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Fungi of Central Texas

A guide to some common fungi observed in central Texas and nearby areas.

dead man's fingers 1
Xylaria polymorpha
Brittle Cinder 2
Kretzschmaria deusta
Xylaria poitei 3
Phyllosticta concava 4
Candlesnuff Fungus 5
Xylaria hypoxylon
Robergea albicedrae 6
bolete mould 7
Hypomyces chrysospermus
Tree Stipplescale 8
Placidium arboreum
citrus green mold 9
Penicillium digitatum
gold dust lichen 10
Chrysothrix candelaris
Heppia conchiloba 11
Stalked Bonfire Cup 12
Geopyxis carbonaria
Texas Star 13
Chorioactis geaster
White Saddle 14
Helvella crispa
white morel 15
Morchella americana
Common Brown Cup 16
Phylloscypha phyllogena
layered cup 17
Peziza varia
blistered cup 18
Peziza vesiculosa
Trabutia quercina
common tarcrust fungus 19
Diatrype stigma
Brittle Cinder 2
Kretzschmaria deusta
Xylaria flabelliformis 20
Xylaria poitei 3
dead man's fingers 1
Xylaria polymorpha
Candlesnuff Fungus 5
Xylaria hypoxylon
Daldinia 21
Entonaema liquescens 22
Cramp Balls 23
Annulohypoxylon thouarsianum
hypoxylon canker 24
Biscogniauxia atropunctata
Oak Wilt 25
Bretziella fagacearum
deer vomit 26
Fusicolla merismoides
African Sorghum ergot 27
Claviceps africana
Purpureocillium atypicola 28
bolete mould 7
Hypomyces chrysospermus
lobster mushroom 29
Hypomyces lactifluorum
Chiseled Sunken Disk Lichen 30
Circinaria contorta
Robergea albicedrae 6
Whitewash Lichen 31
Phlyctis argena
Yellow Cobblestone Lichen 32
Acarospora socialis
Dirinaria picta 33
Hooded Rosette Lichen 34
Physcia adscendens
Hoary Rosette Lichen 35
Physcia aipolia
American Rosette Lichen 1
Physcia americana
rosette lichen 36
Physcia millegrana
Star Rosette Lichen 37
Physcia stellaris
Smooth Shadow-crust Lichen 38
Hyperphyscia syncolla
Hairy Shadow Lichen 8
Phaeophyscia hirsuta
Fluffy Dust Lichen 39
Lepraria finkii
brick scale 40
Psora crenata
False Russell's fishscale lichen 34
Psora pseudorussellii
Haematomma persoonii 41
Sinewed Bushy Lichen 42
Ramalina americana
cartilage lichen 43
Ramalina celastri
cartilage lichen 42
Ramalina complanata
Farinose Cartilage Lichen 44
Ramalina farinacea
Dotted Ribbon Lichen 45
Ramalina fastigiata
Cartilage Lichen 46
Ramalina fraxinea
Ramalina leptocarpha 47
Ramalina peruviana 48
Fan Ramalina 8
Ramalina sinensis
Ramalina stenospora 49
turban cup lichen 50
Cladonia peziziformis
Bumpy Rim-lichen 39
Lecanora hybocarpa
Mapledust Lichen 8
Lecanora thysanophora
Stonewall Rim Lichen 51
Protoparmeliopsis muralis
Parmotrema austrosinense 52
powdered ruffle lichen 50
Parmotrema hypotropum
perforated ruffle lichen 53
Parmotrema perforatum
Black Sheet Lichen 54
Parmotrema reticulatum
Parmotrema submarginale 55
Varied Rag Lichen 34
Platismatia glauca
rock greenshield lichen 56
Flavoparmelia baltimorensis
common greenshield lichen 57
Flavoparmelia caperata
Flavoparmelia rutidota 58
Oakmoss 34
Evernia prunastri
Texas Shield Lichen 50
Canoparmelia texana
shield lichen 59
Parmelia sulcata
Usnea cirrosa
Bushy beard lichen 42
Usnea strigosa
Bony Beard Lichen 60
Usnea trichodea
Eastern speckled shield lichen 61
Punctelia bolliana
rough speckled shield lichen 42
Punctelia rudecta
Blue Jellyskin 62
Leptogium cyanescens
Shaly Jelly Lichen 8
Enchylium polycarpon
Salted Shell Lichen 42
Coccocarpia palmicola
Bare-bottom Sunburst Lichen 63
Xanthomendoza weberi
Rock Jewel Lichen 64
Calogaya saxicola
sidewalk firedot 50
Xanthocarpia feracissima
Common Sunburst Lichen 65
Xanthoria parietina
Hair Lichens 42
Teloschistes
Golden-eye Lichen 47
Teloschistes chrysophthalmus
slender orange-bush 66
Teloschistes exilis
Mulberry Leaf Spot 67
Cercospora moricola
Phyllosticta concava 4
Epicoccum andropogonis 68
popcorn disease 69
Ciboria carunculoides
Blumeria 70
Common Goldspeck 71
Candelariella vitellina
Candleflame Lichen 19
Candelaria concolor
Oak Leaf Blister 9
Taphrina caerulescens

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