 Hairy surface of cloud ear jelly mushroom (Auricularia nigricans) on a big stump of a broken tree, could be elm, in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, July 10, 2021
 Cloud ear jelly mushrooms (Auricularia nigricans) on a big tree stump in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, July 10, 2021
 Cloud ear jelly mushrooms (Auricularia nigricans, Auricularia polytricha) on rotting oak in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, January 19, 2020
 Cloud ear jelly mushrooms (Auricularia nigricans, Auricularia polytricha) on a fallen oak in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, January 19, 2020
 Cloud ear jelly mushrooms (Auricularia nigricans, Auricularia polytricha) on a fallen tree on Winters Bayou Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Cleveland, Texas, October 27, 2019
 Cloud ear jelly mushrooms (Auricularia nigricans, Auricularia polytricha) on a small fallen tree on Winters Bayou Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Cleveland, Texas, October 27, 2019
 White species of cloud ear jelly mushrooms (Auricularia nigricans, Auricularia polytricha) on a fallen tree on Winters Bayou Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Cleveland, Texas, April 7, 2020
 Cloud ear jelly mushrooms (Auricularia nigricans) on a fallen beech tree in area of Winters Bayou in Sam Houston National Forest east from Waverly. Texas, May 28, 2022
 Mature cloud ear jelly mushrooms (Auricularia nigricans) on a fallen beech tree in area of Winters Bayou in Sam Houston National Forest east from Waverly. Texas, May 28, 2022
 Cloud ear jelly mushrooms (Auricularia nigricans, Auricularia polytricha) together with their white species on a log on Winters Bayou Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Cleveland, Texas, April 7, 2020
 White species of cloud ear jelly mushrooms (Auricularia nigricans, Auricularia polytricha) on Winters Bayou Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Cleveland, Texas, April 7, 2020
 Mushrooms Phleogena faginea on a stump of a broken tree, could be elm, 0.7 m above ground, from cracks of bark in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, July 10, 2021
 Cloud ear jelly mushrooms (Auricularia nigricans) on a fallen branch on Four Notch Loop Trail of Sam Houston National Forest near Huntsville. Texas, January 23, 2021
 Underside of cloud ear jelly mushrooms (Auricularia nigricans, Auricularia polytricha) at Center for Biological Field Studies on Fish Hatchery Road. Huntsville, Texas, September 16, 2018
 Dense cluster of cloud ear jelly mushrooms (Auricularia nigricans) on a fallen branch on Four Notch Loop Trail of Sam Houston National Forest near Huntsville. Texas, January 23, 2021
 Hairy caps of cloud ear jelly mushrooms (Auricularia nigricans) on a fallen branch on Four Notch Loop Trail of Sam Houston National Forest near Huntsville. Texas, January 23, 2021
 Cloud ear jelly fungus (Auricularia nigricans) on a fallen osage orange tree on Little Lake Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest east from Trail Head No. 4, near Montgomery. Texas, November 29, 2020
 Cloud ear jelly mushrooms (Auricularia nigricans) on a fallen oak near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, February 21, 2021
 Cloud ear jelly mushrooms (Auricularia nigricans) on a fallen beech on Winters Bayou Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Cleveland, Texas, August 27, 2022
 Cloud ear jelly fungus (Auricularia nigricans) at the base of a tree in Longmire Park. College Station, Texas, May 9, 2024
 Hairy underside of cloud ear jelly mushrooms (Auricularia nigricans) on a log on Chinquapin Trail in Huntsville State Park. Texas, October 30, 2020
 Cloud ear jelly fungus (Auricularia nigricans) on a tree root on Kiwanis Nature Trail. College Station, Texas, May 7, 2024
 Cloud ear jelly mushrooms (Auricularia nigricans) on a fallen oak on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, January 12, 2022
 Cloud ear jelly mushrooms (Auricularia nigricans, Auricularia polytricha) at Center for Biological Field Studies on Fish Hatchery Road. Huntsville, Texas, September 16, 2018
 Cloud ear jelly mushrooms (Auricularia nigricans) on mossy fallen oak on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, January 12, 2022
 Caps of cloud ear jelly mushrooms (Auricularia nigricans, Auricularia polytricha) at Center for Biological Field Studies on Fish Hatchery Road. Huntsville, Texas, September 16, 2018
 Cloud ear jelly mushrooms (Auricularia nigricans) on mossy trunk of a fallen oak on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, January 12, 2022
 Cloud ear jelly fungus (Auricularia nigricans) in Longmire Park. College Station, Texas, May 9, 2024
 Underside of Phellinus(?) mushroom taken from rotting holly or other tree in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, January 16, 2021
 Underside of a bolete mushroom Retiboletus ornatipes in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, July 10, 2021
 Underside of a bitter bolete mushroom (Tylopilus) in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, July 10, 2021
