Weather (KIAH): Temperature 6.7° (5.9° lower than normal), min. 5°, max. 9°, min. over preceding two weeks is 2°. Wind speed 6.1 km/hour. Precipitation 0.0 mm, preceding two weeks 153% normal, preceding two months 126% normal.
Spectacular rustgill mushrooms (Gymnopilus junonius) at the base of a dry standing pine (spore print rusty brown) on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, February 12, 2023
Caps of spectacular rustgill mushrooms (Gymnopilus junonius) at the base of a pine on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, February 12, 2023
Gills of spectacular rustgill mushrooms (Gymnopilus junonius) at the base of a pine on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, February 12, 2023
Tooth mushrooms Hydnum umbilicatum on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, February 12, 2023
Side view of tooth mushrooms Hydnum umbilicatum on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, February 12, 2023
Ramaria mushroom on a lower part of rotten pine log on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, February 12, 2023
Orange mosscap mushrooms (Rickenella fibula) on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, February 12, 2023
Underside of a mushroom Rhodocollybia maculata (spore print white) on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, February 12, 2023
Mushroom Rhodocollybia maculata on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, February 12, 2023
Gills of a mushroom Rhodocollybia maculata on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, February 12, 2023
Grey knight mushroom (Tricholoma terreum group, may be T. moseri) between a red cedar tree and thin pines, on a well drained slope, near a small creek crossing on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, February 12, 2023
Side view of grey knight mushroom (Tricholoma terreum group, may be T. moseri) between a red cedar tree and thin pines, on a well drained slope, near a small creek crossing on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, February 12, 2023
Mushroom Melanoleuca melaleuca(?) on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, February 12, 2023
Side view of mushroom Melanoleuca melaleuca(?) on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, February 12, 2023
Gills of mushroom Melanoleuca melaleuca(?) on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, February 12, 2023
Download the map and open it in Google Earth for more accurate viewing.