 Gall fungus Botryosphaeria dothidea (in Congo Red solution) collected from leaf tar spots on goldenrod on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, July 10, 2022
 Galls on leaves of goldenrod Solidago canadensis caused by gall midges Asteromyia carbonifera with symbiotic fungus Botryosphaeria dothidea on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, July 10, 2022
 Leaves of goldenrod Solidago canadensis with raised white cushions caused by gall midges Asteromyia carbonifera and symbiotic fungus Botryosphaeria dothidea inside the galls on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, July 10, 2022
 Flat-topped goldenrod (Euthamia leptocephala) with leaf tar spots caused by gall midge Asteromyia euthamiae with a symbiotic fungus Botryosphaeria dothidea in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, September 29, 2022
 Flat-topped goldenrod (Euthamia leptocephala) with leaf tar spots caused by gall midge Asteromyia euthamiae with a symbiotic fungus Botryosphaeria dothidea in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, June 1, 2022
 Asteromyia gall midge fungus (Botryosphaeria dothidea) on leaves of flat-topped goldenrod (Euthamia leptocephala) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, June 1, 2022
 Conidiophore and conidia of peat mold fungus (Chromelosporium fulvum) in Congo Red solution, collected on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 29, 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
 Hyphae of web-like corticioid fungus in Congo Red solution collected in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, June 2, 2022
 Tissues (in Congo Red solution) of fallen from a tree bushy beard lichen (Usnea strigosa), collected on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, July 23, 2022
 Tissues (in Congo Red solution) of white resupinate polypore mushroom from bark of a fallen pine branch, collected on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, July 23, 2022
 Tissues of Asteromyia gall midge fungus (Botryosphaeria dothidea) under a microscope, collected in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, June 1, 2022
 Small orange cap bolete mushroom Boletus subfraternus infected by Hypomyces fungus in Congo Red solution under a microscope, collected in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, June 6, 2022
 Spores in Congo Red solution of small pleurotoid mushrooms Moniliophthora conchata (Crinipellis conchata)(?) collected in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, July 17, 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
 Close-up of a greenbrier leaf with rust fungus Puccinia smilacis, collected on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, March 9, 2022
 Necrotic spots that develop into angular lesions on underside of a leaf of persimmon (Diospyros virginiana) caused by persimmon Cercospora leaf spot fungus Pseudocercospora diospyricola on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, August 21, 2020
 Spores of earth star mushroom Geastrum in KOH solution under microscope collected on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, February 27, 2022
 Leaf of persimmon (Diospyros virginiana) prematurely turned yellow with black spots of fungus Pseudocercospora diospyricola on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, August 21, 2020
 Spores of some fungus from tar spots on lower parts of dry Arundinaria (bamboo) collected on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, February 5, 2023
 Artichoke-shaped gall on on the top of a shoot of goldenrod Solidago canadensis on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, July 10, 2022
 Cylindrical conidia (in Congo Red) of mold fungus Cylindrium elongatum(?) from a rotting oak leaf, collected on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, January 19, 2023
 Basidia and spores of parasol mushrooms Macrolepiota procera under a microscope in Congo Red solution collected near Caney Creek in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, August 21, 2022
 Asci with spores (in Congo Red) of Ascomycete fungus Trichoderma citrinoviride (Hypocrea schweinitzii) from a fallen pine, collected on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, December 17, 2023
 Asci with spores (in Congo Red at low magnification) of Ascomycete fungus Trichoderma citrinoviride (Hypocrea schweinitzii) from a fallen pine, collected on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, December 17, 2023
 Black blotches on the leaf of persimmon (Diospyros virginiana) caused by Cercospora leaf spot fungus Pseudocercospora diospyricola on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, August 18, 2022
 Tissues (in KOH solution) of fallen from a tree bushy beard lichen (Usnea strigosa), collected on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, July 23, 2022
 Tissues (in iodine solution) of fallen from a tree bushy beard lichen (Usnea strigosa), collected on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, July 23, 2022
 Leaves of goldenrod (Solidago) with yellow spots from goldenrod rust fungus Coleosporium solidaginis (Coleosporium asterum)(?), collected over a sewage line in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, August 3, 2023
 Spores of deer shield mushrooms (Pluteus cervinus) (spore print light brown) in KOH solution, collected on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, July 13, 2022
 Spores of deer shield mushrooms (Pluteus cervinus) (spore print light brown) in iodine solution, collected on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, July 13, 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
 Asci of mushrooms Antracobia tristis(?) under a microscope in Congo Red, collected on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, February 28, 2023
 Leaves of goldenrod (Solidago) showing yellow spots with uredinia of goldenrod rust fungus Coleosporium solidaginis (Coleosporium asterum)(?), collected over a sewage line in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, August 3, 2023
 Tall goldenrod (Solidago altissima) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, July 28, 2020
 Uderside of leaves of goldenrod (Solidago) showing yellow spots with uredinia of goldenrod rust fungus Coleosporium solidaginis (Coleosporium asterum)(?), collected over a sewage line in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, August 3, 2023
 Asci and paraphyses of mushrooms Antracobia tristis(?) under a microscope in Congo Red, collected on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, February 28, 2023
 Woolly growth (galls) on underside of a hickory(?) leaf on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, July 19, 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
 Oak leaves with brown spots caused by a fungus(?) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest, Texas, November 19, 2020
 Fungus Hyaloscypha britannica under a microscope, collected on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, March 9, 2022
 Asci of a small orange Ascomycete fungus Anthracobia tristis or may be A. maurilabra collected 1/26/2022 from a bonfire site on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, January 26, 2022
 Spores of a small orange Ascomycete fungus Anthracobia tristis or may be A. maurilabra collected 1/26/2022 from a bonfire site on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, January 26, 2022
 Asci and paraphyses of a small orange Ascomycete fungus Anthracobia tristis or may be A. maurilabra collected 1/26/2022 from a bonfire site on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, January 26, 2022
