Weather (KIAH): Temperature 16.4° (5.0° higher than normal), min. 14°, max. 19°, min. over preceding two weeks is 1°. Wind speed 11.1 km/hour. Precipitation 0.2 mm (5% normal), preceding two weeks 61% normal, preceding two months 124% normal.
Polypore mushrooms Trametopsis cervina on a drying red maple(?) tree 1.3 m above ground among Yaupon on Four Notch Loop Trail of Sam Houston National Forest near Huntsville. Texas, January 23, 2021
Details of polypore mushrooms Trametopsis cervina on a drying red maple(?) tree on Four Notch Loop Trail of Sam Houston National Forest near Huntsville. Texas, January 23, 2021
Overlapping caps of polypore mushrooms Trametopsis cervina on a drying red maple(?) tree on Four Notch Loop Trail of Sam Houston National Forest near Huntsville. Texas, January 23, 2021
Large cluster of polypore mushrooms Trametopsis cervina on a drying red maple(?) tree on Four Notch Loop Trail of Sam Houston National Forest near Huntsville. Texas, January 23, 2021
Spreading polypore mushrooms Trametopsis cervina on a drying red maple(?) tree on Four Notch Loop Trail of Sam Houston National Forest near Huntsville. Texas, January 23, 2021
Irpexoid pores of polypore mushrooms Trametopsis cervina on a drying red maple(?) tree on Four Notch Loop Trail of Sam Houston National Forest near Huntsville. Texas, January 23, 2021
Texture of polypore mushrooms Trametopsis cervina on a drying red maple(?) tree on Four Notch Loop Trail of Sam Houston National Forest near Huntsville. Texas, January 23, 2021
Close-up of polypore mushrooms Trametopsis cervina on a drying red maple(?) tree on Four Notch Loop Trail of Sam Houston National Forest near Huntsville. Texas, January 23, 2021
Upper cup surface of polypore mushrooms Trametopsis cervina on a drying red maple(?) tree on Four Notch Loop Trail of Sam Houston National Forest near Huntsville. Texas, January 23, 2021
Lower view of polypore mushrooms Trametopsis cervina on a drying red maple(?) tree on Four Notch Loop Trail of Sam Houston National Forest near Huntsville. Texas, January 23, 2021
Lower margin of polypore mushrooms Trametopsis cervina on a drying red maple(?) tree on Four Notch Loop Trail of Sam Houston National Forest near Huntsville. Texas, January 23, 2021
Close-up of pores of polypore mushrooms Trametopsis cervina on a drying red maple(?) tree on Four Notch Loop Trail of Sam Houston National Forest near Huntsville. Texas, January 23, 2021
Brown coral mushrooms Ramaria near a fallen oak on Four Notch Loop Trail of Sam Houston National Forest near Huntsville. Texas, January 23, 2021
Details of brown coral mushrooms Ramaria near a fallen oak on Four Notch Loop Trail of Sam Houston National Forest near Huntsville. Texas, January 23, 2021
Close-up of brown coral mushrooms Ramaria near a fallen oak on Four Notch Loop Trail of Sam Houston National Forest near Huntsville. Texas, January 23, 2021
Pinkgill mushrooms Entoloma hirtipes among oak leave on Four Notch Loop Trail of Sam Houston National Forest near Huntsville. Texas, January 23, 2021
Pinkgill mushrooms Entoloma hirtipes on black background on Four Notch Loop Trail of Sam Houston National Forest near Huntsville. Texas, January 23, 2021
Bleeding conifer crust fungus (Stereum sanguinolentum) on pine twigs on Four Notch Loop Trail of Sam Houston National Forest near Huntsville. Texas, January 23, 2021
Corticioid fungus bleeding conifer crust (Stereum sanguinolentum) on pine twigs on Four Notch Loop Trail of Sam Houston National Forest near Huntsville. Texas, January 23, 2021
Dirty southern waxcap mushrooms (Hygrophorus subsordidus) under pines and oaks on Four Notch Loop Trail of Sam Houston National Forest near Huntsville. Texas, January 23, 2021
Cross section of dirty southern waxcap mushrooms (Hygrophorus subsordidus) under pines and oaks on Four Notch Loop Trail of Sam Houston National Forest near Huntsville. Texas, January 23, 2021
Underside of surprise webcap mushroom (Cortinarius semisanguineus) on Four Notch Loop Trail of Sam Houston National Forest near Huntsville. Texas, January 23, 2021
Gills of surprise webcap mushroom (Cortinarius semisanguineus) on Four Notch Loop Trail of Sam Houston National Forest near Huntsville. Texas, January 23, 2021
Cross section of surprise webcap mushroom (Cortinarius semisanguineus) on Four Notch Loop Trail of Sam Houston National Forest near Huntsville. Texas, January 23, 2021
Cap of surprise webcap mushroom (Cortinarius semisanguineus) on Four Notch Loop Trail of Sam Houston National Forest near Huntsville. Texas, January 23, 2021
Dark-brown corticioid (crust) fungus Tomentella(?) on underside of a fallen pine or oak on Four Notch Loop Trail of Sam Houston National Forest near Huntsville. Texas, January 23, 2021
