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 57% 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 Lone Star Hiking Trail, Montgomery County, Texas, 77873, United States
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 Lone Star Hiking Trail, Montgomery County, Texas, 77873, United States
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 Lone Star Hiking Trail, Montgomery County, Texas, 77873, United States
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 Lone Star Hiking Trail, Montgomery County, Texas, 77873, United States
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 Lone Star Hiking Trail, Montgomery County, Texas, 77873, United States
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 Lone Star Hiking Trail, Montgomery County, Texas, 77873, United States
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 Little Lake Creek Loop Trail, Montgomery County, Texas, 77873, United States
Olive duster fungus (Coniophora olivacea) on a fallen pine on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, December 17, 2023 Little Lake Creek Loop Trail, Montgomery County, Texas, 77873, United States
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 Little Lake Creek Loop Trail, Montgomery County, Texas, 77873, United States
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 Little Lake Creek Loop Trail, Montgomery County, Texas, 77873, United States
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 Lone Star Hiking Trail, Montgomery County, Texas, 77873, United States
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 Lone Star Hiking Trail, Montgomery County, Texas, 77873, United States
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 Lone Star Hiking Trail, Montgomery County, Texas, 77873, United States
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