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

Mike Read / Southern bracket (Ganoderma australe) growing on Beech (Fagus sylvatica) Anderwood Inclosure, New Forest National Park, Hampshire, England, UK. October 2014.

Nick Upton / Southern bracket fungus (Ganoderma australe) on an English Oak tree trunk (Quercus robur) in woodland, GWT Lower Woods reserve, Gloucestershire, UK, November.

Nick Upton / Southern bracket fungus (Ganoderma australe) on an English Oak tree trunk (Quercus robur) in woodland, GWT Lower Woods reserve, Gloucestershire, UK, November.

Colin Varndell / Southern bracket fungus (Ganoderma Australe) growing on a Beech tree (Fagus sylvatica), New Forest, Hampshire, England, UK. November.

Matthew Maran / Lacquered bracket fungus (Ganoderma resinaceum) Hampstead Heath, London, England, UK. October.

Will Watson / Southern bracket (Ganoderma australe), growing on London Plane (Platanus x acerifolia), The Weir Garden, National Trust, Herefordshire, England.

Will Watson / Bracket fungus (Ganoderma australe) on Sessile Oak (Quercus petrea) Ceredigion, Wales, UK, August.

Will Watson / Bracket fungus (Ganoderma australe) on Common Lime (Tilia x europaea), Herefordshire, UK, September.

Will Watson / Bracket fungus (Ganoderma australe) on Sessile Oak (Quercus petrea) Ceredigion, Wales, UK, August.

Will Watson / Bracket fungus (Ganoderma australe), previously (Ganoderma adspersum) on living Oak (Quercus robur), Herefordshire, UK

Adrian Davies / Fallen European beech tree (Fagus sylvatica), with Bracket fungus (Ganoderma australe) growing on stump, Sussex, England, UK, October.

Adrian Davies / Southern bracket fungus (Ganoderma australe) growing on an ancient Beech (Northofagus) tree, Sussex, England, UK, October.

Adrian Davies / Southern bracket fungus (Ganoderma australe) growing on an ancient Beech (Northofagus) tree, Sussex, England, UK, October.

Adrian Davies / Southern bracket fungus (Ganoderma australe) growing on an ancient Beech (Northofagus) tree, Sussex, England, UK, October.

Jouan & Rius / Bracket fungi (Ganoderma sp) on decaying wood, Borneo, Sarawak, Malaysia

Toby Roxburgh / Artist's Fungus (Ganoderma applanatum) growing on Beech tree (Nothofagus genus), surrounded by brown spores, banks of the River Usk, Wales.

Robert Thompson / Artist fungus (Ganoderma applanatum) growing on tree stump, Tollymore Forest, County Down, Northern Ireland, UK, October

Robert Thompson / Artists' fungus {Ganoderma applanatum} Killevy Castle, County Armagh, Northern Ireland, January

Robert Thompson / Artists' fungus {Ganoderma applanatum} under fallen Beech trunk, Castle Coole, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, Ocotber

Adrian Davies / Bracket Fungi (Ganoderma) for sale in Chinese herbal medicine shop, Hong Kong, China

Adrian Davies / Bracket fungi (Ganoderma lucidum) known as Lingzhi / Reshi, on sale in Chinese herbal medicine market, Hong Kong, China

Adrian Davies / Bracket Fungi (Ganoderma sp) for sale in Chinese Herbal Medicine Market, Hong Kong, China

George McCarthy / Bracket fungus {Ganoderma adspersum} growing on living oak tree, UK

Adrian Davies / Artist's Bracket Fungus {Ganoderma applanatum}growing on Beech tree, brown spores visible underneath the brackets

Adrian Davies / Bracket fungus {Ganoderma lucidum} Reishi known as Lingzhi in China. Cure for various conditions including Alzheimers, Traditional medicine shop, Kyoto, Japan

Philippe Clement / Artist's fungus, bracket fungus {Ganoderma applanatum / lipsiense} growing on Beech tree, Belgium

Philippe Clement / Artist's fungus, bracket fungus {Ganoderma applanatum / Ganoderma lipsiense} growing on beech tree, Belgium

Doug Wechsler / Shelf fungus on rotting wood {Ganoderma tsugae} Rickett's Glen SP, Pennsylvania, USA

Philippe Clement / Artist's bracket {Ganoderma applanatum} growing on dead tree trunk, Belgium.

