 Spores of some rust fungus from underside of leaves of jumpseed (knotweed, Persicaria virginiana) collected in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, July 3, 2022
 Underside of a leaf of jumpseed (knotweed, Persicaria virginiana) with brown spores of some rust fungus on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, July 3, 2022
 Yellow leaves of jumpseed (knotweed, Persicaria virginiana) with some rust fungus on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, July 3, 2022
 Leaves of jumpseed (knotweed, Persicaria virginiana) on black background with some rust fungus on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, July 3, 2022
 Yellow spots caused by some rust fungus on a leaf of jumpseed (knotweed, Persicaria virginiana) on floodplain on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, July 3, 2022
 Plants of jumpseed (knotweed, Persicaria virginiana) on floodplain with yellowing caused by some fungus on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, July 3, 2022
 Plant of jumpseed (knotweed, Persicaria virginiana) in muddy area on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, July 3, 2022
 Tiny spider on a tip of a flower spike of jumpseed (knotweed, Persicaria virginiana) on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, July 3, 2022
 Young leaves of jumpseed (knotweed, Persicaria virginiana) on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, March 4, 2023
 Shoots of jumpseed (knotweed, Persicaria virginiana) in low lying area on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, March 20, 2022
 Spores of rust fungus Coleosporium elephantopodis at low magnification collected in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, June 2, 2022
 Teliospores (teleutospores, black) of mayapple rust fungus (Puccinia podophylli) under a microscope at low magnification, collected in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, April 16, 2022
 Black balls of rust fungus Uromyces lespedezae or may be Cercospora from underside of leaves of hairy bush clover collected on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, July 10, 2022
 Black balls of rust fungus Uromyces lespedezae or may be Cercospora from underside of leaves of hairy bush clover under a microscope at low magnifications collected on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, July 10, 2022
 Spores of rust fungus Coleosporium elephantopodis collected in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, June 18, 2022
 Spores of rust fungus Coleosporium elephantopodis collected in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, June 2, 2022
 Underside of greenbrier leaves with rust fungus Puccinia smilacis, collected on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, March 9, 2022
 Spores (teleutosori) at low magnification of mayapple rust fungus Allodus podophylli (Puccinia podophylli) collected on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 6, 2024
 Teliospores (teleutospores) of mayapple rust fungus (Puccinia podophylli) under a microscope at low magnification, collected in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, April 23, 2022
 Spores of rust fungus Puccinia eatoniae var. myosotidis(?) at low magnification from spring scorpion grass at low magnification, collected at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, April 3, 2022
 Basidia and spores of web mold fungus Syzygites megalocarpus at low magnification, collected on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, September 18, 2022
 Aeciospores of rust fungus Puccinia podophylli from a May apple leaf under a microscope at higher magnification, collected on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, March 10, 2022
 Spores and hyphae of peat mold fungus (Chromelosporium fulvum) at low magnification, collected in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, April 2, 2022
 Spores (in Congo Red, at low magnification) of fungus Leucogloe compressa from pine log (no pictures of the fungus were taken), collected near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, February 6, 2023
 Spores of mushrooms Pholiota polychroa under a microscope at low magnification collected near Caney Creek in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, August 21, 2022
 Spores of mushrooms Pholiota polychroa under a microscope at low magnification collected near Caney Creek in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, August 21, 2022
 Spores of slime mold Brefeldia maxima in KOH at low magnification, collected on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, October 8, 2022
 Asci and spores of fungus Pyronema omphalodes from a bonfire site under a microscope at higher magnification, collected on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, March 10, 2022
 Cystidia and spores of deer shield mushrooms (Pluteus cervinus) at low magnification, collected on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, July 13, 2022
 Greenbrier leaves with rust fungus Puccinia smilacis, collected on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, March 9, 2022
 Spores (at low magnification, x40 objective) of Ascomycete fungus Orbilia(?) from burned oak collected near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, February 21, 2023
 Spores of cup fungus Plicaria carbonaria under a microscope at low magnification collected near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, August 31, 2022
 Basidia and spores of parasol mushrooms Macrolepiota procera under a microscope at low magnification collected near Caney Creek in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, August 21, 2022
 Teliospores (in KOH, low magnification) of cocklebur rust fungus (Puccinia xanthii) from underside of leaves of cocklebur (Xanthium strumarium) collected over sewage line in Lick Creek Park a day before. College Station, Texas, August 13, 2023
