Weather (KIAH): Temperature 23.4° (0.3° higher than normal), min. 23°, max. 24°, min. over preceding two weeks is 16°. Wind speed 5.6 km/hour. Precipitation 7.4 mm (155% normal), preceding two weeks 167% normal, preceding two months 97% normal.
Small polypore mushrooms Trametes on twigs of magnolia or beech or sweetgum in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest near Shepherd. Texas, October 3, 2021
Caps of small polypore mushrooms Trametes on twigs of magnolia or beech or sweetgum in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest near Shepherd. Texas, October 3, 2021
Yellow resupinate tooth mushroom on a fallen tree in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest near Shepherd. Texas, October 3, 2021
Yellow hydnoid prostrate mushroom on a fallen tree in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest near Shepherd. Texas, October 3, 2021
Close-up of yellow resupinate tooth mushroom on a fallen tree in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest near Shepherd. Texas, October 3, 2021
Tiny teeth of yellow resupinate mushroom on a fallen tree in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest near Shepherd. Texas, October 3, 2021
Honeycomb coral slime mold (Ceratiomyxa fruticulosa) on rotting wood in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest near Shepherd. Texas, October 3, 2021
Close-up of honeycomb coral slime mold (Ceratiomyxa fruticulosa) on rotting wood in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest near Shepherd. Texas, October 3, 2021
Shelves of polypore mushrooms Trametes nivosa on an elm tree near the creek in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest near Shepherd. Texas, October 3, 2021
Bracket polypore mushrooms Trametes nivosa on a small elm tree near the creek in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest near Shepherd. Texas, October 3, 2021
Close-up of bracket polypore mushrooms Trametes nivosa on a small elm tree near the creek in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest near Shepherd. Texas, October 3, 2021
Pores of bracket polypore mushrooms Trametes nivosa on a small elm tree near the creek in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest near Shepherd. Texas, October 3, 2021
Broken tissues of bracket polypore mushrooms Trametes nivosa on a small elm tree near the creek in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest near Shepherd. Texas, October 3, 2021
Violet toothed polypore mushrooms (Trichaptum biforme) on a fallen tree in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest near Shepherd. Texas, October 3, 2021
Caps of violet toothed polypore mushrooms (Trichaptum biforme) on a fallen tree in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest near Shepherd. Texas, October 3, 2021
Hairy curtain crust mushrooms (Stereum hirsutum) on a fallen tree together with fruits of passion flower in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest near Shepherd. Texas, October 3, 2021
Polypore mushrooms Trametopsis cervina on a log in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest near Shepherd. Texas, October 3, 2021
Underside of polypore mushrooms Trametopsis cervina on a log in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest near Shepherd. Texas, October 3, 2021
Giant white cheese polypore (greasy bracket) mushroom (Aurantiporus fissilis, Pappia fissilis) on an oak with small leaves, living, around 1 m thick, 1.5 m over the ground in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest near Shepherd. Texas, October 3, 2021
Water droplets under a giant greasy bracket mushroom (Aurantiporus fissilis, Pappia fissilis) on a large oak in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest near Shepherd. Texas, October 3, 2021
Side view of a giant greasy bracket mushroom (Aurantiporus fissilis, Pappia fissilis) on a large oak in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest near Shepherd. Texas, October 3, 2021
Dissected cap of a giant greasy bracket mushroom (Aurantiporus fissilis, Pappia fissilis) on a large oak in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest near Shepherd. Texas, October 3, 2021
Large pores of a giant greasy bracket mushroom (Aurantiporus fissilis, Pappia fissilis) on a large oak in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest near Shepherd. Texas, October 3, 2021
Bracket polypore mushrooms Trichaptum sector at the base of a tree in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest near Shepherd. Texas, October 3, 2021
Caps of bracket polypore mushrooms Trichaptum sector at the base of a tree in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest near Shepherd. Texas, October 3, 2021
Polypore mushroom Microporellus dealbatus in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest near Shepherd. Texas, October 3, 2021
Underside of polypore mushroom Microporellus dealbatus in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest near Shepherd. Texas, October 3, 2021
Cross section of polypore mushroom Microporellus dealbatus in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest near Shepherd. Texas, October 3, 2021
Amanita mold fungus (Hypomyces hyalinus) in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest near Shepherd. Texas, October 3, 2021
Amanita mushrooms with parasitic fungus Hypomyces hyalinus in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest near Shepherd. Texas, October 3, 2021
Dissected Amanita mushrooms with parasitic fungus Hypomyces hyalinus in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest near Shepherd. Texas, October 3, 2021
Cross section of Amanita mushroom with parasitic mold fungus Hypomyces hyalinus in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest near Shepherd. Texas, October 3, 2021
Close-up of Amanita mold fungus (Hypomyces hyalinus) in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest near Shepherd. Texas, October 3, 2021
Bracket polypore mushrooms Fomitella supina on a fallen beech in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest near Shepherd. Texas, October 3, 2021
