Andy Sands / Amethyst Deceiver (Laccaria amethystina) two young toadstools growing up from mossy log, Buckinghamshire, England, UK, September

Alex Hyde / Low angle view of Porcelain fungus (Oudemansiella mucida) growing on a dead Beech tree (Fagus sylvatica). Plitvice Lakes National Park, Croatia. November.

Andres M. Dominguez / Fly agaric mushrooms (Amanita muscaria) in snow, Los Alcornocales Natural Park, Cortes de la Frontera, southern Spain, January.

Andres M. Dominguez / Fly agaric (Amanita muscaria) in foggy forest, Los Alcornocales Natural Park, southern Spain, January.

Andres M. Dominguez / False death cap mushroom (Amanita citrina) Los Alcornocales Natural Park, Cortes de la Frontera, Malaga, Spain

Peter Lewis / Magpie inkcap (Coprinus picaceus) fungus, Wimborne, Dorset, England, UK, October.

Chris Mattison / Orange mosscap (Rickenella fibula) on lawn. Monmouthshire, Wales, UK. November. Focus stacked.

Adrian Davies / Magpie fungus (Coprinus picaceus) on woodland floor. Sussex, England, UK. October.

Nigel Cattlin / Lawyers' wig fungus (Coprinus comatus) fruiting caps in grassland. Berkshire, England, UK.

Robert Thompson / Fly agaric (Amanita muscaria) mushrooms at different stages of development. Ards Forest Park, Creeslough, Co. Donegal, Northern Ireland. September

Ross Hoddinott / Close-up of the gills of a group of small mushrooms (unidentified) north Cornwall, UK. November. Highly commended in the Wild Woods Category of the BWPA (British Wildlife Photographer of the Year Awar...

Cyril Ruoso / Parasol mushrooms (Macrolepiota procera) in a meadow, Picardy, France, October.