 Rust fungus Puccinia smilacis on greenbrier leaves under a microscope, collected on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, March 9, 2022
 Spores of a bolete mushroom Suillus decipiens (spore print brown) at low magnification, collected a day before on Forest Service Road 231 near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 8, 2022
 Tissues of Ascomycete fungus Hyaloscypha britannica under a microscope at low magnification, collected in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 7, 2022
 Urediniospores of rust fungus Puccinia smilacis on greenbrier leaves under a microscope, collected on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, March 9, 2022
 Urediniospores of rust fungus Puccinia smilacis on greenbrier leaves under a microscope, collected on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, March 9, 2022
 Spores of a white brittle gilled Hemimycena(?) mushroom at low magnification collected on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, July 16, 2022
 Aeciospores (orange) of mayapple rust fungus (Puccinia podophylli) collected in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, April 16, 2022
 Spores of a small mushroom Amanita amerirubens(?) under a microscope at low magnification (spore print is white), collected on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, April 30, 2022
 Tissues of Ascomycete fungus Hyaloscypha britannica in iodine solution under a microscope at very low magnification, collected in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 7, 2022
 Tissues of Ascomycete fungus Hyaloscypha britannica in iodine solution under a microscope at low magnification, collected in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 7, 2022
 Teliospores (teleutospores, black) of mayapple rust fungus (Puccinia podophylli) collected in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, April 16, 2022
 Spores of lobster mushroom (Hypomyces lactifluorum) at low magnification collected in Sam Houston National Forest 1/22/2022. College Station, Texas, February 9, 2022
 Spores of mushrooms Pseudosperma rimosum (spore print light brown) from muddy area under a microscope at low magnification, collected near Caney Creek in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, August 21, 2022
 Spores of mature bolete mushrooms Austroboletus subflavidus at low magnification, collected on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, September 18, 2022
 Asci of tiny orange Ascomycete fungus Orbilia(?) at lower magnification from the same oak log as 1/19/2022, collected on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, March 2, 2022
 Gill tissue and spores of a white brittle gilled Hemimycena(?) mushroom under low magnification, collected on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, July 16, 2022
 Teliospores (teleutospores, black) of mayapple rust fungus (Puccinia podophylli) under a microscope, collected in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, April 16, 2022
 Spores of small chanterelle mushrooms Cantharellus tabernensis(?) under a microscope at low magnification (spore print is thin and white), collected on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, April 30, 2022
 Orange spores (aeciospores) of Cronartium harknessii rust fungus (Endocronartium harknessii) collected from a pine in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, March 11, 2023
 Spores of rust fungus Puccinia eatoniae var. myosotidis(?) at low magnification, collected in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, February 10, 2023
 Spores of resupinate polypore mushroom Megasporoporia setulosa at low magnification collected in Sam Houston National Forest a day before. Texas, May 29, 2022
 Asci with spores at low magnification of eyelash cup fungus Scutellinia superba from muddy ground, collected on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 6, 2024
 Spores of brittlegill mushroom Russula flavida at low magnification, collected on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 1, 2022
 Spores of orange fibrecap (Inocybe) mushroom under a microscope at low magnification, collected in Sam Houston National Forest near Richards. Texas, May 8, 2022
 Spores of slime mold Hemitrichia calyculata under a microscope at low magnification collected on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 18, 2022
 Spores of peeling puffball mushrooms (Lycoperdon marginatum) in KOH at low magnification, collected on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 4, 2022
 Capillitium and spores of slime mold Hemitrichia calyculata at low magnification in KOH, collected on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 4, 2022
 Web mold fungus Syzygites megalocarpus under a microscope at low magnification, collected on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, September 18, 2022
 Various spores of mayapple rust fungus (Puccinia podophylli) collected in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, March 4, 2023
 Leaves of hairy bush clover (Lespedeza hirta) with rust fungus Uromyces lespedezae or may be Cercospora on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, July 10, 2022
 Spores of white Amanita mushrooms from a pine forest at low magnification collected on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, August 25, 2022
 Tissues of crust fungus Gloeoporus ambiguus (Meruliopsis ambigua) from a fallen pine branch under a microscope at low magnification, collected near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, August 20, 2022
 Spores (teleutosori) of mayapple rust fungus Allodus podophylli (Puccinia podophylli) collected on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 6, 2024
