Weather (KIAH): Temperature 22.9° (10.0° higher than normal), min. 23°, max. 23°, min. over preceding two weeks is 5°. Wind speed 16.9 km/hour. Precipitation 1.0 mm (25% normal), preceding two weeks 52% normal, preceding two months 41% normal.
Small brown webcap (Cortinarius) mushrooms under oaks and pines on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, December 9, 2023
Close-up of small brown webcap (Cortinarius) mushrooms under oaks and pines on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, December 9, 2023
Small grey omphalinoid mushrooms on half-burned compacted soil on a trail, probably Arrhenia obscurata, on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, December 9, 2023
Small grey omphalinoid mushrooms Arrhenia obscurata on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, December 9, 2023
Small grey omphalinoid mushrooms Arrhenia obscurata on black background on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, December 9, 2023
Deer shield mushrooms (Pluteus cervinus) on a fallen oak on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, December 9, 2023
Upper view of milkcap (Lactarius) mushroom on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, December 9, 2023
Underside of milkcap (Lactarius) mushroom on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, December 9, 2023
Section view of milkcap (Lactarius) mushroom on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, December 9, 2023
White resupinate polypore mushroom Rigidoporus sanguinolentus (Physisporinus sanguinolentus) on lower part of a thick wet fallen pine slightly suspended over the ground in wet area on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, December 9, 2023
White resupinate polypore fungus Rigidoporus sanguinolentus (Physisporinus sanguinolentus) on lower part of a thick pine log in wet area, showing tendency to start as small separate growths which unite, on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, December 9, 2023
Coalescing pattern of growth of white resupinate polypore mushroom Rigidoporus sanguinolentus (Physisporinus sanguinolentus) on lower part of a thick pine log in wet area on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, December 9, 2023
Blackening spots of white resupinate polypore mushroom Rigidoporus sanguinolentus (Physisporinus sanguinolentus) on lower part of a thick pine log in wet area on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, December 9, 2023
Close-up of brown and dark spots of bleeding porecrust mushroom Rigidoporus sanguinolentus (Physisporinus sanguinolentus) on lower part of a thick pine log in wet area on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, December 9, 2023
Water droplets on white resupinate polypore mushroom Rigidoporus sanguinolentus (Physisporinus sanguinolentus) on lower part of a thick pine log in wet area on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, December 9, 2023
Thin ash-like corticioid fungus on lower part of a thick pine log in wet area on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, December 9, 2023
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