Weather (KIAH): Fog, rain. Temperature 14.5° (2.8° higher than normal), min. 13°, max. 21°, min. over preceding two weeks is 2°. Wind speed 11.5 km/hour. Precipitation 3.6 mm (88% normal), preceding two weeks 12% normal, preceding two months 112% normal.
Identified species: Bacidia schweinitzii, Bathelium carolinianum, Brigantiaea leucoxantha, Canoparmelia caroliniana, Chaetosphaerella phaeostroma, Chrysothrix xanthina, Coenogonium implexum, Cryptothecia striata, Flavoparmelia caperata, Haematomma persoonii, Heterodermia albicans, Hypotrachyna livida, Myriotrema rugiferum, Parmelinopsis minarum, Parmotrema subtinctorium, Phyllopsora confusa, Phyllopsora parvifolia, Phyllopsora pyxinoides, Physcia atrostriata, Pyrenula anomala, Pyrenula cruenta, Ramalina dasypoga, Viridothelium virens.
Carolina shield lichen (Canoparmelia caroliniana) on a standing pine in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, February 1, 2019
Lone Star Hiking Trail, Shepherd, TX 77371, USA
White fringe lichen (Heterodermia albicans) on a tree, may be on magnolia, in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, February 1, 2019Lone Star Hiking Trail, Shepherd, TX 77371, USA
Carolina shield lichen (Canoparmelia caroliniana) on a pine in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, February 1, 2019Lone Star Hiking Trail, Shepherd, TX 77371, USA
Surprise lichen (Bacidia schweinitzii) on a tree in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, February 1, 2019Lone Star Hiking Trail, Shepherd, TX 77371, USA
Buttoned rosette lichen (Pyxine) on a magnolia tree in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, February 1, 2019Lone Star Hiking Trail, Shepherd, TX 77371, USA
Medallion lichen (Dirinaria)(?) in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, February 1, 2019Lone Star Hiking Trail, Shepherd, TX 77371, USA
Buttoned rosette lichen (Pyxine)(?) in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, February 1, 2019Lone Star Hiking Trail, Shepherd, TX 77371, USA
Black powdery corticioid fungus Chaetosphaerella phaeostroma on a fallen tree in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, February 1, 2019Lone Star Hiking Trail, Shepherd, TX 77371, USA
Common greenshield lichen (Flavoparmelia caperata)(?) in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, February 1, 2019Lone Star Hiking Trail, Shepherd, TX 77371, USA
Blister lichen Trypethelium carolinianum (Bathelium carolinianum) in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, February 1, 2019Lone Star Hiking Trail, Shepherd, TX 77371, USA
Pyxine(?) lichen on tree bark in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, February 1, 2019Lone Star Hiking Trail, Shepherd, TX 77371, USA
Pyxine(?) lichen on a tree in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, February 1, 2019Lone Star Hiking Trail, Shepherd, TX 77371, USA
Pyxine(?) lichen in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, February 1, 2019Lone Star Hiking Trail, Shepherd, TX 77371, USA
Lichen Canoparmelia caroliniana(?) on a tree in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, February 1, 2019Lone Star Hiking Trail, Coldspring, TX 77331, USA
Lichen Parmelinopsis minarum or may be Bulbothrix on a tree in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, February 1, 2019Lone Star Hiking Trail, Coldspring, TX 77331, USA
Medallion lichen (Dirinaria) on a tree in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, February 1, 2019Lone Star Hiking Trail, Coldspring, TX 77331, USA
Green lacewing larva Leucochrysa (Nodita) pavida camouflaged with soredia and lichen fragments in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, February 1, 2019Lone Star Hiking Trail, Shepherd, TX 77371, USA
Green lacewing larva Leucochrysa (Nodita) pavida with lichen fragments on its back in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, February 1, 2019Lone Star Hiking Trail, Shepherd, TX 77371, USA
Parmelinopsis minarum or may be Bulbothrix lichen on tree bark in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, February 1, 2019Lone Star Hiking Trail, Coldspring, TX 77331, USA
Lobed cotton lichen (Crocynia pyxinoidess, Phyllopsora pyxinoides) on a magnolia(?) tree in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, February 1, 2019Lone Star Hiking Trail, Coldspring, TX 77331, USA
Lobed cotton lichen (Crocynia pyxinoidess, Phyllopsora pyxinoides) on tree bark in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, February 1, 2019Lone Star Hiking Trail, Coldspring, TX 77331, USA
