Weather (KIAH): Rain. Temperature 9.7° (5.5° lower than normal), min. 7°, max. 19°, min. over preceding two weeks is 8°. Wind speed 10.0 km/hour. Precipitation 3.6 mm (113% normal), preceding two weeks 70% normal, preceding two months 62% normal.
Stereum complicatum mushrooms on a fallen oak branch on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, March 1, 2019
Parmotrema together with loop lichen (Hypotrachyna)(?) on a tree on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, March 1, 2019
False Turkey Tail mushrooms (Stereum ostrea) on an oak log on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, March 1, 2019
False Turkey Tail mushrooms (Stereum ostrea) on a fallen oak on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, March 1, 2019
Purple toothed polypore mushrooms (Trichaptum biforme) on a fallen oak on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, March 1, 2019
Close up of purple toothed polypore mushrooms (Trichaptum biforme) on a fallen oak on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, March 1, 2019
Jew's ear mushroom (Auricularia auricula-judae complex) on a fallen oak on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, March 1, 2019
Caps of purple toothed polypore mushrooms (Trichaptum biforme) on a fallen oak on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, March 1, 2019
Caps of purple toothed polypore mushrooms (Trichaptum biforme) together with Trichaptum sector on a fallen oak on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, March 1, 2019
Cap of purple toothed polypore mushrooms (Trichaptum biforme) on a fallen oak on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, March 1, 2019
Velvety caps of purple toothed polypore mushrooms (Trichaptum biforme) on a fallen oak on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, March 1, 2019
False Turkey Tail mushrooms (Stereum ostrea) on a fallen oak on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, March 1, 2019
Young Jew's ear mushrooms (Auricularia auricula-judae complex) on a fallen oak on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, March 1, 2019
Little Nest Polypore mushrooms (Poronidulus conchifer, Trametes conchifer) on a twig on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, March 1, 2019
Translucent cap of Jew's ear mushroom (Auricularia auricula-judae complex) on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, March 1, 2019
Close up of a cap of Jew's ear mushroom (Auricularia auricula-judae complex) on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, March 1, 2019
Carolina shield lichen (Canoparmelia caroliniana) on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, March 1, 2019
Carolina shield lichen (Canoparmelia caroliniana) on a tree on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, March 1, 2019
Cap of Polyporus arcularius (Lentinus arcularius) mushroom on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, March 1, 2019
Underside of Polyporus arcularius (Lentinus arcularius) mushroom on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, March 1, 2019
Close up of Polyporus arcularius (Lentinus arcularius) mushrooms on rotting wood on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, March 1, 2019
Caps of Polyporus arcularius (Lentinus arcularius) mushrooms on an oak log on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, March 1, 2019
Polyporus arcularius (Lentinus arcularius) mushrooms on rotting oak on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, March 1, 2019
Underside of a mushroom Polyporus arcularius (Lentinus arcularius) on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, March 1, 2019
Stereum complicatum mushrooms on covering a fallen oak branch on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, March 1, 2019
Stereum complicatum mushrooms on fallen oak branches on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, March 1, 2019
Stereum complicatum mushrooms on a fallen oak on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, March 1, 2019
Rough speckled shield lichen (Punctelia rudecta) on a tree on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, March 1, 2019
Stereum mushrooms on a log on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, March 1, 2019
White fringe lichen (Heterodermia albicans) on a tree on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, March 1, 2019
Some corticioid fungus on a tree on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, March 1, 2019
White fringe lichen (Heterodermia albicans) on an oak on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, March 1, 2019
Tree stipplescale lichen Placidium arboreum on a large winged elm near a creek, on mossy side opposite to the creek near Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, March 1, 2019
Rounded green lobes of tree stipplescale lichen (Placidium arboreum) on a large winged elm near a creek, on mossy side opposite to the creek near Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, March 1, 2019
Rosette lichen Physcia(?) on a tree on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, March 1, 2019
Rosette lichen Physcia(?) on tree bark on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, March 1, 2019
Turbin lichen (Cladonia peziziformis) at the base of a broken pine on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, March 1, 2019
Epiphytic foliose cyanolichen Leptogium cyanescens (blue jellyskin) on a tree on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, March 1, 2019
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