Weather (KIAH): Temperature 15.6° (4.4° higher than normal), min. 12°, max. 19°, min. over preceding two weeks is 4°. Wind speed 22.6 km/hour.
Identified species: Arcyria incarnata, Auricularia nigricans, Bathelium carolinianum, Biscogniauxia atropunctata, Byssocorticium atrovirens, Calocera cornea, Camillea punctulata, Coniophora olivacea, Coprinellus domesticus, Cryptothecia striata, Dacrymyces variisporus, Diatrype stigma, Helicogloea compressa, Heterobasidion annosum, Heterodermia albicans, Hypholoma fasciculare, Hypomyces polyporinus, Lycogala epidendrum, Orbilia xanthostigma, Panellus stipticus, Panus neostrigosus, Parmelinopsis minarum, Phlebiopsis gigantea, Phyllopsora parvifolia, Physisporinus vitreus, Ramalina montagnei, Schizopora paradoxa, Simocybe centunculus, Trametes nivosa, Trametes versicolor, Trametopsis cervina, Viridothelium virens, Vitreoporus dichrous, Xylaria cubensis.
Asexual stage of crust fungus Biscogniauxia atropunctata on a fallen tree in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, January 19, 2020
Small yellowing caps of a crust fungus Stereum on a fallen oak in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, January 19, 2020
Crust fungus Stereum on a fallen oak in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, January 19, 2020
Sulphur tuft mushrooms (Hypholoma fasciculare) in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, January 19, 2020
Lichens Parmelinopsis minarum (Hypotrachyna minarum) and Dirinaria on a tree in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, January 19, 2020
Dirinaria lichen on a tree in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, January 19, 2020
Loop lichen Parmelinopsis minarum (Hypotrachyna minarum) on a tree in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, January 19, 2020
Mushrooms Trametopsis cervina on a fallen tree branch in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, January 19, 2020
Split porecrust mushroom (Schizopora paradoxa) on a fallen pine branch in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, January 19, 2020
Brown asexual stroma of crust fungus Biscogniauxia atropunctata on a fallen tree in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, January 19, 2020
Split porecrust mushroom (Schizopora paradoxa) on a fallen pine in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, January 19, 2020
Tree lichen Trypethelium virens (Viridothelium virens) forming yellowish-brown and olive warts in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, January 19, 2020
Black crust fungus Camillea punctulata on a fallen oak in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, January 19, 2020
Partially dry lace-scale lichen Phyllopsora parvifolia on a tree in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, January 19, 2020
Bracket polypore mushrooms Trametes nivosa on a dry standing tree near the creek in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, January 19, 2020
Underside of bracket polypore mushroom Trametes nivosa on a dry standing tree near the creek in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, January 19, 2020
Shelves of polypore mushrooms Trametes nivosa on a dry standing tree near the creek in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, January 19, 2020
Pores of polypore mushroom Trametes nivosa on a dry standing tree near the creek in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, January 19, 2020
Beard lichen (Usnea) fallen from a tree in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, January 19, 2020
Blister lichen Trypethelium carolinianum (Bathelium carolinianum) in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, January 19, 2020
White fringe lichen (Heterodermia albicans) on a tree in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, January 19, 2020
Carnival candy slime mold (Arcyria incarnata) on rotting oak in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, January 19, 2020
Carnival candy slime mold (Arcyria incarnata) on an oak log in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, January 19, 2020
Bitter oyster mushrooms (Panellus stipticus) on a fallen oak branch in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, January 19, 2020
Bitter oyster mushrooms (Panellus stipticus) on rotting oak in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, January 19, 2020
Powdery blue corticioid fungus Byssocorticium atrovirens under a log in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, January 19, 2020
Striped ramalina lichen (Ramalina montagnei) on a living tree in a forest in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, January 19, 2020
Fungus Leucogloea compressa (Helicogloea compressa) on rotting oak wood in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, January 19, 2020
Fungus Leucogloea compressa (Helicogloea compressa) on an oak log in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, January 19, 2020
Close up of fungus Leucogloea compressa (Helicogloea compressa) on an oak log in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, January 19, 2020
Brown corticioid fungus on a fallen pine in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, January 19, 2020
Brown corticioid (crust) fungus on a fallen pine in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, January 19, 2020
Close-up of corticioid (crust) fungus on a fallen pine in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, January 19, 2020
Fallen pine covered by corticioid (crust) fungus in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, January 19, 2020
Milkcap (Lactarius) mushrooms in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, January 19, 2020
White rot fungus Phlebiopsis gigantea on a broken and vertically split pine tree in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, January 19, 2020
Close-up of white rot fungus Phlebiopsis gigantea on a broken and vertically split pine tree in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, January 19, 2020
White rot fungus Phlebiopsis gigantea in a crack of a broken pine tree in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, January 19, 2020
White rot fungus Phlebiopsis gigantea growing in cracks of a broken pine tree in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, January 19, 2020
Texture of white rot fungus Phlebiopsis gigantea in a crack of a broken pine tree in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, January 19, 2020
Hyphae of white rot fungus Phlebiopsis gigantea in a crack of a broken pine tree in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, January 19, 2020
Details of white rot fungus Phlebiopsis gigantea in a crack of a broken pine tree in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, January 19, 2020
Hyphae of white rot fungus Phlebiopsis gigantea spreading from cracks of a broken pine tree in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, January 19, 2020
Small soft button-like polypore mushrooms on underside of a pine log in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, January 19, 2020
Close-up of small soft button-like polypore mushrooms on underside of a pine log in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, January 19, 2020
Thallus surface of a lichen Cryptothecia striata on a tree in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, January 19, 2020
Round patch of lichen Cryptothecia striata on a tree in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, January 19, 2020
