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 / Various fungi for sale in Chinese herbal medicine market, Hong Kong, China

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

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

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