David Tipling / 2020VISION / Reed warbler (Acrocephalus scirpaceus) feeding twelve day old Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus) chick at nest, Norfolk, England, UK, May. Sequene 1/2

Felis Images / Fungus (Coprinellus disseminatus) on tree trunk, West Bengal, India.

Nick Upton / Glistening inkcap (Coprinellus / Coprinus miceus) clump growing on a rotting log under a tree, Wiltshire, UK, September.

Andy Sands / Fairy inkcap fungus (Coprinellus disseminatus) small group of this inkcap growing from mossy log, Oxfordshire, England, UK, October. Focus Stacked Image

Andy Sands / Glistening inkcap fungus (Coprinellus micaceus) and Stump puffball (Lycoperdon pyriforme) fruiting together on old tree stump, Hertfordshire, England, UK, October

Chris Mattison / Mica cap / Shiny cap / Glistening inky cap fungus (Coprinellus micaceus) Peak District, Derbyshire, UK, October. Image taken using digital focus-stacking.

Russell Cooper / Glistening ink cap fungi (Coprinellus micaceus) Banstead Wood SSI North Downs, Surrey, UK.

Andy Sands / Glistening inkcap (Coprinellus micaceus) small group of growing from mossy log, Bedfordshire, England, UK, November. Focus stacked image.

Andy Sands / Glistening inkcap fungus (Coprinellus micaceus) growing from rotten log, Hertfordshire, England, UK, November . Focus stacked image

Andy Sands / Glistening inkcap mushroom (Coprinellus micaceus) growing from rotten log, Hertfordshire, England, UK, November . Focus stacked image

Colin Varndell / Fairies' bonnets toadstools (Coprinellus disseminatus) Dorset, UK August.

Ann & Steve Toon / Fairy inkcaps fungus (Coprinellus disseminatus), Northumberland, UK, October.

Nick Upton / Glistening inkcap (Coprinus / Coprinellus micaceus) growing in woodland, Gower Peninsula, Wales, October.