Chris Mattison / Bay cup fungus (Peziza badia) Peak District National Park, Derbyshire, UK September

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

Andy Sands / White saddle fungus (Helvella crispa) Bedfordshire, England, UK . Focus stacked image

Andy Sands / Elfin saddle fungus (Helvella lacunosa) Bedfordshire, England, UK, October . Focus stacked image

Andres M. Dominguez / Morel mushroom (Morchella sp) Sierra de Grazalema Natural Park, southern Spain, May.

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.

Staffan Widstrand / False morel (Gyromitra esculenta) Musteika Village, Lithuania, May.

Dong Lei / Morel mushrooms (Morchella sp.) harvested in basket, Lijiang City, Lijiang Laojunshan National Park, Yunnan Province, China. April.