Adrian Davies / Common puffball (Lycoperdon perlatum) Sussex, UK, November.

Mike Read / Common puffball (Lycoperdon perlatum) growing through leaf litter in deciduous woodland near Buckhill Hole, New Forest National Park, Hampshire, England, UK, October 2015.

Andy Sands / Common puffball (Lycoperdon perlatum) releasing spores, Buckinghamshire, England, UK, November. Digital composite.

Andy Sands / Common puffball (Lycoperdon perlatum) Digital composite. Digital composite

Matthew Maran / Common puffball (Lycoperdon perlatum), Hampstead Heath, England, UK. September.

Doug Wechsler / Warted Puffball (Lycoperdon perlatum) Larrabee State Park, Whatcom County, Washington, USA, September.

Philippe Clement / Common / gem-studded puffballs / devil's snuff-box (Lycoperdon perlatum / gemmatum) Belgium

Philippe Clement / Common / gem-studded puffball (Lycoperdon perlatum / gemmatum) among fallen beech leaves, Belgium

Philippe Clement / Common / gem-studded puffball (Lycoperdon perlatum / gemmatum) among fallen beech leaves, Belgium

Colin Varndell / Common puff-ball (Lycoperdon perlatum) on woodland floor, New Forest, Hampshire, UK. October.

David Pike / Common puffball (Lycoperdon perlatum) growing on rotten log, Fingle Bridge, Dartmoor, Devon, UK. October. Focus-stacked image.

Warwick Sloss / Common puffball fungus (Lycoperdon perlatum) fruiting body in woodland, North Somerset, United Kingdom. October.