Guy Edwardes / Laughing gym toadstools (Gymnopilus junonius), New Forest National Park, Hampshire, England, UK. September.
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Nick Upton / Beech woodwart / Red cushion Hypoxylon (Hypoxylon fragiforme) fruting bodies on a Beech (Fagus sylvatica) log producing black spores, GWT Lower Woods reserve, Gloucestershire, UK, October.
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Nick Upton / Beech woodwart / Red cushion Hypoxylon (Hypoxylon fragiforme) fruiting bodies on a Beech (Fagus sylvatica) log producing black spores, GWT Lower Woods reserve, Gloucestershire, UK, October.
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Nick Upton / Marsh thistle (Cirsium palustre), white form, flowering in a damp woodland, Wiltshire, UK, June.
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Adrian Davies / Earthstar fungus (Geastrum triplex) discharging spores following impact from water drop. England, UK, December.
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Cyril Ruoso / Parasol mushroom (Macrolepiota procera) underside view of gills and ring, growing in a meadow, Picardy France, October.
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Chris Mattison / Underside of Scarlet waxcap fungus (Hygrocybe coccinea), showing stipe and gills. Monmouthshire, Wales, UK, October. Focus-stacked image.
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Philippe Clement / Emerging fruiting body / basidiocarp of Birch polypore (Piptoporus betulinus) bursting through birch tree bark, Belgium, August
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John Waters / Wide angle shot of flies feeding on the tip of a Common stinkhorn fungus (Phallus impudicus), Mendips, Somerset, UK, July.
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John Waters / Flies feeding on the tip of a Common stinkhorn fungus (Phallus impudicus), Mendips, Somerset, UK, July.
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Chris Mattison / Pores on the underside of the cap of a Suede bolete fungus (Boletus subtomentosus) Peak District, Derbyshire, UK, October. Image taken using digital focus-stacking.
