen oak on North Wilderness Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Richards. Texas, December 27, 2020  Caps of slightly dried woolly oyster mushrooms (Hohenbuehelia mastrucata) on a broken end of a fallen oak on North Wilderness Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Richards. Texas, December 27, 2020  Partially dried caps of woolly oyster mushrooms (Hohenbuehelia mastrucata) on a broken end of a fallen oak on North Wilderness Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Richards. Texas, December 27, 2020  Close-up of black crust fungus Hypoxylon on a fallen oak or elm on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, December 24, 2025  Close-up of resupinate polypore mushroom Fomitiporia on a fallen oak branch on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, December 26, 2020  Corticioid fungus Hypoxylon on a fallen oak or elm on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, December 24, 2025  Gills of woolly oyster mushrooms (Hohenbuehelia mastrucata) on a fallen oak on North Wilderness Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Richards. Texas, December 27, 2020  Woolly oyster mushrooms (Hohenbuehelia mastrucata) on underside of a fallen oak on North Wilderness Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Richards. Texas, December 27, 2020  Black crust fungus Hypoxylon on a fallen oak or elm on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, December 24, 2025  Young woolly oyster mushrooms (Hohenbuehelia mastrucata) on underside of a fallen oak on North Wilderness Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Richards. Texas, December 27, 2020  Gills of woolly oyster mushrooms (Hohenbuehelia mastrucata) on a side of a fallen oak on North Wilderness Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Richards. Texas, December 27, 2020  Overlapping caps of woolly oyster mushrooms (Hohenbuehelia mastrucata) on a broken end of a fallen oak on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, January 13, 2021  Close-up of Ascomycete fungus Pyronema omphalodes on old bonfire site on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, December 24, 2025  Slightly dried woolly oyster mushrooms (Hohenbuehelia mastrucata) on a broken end of a fallen oak on North Wilderness Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Richards. Texas, December 27, 2020  Caps and white mycelium of woolly oyster mushrooms (Hohenbuehelia mastrucata) on a broken end of a fallen oak on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, January 13, 2021  Large number of caps of woolly oyster mushrooms (Hohenbuehelia mastrucata) on a broken end of a fallen oak on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, January 13, 2021  Underside of slightly dried woolly oyster mushrooms (Hohenbuehelia mastrucata) on a broken end of a fallen oak on North Wilderness Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Richards. Texas, December 27, 2020  Woolly oyster mushrooms (Hohenbuehelia mastrucata) on a broken end of a small (around 20 cm in diameter) fallen oak (could be other tree) on North Wilderness Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Richards. Texas, December 27, 2020  Close-up of corticioid mushrooms Acanthophysium oakesii (Aleurodiscus oakesii) on a fallen but still living elm on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, November 30, 2025  Close-up of sunken bloodspot lichen (Haematomma persoonii) on a recently fallen oak on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, December 26, 2020  Close-up of white resupinate polypore mushroom on a fallen pine branch on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, June 18, 2021  Close-up of a resupinate polypore mushroom Fibroporia radiculosa under a fallen pine on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, January 23, 2022  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  Resupinate polypore mushroom Fomitiporia on a fallen oak branch on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, December 26, 2020  Close-up of thick white resupinate polypore mushroom on a fallen and burned pine on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, February 4, 2024  Close-up of resupinate polypore mushroom Perenniporia(?) covering a fallen broadleaf tree on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, January 23, 2022  Pinkgill (Entoloma) mushrooms on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, December 24, 2025  Mushrooms Pholiota spumosa on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, December 24, 2025  Close-up of resupinate polypore mushroom Ceriporiopsis mucida on a fallen and burned pine(?) tree on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, January 23, 2022  Prostrate form of a polypore mushroom Trametes sector on a fallen oak branch on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, December 26, 2020  Resupinate form of a polypore mushroom Trametes sector on a fallen oak branch on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, December 26, 2020  Underside of pinkgill (Entoloma) mushrooms on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, December 24, 2025  Caps of mushrooms Chrysomphalina grossula(?) under pines and oaks