Adrian Davies / Bracket fungus {Ganoderma lucidum} UK.

Philippe Clement / Bracket fungus {Ganoderma resinaceum} on tree trunk. Franc

George McCarthy / Artist's fungus, bracket fungus {Ganoderma applanatum} Selborne, Hampshire, UK

Nigel Bean / Bracket fungus on Beech trunk {Ganoderma sp} England, UK

Jaymi Heimbuch / Reishi Mushroom (Ganoderma lucidum), used in traditional Chinese medicine, Oregon

Jaymi Heimbuch / Reishi Mushroom (Ganoderma lucidum), used in traditional Chinese medicine, Oregon

Jaymi Heimbuch / Reishi Mushroom (Ganoderma lucidum), used in traditional Chinese medicine, Oregon

Robert Thompson / Lacquered bracket fungus (Ganoderma resinaceum) on tree trunk, Barnetts Park, Belfast, County Down, Northern Ireland, UK, October

Robert Thompson / Lacquered bracket fungus (Ganoderma resinaceum) on tree trunk, Barnetts Park, Belfast, County Down, Northern Ireland, UK, October

Robert Thompson / Lacquered bracket fungus (Ganoderma resinaceum) on tree trunk, Barnetts Park, Belfast, County Down, Northern Ireland, UK, October

George McCarthy / Artist's fungus growing on tree {Ganoderma applanatum} Woodland, Sussex, England, UK

George McCarthy / Artist's fungus {Ganoderma applanatum} growing on tree trunk, UK.

Adrian Davies / Artist's fungus growing on Beech tree {Ganoderma applanatum} Woodland, Surrey,

Adrian Davies / Yellow flat-footed fly (Agathomyia wankowiczii) galls on Artists fungus (Ganoderma applanatum), Surrey, UK. December.

Adrian Davies / Southern bracket fungus (Ganoderma australe) growing on tree trunk in woodland, Surrey, UK. October.

Doug Wechsler / Five Vinegar flies (Mycodrosophila) and a Forest midge (Cecidomyiidae) resting on underside of Artist conk fungus (Ganoderma applanatum), Crossways Preserve, Pennsylvania, USA. July.

Philippe Clement / Lacquered bracket fungus (Ganoderma resinaceum), a rare poroid bracket fungus that lives at the base of living trees, Flanders, Belgium. October.

Nick Upton / Southern bracket fungus (Ganoderma australe) developing growth rings, on rotting, fallen Common beech (Fagus sylvatica) trunk in woodland, Buckholt wood NNR, Gloucestershire, UK, October.

Nick Upton / Southern bracket fungus (Ganoderma australe) developing growth rings, on rotting, fallen Common beech (Fagus sylvatica) trunk in woodland, Buckholt wood NNR, Gloucestershire, UK, October.

Nick Upton / Southern bracket fungi (Ganoderma australe) releasing masses of brown spores on rotten Common beech (Fagus sylvatica) trunk in woodland, Buckholt wood NNR, Gloucestershire, UK, October.

Will Watson / Fungal gall on the Artist's fungus (Ganoderma applanatum), Herefordshire, England, UK. February.

Will Watson / Fungal gall on Artist's fungus (Ganoderma applanatum) caused by Yellow flat-footed fly (Agathomyia wankowiczii), Herefordshire, England, January

Will Watson / Fungal gall on the Artist's fungus (Ganoderma applanatum) caused by Yellow flat-footed fly (Agathomyia wankowiczii), Herefordshire, England, January, focus stacked.

Nick Upton / Young Artist's bracket / conk (Ganoderma applanatum) developing on a rotting deciduous log, GWT Lower Woods reserve, Gloucestershire, UK, October.

Linda Pitkin / Southern bracket fungus (Ganoderma australe), Naphill Common (SSSI), Buckinghamshire, England, September.

Linda Pitkin / Southern bracket fungus (Ganoderma australe), Beddington Park, Wallington, Surrey, England, August.

Doug Wechsler / Reishi (Ganoderma tsugae) Pennsylvania, USA, June.