Weather (KIAH): Temperature 19.2° (7.1° higher than normal), min. 16°, max. 25°, min. over preceding two weeks is 0°. Wind speed 7.4 km/hour.
Identified species: Amanita polypyramis, Phyllotopsis nidulans, Tomentellopsis echinospora, Zelleromyces cinnabarinus.
Orange mock oyster mushrooms (Phyllotopsis nidulans) on a fallen pine on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, December 18, 2025
Caps of orange mock oyster mushrooms (Phyllotopsis nidulans) on a fallen pine on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, December 18, 2025
Mushrooms Amanita polypyramis in a pine forest on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, December 18, 2025
Section of mushrooms Amanita polypyramis in a pine forest on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, December 18, 2025
Milky False Truffle mushroom (Zelleromyces cinnabarinus) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, December 18, 2025
Section of Milky False Truffle mushroom (Zelleromyces cinnabarinus) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, December 18, 2025
Web-like corticioid fungus Tomentellopsis echinospora under a burned pine log on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, December 18, 2025
Close-up of corticioid fungus Tomentellopsis echinospora under a burned pine log on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, December 18, 2025
Web-like hyphae of corticioid fungus Tomentellopsis echinospora under a burned pine log on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, December 18, 2025Mushroom Observer and Facebook for learning names of local mushrooms.
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