 Cloud ear jelly mushrooms (Auricularia nigricans) on a log on Chinquapin Trail in Huntsville State Park. Texas, October 30, 2020
 Broken tissues of bracket polypore mushrooms Trametes nivosa on a small elm tree near the creek in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest near Shepherd. Texas, October 3, 2021
 Young cloud ear jelly mushrooms (Auricularia nigricans) on a log on Chinquapin Trail in Huntsville State Park. Texas, October 30, 2020
 Upper surface of cloud ear jelly mushrooms (Auricularia nigricans) on a log on Chinquapin Trail in Huntsville State Park. Texas, October 30, 2020
 Underside of small white gilled mushrooms Hydropus or Clitocybula on bark of elm(?) tree fallen across the creek in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, July 10, 2021
 Young and mature caps of cloud ear jelly mushrooms (Auricularia nigricans) on a log on Chinquapin Trail in Huntsville State Park. Texas, October 30, 2020
 Cloud ear jelly (Auricularia nigricans) on wood in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, May 15, 2024
 Boletellus mushroom on a rotting stump in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, July 14, 2018
 Boletellus mushroom on a mossy rotting stump in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, July 14, 2018
 Dissected Boletellus mushroom on a rotting stump in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, July 14, 2018
 Underside of a bright yellow bolete mushroom Retiboletus ornatipes under oaks, pines, Yaupon, on higher ground in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, July 10, 2021
 Spores of jelly mushrooms Auricularia nigricans from a beech log under a microscope with x40 objective, collected in area of Winters Bayou in Sam Houston National Forest east from Waverly. Texas, May 28, 2022
 Dark brown cap of a bracket polypore mushroom Trametes lactea on a fallen beech tree in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, July 10, 2021
 Tiny mushrooms Phleogena faginea on bark of a large elm(?) stump in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, July 10, 2021
 Spores of jelly mushrooms Auricularia nigricans from a beech log under a microscope with x100 objective, collected in area of Winters Bayou in Sam Houston National Forest east from Waverly. Texas, May 28, 2022
 White rot fungus Phlebiopsis gigantea in a crack of a broken pine tree in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, January 19, 2020
 Details of tiny mushrooms Phleogena faginea on bark of a large elm(?) stump in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, July 10, 2021
 Underside of brittlegill mushrooms Russula earlei in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, July 10, 2021
 Underside of small mushrooms Panellus pusillus on a split rotting tree in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest near Shepherd. Texas, October 3, 2021
 Underside of lumpy bracket mushrooms (Trametes gibbosa) on a fallen tree in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, November 21, 2021
 Details of white rot fungus Phlebiopsis gigantea in a crack of a broken pine tree in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, January 19, 2020
 White rot fungus Phlebiopsis gigantea growing in cracks of a broken pine tree in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, January 19, 2020
 Texture of white rot fungus Phlebiopsis gigantea in a crack of a broken pine tree in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, January 19, 2020
 Hyphae of white rot fungus Phlebiopsis gigantea in a crack of a broken pine tree in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, January 19, 2020
 White rot fungus Phlebiopsis gigantea on a broken and vertically split pine tree in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, January 19, 2020
 Underside of a tooth mushroom Climacodon pulcherrimus on a log in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, November 21, 2021
 Underside of milkcap mushroom Lactarius imperceptus in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, November 21, 2021
 Underside of some brown webcap (Cortinarius) mushroom in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, November 21, 2021
 Underside of polypore mushroom Microporellus dealbatus in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest near Shepherd. Texas, October 3, 2021
 Tiny mushrooms Phleogena faginea growing from cracks of bark on a large elm(?) stump in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, July 10, 2021
 Underside of a polypore mushroom Rigidoporus lineatus (Physisporinus lineatus) together with other polypore in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, July 10, 2021
 Underside of viscid pinkish milkcap (Lactarius) mushrooms in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, July 10, 2021
 Underside of lumpy bracket mushrooms (Trametes gibbosa) on a fallen holly tree in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, January 16, 2021
 Underside of mushrooms Leucoagaricus rubrotinctus near a stump in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, October 20, 2019
