Laurie Campbell / Common / Shiny woodlouse (Oniscus asellus) on Jelly / Jew's ear fungus (Auricularia auricula-judae) Berwickshire, Scotland, February.

Chris Mattison / Black jelly fungus (Exidia plana) on dead Oak branch, Monmouthshire, Wales, UK. January.

Nick Upton / Jelly ear / Jew's ear fungus (Auricularia auricula judae) growing from rotting Elder log in deciduous woodland, Wiltshire, UK, February.

Nick Upton / Jelly ear / Jew's ear fungus (Auricularia auricula judae) growing from rotting Elder log in deciduous woodland, Wiltshire, UK, February.

Alex Hyde / Jelly / Jew's Ear Fungus (Auricularia auricula judae) Derbyshire, UK. January.

Alex Hyde / Jelly / Jew's Ear Fungus (Auricularia auricula judae) photographed in mobile field studio against a white background. Derbyshire, UK. January.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Jew's Ear fungus (Auricularia auricula-judae) growing in woodland, Orvieto, Umbira, Italy, August

Alex Hyde / Jew's Ear Fungus (Auricularia auricula judae) growing on Elder tree (Sambucus nigra). Peak District National Park, Derbyshire, UK. November.

Alex Hyde / Jew's Ear Fungus (Auricularia auricula judae) growing on Elder tree (Sambucus nigra) Peak District National Park, Derbyshire, UK. November.

Laurie Campbell / Jelly / Jew's ear fungi (Auricularia auricula judae) growing on dead sycamore, Berwickshire, Scotland, November

Nature Production / Fungus (Auricularia auricula) growing on tree trunk, Nagano, Japan

Kerstin Hinze / Judas's ear fungus (Auricularia auricula-judae) Sardinia, Italy

George McCarthy / Tripe fungus {Auricularia mesenterica} on bark, UK

Niall Benvie / Jew's ear fungus on Elder {Auricularia auricula judae} Scotland, UK

Chris O'Reilly / Jew's ear fungus fruiting on Elder {Auricularia auricula judae} Derbyshire, UK

Chris O'Reilly / Jew's ear fungi on elder branch (Auricularia auricula judae) Derbyshire

Jason Smalley / Jelly Ear / Jews's Ear fungus {Auricularia auricula judae} on Elder in woodland, UK.

Jason Smalley / Jelly Ear / Jews's Ear fungus {Auricularia auricula judae} on Elder in woodland, UK.

Jason Smalley / Close-up of Jelly Ear / Jews's Ear fungus {Auricularia auricula judae} on Elder in woodland, UK.

Jason Smalley / Jelly Ear / Jews's Ear fungus {Auricularia auricula judae} on Elder in woodland, UK.

Jason Smalley / Close-up of Jelly Ear / Jews's Ear fungus {Auricularia auricula judae} on Elder in woodland, UK.

George McCarthy / Jew's ear fungus {Auricularia a judae} UK

George McCarthy / Jew's ear, (Auricularia auricula judae) Surrey

Agustin Esmoris / Fungus (Auricularia sp), Argentina

Agustin Esmoris / Fungus (Auricularia sp) on tree, Argentina

Robert Thompson / Jew's ear fungus (Auricularia auricula judae) growing on rotting wood, Clare Glen, County Armagh, Northern Ireland, UK, November

Bernard Castelein / Wood ear fungus (Auricularia auricula-judae) on damp branch, Brasschaat, Belgium. September.

Bernard Castelein / Wood ear fungus (Auricularia auricula-judae) on damp branch, Brasschaat, Belgium. September.

Nick Upton / Hair ice extruded from a rotting stick containing fungus (Exidiopsis effusa), Nagshead RSPB Reserve, Parkend, Forest of Dean,, Gloucestershire, UK, January. Ice persists in temperatures above freezi...

Will Watson / Jelly ear fungus (Auricularia auricula judae) growing on Elder (Sambucus nigra) tree branch with Maritime sunburst lichen (Xanthoria parietina), Stocking Meadow Nature Reserve, Herefordshire, England,...

Ann & Steve Toon / Hair ice formed around fungus (Exidiopsis effusaon) on decaying wood in winter, Sidwood, Northumberland, UK. January.

Nick Upton / Jelly ear / Jew's ear fungus (Auricularia auricula-judae) clump growing from rotting log by a woodland path near a house, Wiltshire, UK, November.

Nick Upton / Jelly ear / Jew's ear fungus (Auricularia auricula-judae) clump growing from rotting log in deciduous woodland, Wiltshire, UK, November.

Guy Edwardes / Tripe fungus (Auricularia mesenterica) on decaying log. Dorset, England, UK. November.

Guy Edwardes / Tripe fungus (Auricularia mesenterica), underside. Dorset, England, UK. November.

Guy Edwardes / Tripe fungus (Auricularia mesenterica), underside. Dorset, England, UK. November.

Guy Edwardes / Tripe fungus (Auricularia mesenterica), underside. Dorset, England, UK. November.

Guy Edwardes / Tripe fungus (Auricularia mesenterica), underside. Dorset, England, UK. November.

Jussi Murtosaari / Hair ice crust fungus (Exidiopsis effusa). Jyvaskyla, Central Finland. November.

Jussi Murtosaari / Hair ice crust fungus (Exidiopsis effusa) in woodland. Jyvaskyla, Central Finland. November.

Linda Pitkin / Yellow brain fungus (Witches Butter) (Tremella mesenterica) - a jelly fungus, Holmwood Common, Surrey, England, November.