 Inkcap mushrooms Coprinopsis spilospora on partially burned pine litter on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, August 13, 2022
 Spores of inkcap mushrooms Coprinopsis spilospora from partially burned pine litter under a microscope in KOH collected in Sam Houston National Forest two days before and similar to this day findings. Texas, August 13, 2022
 Cross section of inkcap mushroom Coprinopsis spilospora on burned ground on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, March 28, 2021
 Spores and basidia of inkcap mushrooms Coprinopsis spilospora under a microscope (x40 objective) collected on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, August 13, 2022
 Basidia and spores of inkcap mushrooms Coprinopsis spilospora (x100 objective) collected on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, August 13, 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
 Spores, basidia and cystidia of inkcap mushrooms Coprinopsis spilospora (x40 objective) collected on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, August 13, 2022
 Inkcap mushroom Coprinopsis spilospora on burned ground on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, March 28, 2021
 Close-up of inkcap mushroom Coprinopsis spilospora on burned ground on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, March 28, 2021
 Side view of inkcap mushroom Coprinopsis spilospora on burned ground on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, March 28, 2021
 Inkcap mushroom Coprinopsis spilospora after a recent prescribed burn on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, March 28, 2021
 Cross section of black sporangia of slime mold Brefeldia maxima on a pine log on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, October 8, 2022
 Pine Spikes mushrooms (Chroogomphus vinicolor) in cross section on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, December 5, 2021
 Cross section of bolete mushrooms Leccinellum griseum on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 10, 2022
 Cross section of bolete mushrooms Pulveroboletus curtisii on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 10, 2022
 Cross section of mushrooms Tricholoma sulphurescens(?) near the trail in a pine forest on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, January 20, 2021
 Cross section of dyeball mushrooms (Pisolithus arhizus) under pine tree on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, October 29, 2023
 Small mushrooms Coprinopsis spilospora on a hill with pine forest on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, July 16, 2022
 Cross section of milkcap mushrooms Lactarius rimosellus on a mossy pine stump on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, December 5, 2021
 Mushrooms Tephrocybe anthracophila(?) growing from pieces of burned pine bark on charred soil near a completely burned pine log remained from prescribed burn in spring (spore print is white) on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, December 5, 2021
 Group of mushrooms Tephrocybe anthracophila (Lyophyllum anthracophilum)(?) growing from pieces of burned pine bark on charred soil near a completely burned pine log remained from prescribed burn in spring on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, December 5, 2021
 Cross section of a brown Leccinum mushroom on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 10, 2022
 Bolete mushrooms Xanthoconium affine and Xanthoconium purpureum with a cross section on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 10, 2022
 Tiny inkcap mushrooms Coprinopsis stercorea on horse dung on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Richards. Texas, November 3, 2019
 Texture of cross section of a dyeball mushroom (Pisolithus arhizus) under pine tree on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, October 29, 2023
 Tissues of white resupinate polypore mushroom from a fallen pine branch collected on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, August 13, 2022
 Cross section of mushrooms Hygrophorus hypothejus(?) on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, January 6, 2024
 Tissues of white resupinate polypore mushroom from a fallen pine branch under a microscope at very low magnification collected on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, August 13, 2022
 Gills of Coprinopsis spilospora mushrooms on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, July 16, 2022
 Milkcap mushrooms Lactarius imperceptus with cross section on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, December 5, 2021
 Bolete mushrooms Xerocomus illudens(?) with a cross section on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, October 29, 2023
 Cross section of bolete mushrooms Xerocomus illudens(?) on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, October 29, 2023
 Milkcap mushrooms Lactarius subpalustris with a cross section on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, December 5, 2021
 Forest lamb mushrooms (Albatrellus subrubescens) with cross section on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, December 5, 2021
 Pendent bracket mushrooms (Irpicodon pendulus) on a vertically cut surface of a pine fallen across the trail approximately 2 years ago (pine bark partially burned in spring) in a sparse pine forest on upper ground on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 12, 2021
 Close-up of small mushrooms Coprinopsis spilospora on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, July 16, 2022
 Terracotta hedgehog mushrooms (Hydnum rufescens) with cross section on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, December 5, 2021
 Cross section of mushrooms Amanita lavendula under pines and oaks on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, January 20, 2021
 Large brown webcap (Cortinarius) mushrooms with cross section on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, December 5, 2021
 Polypore mushrooms Panus neostrigosus (Panus lecomtei) on a pine fallen across the trail on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, August 13, 2022
 Tiny inkcap mushroom Coprinopsis stercorea on horse dung on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Richards. Texas, November 3, 2019
 Cap of a tiny inkcap mushroom Coprinopsis stercorea on horse dung on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Richards. Texas, November 3, 2019
 Underside of polypore mushrooms Panus neostrigosus (Panus lecomtei) on a pine fallen across the trail on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, August 13, 2022
 Details of polypore mushrooms Panus neostrigosus (Panus lecomtei) on a pine fallen across the trail on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, August 13, 2022
 Close-up of polypore mushrooms Panus neostrigosus (Panus lecomtei) on a pine fallen across the trail on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, August 13, 2022
 Small polypore mushrooms Panus neostrigosus (Panus lecomtei) on a pine fallen across the trail on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, August 13, 2022
 Close-up of caps of mushrooms Panus neostrigosus (Panus lecomtei) on a pine fallen across the trail on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, August 13, 2022
 Young polypore mushrooms Panus neostrigosus (Panus lecomtei) on a pine fallen across the trail on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, August 13, 2022
