Pictures taken on December 9, 2021 (Thursday)

Mushrooms in East and Central Texas

Weather (KIAH): Temperature 17.8° (4.9° higher than normal), min. 17°, max. 20°, min. over preceding two weeks is 8°. Wind speed 13.7 km/hour. Precipitation 0.0 mm, preceding two weeks 101% normal, preceding two months 72% normal.

Identified species: Anthracobia maurilabra, Ascobolus carbonarius, Gymnopilus junonius, Suillus cothurnatus.

Small orange cup mushrooms Anthracobia maurilabra on a bonfire site on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, December 9, 2021

Close-up of Ascomycete mushrooms Anthracobia maurilabra on a bonfire site on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, December 9, 2021

Ascomycete mushrooms Anthracobia maurilabra together with Ascobolus carbonarius(?) on a bonfire site on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, December 9, 2021

White Amanita mushroom on roadside with disturbed sandy soil with pine needles, oak leaves and some grass, in a pine forest at Forest Service Road 203 near Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, December 9, 2021

Underside of white Amanita mushroom at Forest Service Road 203 near Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, December 9, 2021

Cross section of white Amanita mushroom at Forest Service Road 203 near Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, December 9, 2021

Melanoleuca mushrooms at Forest Service Road 203 near Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, December 9, 2021

Spectacular rustgill mushrooms (Gymnopilus junonius) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, December 9, 2021

Spectacular rustgill mushrooms (Gymnopilus junonius) with cross section on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, December 9, 2021