Weather (KIAH): Temperature 12.5° (7.9° lower than normal), min. 9°, max. 17°, min. over preceding two weeks is 13°. Wind speed 4.1 km/hour. Precipitation 1.5 mm (30% normal), preceding two weeks 101% normal, preceding two months 77% normal.
Identified species: Lysurus periphragmoides, Xylaria polymorpha.
Dead Man's Fingers (Xylaria polymorpha) mushroom in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, October 20, 2013
Crashed egg of stalked lattice stinkhorn mushroom (Lysurus periphragmoides) taken from Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site, Texas, October 20, 2013
Broken egg of stalked lattice stinkhorn mushroom (Lysurus periphragmoides) taken from Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site, Texas, October 20, 2013
Cut egg of stalked lattice stinkhorn mushroom (Lysurus periphragmoides) taken from Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site, Texas, October 20, 2013
Back lit cut egg of stalked lattice stinkhorn mushroom (Lysurus periphragmoides) taken from Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site, Texas, October 20, 2013
Finely wrinkled surface texture of fruitbody of Dead Man's Fingers (Xylaria polymorpha) mushroom taken from Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site, Texas, October 20, 2013
Clublike fruitbody of Dead Man's Fingers (Xylaria polymorpha) mushroom taken from Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site, Texas, October 20, 2013
Whitish flesh inside a clublike fruitbody of Dead Man's Fingers (Xylaria polymorpha) mushroom taken from Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site, Texas, October 20, 2013Mushroom Observer and Facebook for learning names of local mushrooms.
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