Dark-violet corticioid (crust) fungus Tomentella(?) on underside of a fallen pine or oak on Four Notch Loop Trail of Sam Houston National Forest near Huntsville. Texas, January 23, 2021
Close-up of dark-brown corticioid (crust) fungus Tomentella(?) on underside of a fallen pine or oak on Four Notch Loop Trail of Sam Houston National Forest near Huntsville. Texas, January 23, 2021
Mushrooms Amanita polypyramis under pines on Four Notch Loop Trail of Sam Houston National Forest near Huntsville. Texas, January 23, 2021
Cross section of mushrooms Amanita polypyramis under pines on Four Notch Loop Trail of Sam Houston National Forest near Huntsville. Texas, January 23, 2021
Tiny black Fairy Pins fungus (polypore club lichen, Phaeocalicium polyporaeum) on purple toothed polypore mushrooms (Trichaptum biforme) with algae on an oak fallen across a creek on Four Notch Loop Trail of Sam Houston National Forest near Huntsville. Texas, January 23, 2021
Purple toothed polypore mushrooms (Trichaptum biforme) on a dry oak on Four Notch Loop Trail of Sam Houston National Forest near Huntsville. Texas, January 23, 2021
Caps of purple toothed polypore mushrooms (Trichaptum biforme) on a dry oak on Four Notch Loop Trail of Sam Houston National Forest near Huntsville. Texas, January 23, 2021
Fairy Pins fungus (polypore club lichen, Phaeocalicium polyporaeum) on purple toothed polypore mushrooms (Trichaptum biforme) on Four Notch Loop Trail of Sam Houston National Forest near Huntsville. Texas, January 23, 2021
False turkeytail mushrooms (Stereum ostrea(?)) on a fallen oak branch on Four Notch Loop Trail of Sam Houston National Forest near Huntsville. Texas, January 23, 2021
Tooth mushrooms Steccherinum oreophilum on a broken oak branch on Four Notch Loop Trail of Sam Houston National Forest near Huntsville. Texas, January 23, 2021
Tooth mushrooms Steccherinum oreophilum at the end of a fallen and broken oak branch on Four Notch Loop Trail of Sam Houston National Forest near Huntsville. Texas, January 23, 2021
Details of hydnoid mushrooms Steccherinum oreophilum on a cracked oak branch on Four Notch Loop Trail of Sam Houston National Forest near Huntsville. Texas, January 23, 2021
Margin of hydnoid mushrooms Steccherinum oreophilum on a cracked oak branch on Four Notch Loop Trail of Sam Houston National Forest near Huntsville. Texas, January 23, 2021
Close-up of teeth of hydnoid mushrooms Steccherinum oreophilum on a cracked oak branch on Four Notch Loop Trail of Sam Houston National Forest near Huntsville. Texas, January 23, 2021
Texture of hydnoid mushrooms Steccherinum oreophilum on a cracked oak branch on Four Notch Loop Trail of Sam Houston National Forest near Huntsville. Texas, January 23, 2021
Patches of hydnoid mushrooms Steccherinum oreophilum on a side of a fallen oak branch on Four Notch Loop Trail of Sam Houston National Forest near Huntsville. Texas, January 23, 2021
Teeth of hydnoid mushrooms Steccherinum oreophilum on a side of a fallen oak branch on Four Notch Loop Trail of Sam Houston National Forest near Huntsville. Texas, January 23, 2021
Small pinkgill (Entoloma) mushrooms with dark center on a forest road under pines on Four Notch Loop Trail of Sam Houston National Forest near Huntsville. Texas, January 23, 2021
Cloud ear jelly mushrooms (Auricularia nigricans) on a fallen branch on Four Notch Loop Trail of Sam Houston National Forest near Huntsville. Texas, January 23, 2021
Hairy caps of cloud ear jelly mushrooms (Auricularia nigricans) on a fallen branch on Four Notch Loop Trail of Sam Houston National Forest near Huntsville. Texas, January 23, 2021
Dense cluster of cloud ear jelly mushrooms (Auricularia nigricans) on a fallen branch on Four Notch Loop Trail of Sam Houston National Forest near Huntsville. Texas, January 23, 2021
Bolbitius pluteoides mushrooms on fallen oak, closer to its lower, split part, found inside a small cavity on its side on Four Notch Loop Trail of Sam Houston National Forest near Huntsville. Texas, January 23, 2021
Side view of Bolbitius pluteoides mushrooms on fallen oak on Four Notch Loop Trail of Sam Houston National Forest near Huntsville. Texas, January 23, 2021
Bolbitius pluteoides mushrooms on black background on Four Notch Loop Trail of Sam Houston National Forest near Huntsville. Texas, January 23, 2021
Gills of Bolbitius pluteoides mushrooms on Four Notch Loop Trail of Sam Houston National Forest near Huntsville. Texas, January 23, 2021
Close-up of a viscid cap of Bolbitius pluteoides mushrooms on Four Notch Loop Trail of Sam Houston National Forest near Huntsville. Texas, January 23, 2021
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