Robert Thompson / Candle snuff fungus (Xylaria hypoxylon) West of Carrigart, County Donegal, Northern Ireland, October.

Andy Sands / Scarlet caterpillar club fungi (Cordyceps militaris) found on grass at woodland edges this ascomycete parasitises its host a caterpillar or pupae and fruits from it, Buckinghamshire, England, UK, Octo...

Andy Sands / Scarlet caterpillar club fungus (Cordyceps militaris) found on grass at woodland edges, this ascomycete parasitises its host, a caterpillar or pupae, and fruits from it, Buckinghamshire, England, UK,...

Andy Sands / Scarlet caterpillar club fungi (Cordyceps militaris) found on grass at woodland edges this ascomycete parasitises its host, a caterpillar or pupa, and fruits from it, Buckinghamshire, England, UK, Oc...

Pete Oxford / Cofan wood lizard (Enyalioides cofanorum) Yasuni National Park, Amazon Rainforest, Ecuador, South America.

Andy Sands / Dead man's fingers (Xylaria polymorpha) strange fungi sticking up from rotten log, Buckinghamshire, England, UK, October

Andy Sands / King Alfred's cakes / Cramp ball (Daldinia concentrica) hard fungi often found on dead ash or beech wood, Hertfordshire, England, UK, December

Adrian Davies / Scarlet caterpillar club (Cordyceps militaris) a parasitic fungus on the buried larvae of butterflies and moths. Sussex, England, UK, November.

Dong Lei / Caterpillar fungus (Ophiocordyceps sinensis) parasitizing body of caterpillar which is under the ground. Mount Namjagbarwa, Yarlung Zangbo Grand Canyon National Park, Tibet, China.

Dong Lei / Caterpillar fungus (Ophiocordyceps sinensis) held in human hand. This fungus parasitizes caterpillar under the ground and produces fruiting body above the ground. Mount Namjagbarwa, Yarlung Zangbo Gra...

Alex Hyde / Scarce Fungus Weevils (Platyrhinus resinosus) eating King Alfred's cake fungus (Daldinia concentrica) on dead ash tree. Peak District National Park, Derbyshire, UK. April. Nationally Scarce species in...

Paul Hobson / Candle snuff fungus (Xylaria hypoxylon) Yorkshire, UK, October.