Weather (KIAH): Temperature 9.7° (3.1° lower than normal), min. 4°, max. 17°, min. over preceding two weeks is 8°. Wind speed 12.6 km/hour. Precipitation 0.0 mm, preceding two weeks 35% normal, preceding two months 81% normal.
Pendent bracket mushrooms (Irpicodon pendulus) on a vertically cut surface of a pine fallen across the trail approximately 2 years ago (pine bark partially burned in spring) in a sparse pine forest on upper ground on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 12, 2021
Close-up of pendent bracket mushrooms (Irpicodon pendulus) on a vertically cut surface of a fallen pine on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 12, 2021
Group of pendent bracket mushrooms (Irpicodon pendulus) on a vertically cut surface of a fallen pine on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 12, 2021
Details of pendent bracket mushrooms (Irpicodon pendulus) on a vertically cut surface of a fallen pine on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 12, 2021
Teeth of pendent bracket mushrooms (Irpicodon pendulus) on a vertically cut surface of a fallen pine on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 12, 2021
Polypore mushrooms Irpicodon pendulus on a vertically cut surface of a fallen pine on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 12, 2021
Vertically cut surface of a fallen pine with mushrooms Irpicodon pendulus on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 12, 2021
Side view of polypore mushrooms Irpicodon pendulus on a vertically cut surface of a fallen pine on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 12, 2021
Details of attachment of polypore mushrooms Irpicodon pendulus on a vertically cut surface of a fallen pine on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 12, 2021
Tiny soft polypore mushrooms Irpicodon pendulus on a vertically cut surface of a fallen pine on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 12, 2021
A pine fallen across the trail with small polypore mushrooms Irpicodon pendulus on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 12, 2021
Ballou's brittlegill mushrooms (Russula ballouii) on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 12, 2021
Pinkgill mushrooms (Entoloma) in wet area on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 12, 2021
Bulbous honey fungus (Armillaria gallica) on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 12, 2021
Pinkish porous crust fungus on a fallen oak on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 12, 2021
Light brown corticioid fungus Hyphoderma leoninum(?) on a fallen oak(?) on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 12, 2021
Light brown corticioid fungus Hyphoderma leoninum(?) with white margin on a fallen oak(?) on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 12, 2021
Tiny bracket polypore mushroom on a fallen tree on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 12, 2021
Split porecrust fungus (Schizopora paradoxa)(?) on a fallen pine on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 12, 2021
Close-up of split porecrust fungus (Schizopora paradoxa)(?) on a fallen pine on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 12, 2021
Resupinate polypore mushroom on a fallen pine on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 12, 2021
Margin of split porecrust fungus (Schizopora paradoxa)(?) on a fallen pine on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 12, 2021
Texture of split porecrust fungus (Schizopora paradoxa)(?) on a fallen pine on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 12, 2021
Slime mold Arcyria incarnata with a white crust fungus on an oak log on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 12, 2021
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