Weather (KIAH): Rain. Temperature 15.4° (3.8° higher than normal), min. 14°, max. 16°, min. over preceding two weeks is 4°. Wind speed 13.7 km/hour. Precipitation 0.0 mm, preceding two weeks 138% normal, preceding two months 76% normal.
Identified species: Byssomerulius corium, Cladonia pyxidata, Coccocarpia palmicola, Gallowayella weberi, Heterodermia albicans, Lepista sordida, Parmotrema hypotropum, Parmotrema perforatum, Ramalina celastri, Ramalina dasypoga, Ramalina peruviana, Ramalina stenospora, Squamulea squamosa, Tremella aurantia, Usnea strigosa, Xanthoparmelia conspersa.
Southern strap (cartilage) lichen (Ramalina stenospora) on a small tree or a bush in half-open area at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 26, 2020
Powdered ruffle lichen (Parmotrema hypotropum) on bushes in semi-open area at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 26, 2020
Ramalina dasypoga lichen on a small tree or a bush in half-open area at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 26, 2020
Perforated ruffle lichen (Parmotrema perforatum) on a small tree or a bush in half-open area at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 26, 2020
Lichen Ramalina dasypoga on a small tree or a bush in half-open area at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 26, 2020
Powdered ruffle lichen (Parmotrema hypotropum) on a small tree or a bush in half-open area at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 26, 2020
Various fruticose lichens on a small tree or a bush in half-open area at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 26, 2020
Bushy beard lichen (Usnea strigosa) on a small tree or a bush in half-open area at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 26, 2020
Perforated ruffle lichen (Parmotrema perforatum) on a twig of a small tree or a bush in half-open area at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 26, 2020
Bushy beard lichen (Usnea strigosa) with apothecia on a small tree or a bush in half-open area at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 26, 2020
Peruvian cartilage lichen (Ramalina peruviana) on a small tree or a bush in half-open area at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 26, 2020
Bushy beard lichen (Usnea strigosa) on a bush in half-open area at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 26, 2020
Palmetto lichen (Ramalina celastri) on a small tree or a bush in half-open area at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 26, 2020
Bare-bottomed sunburst lichen (Xanthomendoza weberi, Gallowayella weberi) on a dry red cedar tree at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 26, 2020
Palmetto lichen (Ramalina celastri) on a bush in half-open area at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 26, 2020
Various fruticose lichens on a bush in half-open area at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 26, 2020
Southern strap lichen (Ramalina stenospora) on a bush in half-open area at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 26, 2020
Tomentella(?) fungus under an oak log at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 26, 2020
Resupinate polypore fungus Ceriporia(?) under an oak log at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 26, 2020
Resupinate polypore fungus Ceriporia(?) under a fallen oak at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 26, 2020
Pattern of resupinate polypore fungus Ceriporia(?) under a fallen oak at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 26, 2020
Close-up of resupinate polypore fungus Ceriporia(?) under a fallen oak at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 26, 2020
Texture of resupinate polypore fungus Ceriporia(?) under a fallen oak at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 26, 2020
Resupinate polypore mushroom Phellinus on a live oak near the lake at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 26, 2020
Resupinate polypore mushroom Phellinus on a twig of a live oak at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 26, 2020
Netted crust fungus (Byssomerulius corium) on a fallen oak twig at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 26, 2020
Close-up of netted crust fungus (Byssomerulius corium) on a fallen oak twig at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 26, 2020
Pattern of netted crust fungus (Byssomerulius corium) on a fallen oak twig at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 26, 2020
Texture of netted crust fungus (Byssomerulius corium) on a fallen oak branch at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 26, 2020
Border of netted crust fungus (Byssomerulius corium) on a fallen oak branch at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 26, 2020
Patches of netted crust fungus (Byssomerulius corium) on a fallen oak branch at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 26, 2020
Underside surface of netted crust fungus (Byssomerulius corium) on a fallen oak branch at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 26, 2020
Young growth of netted crust fungus (Byssomerulius corium) on a fallen oak twig at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 26, 2020
Rosette lichen (Physcia)(?) on a hackberry tree at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 26, 2020
Foliose lichens on a hackberry tree at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 26, 2020
Pyxine(?) and white fringe lichen (Heterodermia albicans) on a hackberry tree at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 26, 2020
Firedot lichen Squamulea squamosa (Caloplaca squamosa) on a sandstone outcrop at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 26, 2020
Peppered rock-shield lichen Xanthoparmelia conspersa on a sandstone outcrop at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 26, 2020
Pebbled pixie-cup lichen (Cladonia pyxidata) between rocks on a sandstone outcrop at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 26, 2020
Texture of peppered rock-shield lichen Xanthoparmelia conspersa on a sandstone outcrop at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 26, 2020
Salted shell lichen (Coccocarpia palmicola) on a large rock in a forest in area of sandstone outcrops at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 26, 2020
Button lichen (Buellia) on a rock in a forest in area of sandstone outcrops at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 26, 2020
Button lichen (Buellia) growing on a rock in a forest in area of sandstone outcrops at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 26, 2020
A lichen with olive green apothecia on a rock in a forest in area of sandstone outcrops at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 26, 2020
Rock-olive lichen (Peltula) in a forest in area of sandstone outcrops at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 26, 2020
A lichen with olive green apothecia on a rock near the ground in a forest in area of sandstone outcrops at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 26, 2020
Pattern of a lichen with olive green apothecia on a rock in a forest in area of sandstone outcrops at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 26, 2020
Jelly mushroom Tremella aurantia on a fallen oak at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 26, 2020
Resupinate polypore mushroom on a fallen oak at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 26, 2020
Texture of resupinate polypore mushroom on a fallen oak at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 26, 2020
Close-up of resupinate polypore mushroom on a fallen oak at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 26, 2020
Some corticioid (crust) fungus under a fallen oak at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 26, 2020
Sordid blewit mushrooms (Lepista sordida)(?) found under oaks at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 26, 2020Mushroom Observer and Facebook for learning names of local mushrooms.
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