Lichen Cryptothecia striata on a tree in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, January 19, 2020
Black crust fungus Diatrype stigma on a fallen oak branch in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, January 19, 2020
Polypore mushrooms Gelatoporia dichroa (Gloeoporus dichrous, Vitreoporus dichrous) on a fallen oak in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, January 19, 2020
Resupinate polypore mushrooms Gelatoporia dichroa (Gloeoporus dichrous, Vitreoporus dichrous) on a fallen oak in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, January 19, 2020
Polypore mushrooms Gelatoporia dichroa (Gloeoporus dichrous, Vitreoporus dichrous) in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, January 19, 2020
Polypore mushrooms Gelatoporia dichroa (Gloeoporus dichrous, Vitreoporus dichrous) covering a fallen oak branch in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, January 19, 2020
Porous corticioid mushroom Physisporinus vitreus(?) on a fallen oak in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, January 19, 2020
Close-up of corticioid mushroom Physisporinus vitreus(?) on a fallen oak in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, January 19, 2020
Gall-like corticioid fungus together with Xylaria flabelliformis (Xylaria cubensis) in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, January 19, 2020
Gall-like corticioid fungus in a small cavity of a rotting oak in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, January 19, 2020
Gall-like corticioid fungus and Xylaria flabelliformis (Xylaria cubensis) in a small cavity of a rotting oak in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, January 19, 2020
Gall-like corticioid fungus on a fallen oak in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, January 19, 2020
Gall-like corticioid fungus on a broken end of a fallen oak in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, January 19, 2020
Gall-like corticioid fungus in cavities of a fallen oak in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, January 19, 2020
Corticioid (crust) fungus on a fallen oak in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, January 19, 2020
Texture of corticioid (crust) fungus on a fallen oak in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, January 19, 2020
Xylaria flabelliformis (Xylaria cubensis) mushroom and its anamorph stage Xylocoremium flabelliforme in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, January 19, 2020
Orange jelly fungus Dacrymyces variisporus(?) on a recently fallen oak in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, January 19, 2020
Small stagshorn mushrooms Calocera cornea together with tiny glasscup fungus Orbilia xanthostigma(?) on a recently fallen oak in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, January 19, 2020
Orange jelly fungus Dacrymyces variisporus(?) among moss on a recently fallen oak in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, January 19, 2020
Cloud ear jelly mushrooms (Auricularia nigricans, Auricularia polytricha) on a fallen oak in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, January 19, 2020
Cloud ear jelly mushrooms (Auricularia nigricans, Auricularia polytricha) on rotting oak in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, January 19, 2020
Orange jelly fungus Dacrymyces variisporus(?) among moss on bark of a recently fallen oak in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, January 19, 2020
Dingy twiglet mushrooms (Simocybe centunculus) on an oak log in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, January 19, 2020
Pores of a flat polypore mushroom Trametes(?) on a mossy log near the creek in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, January 19, 2020
Some flat polypore mushroom Trametes(?) on a mossy log near the creek in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, January 19, 2020
Ozonium form of a fungus Coprinellus domesticus or similar Coprinellus radians on a fallen tree near the creek in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, January 19, 2020
Ozonium form of a fungus Coprinellus domesticus or similar Coprinellus radians in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, January 19, 2020
Panus lecomtei (Panus neostrigosus) mushrooms on a fallen oak(?) near the creek in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, January 19, 2020
Panus lecomtei (Panus neostrigosus) mushrooms on a fallen tree near the creek in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, January 19, 2020
Panus lecomtei (Panus neostrigosus) mushrooms on a fallen oak near the creek in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, January 19, 2020
Dingy twiglet mushrooms (Simocybe centunculus) in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest (red fungus could be Tubifera or Hypomyces). Shepherd, Texas, January 19, 2020
Wolf's milk slime mold (Lycogala epidendrum) on a fallen oak in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, January 19, 2020
Xylaria cubensis mushroom in its anamorph stage Xylocoremium flabelliforme on an oak log in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, January 19, 2020
Corticioid fungus Coniophora olivacea(?) on pine bark in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, January 19, 2020
Corticioid fungus Coniophora olivacea(?) on bark of a fallen pine in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, January 19, 2020
Root rot fungus Heterobasidion annosum enveloping leaves and needles on a pine log in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, January 19, 2020
Root rot fungus Heterobasidion annosum on leaves attached to a pine log in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, January 19, 2020
Root rot fungus Heterobasidion annosum on bark of a pine log in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, January 19, 2020
Texture of root rot fungus Heterobasidion annosum on a pine log in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, January 19, 2020
Round patch of root rot fungus Heterobasidion annosum on a pine log in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, January 19, 2020
Close-up of root rot fungus Heterobasidion annosum on a pine log in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, January 19, 2020
White pores of root rot fungus Heterobasidion annosum on a pine log in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, January 19, 2020
Resupinate polypore mushroom on rotting oak in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, January 19, 2020
Close-up of resupinate polypore mushroom on rotting oak in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, January 19, 2020
White resupinate polypore mushroom on rotting oak in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, January 19, 2020
Hyphae of white resupinate polypore mushroom on rotting oak in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, January 19, 2020
Turkeytail mushrooms (Trametes versicolor) with white web of fungus Hypomyces polyporinus in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, January 19, 2020
White web-like fungus Hypomyces polyporinus on Turkeytail polypore mushrooms (Trametes versicolor) in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, January 19, 2020Mushroom Observer and Facebook for learning names of local mushrooms.
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