Laurie Campbell / Candle snuff / Stag's horn fungi (Xylaria hypoxylon) on dead elm log, Berwickshire, Scotland, March

Robert Thompson / Candle snuff fungus {Xylaria hypoxylon} Brackagh Moss NNR, County Armagh, Northern Ireland, UK

Robert Thompson / Candle snuff fungus {Xylaria hypoxylon} Brackagh Moss NNR, County Armagh, Northern Ireland, UK

Philippe Clement / Candlesnuff fungus (Xylaria hypoxylon) among leaf litter, Belgium

Philippe Clement / Candlesnuff fungus (Xylaria hypoxylon) among leaf litter, Belgium

Geoff Simpson / Candle snuff fungus {Xylaria hypoxylon} Cheshire, UK

Philippe Clement / Candlestick fungus (Xylaria hypoxylon) fruiting bodies, growing on decaying tree stump, Flanders, Belgium. November.

Alex Hyde / Candlesnuff fungus (Xylaria hypoxylon) growing on a dead twig on the woodland floor. Peak District National Park, Derbyshire, UK. November.

Guy Edwardes / Candle-snuff fungus (Xylaria hypoxylon), Dunkeld, Perthshire, Scotland. October.

Nick Upton / Candle-snuff fungus / Stag's horn fungus (Xylaria hypoxylon) emerging from a rotting log, Castle Combe, Wiltshire, UK, November.

Guy Edwardes / Candle-snuff fungus (Xylaria hypoxylon) amongst moss. New Forest National Park, England, UK. October.

Guy Edwardes / Candlesnuff fungus (Xylaria hypoxylon). New Forest National Park, England, UK. November.