 Caps of polypore mushrooms Panus neostrigosus (Panus lecomtei) on a pine fallen across the trail on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, August 13, 2022
 Hairy caps of polypore mushrooms Panus neostrigosus (Panus lecomtei) on a pine fallen across the trail on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, August 13, 2022
 Underside of a tiny inkcap mushroom Coprinopsis stercorea on horse dung on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Richards. Texas, November 3, 2019
 Tissues under a microscope 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
 Basidia under a microscope 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
 Basidia with spores 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
 Side view of a tiny inkcap mushroom Coprinopsis stercorea on horse dung on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Richards. Texas, November 3, 2019
 Cross section of terrestrial polypore mushrooms Albatrellus subrubescens (pore layer 1-3 mm thick) on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, December 22, 2023
 Tissues and basidia under a microscope 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
 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
 Tissues under a microscope (low magnification) 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
 Mushrooms Clitocybula lacerata on pine roots on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 10, 2022
 Mushrooms Clitocybula lacerata on rotting pine on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 10, 2022
 Bolete mushrooms Xerocomus illudens(?) in a pine forest on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 10, 2022
 Terrestrial polypore mushrooms Albatrellus subrubescens on a steep side of a small ravine of a creek, on exposed sand and clay soil partially covered by needles on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, January 1, 2021
 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
 Basidia under a microscope (x100 objective) 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
 Spores of a mushroom Coprinopsis spilospora collected on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, July 16, 2022
 Cross section of mushroom Chroogomphus vinicolor on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, December 5, 2021
 Cross section of a pinkgill mushroom (Entoloma) on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, January 1, 2021
 Cross section of some brown Tricholoma mushroom on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, January 1, 2021
 Small mushrooms Hydropus marginellus on wet rotten pine log on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 10, 2022
 Mushrooms Hydropus marginellus on wet rotten pine wood on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 10, 2022
 Caps of mushrooms Clitocybula lacerata on pine roots on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 10, 2022
 Small orange Gymnopus mushrooms among pine needles on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 10, 2022
 Spores of mushrooms Clitocybula lacerata from rotting pine on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 10, 2022
 Spores of small Gymnopus mushrooms from pine litter on road FS 203 collected on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, August 25, 2022
 Close-up of greyling mushrooms Tephrocybe anthracophila (Lyophyllum anthracophilum) on charred soil around completely burned pine log remained from prescribed burn in spring on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, December 5, 2021
 Mushrooms Tephrocybe anthracophila (Lyophyllum anthracophilum) with green moss on charred soil around completely burned pine log remained from prescribed burn in spring on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, December 5, 2021
 Cross section of bolete mushroom Buchwaldoboletus hemichrysus on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, October 29, 2023
 Masses of small mushrooms Hydropus marginellus on wet rotten pine log on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 10, 2022
 Spores of mushrooms Hydropus marginellus on wet rotten pine wood, from Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 10, 2022
 Terrestrial polypore mushrooms Albatrellus subrubescens together with Cladonia lichen on a steep side of a small ravine of a creek, on exposed sand and clay soil partially covered by needles on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, January 1, 2021
 Cup fungus Peziza on partially burned pine bark on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, June 5, 2021
 Bolete mushrooms Xerocomus illudens(?) and Buchwaldoboletus hemichrysus at the base of a pine tree on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 10, 2022
 Bolete mushrooms Buchwaldoboletus hemichrysus and Xerocomus illudens(?) at the base of a pine tree on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 10, 2022
 Cross section of a mature large white mushroom Amanita polypyramis on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, January 6, 2024
 Cross section of large wood hedgehog mushroom (Hydnum repandum) on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, December 5, 2021
 Cross section of a peach-colored fly agaric mushroom (Amanita persicina) on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, January 6, 2024
 Greyling mushrooms Tephrocybe anthracophila (Lyophyllum anthracophilum) on charred soil around completely burned pine log remained from prescribed burn in spring (spore print is white and unclear) on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, December 5, 2021
 Cross section of bolete mushrooms Tylopilus on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Richards. Texas, October 3, 2020
 Underside and cross section of Tylopilus mushrooms on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Richards. Texas, October 3, 2020
 Bonfire scalycap mushrooms (Pholiota carbonaria) on burned grouns on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, December 5, 2021
 Side view of mushrooms Tephrocybe anthracophila(?) from burned ground on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, December 5, 2021
 Bolete mushrooms Pulveroboletus curtisii with cross section on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Richards. Texas, October 3, 2020
 Tiny brown mushrooms (Gymnopilus, Galerina or Hebeloma) on burned ground on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, October 29, 2023
 Spores of small mushrooms Marasmius delectans(?) from pine litter collected near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, August 20, 2022
 Small orange omphalinoid mushrooms on sandy soil disturbed by fire ants, near rotting pine wood on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 10, 2022
 Details of orange funnel-like mushrooms on sandy soil disturbed by fire ants, near rotting pine wood on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 10, 2022
 Small orange funnel-like mushrooms on sandy soil disturbed by fire ants, near rotting pine wood on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 10, 2022
 Cross section of a young Amanita mushroom when exposed to regular daylight as well as when illuminated by a 365 nm ultraviolet (UV-A) blacklight from Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 2, 2024
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