Weather (KIAH): Temperature 10.9° (1.2° lower than normal), min. 8°, max. 14°, min. over preceding two weeks is 3°. Wind speed 9.4 km/hour. Precipitation 0.0 mm, preceding two weeks 62% normal, preceding two months 58% normal.
Tiny black Ascomycete fungus Trichoderma citrinoviride (Hypocrea schweinitzii) on a fallen pine without bark with whitish wood on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, December 17, 2023
Tiny black buttons of Ascomycete fungus Trichoderma citrinoviride (Hypocrea schweinitzii) on a fallen pine without bark on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, December 17, 2023
Close-up of tiny black buttons of Ascomycete fungus Trichoderma citrinoviride (Hypocrea schweinitzii) on a fallen pine without bark on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, December 17, 2023
Texture of tiny black buttons of Ascomycete fungus Trichoderma citrinoviride (Hypocrea schweinitzii) on a fallen pine without bark on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, December 17, 2023
Tiny black buttons of Ascomycete fungus Trichoderma citrinoviride (Hypocrea schweinitzii) on a fallen pine without bark at sunrise on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, December 17, 2023
Close-up of tiny black buttons of Ascomycete fungus Trichoderma citrinoviride (Hypocrea schweinitzii) on a fallen pine without bark at sunrise on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, December 17, 2023
Close-up of olive duster fungus (Coniophora olivacea) on a fallen pine on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, December 17, 2023
Olive duster fungus (Coniophora olivacea) on a fallen pine on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, December 17, 2023
Green corticioid fungus Drepanospora viridis (Helicoma viride)(?) on underside of a thick wet pine log on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, December 17, 2023
Web-like hyphae of olive duster fungus (Coniophora olivacea) on a fallen pine on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, December 17, 2023
Green and yellow corticioid fungus Drepanospora viridis (Helicoma viride)(?) on underside of a thick wet pine log on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, December 17, 2023
Thin green and yellow covering (turns dark-olive after drying) of corticioid fungus Drepanospora viridis (Helicoma viride)(?) on underside of a thick wet pine log on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, December 17, 2023
Close-up of corticioid fungus Drepanospora viridis (Helicoma viride)(?) on underside of a thick wet pine log on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, December 17, 2023
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