Wild Wonders of Europe / della Ferrera / Spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia) in flight carrying nesting material, over the Krapje dol heronry, near Krapje village, Lonjsko Polje Nature Park, Sisack-Moslavina county, Slavonia region, Posavina area, Croatia, June 2009

Mike Read / Stump puffball (Lycoperdon pyriforme) releasing spores, Ringwood, Hampshire, England, UK, November.

Mike Read / Collared earthstar (Geastrum triplex) releasing spores, Hampshire, England, UK, November

Ross Hoddinott / Close-up of backlit Porcelain fungus (Oudemansiella mucida) showing gills, Cornwall, UK. September

Philippe Clement / Fleecy milk-cap fungus (Lactifluus / Lactarius vellereus) on the forest floor in beech woodland in autumn, France, November

Guy Edwardes / Amethyst Deceiver (Laccaria amethyst) Lewesdon Hill, Dorset, England, UK, September.

Guy Edwardes / Group of Mycena fungi against blue sky, New Forest, Hampshire, England, November 2009