Weather (KIAH): Temperature 24.5° (1.7° higher than normal), min. 23°, max. 27°, min. over preceding two weeks is 17°. Wind speed 13.5 km/hour. Precipitation 0.2 mm (4% normal), preceding two weeks 113% normal, preceding two months 53% normal.
Identified species: Arcyria cinerea, Ceratiomyxa fruticulosa, Favolus tenuiculus, Hemitrichia calyculata, Hydnum repandum, Lentinus crinitus, Lycogala epidendrum, Lycoperdon marginatum, Panus strigellus, Stemonitis fusca.
Wolf's Milk slime mold (Lycogala epidendrum) on rotting oak wood on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 4, 2022
Mature slime mold Stemonitis fusca on a mossy pine log on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 4, 2022
Fringed sawgill mushrooms (Lentinus crinitus) on a log on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 4, 2022
Tropical white polypore mushrooms (Favolus tenuiculus) on an oak log on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 4, 2022
Black Sordariomycetes fungi on decaying wood on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 4, 2022
Slime mold Hemitrichia calyculata on wet soft broadleaf wood on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 4, 2022
Tiny orange and brown balls of slime mold Hemitrichia calyculata on wet soft wood on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 4, 2022
Close-up of slime mold Hemitrichia calyculata on wet soft wood on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 4, 2022
Wood hedgehog mushrooms (Hydnum repandum) on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 4, 2022
Underside of wood hedgehog mushrooms (Hydnum repandum) on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 4, 2022
Slime mold Arcyria cinerea on a large wet pine log on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 4, 2022
Slime mold Ceratiomyxa fruticulosa on a large wet pine log on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 4, 2022
Masses of slime mold Ceratiomyxa fruticulosa on a large wet pine log on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 4, 2022
Honeycomb coral slime mold (Ceratiomyxa fruticulosa) on a large wet pine log on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 4, 2022
Close-up of honeycomb coral slime mold (Ceratiomyxa fruticulosa) on a large wet pine log on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 4, 2022
Mushroom Panus strigellus on a fallen tree branch on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 4, 2022
Cap of mushroom Panus strigellus on a fallen tree branch on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 4, 2022
Peeling puffball mushrooms (Lycoperdon marginatum) on a path in a pine forest on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 4, 2022Mushroom Observer and Facebook for learning names of local mushrooms.
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