 Hyphae of white rot fungus Phlebiopsis gigantea spreading from cracks of a broken pine tree in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, January 19, 2020
 Close-up of white rot fungus Phlebiopsis gigantea on a broken and vertically split pine tree in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, January 19, 2020
 Underside of light grey-brown Tricholoma mushroom in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest near Shepherd. Texas, December 21, 2021
 Close-up of mushrooms Phleogena faginea on a large stump 0.7 m above ground, growing from cracks of bark in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, July 10, 2021
 Underside of wood ear mushrooms Auricularia angiospermarum (Auricularia auricula-judae complex) on an elm(?) stump in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, July 6, 2021
 Underside of bracket polypore mushroom Trametes nivosa on a dry standing tree near the creek in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, January 19, 2020
 Underside of pale oyster mushrooms (Pleurotus pulmonarius)(?) on a living American beech tree near its base in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest near Shepherd. Texas, October 3, 2021
 Cross section and underside of peppery milkcap mushrooms (Lactarius piperatus) in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, July 10, 2021
 Yellow resupinate tooth mushroom on a fallen tree in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest near Shepherd. Texas, October 3, 2021
 Yellow hydnoid prostrate mushroom on a fallen tree in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest near Shepherd. Texas, October 3, 2021
 Coral slime mold (Ceratiomyxa fruticulosa) on a rotting tree in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, July 10, 2021
 Details of orange jelly spot fungus (Dacrymyces chrysospermus) in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest near Shepherd. Texas, December 21, 2021
 Close-up of yellow resupinate tooth mushroom on a fallen tree in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest near Shepherd. Texas, October 3, 2021
 Pore surface of Phellinus(?) mushroom taken from rotting holly or other tree in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, January 16, 2021
 Tiny teeth of yellow resupinate mushroom on a fallen tree in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest near Shepherd. Texas, October 3, 2021
 Dark cap of Phellinus(?) mushroom on rotting holly or other tree in a wet spot in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, January 16, 2021
 Gills of a mushroom Marasmius fulvoferrugineus in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, July 10, 2021
 Orange cap of a mushroom Marasmius fulvoferrugineus in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, July 10, 2021
 Underside of indigo milkcap mushroom (Lactarius indigo) in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest near Shepherd. Texas, October 3, 2021
 Mushrooms Xylobolus subpileatus on a stump in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest near Shepherd. Texas, October 3, 2021
 Texture of coral slime mold (Ceratiomyxa fruticulosa) on a rotting tree in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, July 10, 2021
 Close-up of coral slime mold (Ceratiomyxa fruticulosa) on a rotting tree in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, July 10, 2021
 Bracket polypore mushrooms Trametes lactea on a fallen beech tree in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, July 10, 2021
 Underside of greasy bracket mushroom (Aurantiporus fissilis, Pappia fissilis) on a big fallen tree in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, September 12, 2020
 Some amorphous corticioid mushroom on a fallen beech in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, July 10, 2021
 Close-up of a bolete mushroom Retiboletus ornatipes in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, July 10, 2021
 False coral mushroom Tremellodendropsis semivestita in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, July 10, 2021
 Mushrooms Xylobolus subpileatus on a decomposing stump in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest near Shepherd. Texas, October 3, 2021
 Caps of bracket polypore mushrooms Trametes lactea on a fallen beech tree in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, July 10, 2021
 Orange jelly spot fungus (Dacrymyces chrysospermus) on a fallen pine branch in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest near Shepherd. Texas, December 21, 2021
 Small white gilled mushrooms Hydropus or Clitocybula on bark of elm(?) tree fallen across the creek in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, July 10, 2021
 Yellow pores of a bolete mushroom Retiboletus ornatipes in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, July 10, 2021
 Branches of a false coral mushroom Tremellodendropsis semivestita in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, July 10, 2021
 Cross section of a bitter bolete mushroom (Tylopilus) in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, July 10, 2021
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