 Slime mold Tubifera dimorphotheca on 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 slime mold Tubifera dimorphotheca on rotting oak wood on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 10, 2020
 Mature Tubifera dimorphotheca(?) slime mold with brown spores on a large mossy pine log on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest near Huntsville. Texas, June 7, 2019
 Slime mold Tubifera dimorphotheca or may be T. microsperma on a damp rotten pine log on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, September 30, 2018
 Mushrooms Callistosporium purpureomarginatum on dark brown rotten wood of an oak on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 31, 2020
 Pink and dark stages of slime mold Tubifera dimorphotheca on a partially burned log near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, June 8, 2021
 Tinder mushrooms Callistosporium purpureomarginatum on dark brown rotten wood on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 31, 2020
 Raspberry slime mold (Tubifera ferruginosa) on rotting wood on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, July 4, 2019
 Brown mature stage of slime mold Tubifera dimorphotheca on a log near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, June 8, 2021
 Tubifera dimorphotheca(?) slime mold on a mossy pine log on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest near Huntsville. Texas, June 7, 2019
 Tubifera dimorphotheca(?) slime mold with moss on a large pine log on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest near Huntsville. Texas, June 7, 2019
 Tubifera dimorphotheca(?) slime mold on a large mossy pine log on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest near Huntsville. Texas, June 7, 2019
 Mature Tubifera dimorphotheca(?) slime mold on a large mossy pine log on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest near Huntsville. Texas, June 7, 2019
 Mature slime mold Tubifera on a mossy pine log on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, February 29, 2020
 Mature Tubifera dimorphotheca(?) slime mold with a slug on a large mossy pine log on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest near Huntsville. Texas, June 7, 2019
 Side view of Tubifera dimorphotheca(?) slime mold on a large mossy pine log on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest near Huntsville. Texas, June 7, 2019
 Pinkgill mushrooms Entoloma strictius(?) on dark brown rotten oak log on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, August 30, 2020
 Slime mold Tubifera dimorphotheca on a mossy pine log near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 7, 2022
 Slime mold Tubifera dimorphotheca on a wet rotting pine log near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 7, 2022
 Masses of slime mold Tubifera dimorphotheca on a pine log near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 7, 2022
 Stalked sporangia of slime mold Physarum viride under a microscope at lowest magnification, collected from brown rotten bark on oak log on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 12, 2022
 Side view of slime mold Tubifera dimorphotheca on a pine log near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 7, 2022
 Slime mold Tubifera dimorphotheca on a partially burned log near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, June 8, 2021
 Close-up of slime mold Tubifera dimorphotheca on a mossy pine log near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 7, 2022
 Imperfect fungus (Deuteromycota) on an old Fuligo septica slime mold grown on rotten oak on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, March 23, 2020
 Slime mold Physarum globuliferum on wet rotting wood on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 31, 2020
 Slime mold Physarum globuliferum on rotting wood on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 31, 2020
 Tiny brown slime mold under a wet log on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 8, 2020
 Tiny orange and brown balls of slime mold Hemitrichia calyculata on wet soft wood on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 4, 2022
 Close-up of mature stage of slime mold Tubifera dimorphotheca on a log near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, June 8, 2021
 Red raspberry slime mold (Tubifera ferruginosa) on a wet pine log on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, March 31, 2022
 Side view of pinkgill mushrooms Entoloma strictius(?) on dark brown rotten oak log on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, August 30, 2020
 Side view of mature stage of slime mold Tubifera dimorphotheca on a log near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, June 8, 2021
 Red raspberry slime mold (Tubifera ferruginosa) on a rotting pine log on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, March 31, 2022
 Red raspberry slime mold (Tubifera ferruginosa) on a pine stump on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, February 25, 2024
 Side view of young pinkish stage of slime mold Tubifera dimorphotheca on a log near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, June 8, 2021
 Raspberry slime mold (Tubifera ferruginosa)(?) on wet rotting wood on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest near Huntsville. Texas, April 16, 2019
 Raspberry slime mold (Tubifera ferruginosa)(?) on rotting wood on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest near Huntsville. Texas, April 16, 2019
 Red raspberry slime mold (Tubifera ferruginosa) in bark crevices of a pine stump on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, February 25, 2024
 Slime mold Tubifera dimorphotheca on a fallen pine on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, June 27, 2020
 Slime mold Tubifera dimorphotheca(?) on rotting wood on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, June 11, 2019
 Close-up of red raspberry slime mold (Tubifera ferruginosa) in a bark crevice of a pine stump on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, February 25, 2024
 Clusters of slime mold Tubifera dimorphotheca on a fallen pine on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, June 27, 2020
 Slime mold Tubifera dimorphotheca on a fallen pine without bark on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, June 27, 2020
 Black slime mold Symphytocarpus on rotten wood on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest, near Huntsville. Texas, March 10, 2018
 Slime mold Hemitrichia calyculata on wet soft broadleaf wood on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 4, 2022
 Close-up of slime mold Hemitrichia calyculata on wet soft wood on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 4, 2022
 Brown sporangia of slime mold Stemonitis fusca on a pine log on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, June 13, 2021
 Brown ball of slime mold Hemitrichia calyculata under a microscope, collected on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 4, 2022
