Andy Sands / Scarlet elf cup fungi (Sarcoscypha coccinea) group of three with frost, Bedfordshire, England, UK, January. Focus Stacked Image

Andy Sands / Scarlet elf cup fungi (Sarcoscypha coccinea) group of three with snow, Bedfordshire, England, UK, January. Focus stacked image

Chris Mattison / Scarlet elf cup (Sarcoscypha austrica) Tintern, Wye Valley, Monmouthshire, Wales, UK. February.

Chris Mattison / Scarlet elf cup (Sarcoscypha austrica), Tintern, Wye Valley, Monmouthshire, Wales, UK, February.

Thomas Marent / Cup Fungus (Cookeina sp) mushrooms, Tayrona National Natural Park, Colombia

Alex Hyde / Cup fungus (Cookeina sp) growing on decaying wood on the rainforest floor, Corcovado National Park, Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica

Andy Sands / Scarlet Elfcup (Sarcoscypha austriaca) a winter fungi that appears on dead twigs in damp shady places often partially buried in moss, Bedfordshire, England, UK, January . Focus stacked image

Andy Sands / Scarlet Elfcup (Sarcoscypha austriaca) a winter fungi that appears on dead twigs in damp shady places often partially buried in moss, Bedfordshire, England, UK, January . Focus stacked image

Andres M. Dominguez / Scarlet elf cup (Sarcoscypha coccinea) in woodland with lichens, Los Alcornocales Natural park, Cortes de la Frontera, southern Spain, January.

Adrian Davies / Cup fungi (Cookenia sp) Sabah, Borneo.

Adrian Davies / Cup fungi (Cookenia sp) on forest floor, Sabah, Borneo.

Robert Thompson / Scarlet elf cup (Sarcoscypha coccinea) Clare Glen, Tandragee, County Armagh, Northern Ireland, March.