on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, December 19, 2021  Texture of resupinate form of a polypore mushroom Trametes sector on a fallen oak branch on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, December 26, 2020  Caps of dyer s mazegill mushroom (Phaeolus schweinitzii) on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, September 11, 2022  Ascomycete fungus Pyronema omphalodes on old bonfire site on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, December 24, 2025  Close-up of a mushroom Amanita rhoadsii on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, July 23, 2021  Hydnoid (tooth) fungus on a fallen oak on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, December 26, 2020  Close-up of slime mold Fuligo cinerea on a fallen tree on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, March 29, 2020  Close-up of small greenish grey buttons of some fungus on a fallen oak on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, April 11, 2023  Close-up of mushrooms Phlebia tremellosa on a fallen pine limb on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, January 4, 2020  Cross section of a fibrecap (Inocybe) mushroom on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, December 31, 2023  Section view of milkcap (Lactarius) mushroom on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, December 9, 2023  Close-up of resupinate polypore mushroom on underside of a log on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, April 2, 2022  Caps of burnt knight mushrooms (Tricholoma ustale) near the lake under water oaks on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, December 31, 2023  Close-up of giant Panus mushrooms (Lentinus levis) on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, December 19, 2021  Some pillow-like polypore mushroom on a fallen tree on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, May 6, 2020  Physisporinus mushroom on a fallen pine on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, January 4, 2020  Crust fungus Fomitiporia on a fallen oak branch on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, December 26, 2020  Woolly oyster mushrooms (Hohenbuehelia mastrucata) on a broken end of a fallen oak on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, January 13, 2021  Hairy caps of polypore mushrooms Panus lecomtei (Panus neostrigosus) on a fallen oak on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, April 11, 2023  Gills of woolly oyster mushrooms (Hohenbuehelia mastrucata) on underside of a fallen oak on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, January 13, 2021  Close-up of Physisporinus mushroom on a vertically cut surface of a pine log on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, January 4, 2020  Close-up of pores of bracket polypore mushrooms Oxyporus populinus on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, December 31, 2023  Physisporinus mushroom on a side of a fallen pine on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, January 4, 2020  Deer shield mushrooms (Pluteus cervinus) on a fallen oak on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, December 9, 2023  Giant Panus mushrooms (Lentinus levis) on a fallen oak on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, December 19, 2021  Gilled polypore mushrooms Lenzites betulina on a fallen oak on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, December 31, 2023  Close-up of resupinate fungus Xylodon flaviporus on a small gnarl fallen from a pine on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, January 4, 2020  Close-up of white with rosy and yellow porous corticioid fungus on a fallen pine on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, February 4, 2024  Close-up of soft brain-like structure inside a gasteroid mushroom Protubera maracuja or may be Glomus or Endogone on soil under half-burnt fallen pine or oak on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, January 14, 2021  Prostrate form of woolly oyster mushrooms (Hohenbuehelia mastrucata) on underside of a fallen oak on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, January 13, 2021  Gill pattern of woolly oyster mushrooms (Hohenbuehelia mastrucata) on underside of a fallen oak on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, January 13, 2021  Fibrecap (Inocybe) mushroom on a path on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, December 31, 2023  Underside of milkcap (Lactarius) mushroom on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, December 9, 2023  Close-up of white resupinate polypore mushroom on a pine log near the lake near Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, November 24, 2021  Close-up of white resupinate polypore mushroom in on a burnt pine on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, January 4, 2020  Close up of brownish resupinate polypore mushroom on a wet burnt pine on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, January 4, 2020  Close-up of powdery white fungus on burnt Phellinus mushroom on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, April 17, 2021  Close-up of white resupinate polypore mushroom on a pine log near the lake near Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, November 24, 2021 |