Sandra Bartocha / Sporangia of a moss, in Stadtkreis Neubrandenburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany, March

Sandra Bartocha / Sporangia of moss, Dueodde, Hovedstaden, Denmark, June

Paul Hobson / Moss (Polytrichium commune) fruiting bodies (sporangia) Peat bog, Derbyshire, UK, April

Ross Hoddinott / Moss spore capsules. Species uncertain, possibly Bryum moss (Ptychostomum capillare). Fingle Bridge, Dartmoor National Park, Devon, November

Alex Hyde / Pin mould {Mucor sp.} growing on peach, showing fruiting bodies (sporangia) at various stages of development. UK.

Alex Hyde / Pin mould {Mucor sp.} growing on peach, showing fruiting bodies (sporangia). UK.

Shattil & Rozinski / Moonwort {Botrychium echo} showing sporangia on fertile leaf, Colorado, USA

Duncan Mcewan / Liverwort {Chiloscyphus cuspidatus} with sporangia on river bank, Scotland, UK

Duncan Mcewan / Liverwort {Chiloscyphus cuspidatus} with sporangia on decaying wood, Scotland, UK

Duncan Mcewan / Liverwort {Conocephalum conicum} with sporangia. Scotland, UK Renfrewshire

Adrian Davies / Royal Fern {Osmunda regalis} leaves and spore-bearing fronds, Dartmoor, UK.

Kim Taylor / Male fern {Dryopteris filix mas) frond showing sporangia underneath, UK.

Duncan Mcewan / Liverwort {Pellia epiphylla} with developing sporangia, Scotland, UK