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Astacidea (Crayfish)
  • Fallicambarus kountzeae
Macro Fungi (Mushrooms)
  • Boletus roodyi
  • Cantharellus altipes
  • Cantharellus lewisii
  • Cantharellus texensis
  • Cortinarius lewisii
  • Gyroporus phaeocyanescens
  • Megacollybia texensis
  • Pulveroboletus lewisii
  • Russula cortinarioides
  • Russula texensis
Odonata (Dragonflies)
  • Cordulegaster sarracenia
Pyrenomycetes (Fungi with Rough Texture)

New Species’ Discovered in Big Thicket region by Larissa Vasilyeva, PhD; Far East Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences through the Thicket of Diversity:

  • Camillea texensis — J.D. Rogers & Lar.N. Vassiljeva, Sydowia 60 (2): 280 (2008)
  • Diatrype caryae — Lar.N. Vassiljeva & S.L. Stephenson, Mycotaxon 107: 309 (2009)
  • Diatrype ilicina — Lar.N. Vassiljeva & S.L. Stephenson, Mycotaxon 107: 311 (2009)
  • Hypoxylon confertisilvae — Lar.N. Vassiljeva & S.L. Stephenson, Mycotaxon 129 (1): 90 (2014)
  • Hypoxylon ilicinum — Lar.N. Vassiljeva & S.L. Stephenson, Mycotaxon 129 (1): 92 (2014)
  • Hypoxylon meridionale — Lar.N. Vassiljeva & S.L. Stephenson, Mycotaxon 129 (1): 92 (2014)
  • Hypoxylon minicroceum — Lar.N. Vassiljeva & S.L. Stephenson, Mycotaxon 129 (1): 93 (2014)
  • Hypoxylon rolingii — Lar.N. Vassiljeva & S.L. Stephenson, Mycotaxon 129 (1): 94 (2014)
  • Hypoxylon rosieri — J.D. Rogers & Lar.N. Vassiljeva (Rogers et al., 2008; Vasilyeva & Stephenson, 2009). –Named after Lance Rosier
  • Neochaetosphaerella — Lar.N. Vassiljeva, S.L. Stephenson & A.V. Chernyshev, Fungal Diversity 52 (1): 192 (2011)
  • Neochaetosphaerella thaxteriospora — Lar.N. Vassiljeva, S.L. Stephenson & A.V. Chernyshev, Fungal Diversity 52 (1): 192 (2011)
  • Tympanopsis texensis — Lar.N. Vassiljeva, S.L. Stephenson & A.V. Chernyshev, Fungal Diversity 52 (1): 191-196 (2011)