Weather (KIAH): Rain. Temperature 15.6° (3.8° higher than normal), min. 11°, max. 22°, min. over preceding two weeks is 3°. Wind speed 15.0 km/hour. Precipitation 8.3 mm (223% normal), preceding two weeks 381% normal, preceding two months 146% normal.
Identified species: Chromelosporium carneum, Crustoderma dryinum, Oxyporus populinus, Scleroderma polyrhizum, Serpula himantioides, Tomentellopsis echinospora.
Polypore mushrooms Oxyporus populinus at the base of living sweetgum on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, February 4, 2024
Corticioid mushroom Crustoderma dryinum on a large burned pine log on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, February 4, 2024
Texture of corticioid mushroom Crustoderma dryinum on a burned pine log on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, February 4, 2024
Corticioid mushroom Crustoderma dryinum with bonfire moss Funaria hygrometrica on a large burned pine log on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, February 4, 2024
Orange crust of corticioid mushroom Crustoderma dryinum on a burned pine log on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, February 4, 2024
Pattern of corticioid mushroom Crustoderma dryinum on a burned pine log on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, February 4, 2024
Pattern of crust mushroom Crustoderma dryinum on a burned pine log on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, February 4, 2024
Close-up of corticioid fungus Crustoderma dryinum on a burned pine log on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, February 4, 2024
Close-up of orange corticioid fungus Crustoderma dryinum on a burned pine log on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, February 4, 2024
Dry rot fungus (Serpula himantioides) on a burned pine log on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, February 4, 2024
Close-up of fresh growth of orange corticioid fungus Crustoderma dryinum on a burned pine log on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, February 4, 2024
Fresh growth of orange corticioid fungus Crustoderma dryinum on a burned pine log on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, February 4, 2024
Dry rot fungus (Serpula himantioides) on underside of a burned pine log on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, February 4, 2024
Close-up of dry rot fungus (Serpula himantioides) on underside of a burned pine log on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, February 4, 2024
Fresh web-like growth of orange corticioid fungus Crustoderma dryinum on underside of a burned pine log on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, February 4, 2024
White margins of dry rot fungus (Serpula himantioides) on underside of a burned pine log on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, February 4, 2024
Close-up of dry rot fungus (Serpula himantioides) on underside of a burned pine log on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, February 4, 2024
Texture of dry rot fungus (Serpula himantioides) on underside of a burned pine log on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, February 4, 2024
Pattern of growth of orange corticioid fungus Crustoderma dryinum on a burned pine log on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, February 4, 2024
Orange corticioid fungus Crustoderma dryinum together with a white resupinate polypore on a burned pine log on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, February 4, 2024
Orange patches of corticioid fungus Crustoderma dryinum on a burned pine log on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, February 4, 2024
White resupinate polypore mushroom on a burned pine log on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, February 4, 2024
Web-like corticioid fungus Tomentellopsis echinospora on a burned pine log on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, February 4, 2024
Growth pattern of web-like corticioid fungus Tomentellopsis echinospora on a burned pine log on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, February 4, 2024
Close-up of web-like corticioid fungus Tomentellopsis echinospora on a burned pine log on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, February 4, 2024
Texture of web-like corticioid fungus Tomentellopsis echinospora on a burned pine log on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, February 4, 2024
Thick layer of web-like corticioid fungus Tomentellopsis echinospora on a burned pine log on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, February 4, 2024
Yellow layer of web-like corticioid fungus Tomentellopsis echinospora on a burned pine log on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, February 4, 2024
Fungus Chromelosporium carneum(?) on a burned pine log on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, February 4, 2024
White with rosy and yellow porous corticioid fungus on a fallen pine on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, February 4, 2024
Close-up of white with rosy and yellow porous corticioid fungus on a fallen pine on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, February 4, 2024
Thick white resupinate polypore mushroom on a fallen and burned pine on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, February 4, 2024
Close-up of thick white resupinate polypore mushroom on a fallen and burned pine on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, February 4, 2024
Remains of 5 mm thick outer skin of a giant mature mushroom Scleroderma polyrhizum(?) on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, February 4, 2024Mushroom Observer and Facebook for learning names of local mushrooms.
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