 Spores of mushrooms Gymnopus foetidus collected in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, July 17, 2022
 Spores and tissues (at low magnification) of sunflower white rust fungus Pustula tragopogonis (Pustula obtusata, Albugo tragopogonis)(?) from white spots on leaves of squaw-weed (Senecio ampullaceus) collected on Yaupon Loop Trail in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, February 17, 2024
 Spores of Ascomycete fungus Galiella rufa at low magnification, collected in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, April 30, 2023
 Spores (in KOH, low magnification) Hypoxylon fungus from a twig (may be contamination) collected near Caney Creek three days before in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, February 8, 2023
 Spores of tiny white Mycena mushroom from pine cone (with x40 objective, low magnification) collected in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, May 5, 2023
 Spores of tiny white Mycena mushroom from pine cone (with x10 objective, very low magnification) collected in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, May 5, 2023
 Aeciospores (orange) and some other spores of mayapple rust fungus (Puccinia podophylli) collected in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, March 4, 2023
 Spores of a polypore mushroom Lentinus arcularius collected in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, July 17, 2022
 Tissues of web-like corticioid fungus from underside of an oak (or may be pine) log collected in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, June 2, 2022
 Spores of fungus Hypomyces on Boletus subfraternis under a microscope with x40 objective, collected in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, August 28, 2022
 Apophyses and spores of Ascomycete fungus Hyaloscypha britannica under a microscope, collected in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 7, 2022
 Basidia and spores of webcap mushrooms Cortinarius semisanguineus at higher magnification, collected on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, February 27, 2022
 Spores at low magnification (with x40 objective) of Pine Spikes mushrooms (Chroogomphus vinicolor) collected in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 3, 2023
 Teliospores and urediniospores of rust fungus Puccinia modiolae at higher magnification collected from Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, March 7, 2022
 Spores of of green brittlegill mushroom (Russula aeruginea(?)) collected in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, July 3, 2022
 Spores of a fungus Rhizopogon roseolus collected 2 meters from bonfire, in iodine solution, in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 7, 2022
 Spores (in KOH, at low(?) magnification) of tiny black spheres of corticioid fungus Rosellinia subiculata(?) from fallen sticks, collected a day before in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, February 20, 2023
 Spores of white smooth corticioid fungus from underside of burned pines, collected on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest four days before. Texas, July 27, 2023
 Pycnia of Juniper-hawthorn rust fungus (Gymnosporangium globosum) under a microscope in KOH, from upper surface of leaves of littlehip hawthorn (Crataegus spathulata), collected on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, July 23, 2023
 Spindle-shaped teliospores of rust fungus Puccinia modiolae at higher magnification collected from Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, March 7, 2022
 Spores of a mushroom Panus tephroleucus (Lentinus sect. Velutini) collected in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, July 17, 2022
 Ascus with round spores of brown Ascomycete fungus Plicaria carbonaria from campfire, collected in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 7, 2022
 Tissues infected by Juniper-hawthorn rust fungus (Gymnosporangium globosum) under a microscope in KOH, from upper surface of leaves of littlehip hawthorn (Crataegus spathulata), collected on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, July 23, 2023
 Fungus Pyronema omphalodes from a bonfire site under a microscope at low magnification, collected on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, March 10, 2022
 Spores (at low magnification) of a pinkish fungus Hypomyces samuelsii(?) growing on mature caps of polypore mushrooms Daedaleopsis collected from a fallen oak in Sam Houston National Forest a day before. Texas, January 23, 2023
 Fungus Hyaloscypha britannica under a microscope at low magnification in KOH, collected on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, March 9, 2022
 Spores and cystidia of mushrooms Pluteus longistriatus at low magnification collected on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, June 26, 2022
 Asci of fungus Pyronema omphalodes from a bonfire site under a microscope at higher magnification, collected on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, March 10, 2022
 Conidiophore and conidia of peat mold fungus (Chromelosporium fulvum) in Congo Red solution at low magnification, collected on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 29, 2022
 Tissues and spores of a small orange cap bolete mushroom Boletus subfraternus infected by Hypomyces fungus collected in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, June 6, 2022
 Two different kinds of spores (orange Aeciospores and black teliospores) of mayapple rust fungus (Puccinia podophylli) on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 16, 2022
 Aecia of mayapple rust fungus Allodus podophylli (Puccinia podophylli) on underside of leaves of May apple on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, February 29, 2020
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