Volcano lichen (Myriotrema rugiferum) under some moss strands on a tree in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, February 1, 2019Lone Star Hiking Trail, Coldspring, TX 77331, USA
Lichens Cryptothecia striata and Phyllopsora pyxinoides (Crocynia pyxinoides) on a tree in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, February 1, 2019Lone Star Hiking Trail, Coldspring, TX 77331, USA
Lepra lichen on a fallen oak branch in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, February 1, 2019Lone Star Hiking Trail, Coldspring, TX 77331, USA
Phyllopsora pyxinoides (Crocynia pyxinoides) and Cryptothecia striata lichens on a tree in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, February 1, 2019Pine Tree Trail, Shepherd, TX 77371, USA
Lobed cotton lichen (Crocynia pyxinoides, Phyllopsora pyxinoides) on a tree near the creek in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, February 1, 2019Lone Star Hiking Trail, Coldspring, TX 77331, USA
Surprise lichen (Bacidia schweinitzii) on a tree near the creek in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, February 1, 2019Lone Star Hiking Trail, Coldspring, TX 77331, USA
Some corticioid (crust) fungus on tree bark in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, February 1, 2019Lone Star Hiking Trail, Coldspring, TX 77331, USA
Lace-scale lichen Phyllopsora parvifolia on a magnolia(?) tree in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, February 1, 2019Lone Star Hiking Trail, Coldspring, TX 77331, USA
Fissurina lichen on bark of a magnolia tree near the creek in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, February 1, 2019Lone Star Hiking Trail, Coldspring, TX 77331, USA
Lichen Phyllopsora confusa on a tree near the creek in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, February 1, 2019Lone Star Hiking Trail, Coldspring, TX 77331, USA
Lichen Parmelinopsis minarum on a tree in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, February 1, 2019Lone Star Hiking Trail, Coldspring, TX 77331, USA
Warty lichen Pyrenula on a tree in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, February 1, 2019Lone Star Hiking Trail, Coldspring, TX 77331, USA
Green patch of lace-scale lichen Phyllopsora parvifolia on a tree in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, February 1, 2019Lone Star Hiking Trail, Coldspring, TX 77331, USA
Fissurina lichen on a magnolia tree near the creek in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, February 1, 2019Lone Star Hiking Trail, Coldspring, TX 77331, USA
Pyxine(?) lichen on a tree in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, February 1, 2019Lone Star Hiking Trail, Coldspring, TX 77331, USA
Pixie-hair lichen (Coenogonium implexum) on a tree in shade in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, February 1, 2019Lone Star Hiking Trail, Coldspring, TX 77331, USA
White fringe lichen (Heterodermia albicans) on a tree in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, February 1, 2019Lone Star Hiking Trail, Coldspring, TX 77331, USA
Pixie-hair lichen (Coenogonium implexum) with apothecia in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, February 1, 2019Lone Star Hiking Trail, Coldspring, TX 77331, USA
Streaked rosette lichen (Physcia atrostriata) on atree in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, February 1, 2019Lone Star Hiking Trail, Coldspring, TX 77331, USA
Carolina shield lichen (Canoparmelia caroliniana) on a deciduous tree in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, February 1, 2019Lone Star Hiking Trail, Coldspring, TX 77331, USA
Speckled blister lichen Trypethelium virens (Viridothelium virens) on atree in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, February 1, 2019Lone Star Hiking Trail, Coldspring, TX 77331, USA
Pox lichen Pyrenula anomala on a tree bark in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, February 1, 2019Lone Star Hiking Trail, Coldspring, TX 77331, USA
Pox (rash) lichen Pyrenula anomala on a deciduous tree in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, February 1, 2019Lone Star Hiking Trail, Coldspring, TX 77331, USA
Wrinkled loop lichen (Hypotrachyna livida) in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, February 1, 2019Lone Star Hiking Trail, Coldspring, TX 77331, USA
Button lichen (Buellia) in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, February 1, 2019Lone Star Hiking Trail, Coldspring, TX 77331, USA