 Asci of fungus Hyaloscypha britannica under a microscope, collected on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, March 9, 2022
 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
 Tissues (in Congo Red) of fungus Hyaloscypha britannica(?) from a burned pine log collected in Sam Houston National Forest near Richards. Texas, February 18, 2023
 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
 Asci and paraphyses through a microscope of a small orange Ascomycete fungus Anthracobia tristis or may be A. maurilabra collected 1/26/2022 from a bonfire site on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, January 26, 2022
 Tissue of a lobster mushroom (Hypomyces lactifluorum) under a microscope in iodine solution collected near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, January 22, 2022
 Spores of inkcap mushrooms Coprinopsis spilospora (x100 objective, in Congo Red) collected on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, August 13, 2022
 Greenbrier leaves with rust fungus Puccinia smilacis, collected on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, March 9, 2022
 White corticioid (crust) fungus on a pine log turning orange in several spots on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, December 24, 2020
 Black spots of fungus Lophodermium (Rhytismataceae) on fallen pine needles on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, April 6, 2020
 Aeciospores of rust fungus Puccinia podophylli from a May apple leaf under a microscope, collected from Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, March 10, 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
 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
 Spores of slime mold Ceramytoxa fruticulosa in iodine solution, collected on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 4, 2022
 Rust fungus Puccinia smilacis on greenbrier leaves under a microscope, collected on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, March 9, 2022
 Underside of greenbrier leaves with rust fungus Puccinia smilacis, collected on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, March 9, 2022
 Tissues of corticioid fungus Schizopora paradoxa from a pine branch collected on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, February 6, 2022
 Fungus Hyaloscypha britannica under a microscope at higher magnification in Lugol, collected on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, March 9, 2022
 Tissues of brown Ascomycete fungus Plicaria carbonaria from campfire, in Congo red, collected in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 7, 2022
 Oak leaf anthracnose (leaf spot fungus, Dicarpella dryina, Tubakia dryina) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, May 10, 2020
 Red ball of slime mold Hemitrichia calyculata under a microscope in iodine solution, collected on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 4, 2022
 Spores of slime mold Arcyria cinerea in iodine solution (Lugol), collected on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 4, 2022
 Black blotches on the leaf of persimmon (Diospyros virginiana) caused by Cercospora leaf spot fungus Pseudocercospora diospyricola on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, August 21, 2020
 Back lit oak leaf anthracnose (leaf spot fungus, Dicarpella dryina, Tubakia dryina) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, May 10, 2020
 Close-up of oak leaf anthracnose (leaf spot fungus, Dicarpella dryina, Tubakia dryina) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, May 10, 2020
 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
 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
 Asci of a small orange Ascomycete fungus Anthracobia tristis or may be A. maurilabra together with green globular cells of algae(?) under a microscope collected 1/26/2022 from a bonfire site on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, January 26, 2022
 Spores and a large bladder-like structure of slime mold Ceramytoxa fruticulosa in iodine solution, collected on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 4, 2022
 Tissues under a microscope (in Congo Red, low magnification) of a resupinate polypore mushroom Fibroporia radiculosa collected on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, August 14, 2022
 Spores under a microscope (in Lugol solution) of polypore mushrooms Panus neostrigosus (Panus lecomtei) from a fallen pine, collected on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, August 13, 2022
 May apple leaf with yellow spots caused by teleutosori of mayapple rust fungus Allodus podophylli (Puccinia podophylli) on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 6, 2024
 Yellow spots on a leaf of May apple (Podophyllum peltatum) caused by teleutosori of rust fungus Allodus podophylli (Puccinia podophylli) on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 10, 2021
 Basidia under a microscope (in Congo Red) of polypore mushrooms Panus neostrigosus (Panus lecomtei) from a fallen pine, collected on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, August 13, 2022
 Reddish leaf of mustang grape on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, April 9, 2022
 Young leaf of mustang grape on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, April 9, 2022
 Tissues (in Congo Red) of web-like fungus Sporophagomyces chrysostomus from resupinate polypore mushroom Fuscoporia (Hymenochaetaceae) collected a day before on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 29, 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
 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
 Dark red spots of Deutero fungus (Neocercosporidium smilacis, Cercospora smilacis) on leaves of common greenbrier (Smilax rotundifolia) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, May 10, 2020
 Goldenrod in dew in Sam Houston National Forest, on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail. Richards, Texas, October 4, 2008
 Leaf of mustang grape on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, July 29, 2021
 Fresh leaf of flameleaf sumac (Rhus lanceolata) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, June 9, 2022
 Spores (in Congo Red) 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
 Tissues (in Congo Red) of some mold fungus around a burrow from a side of a sandy trail in a pine forest collected in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, February 5, 2023
 Close-up of light brown corticioid (crust) fungus covering a small leaf 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
 Young leaf of mustang grape on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, July 29, 2021
 Basidia of a resupinate polypore mushroom Fibroporia radiculosa collected 1/26/2022 from Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, January 26, 2022
 Spores of resupinate polypore mushroom Fibroporia radiculosa collected 1/26/2022 on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, January 27, 2022
 Tissue of a resupinate polypore mushroom Fibroporia radiculosa collected 1/26/2022 from Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, January 26, 2022
 Hyphae and spores (in Congo Red) of some mold fungus around a burrow from a side of a sandy trail in a pine forest collected in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, February 5, 2023
 Purple pleat-leaf (Pinewood lily, Alophia drummondii) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, June 9, 2022
 Green nymph of grasshopper on a dried leaf of bracken fern on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, June 29, 2022
 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
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