Stephen Dalton / Puffball {Lycoperdon sp} dispersing spores, UK

Colin Varndell / Young fruiting bodies of Spiny puffball (Lycoperdon echinatum) fungus. New Forest Hamshire, UK October.

Adrian Davies / Mosaic puffball (Lycoperdon utriforme / Handkea utriformis). Sussex, England, UK. October.

Adrian Davies / Spiny puffball (Lycoperdon echinatum) Surrey, England, UK.

Adrian Davies / Stump puffball (Lycoperdon pyriforme) Sussex, England, UK, September.

Adrian Davies / Spiny puffball (Lycoperdon echinatum) Surrey, England, UK. September.

Adrian Davies / Stump puffball (Lycoperdon pyriforme) growing on fallen log in woodland, Sussex, England, UK, September.

Philippe Clement / Giant puffball (Calvatia gigantea / Langermannia gigantea) on the forest floor in late summer, Luxembourg, August

Philippe Clement / Mature fruiting body of Spiny puffball / Spring puffball (Lycoperdon echinatum) on soil in deciduous wood, Luxembourg, August

David Kjaer / Stump puffball (Lycoperdon pyriforme) Wiltshire, England, UK, October.

Andy Sands / Glistening inkcap fungus (Coprinellus micaceus) and Stump puffball (Lycoperdon pyriforme) fruiting together on old tree stump, Hertfordshire, England, UK, October

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