Paul Hobson / Weasel (Mustela nivalis) investigating birch stump with bracket fungus in autumn woodland, Sheffield.

Theo Bosboom / Autumn trees with Bracket fungi, Leuvenumse bos, the Netherlands, November

Wild Wonders of Europe / Wothe / European beech (Fagus sylvatica) forest, with Tinder fungus (Fomes fomentarius) growing on the trunk of a tree, Stuzica primeval Forest, Unesco World Heritage Site, Poloniny National Park, Western Car...

Wild Wonders of Europe / Wothe / Horse's hoof / Tinder fungus (Fomes fomentarius) on tree trunk, European beech (Fagus sylvatica) forest, Stuzica primeval Forest, Unesco World Heritage Site, Poloniny National Park, Western Carpathian...

Wild Wonders of Europe / Wothe / Horse's hoof / Tinder fungus (Fomes fomentarius) growing on dead tree, Morske Oko Reserve, Vihorlat Mountains, Western Carpathians, Eastern Slovakia, Europe, May 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Ruiz / Bracket fungus (Phellinus igniarius ?) on fallen dead tree trunk beside Krinice River, Kyov, Ceske Svycarsko / Bohemian Switzerland National Park, Czech Republic, September 2008

Wild Wonders of Europe / Biancarelli / Polypore fungus (Coriolus versicolor) on a stump in Corkova Uvala virgin forest, Plitvice Lakes National Park, Croatia, October 2008

Kirkendall-Spring / Many Zoned Polyphore {Coriolus /Tramates versicolor} growing on a fallen log, Big Redwoods State Park, California, USA

Nick Upton / Horse's hoof / Tinder fungus (Fomes fomentarius) growing on a rotten Downy birch (Betula pubescens) tree trunk which a woodpecker has drilled a hole into, Muraka Forest reserve, Estonia, April

Paul Hobson / Horse shoe fungus (Fomes fomentarius) on dead Birch (Betula sp). Nottinghamshire, England, UK. August.

Philippe Clement / Chicken-of-the-woods (Laetiporus sulphureus) fungus in early stage growing on dead tree stump in summer, France, July

Philippe Clement / Artist's bracket fungus (Ganoderma applanatum / Ganoderma lipsiense) on tree trunk, Belgium, October