Robert Thompson / Scarlet elf cup fungus (Sarcoscypha coccinea) amongst Opposite-leaved golden-saxifrage (Chrysosplenium oppositifolium). Clare Glen, Tandragee, County Armagh. Northern Ireland. March.

Alex Hyde / Cup fungi (Cookeina sp) growing on decaying log, Danum Valley, Sabah, Borneo.

Alex Hyde / Cup fungus (Cookeina sp) growing on decaying wood on the rainforest floor, Corcovado National Park, Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica

Alex Hyde / Cup fungus (Cookeina sp) Danum Valley, Sabah, Borneo.

Alex Hyde / Cup fungi (Cookeina sp) growing on decaying log in lowland dipterocarp forest. Danum Valley, Sabah, Borneo.

Sandesh Kadur / Young King cobra (Ophiophagus hannah) hatchling climbing branch with cup fungus, captive, Agumbe, Karnatka, India

Jouan & Rius / Cup fungi on decaying wood in rainforest, Borneo, Sarawak, Malaysia

Guy Edwardes / Scarlet elf cup fungus (Sarcoscypha coccinea) growing on decaying alder branch in leaf litter, Dorset, England, February

David Kjaer / Snowdrops {Galanthus nivalis} and Scarlet elf cup fungus {Sarcoscypha austriaca} in woodland, UK

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Cup Fungus (Cookeina tricholoma) group of five growing out of log, Costa Rica

Chris Mattison / Cup lichen (Cladonia fimbriata) growing on conifer stump. Whitelye Common SSSI, Monmouthshire, Wales, UK. February.

Robert Thompson / Scarlet elf cup fungus (Sarcoscypha coccinea) Clare Glen, Tandragee, Count Armagh, Northern Ireland, UK. March.