Weather (KIAH): Rain. Temperature 18.3° (5.6° higher than normal), min. 14°, max. 25°, min. over preceding two weeks is -1°. Wind speed 8.9 km/hour. Precipitation 13.9 mm (377% normal), preceding two weeks 263% normal, preceding two months 69% normal.
Identified species: Amanita lavendula, Clitocybe truncicola, Lentinellus castoreus, Phyllotopsis nidulans, Placidium arboreum, Punctularia strigosozonata, Rhodocollybia butyracea, Stereum complicatum, Stereum ostrea, Suillus brevipes, Trametes versicolor, Trichaptum biforme.
Side view of Amanita lavendula mushroom on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, December 12, 2020
Cap of a mature mushroom Amanita lavendula on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, December 12, 2020
Cross section of a mushroom Amanita lavendula on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, December 12, 2020
Turkeytail polypore mushrooms (Trametes versicolor) on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, December 12, 2020
Dry tree covered by turkeytail polypore mushrooms (Trametes versicolor) on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, December 12, 2020
Violet toothed polypore mushrooms (Trichaptum biforme) on an oak log on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, December 12, 2020
Underside of violet toothed polypore mushrooms (Trichaptum biforme) on an oak log on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, December 12, 2020
Merulioid texture of lower surface of mushrooms Punctularia strigosozonata on a fallen oak on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, December 12, 2020
Lower surface of mushrooms Punctularia strigosozonata and crust fungus Stereum on a fallen oak on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, December 12, 2020
Crust fungus Stereum complicatum on a fallen oak on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, December 12, 2020
Mushrooms Punctularia strigosozonata on a fallen oak on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, December 12, 2020
False turkeytail mushrooms (Stereum ostrea) on a fallen oak on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, December 12, 2020
False turkeytail mushrooms (Stereum ostrea) on a mossy oak log on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, December 12, 2020
Green lobes of tree stipplescale lichen (Placidium arboreum) on a large fallen oak on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, December 12, 2020
Tree stipplescale lichen (Placidium arboreum) with green mosses on a large fallen oak on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, December 12, 2020
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
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
Oysterling mushrooms Lentinellus castoreus on underside of a pine log on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, December 12, 2020
Gills of oysterling mushrooms Lentinellus castoreus on underside of a pine log on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, December 12, 2020
Waxy looking mushroom Clitocybe truncicola(?) found on soil near a rotting oak on a terrace above the creek on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, December 12, 2020
Side view of a mushroom Clitocybe truncicola(?) found on soil near a rotting oak on a terrace above the creek on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, December 12, 2020
Gills of a mushroom Clitocybe truncicola(?) found on soil near a rotting oak on a terrace above the creek on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, December 12, 2020
Cross section of a mushroom Clitocybe truncicola(?) found on soil near a rotting oak on a terrace above the creek on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, December 12, 2020
Cap and stem of a mushroom Clitocybe truncicola(?) found on soil near a rotting oak on a terrace above the creek on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, December 12, 2020
Mushrooms Clitocybe truncicola(?) found in shady area near the ground on a mossy rotting oak tree and moved to upper side of the tree for taking a picture on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, December 12, 2020
Close-up of mushrooms Clitocybe truncicola(?) found in shady area near the ground on a mossy rotting oak tree on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, December 12, 2020
Small translucent mushrooms Clitocybe truncicola(?) found in shady area near the ground on a mossy rotting oak tree on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, December 12, 2020
Butter cap mushrooms (Rhodocollybia butyracea) on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, December 12, 2020
Jagged gills of butter cap mushrooms (Rhodocollybia butyracea) on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, December 12, 2020
Caps of short-stemmed slippery jack mushrooms (Suillus brevipes) on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, December 12, 2020
Underside of short-stemmed slippery jack mushrooms (Suillus brevipes) on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, December 12, 2020
Gills of short-stemmed slippery jack mushrooms (Suillus brevipes) on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, December 12, 2020
Short-stemmed slippery jack mushrooms (Suillus brevipes) on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, December 12, 2020
Dissected short-stemmed slippery jack mushrooms (Suillus brevipes) on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, December 12, 2020Mushroom Observer and Facebook for learning names of local mushrooms.
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