Weather (KIAH): Temperature 13.3° (2.8° lower than normal), min. 11°, max. 18°, min. over preceding two weeks is 11°. Wind speed 5.6 km/hour. Precipitation 0.0 mm, preceding two weeks 87% normal, preceding two months 35% normal.
Cap of white chicken mushroom (Berkcurtia persicina) collected during mushroom walk in Watson Rare Native Plant Preserve. Warren, Texas, November 16, 2024
Underside of white chicken mushroom (Berkcurtia persicina) collected during mushroom walk in Watson Rare Native Plant Preserve. Warren, Texas, November 16, 2024
Pore surface of white chicken mushroom (Berkcurtia persicina) collected during mushroom walk in Watson Rare Native Plant Preserve. Warren, Texas, November 16, 2024
Close-up of pore surface of white chicken mushroom (Berkcurtia persicina) collected during mushroom walk in Watson Rare Native Plant Preserve. Warren, Texas, November 16, 2024
Spongy toothed polypore mushrooms (Sarcodontia pachyodon) on a dry tree in Watson Rare Native Plant Preserve. Warren, Texas, November 16, 2024
Underside of spongy toothed polypore mushrooms (Sarcodontia pachyodon) on a dry tree in Watson Rare Native Plant Preserve. Warren, Texas, November 16, 2024
Teeth of marshmallow polypore mushrooms (Sarcodontia pachyodon) on a dry tree in Watson Rare Native Plant Preserve. Warren, Texas, November 16, 2024
Bolete mushrooms Suillus decipiens in Watson Rare Native Plant Preserve. Warren, Texas, November 16, 2024
Mature bolete mushrooms Suillus cothurnatus in Watson Rare Native Plant Preserve. Warren, Texas, November 16, 2024
Mushrooms Boletus oliveisporus in sphagnum moss in Watson Rare Native Plant Preserve. Warren, Texas, November 16, 2024
Underside of mushrooms Boletus oliveisporus in sphagnum moss in Watson Rare Native Plant Preserve. Warren, Texas, November 16, 2024
Cross section of mushrooms Boletus oliveisporus in Watson Rare Native Plant Preserve. Warren, Texas, November 16, 2024
Pore surface of a mushroom Boletus oliveisporus in Watson Rare Native Plant Preserve. Warren, Texas, November 16, 2024
Dissected cap of a mushroom Boletus oliveisporus in Watson Rare Native Plant Preserve. Warren, Texas, November 16, 2024
Ringless honey mushrooms (Desarmillaria caespitosa) in Watson Rare Native Plant Preserve. Warren, Texas, November 16, 2024
Underside of a bitter bolete mushroom (Tylopilus) in Watson Rare Native Plant Preserve. Warren, Texas, November 16, 2024
Cap of a bitter bolete mushroom (Tylopilus) in Watson Rare Native Plant Preserve. Warren, Texas, November 16, 2024
Resupinate polypore mushroom at a mossy base of a pine tree in Watson Rare Native Plant Preserve. Warren, Texas, November 16, 2024
Close-up of resupinate polypore mushroom at a mossy base of a pine tree in Watson Rare Native Plant Preserve. Warren, Texas, November 16, 2024
Cinnamon navel mushrooms (Omphalina pyxidata) on a gentle slope to the lake (spore print white, turns orange in lugol) in Watson Rare Native Plant Preserve. Warren, Texas, November 16, 2024
Side view of cinnamon navel mushrooms (Omphalina pyxidata) in Watson Rare Native Plant Preserve. Warren, Texas, November 16, 2024
Cinnamon navel mushrooms (Omphalina pyxidata) on black background in Watson Rare Native Plant Preserve. Warren, Texas, November 16, 2024
Bolete mushroom Leccinellum albellum in Watson Rare Native Plant Preserve. Warren, Texas, November 16, 2024
Underside of a bolete mushroom Leccinellum albellum in Watson Rare Native Plant Preserve. Warren, Texas, November 16, 2024
Lepiota(?) mushroom under magnolia in Watson Rare Native Plant Preserve. Warren, Texas, November 16, 2024
Underside of Lepiota(?) mushroom under magnolia in Watson Rare Native Plant Preserve. Warren, Texas, November 16, 2024
Cap of Lepiota(?) mushroom under magnolia in Watson Rare Native Plant Preserve. Warren, Texas, November 16, 2024
Mature mushroom Boletus pseudopinophilus collected in area of Watson Rare Native Plant Preserve. Warren, Texas, November 16, 2024
Underside of lilac bolete mushroom (Xanthoconium separans, Boletus separans) collected during mushroom walk in Watson Rare Native Plant Preserve. Warren, Texas, November 16, 2024
Lilac bolete mushroom (Xanthoconium separans, Boletus separans) collected during mushroom walk in Watson Rare Native Plant Preserve. Warren, Texas, November 16, 2024
Cyphelloid crust fungus Porotheleum fimbriatum on a piece of bark collected during mushroom walk in Watson Rare Native Plant Preserve. Warren, Texas, November 16, 2024
Close-up of cyphelloid crust fungus Porotheleum fimbriatum on a piece of bark collected during mushroom walk in Watson Rare Native Plant Preserve. Warren, Texas, November 16, 2024
Bolete mushroom Harrya chromapes collected during mushroom walk in Watson Rare Native Plant Preserve. Warren, Texas, November 16, 2024
Bolete mushroom Harrya chromapes on black background collected during mushroom walk in Watson Rare Native Plant Preserve. Warren, Texas, November 16, 2024