Underside of bracket polypore mushrooms Fomitella supina on a fallen beech in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest near Shepherd. Texas, October 3, 2021
Cross section of bracket polypore mushrooms Fomitella supina on a fallen beech in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest near Shepherd. Texas, October 3, 2021
Dyer's mazegill mushroom (Phaeolus schweinitzii) near a pine in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest near Shepherd. Texas, October 3, 2021
Dirty blue caps of indigo milkcap mushrooms (Lactarius indigo) in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest near Shepherd. Texas, October 3, 2021
Cross section of indigo milkcap mushrooms (Lactarius indigo) in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest near Shepherd. Texas, October 3, 2021
Some omphalinoid or may be Mycena mushrooms on a mossy tree not far from the ground, American beech or may be magnolia, in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest near Shepherd. Texas, October 3, 2021
Some omphalinoid mushrooms in moss at the base of a magnolia in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest near Shepherd. Texas, October 3, 2021
Mushrooms Hymenochaete iodina on roots of inclined tree with oval leaves in wet area in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest near Shepherd. Texas, October 3, 2021
Caps of mushrooms Hymenochaete iodina on roots of inclined tree with oval leaves in wet area in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest near Shepherd. Texas, October 3, 2021
Close up of mushrooms Hymenochaete iodina in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest near Shepherd. Texas, October 3, 2021
Indigo milkcap mushroom (Lactarius indigo) in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest near Shepherd. Texas, October 3, 2021
Underside of indigo milkcap mushroom (Lactarius indigo) in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest near Shepherd. Texas, October 3, 2021
Cross section of indigo milkcap mushroom (Lactarius indigo) in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest near Shepherd. Texas, October 3, 2021
Mushrooms Marasmius fulvoferrugineus in area of the creek in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest near Shepherd. Texas, October 3, 2021
Side view of mushrooms Marasmius fulvoferrugineus in area of the creek in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest near Shepherd. Texas, October 3, 2021
Mushrooms Xylobolus subpileatus on a stump in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest near Shepherd. Texas, October 3, 2021
Mushrooms Xylobolus subpileatus on a decomposing stump in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest near Shepherd. Texas, October 3, 2021
Caps of mushrooms Xylobolus subpileatus in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest near Shepherd. Texas, October 3, 2021
Close-up of mushrooms Xylobolus subpileatus in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest near Shepherd. Texas, October 3, 2021
Hairy cap of a mushroom Xylobolus subpileatus in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest near Shepherd. Texas, October 3, 2021
Velvety caps of a mushroom Xylobolus subpileatus in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest near Shepherd. Texas, October 3, 2021
Small mushrooms Panellus pusillus on a split rotting tree, could be holly or magnolia, in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest near Shepherd. Texas, October 3, 2021
Small Mycena like mushrooms on a mossy tree in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest near Shepherd. Texas, October 3, 2021
Close-up of small mushrooms Panellus pusillus on a split rotting tree in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest near Shepherd. Texas, October 3, 2021
Underside of small mushrooms Panellus pusillus on a split rotting tree in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest near Shepherd. Texas, October 3, 2021
Pale oyster mushrooms (Pleurotus pulmonarius)(?) on a living American beech tree near its base in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest near Shepherd. Texas, October 3, 2021
Gills of pale oyster mushrooms (Pleurotus pulmonarius)(?) on a living American beech tree near its base in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest near Shepherd. Texas, October 3, 2021
Caps of pale oyster mushrooms (Pleurotus pulmonarius)(?) on a living American beech tree near its base in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest near Shepherd. Texas, October 3, 2021
Underside of pale oyster mushrooms (Pleurotus pulmonarius)(?) on a living American beech tree near its base in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest near Shepherd. Texas, October 3, 2021
Close-up of gills of pale oyster mushrooms (Pleurotus pulmonarius)(?) on a living American beech tree near its base in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest near Shepherd. Texas, October 3, 2021
Milkcap mushrooms Lactarius subpalustris in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest near Shepherd. Texas, October 3, 2021
Underside of milkcap mushrooms Lactarius subpalustris in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest near Shepherd. Texas, October 3, 2021
Small blushing bracket mushrooms (Daedaleopsis confragosa) on fallen magnolia twigs in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest near Shepherd. Texas, October 3, 2021
Close-up of small blushing bracket mushrooms (Daedaleopsis confragosa) on fallen magnolia twigs in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest near Shepherd. Texas, October 3, 2021
Texture of small blushing bracket mushrooms (Daedaleopsis confragosa) on fallen magnolia twigs in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest near Shepherd. Texas, October 3, 2021
Caps of small blushing bracket mushrooms (Daedaleopsis confragosa) on fallen magnolia twigs in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest near Shepherd. Texas, October 3, 2021
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