Parmotrema lichen in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, February 1, 2019Lone Star Hiking Trail, Coldspring, TX 77331, USA
Sunken bloodspot lichen (Haematomma persoonii) on a fallen oak twig in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, February 1, 2019Lone Star Hiking Trail, Coldspring, TX 77331, USA
Physcia lichen on a tree in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, February 1, 2019Lone Star Hiking Trail, Coldspring, TX 77331, USA
Bark lichen Pyrenula on a tree in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, February 1, 2019Lone Star Hiking Trail, Coldspring, TX 77331, USA
Streaked rosette lichen (Physcia atrostriata) on a tree in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, February 1, 2019Lone Star Hiking Trail, Coldspring, TX 77331, USA
Brick-spored firedot lichen Brigantiaea leucoxantha on a tree in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, February 1, 2019Lone Star Hiking Trail, Coldspring, TX 77331, USA
Streaked rosette lichen (Physcia atrostriata) with soredia in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, February 1, 2019Lone Star Hiking Trail, Coldspring, TX 77331, USA
Ruffle lichen (Parmotrema) on a tree in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, February 1, 2019Lone Star Hiking Trail, Coldspring, TX 77331, USA
Ruffle lichen (Parmotrema) on tree bark in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, February 1, 2019Lone Star Hiking Trail, Coldspring, TX 77331, USA
Streaked rosette lichen (Physcia atrostriata) with liverwort Leucolejeunea conchifolia(?) in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, February 1, 2019Lone Star Hiking Trail, Coldspring, TX 77331, USA
Fissurina lichen on bark in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, February 1, 2019Lone Star Hiking Trail, Coldspring, TX 77331, USA
Lichen Parmelinopsis minarum in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, February 1, 2019Lone Star Hiking Trail, Coldspring, TX 77331, USA
Texture of Fissurina lichen on bark in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, February 1, 2019Lone Star Hiking Trail, Coldspring, TX 77331, USA
Lobed cotton lichen (Crocynia pyxinoides, Phyllopsora pyxinoides) and a green foliose lichen in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, February 1, 2019Lone Star Hiking Trail, Coldspring, TX 77331, USA
Ramalina dasypoga lichen on a tree in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, February 1, 2019Lone Star Hiking Trail, Coldspring, TX 77331, USA
Streaked rosette lichen (Physcia atrostriata) on a tree in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, February 1, 2019Lone Star Hiking Trail, Coldspring, TX 77331, USA
Warty lichen Pyrenula on a tree in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, February 1, 2019Lone Star Hiking Trail, Coldspring, TX 77331, USA
Small patch of lobed cotton lichen (Crocynia pyxinoides, Phyllopsora pyxinoides) on a tree in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, February 1, 2019Lone Star Hiking Trail, Coldspring, TX 77331, USA
Pixie-hair lichen (Coenogonium implexum) with Phyllopsora parvifolia in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, February 1, 2019Lone Star Hiking Trail, Coldspring, TX 77331, USA
Pixie-hair lichen (Coenogonium implexum) in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, February 1, 2019Lone Star Hiking Trail, Coldspring, TX 77331, USA
Lace-scale lichen Phyllopsora parvifolia on a tree in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, February 1, 2019Lone Star Hiking Trail, Coldspring, TX 77331, USA
Lobed cotton lichen (Crocynia pyxinoides, Phyllopsora pyxinoides) on a tree in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, February 1, 2019Lone Star Hiking Trail, Coldspring, TX 77331, USA
Golden dust lichen Chrysothrix xanthina with a folious lichen on a tree in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, February 1, 2019Lone Star Hiking Trail, Coldspring, TX 77331, USA
Golden dust lichen Chrysothrix xanthina on tree bark in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, February 1, 2019Lone Star Hiking Trail, Coldspring, TX 77331, USA
Physcia lichen on tree bark in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, February 1, 2019Lone Star Hiking Trail, Coldspring, TX 77331, USA
Lobed cotton lichen (Crocynia pyxinoides, Phyllopsora pyxinoides) on a tree in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, February 1, 2019Lone Star Hiking Trail, Coldspring, TX 77331, USA