 Slime mold Stemonitopsis typhina on a log on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 2, 2020
 Dog vomit slime mold (Fuligo septica) on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 30, 2020
 Dog vomit slime mold (Fuligo septica) on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, August 1, 2020
 Honeycomb coral slime mold (Ceratiomyxa fruticulosa) on a pine(?) log on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 31, 2020
 Sponge fingers slime mold (Arcyria obvelata)(?) on a log on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, June 13, 2020
 Deuteromycota fungus on an old Fuligo septica slime mold on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, March 23, 2020
 Orange plasmodium of many-headed slime mold Physarum polycephalum with coral slime mold (Ceratiomyxa fruticulosa var. porioides) on a big fallen pine on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, June 27, 2019
 Clump of sponge fingers slime mold (Arcyria obvelata)(?) on a log on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, June 13, 2020
 Close-up of sponge fingers slime mold (Arcyria obvelata)(?) on a log on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, June 13, 2020
 Imperfect fungus (Deuteromycota) on an old Fuligo septica slime mold on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, March 23, 2020
 Sponge fingers slime mold (Arcyria obvelata)(?) with a slug on a log on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, June 13, 2020
 Raspberry slime mold (Tubifera ferruginosa)(?) on rotting pine(?) on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest near Huntsville. Texas, April 16, 2019
 Pinewood gingertail mushrooms (Xeromphalina campanella) on rotten pine wood on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, August 1, 2020
 Texture of an imperfect fungus (Deuteromycota) on an old Fuligo septica slime mold on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, March 23, 2020
 Side view of powder-scale Pholiota mushrooms (Flammulaster erinaceellus) on completely rotten brown wood on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, October 21, 2021
 Imperfect fungus (Deuteromycota) on an old Fuligo septica slime mold in cross section on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, March 23, 2020
 Sporangia of slime mold Tubifera dimorphotheca(?) on a log on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, June 11, 2019
 Some mold-like fungus growing on tiny Physarum(?) slime mold on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, June 13, 2021
 Brown spore print of a pinkgill mushroom Entoloma strictius(?) from a rotten oak log taken from Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, August 31, 2020
 Slime mold Tubifera dimorphotheca in iodine solution under a microscope at low magnification, collected in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 7, 2022
 Spores(?) of slime mold Tubifera dimorphotheca in iodine solution under a microscope, collected in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 7, 2022
 Powder-scale Pholiota mushrooms (Flammulaster erinaceellus) on a large fallen oak where a big branch is broken, on completely rotten brown wood on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, October 21, 2021
 Cross section of thick white Amanita mushroom turning dark brown on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, August 7, 2020
 Dark toad near a rotten pine tree on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, February 23, 2023
 Some round structures of slime mold Tubifera dimorphotheca in iodine solution under a microscope, collected in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 7, 2022
 One tube of slime mold Tubifera dimorphotheca in iodine solution under a microscope at very low magnification, collected in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 7, 2022
 Spores (in KOH) from dark brown slime mold Tubifera dimorphotheca(?) from a mossy pine log, collected in Little Thicket Nature Sanctuary a day before. Texas, April 23, 2023
 Tube margin of slime mold Tubifera dimorphotheca in iodine solution under a microscope at low magnification, collected in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 7, 2022
 Spores(?) and a tube margin of slime mold Tubifera dimorphotheca in iodine solution under a microscope, collected in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 7, 2022
 Warty back of a dark toad near a rotten pine tree on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, February 23, 2023
 Globular spores (in KOH) from dark brown slime mold Tubifera dimorphotheca(?) from a mossy pine log, collected in Little Thicket Nature Sanctuary a day before. Texas, April 23, 2023
 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
 Mushrooms Callistosporium purpureomarginatum causing brown cubic rot of oak wood on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 10, 2020
 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
 Raspberry slime mold (Tubifera ferruginosa)(?) on rotten oak on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, March 29, 2020
 Bracket polypore mushrooms Rigidoporus lineatus (Physisporinus lineatus) on completely rotten wood of pine on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, July 24, 2020
 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
 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
 Coral slime mold (Ceratiomyxa fruticulosa var. porioides) on a big rotten log on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest, near Huntsville. Texas, March 10, 2018
 Texture of some dark blue mold-like 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
 Arcyria stipata(?) slime mold under an oak log on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, March 7, 2021
 Slime mold Stemonitopsis typhina on a wet log on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, August 13, 2021
 Slime mold Arcyria ferruginea on a log on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, February 23, 2023
 Polypore mushroom Abortiporus biennis(?) that is easily detached from wood, with brown and leathery underside, on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 18, 2020
 Cap of Marasmius mushroom on rotten pine wood on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, July 23, 2022
 Mature slime mold Hemitrichia calyculata(?) on a wet pine log on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 18, 2022
 Slime mold Trichia scabra on a fallen oak on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 27, 2019
 Dog vomit slime mold (Fuligo septica) on a log on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 1, 2021
 Dog Vomit Slime Mold (Fuligo septica) on an oak log on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 10, 2021
 Slime mold Cribraria cancellata(?) on a wet pine log on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, October 9, 2021
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