Laurie Campbell / Common / Shiny woodlouse (Oniscus asellus) on Jelly / Jew's ear fungus (Auricularia auricula-judae) Berwickshire, Scotland, February.

Nick Upton / Jelly ear / Jew's ear fungus (Auricularia auricula judae) growing from rotting Elder log in deciduous woodland, Wiltshire, UK, February.

Nick Upton / Jelly ear / Jew's ear fungus (Auricularia auricula judae) growing from rotting Elder log in deciduous woodland, Wiltshire, UK, February.

Alex Hyde / Jelly / Jew's Ear Fungus (Auricularia auricula judae) Derbyshire, UK. January.

Alex Hyde / Jelly / Jew's Ear Fungus (Auricularia auricula judae) photographed in mobile field studio against a white background. Derbyshire, UK. January.

Bernard Castelein / Wood ear fungus (Auricularia auricula-judae) on damp branch, Brasschaat, Belgium. September.

Bernard Castelein / Wood ear fungus (Auricularia auricula-judae) on damp branch, Brasschaat, Belgium. September.

Will Watson / Jelly ear fungus (Auricularia auricula judae) growing on Elder (Sambucus nigra) tree branch with Maritime sunburst lichen (Xanthoria parietina), Stocking Meadow Nature Reserve, Herefordshire, England,...

Nick Upton / Jelly ear / Jew's ear fungus (Auricularia auricula-judae) clump growing from rotting log by a woodland path near a house, Wiltshire, UK, November.

Nick Upton / Jelly ear / Jew's ear fungus (Auricularia auricula-judae) clump growing from rotting log in deciduous woodland, Wiltshire, UK, November.