Cyril Ruoso / Parasol mushrooms (Macrolepiota procera) in a meadow, Picardy, France, October.

Philippe Clement / Amethyst deceiver (Laccaria amethystina) mushrooms in autumn forest, Belgium, September

Andy Sands / Velvet / Winter shank fungus (Flammulina velutipes) frozen in hard frost, Bedfordshire, England, UK, February. Focus Stacked Image

Russell Cooper / Parasol mushrooms (Lepiota procera) low angle view, Richmond Park National Nature Reserve. Surrey, England, UK, October.

Nick Hawkins / Oyster mushrooms (Pleurotus ostreatus), New Brunswick, Canada, July.

Alex Hyde / Velvet shank / Winter fungus (Flammulina velutipes), growing on dead tree. Peak District National Park, UK. December. Focus stacked image.

Nick Upton / Angel's wings mushrooms (Pleurocybella porrigens) growing on a coniferous tree stump, Glengarry forest, Lochaber, Scotland, UK, September.

Nick Upton / Angel's wings mushrooms (Pleurocybella porrigens) growing on a coniferous tree stump, Glengarry forest, Lochaber, Scotland, UK, September.

Nick Upton / Angel's wings mushrooms (Pleurocybella porrigens) growing on a coniferous tree stump, Glengarry forest, Lochaber, Scotland, UK, September.

Cyril Ruoso / Parasol mushrooms (Lepiota procera), Alberes Mountains, Pyrenees, France, October.

Andres M. Dominguez / Parasol mushroom (Macrolepiota procera) Los Alcornocales Natural Park, Cortes de la Frontera, southern Spain, October.

MYN / Marc Pihet / False deathcap (Amanita citrina), composite of fungus emerging, Maine-et-Loire, France, October, meetyourneighbours.net project