Brick-spored firedot lichen Brigantiaea leucoxantha with Phyllopsora parvifolia on a tree in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, February 1, 2019Lone Star Hiking Trail, Coldspring, TX 77331, USA
Brick-spored firedot lichen Brigantiaea leucoxantha on tree bark in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, February 1, 2019Lone Star Hiking Trail, Coldspring, TX 77331, USA
Brick-spored firedot lichen Brigantiaea leucoxantha with apothecia on tree bark in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, February 1, 2019Lone Star Hiking Trail, Coldspring, TX 77331, USA
Close up of brick-spored firedot lichen Brigantiaea leucoxantha on tree bark in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, February 1, 2019Lone Star Hiking Trail, Coldspring, TX 77331, USA
Brick-spored firedot lichen Brigantiaea leucoxantha on tree bark on floodplain in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, February 1, 2019Lone Star Hiking Trail, Coldspring, TX 77331, USA
Ruffle lichen Canomaculina subtinctoria (Parmotrema subtinctorium)(?) on a tree in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, February 1, 2019Lone Star Hiking Trail, Coldspring, TX 77331, USA
Pixie-hair lichen (Coenogonium implexum) with brown apothecia on a tree in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, February 1, 2019Lone Star Hiking Trail, Coldspring, TX 77331, USA
Lobed cotton lichen (Crocynia pyxinoides, Phyllopsora pyxinoides) with soredia in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, February 1, 2019Lone Star Hiking Trail, Coldspring, TX 77331, USA
Lobed cotton lichen (Crocynia pyxinoides, Phyllopsora pyxinoides) and Cryptothecia striata in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, February 1, 2019Lone Star Hiking Trail, Coldspring, TX 77331, USA
Lichen Cryptothecia striata on a tree in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, February 1, 2019Lone Star Hiking Trail, Coldspring, TX 77331, USA
Bark rash lichen (Pyrenula cruenta) on a tree in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, February 1, 2019Lone Star Hiking Trail, Coldspring, TX 77331, USA
Some lichen with brown apothecia that looks like Brigantiaea on a tree in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, February 1, 2019Lone Star Hiking Trail, Coldspring, TX 77331, USA
Brick-spored firedot lichen Brigantiaea leucoxantha in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, February 1, 2019Lone Star Hiking Trail, Coldspring, TX 77331, USA
Bark rash lichen (Pyrenula cruenta) on tree bark in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, February 1, 2019Lone Star Hiking Trail, Coldspring, TX 77331, USA
Canoparmelia caroliniana(?) lichen on a tree in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, February 1, 2019Lone Star Hiking Trail, Coldspring, TX 77331, USA
Soredia of lobed cotton lichen (Crocynia pyxinoides, Phyllopsora pyxinoides) in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, February 1, 2019Lone Star Hiking Trail, Coldspring, TX 77331, USA
Parmotrema subisidiosum (Rimelia subisidiosa)(?) lichen on a tree in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, February 1, 2019Lone Star Hiking Trail, Coldspring, TX 77331, USA
Old patch of brick-spored firedot lichen Brigantiaea leucoxantha in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, February 1, 2019Lone Star Hiking Trail, Coldspring, TX 77331, USA
Shield lichen (Canoparmelia caroliniana) on a deciduous tree in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, February 1, 2019Lone Star Hiking Trail, Coldspring, TX 77331, USA
Lobed cotton lichen (Crocynia pyxinoides, Phyllopsora pyxinoides) on a tree in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, February 1, 2019Lone Star Hiking Trail, Coldspring, TX 77331, USA
Texture of bark rash lichen (Pyrenula cruenta) in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, February 1, 2019Lone Star Hiking Trail, Coldspring, TX 77331, USA
Pixie-hair lichen (Coenogonium implexum) on a tree in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, February 1, 2019Lone Star Hiking Trail, Coldspring, TX 77331, USA
Spreading lichen Cryptothecia striata on a tree in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, February 1, 2019Lone Star Hiking Trail, Coldspring, TX 77331, USAMushroom Observer and Facebook for learning names of local mushrooms.
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