Robert Thompson / Orange peel fungus (Aleuria aurantia) Clare Glen, Tandragee, County Armagh, Northern Ireland, UK, December

Philippe Clement / Close up of underside of Red cracking bolete {Boletus chrysenteron} showing pores, Belgium

Nigel Bean / Meadow Wax Cap {Hygrocybe pratensis} close-up of gills, Ashton Court, Bristol, UK.

Neil Lucas / Velvet Shank / Winter fungus {Flammulina velutipes} growing on treetrunk. UK

Adrian Davies / Toadstool {Laccaria proxima} Dartmoor, UK.

Jason Smalley / Turkey tail / Many zoned polyphore {Coriolus / Tramates versicolor} growing on decaying tree stump. Cumbria, UK

Kerstin Hinze / Fly Agaric (Amanita muscaria) mushrooms photographed through yellow autumn leaves on a birch tree, Finland

George McCarthy / Toadstool {Cortinarius pseudosalor} Sussex, UK

John Waters / Cup fungi on rotting wood, Sumatra Indonesia

Pete Oxford / Cup fungus {Leotiales} Amazon rainforest, Ecuador, South America

Nigel Bean / Scarlet Hood wax caps growing in grass {Hygrocybe coccinea} Isles of Scilly, October, UK

Duncan Mcewan / The Sickener (Russula emetica) Scotland