December 24, 2025: mushrooms
Alexey Sergeev
December 24, 2025: mushrooms (18 pictures)

Ascomycete fungus Pyronema omphalodes on old bonfire site on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, December 24, 2025

Close-up of Ascomycete fungus Pyronema omphalodes on old bonfire site on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, December 24, 2025

Mushrooms Pholiota spumosa on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, December 24, 2025

Corticioid fungus Hypoxylon on a fallen oak or elm on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, December 24, 2025

Cap of woolly oyster mushroom (Hohenbuehelia mastrucata) on a fallen oak or elm on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, December 24, 2025

Close-up of a cap of woolly oyster mushroom (Hohenbuehelia mastrucata) on a fallen oak or elm on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, December 24, 2025

Cap texture of woolly oyster mushroom (Hohenbuehelia mastrucata) on a fallen oak or elm on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, December 24, 2025

Black crust fungus Hypoxylon on a fallen oak or elm on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, December 24, 2025

Close-up of black crust fungus Hypoxylon on a fallen oak or elm on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, December 24, 2025

Gills of woolly oyster mushroom (Hohenbuehelia mastrucata) on a fallen oak or elm on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, December 24, 2025

Underside of woolly oyster mushroom (Hohenbuehelia mastrucata) on a fallen oak or elm with white cottony mycelium on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, December 24, 2025

Underside of woolly oyster mushroom (Hohenbuehelia mastrucata) under a fallen oak or elm on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, December 24, 2025

Gill pattern of woolly oyster mushroom (Hohenbuehelia mastrucata) on a fallen oak or elm on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, December 24, 2025

Merged caps of woolly oyster mushroom (Hohenbuehelia mastrucata) on a fallen oak or elm on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, December 24, 2025

Close-up of merged caps of woolly oyster mushroom (Hohenbuehelia mastrucata) on a fallen oak or elm on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, December 24, 2025

Underside of a cap of woolly oyster mushroom (Hohenbuehelia mastrucata) on a fallen oak or elm on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, December 24, 2025

Pinkgill (Entoloma) mushrooms on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, December 24, 2025

Underside of pinkgill (Entoloma) mushrooms on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, December 24, 2025

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