Common names: orange mock oyster, Stinking Orange Oyster.
Extract from Wikipedia article: Phyllotopsis nidulans, commonly known as the mock oyster or the orange oyster, is a species of fungus in the family Tricholomataceae, and the type species of the genus Phyllotopsis. It is widely dispersed in temperate zones of the Northern Hemisphere, where it grows on decaying wood. The fungus fruit body consists of a fan-shaped, light orange fuzzy cap up to 8 cm (3 in) wide that grows singly or in overlapping clusters. On the cap underside are crowded orange gills. Mock oyster mushrooms have a strong, unpleasant odor, although they are not known to be poisonous.
Nestcap mock oyster or orange oyster mushrooms (Phyllotopsis nidulans) on Sundew Trail in Big Thicket park. Warren, Texas, November 9, 2013 894 County Road 1910, Warren, TX 77664, USA
Mock oyster or orange oyster mushrooms (Phyllotopsis nidulans) in Huntsville Park. Texas, December 28, 2013 Forest Service Road 286, Sam Houston National Forest, Huntsville, TX 77340, USA
Orange oyster mushrooms (Phyllotopsis nidulans) in Huntsville Park. Texas, December 28, 2013 State Park Road 40, Sam Houston National Forest, New Waverly, TX 77358, USA
Orange oyster mushrooms (Phyllotopsis nidulans) on a pine on North Wilderness Loop Trail at Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, December 6, 2018 Lone Star Hiking Trail, Montgomery, TX 77356, USA
Orange oyster mushrooms (Phyllotopsis nidulans) on a pine log on North Wilderness Loop Trail at Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, December 6, 2018 N Wilderness Trail, Montgomery, TX 77356, USA
Young orange mock oyster mushrooms (Phyllotopsis nidulans) on a pine log on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, December 3, 2020 Little Lake Creek Loop Trail, Montgomery, TX 77356, USA
Underside of orange mock oyster mushrooms (Phyllotopsis nidulans) with some mold fungus under a pine log on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, December 3, 2020 Little Lake Creek Loop Trail, Montgomery, TX 77356, USA
Gills of orange mock oyster mushrooms (Phyllotopsis nidulans) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, December 3, 2020 Little Lake Creek Loop Trail, Montgomery, TX 77356, USA
Orange mock oyster mushrooms (Phyllotopsis nidulans) on a pine log on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, December 12, 2020 Lone Star Hiking Trail, Montgomery, TX 77356, USA
Underside of orange mock oyster mushrooms (Phyllotopsis nidulans) on a pine log on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, December 12, 2020 Lone Star Hiking Trail, Montgomery, TX 77356, USA