Lilac bolete mushroom (Xanthoconium separans, Boletus separans) on black background collected during mushroom walk in Watson Rare Native Plant Preserve. Warren, Texas, November 16, 2024
Blackening pore surface of a mature bolete mushroom Boletus oliveisporus in Watson Rare Native Plant Preserve. Warren, Texas, November 16, 2024
Young Caesar's amanita mushrooms (Amanita caesarea) in Watson Rare Native Plant Preserve. Warren, Texas, November 16, 2024
Mushrooms Xerocomus illudens(?) collected during mushroom walk in Watson Rare Native Plant Preserve. Warren, Texas, November 16, 2024
Porcini mushroom (Boletus edulis group) collected during mushroom walk in Watson Rare Native Plant Preserve. Warren, Texas, November 16, 2024
Side view of porcini mushroom (Boletus edulis group) collected during mushroom walk in Watson Rare Native Plant Preserve. Warren, Texas, November 16, 2024
Underside of a mature mushroom Boletus pseudopinophilus collected in area of Watson Rare Native Plant Preserve. Warren, Texas, November 16, 2024
Entomopathogenic fungus Hirsutella saussurei (teleomorph Ophiocordyceps humbertii) on a paper wasp. The wasp is attached to a pine one meter above ground, in Watson Rare Native Plant Preserve. Warren, Texas, November 16, 2024
Entomopathogenic fungus Hirsutella saussurei (teleomorph Ophiocordyceps humbertii) on a paper wasp attached to pine bark, in Watson Rare Native Plant Preserve. Warren, Texas, November 16, 2024
Back view of a paper wasp with Entomopathogenic fungus Hirsutella saussurei (teleomorph Ophiocordyceps humbertii) in Watson Rare Native Plant Preserve. Warren, Texas, November 16, 2024
Bolete mushroom Leccinellum albellum south from Northern Trailhead of the Turkey Creek Trail of Big Thicket National Preserve. Warren, Texas, November 16, 2024
Yellow Amanita mushrooms under small longleaf pines south from Northern Trailhead of the Turkey Creek Trail of Big Thicket National Preserve. Warren, Texas, November 16, 2024
Yellow Amanita mushrooms on black background south from Northern Trailhead of the Turkey Creek Trail of Big Thicket National Preserve. Warren, Texas, November 16, 2024
Yellow Amanita mushrooms in cross section south from Northern Trailhead of the Turkey Creek Trail of Big Thicket National Preserve. Warren, Texas, November 16, 2024
Pallid bolete mushrooms (Boletus pallidus) near rotting wood south from Northern Trailhead of the Turkey Creek Trail of Big Thicket National Preserve. Warren, Texas, November 16, 2024
Slimy stem of bolete mushroom Aureoboletus auriporus south from Northern Trailhead of the Turkey Creek Trail of Big Thicket National Preserve. Warren, Texas, November 16, 2024
Bright yellow pores of bolete mushroom Aureoboletus auriporus south from Northern Trailhead of the Turkey Creek Trail of Big Thicket National Preserve. Warren, Texas, November 16, 2024
Cap of bolete mushroom Aureoboletus auriporus south from Northern Trailhead of the Turkey Creek Trail of Big Thicket National Preserve. Warren, Texas, November 16, 2024
Section of a cap of bolete mushroom Aureoboletus auriporus south from Northern Trailhead of the Turkey Creek Trail of Big Thicket National Preserve. Warren, Texas, November 16, 2024
Bolete mushroom Aureoboletus auriporus in cross section south from Northern Trailhead of the Turkey Creek Trail of Big Thicket National Preserve. Warren, Texas, November 16, 2024
Mature bolete mushrooms Aureoboletus auriporus south from Northern Trailhead of the Turkey Creek Trail of Big Thicket National Preserve. Warren, Texas, November 16, 2024
Underside of a mature bolete mushroom Aureoboletus auriporus south from Northern Trailhead of the Turkey Creek Trail of Big Thicket National Preserve. Warren, Texas, November 16, 2024
Cross section of a mature bolete mushroom Aureoboletus auriporus south from Northern Trailhead of the Turkey Creek Trail of Big Thicket National Preserve. Warren, Texas, November 16, 2024
Partially dried bolete mushrooms Leccinellum albellum south from Northern Trailhead of the Turkey Creek Trail of Big Thicket National Preserve. Warren, Texas, November 16, 2024
Cap of a large bolete mushroom Xanthoconium separans (Boletus separans) south from Northern Trailhead of the Turkey Creek Trail of Big Thicket National Preserve. Warren, Texas, November 16, 2024
Underside of a large bolete mushroom Xanthoconium separans (Boletus separans) south from Northern Trailhead of the Turkey Creek Trail of Big Thicket National Preserve. Warren, Texas, November 16, 2024
Cross section of a large bolete mushroom Xanthoconium separans (Boletus separans) south from Northern Trailhead of the Turkey Creek Trail of Big Thicket National Preserve. Warren, Texas, November 16, 2024
Underside of brown webcap (Cortinarius) mushrooms south from Northern Trailhead of the Turkey Creek Trail of Big Thicket National Preserve. Warren, Texas, November 16, 2024
Cross section of brown webcap (Cortinarius) mushrooms south from Northern Trailhead of the Turkey Creek Trail of Big Thicket National Preserve. Warren, Texas, November 16, 2024
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