Guy Edwardes / Close-up of Weeping polypore (Inonotus dryadeus) pores, Uplyme, Devon, England, August

Wild Wonders of Europe / Biancarelli / Polypore fungus (Coriolus versicolor) on a stump in Corkova Uvala virgin forest, Plitvice Lakes National Park, Croatia, October 2008

Kirkendall-Spring / Many Zoned Polyphore {Coriolus /Tramates versicolor} growing on a fallen log, Big Redwoods State Park, California, USA

Nigel Cattlin / Giant polypore (Meripilus giganteus) at base of diseased Pedunculate oak (Quercus robur) tree. Berkshire, England, UK. August.

Colin Varndell / Giant polypore fungus (Meripilus giganteus) fruiting at base of mature Beech (Fagus sylvatica) tree. Dorset, England, UK. October.

Colin Varndell / Fruiting body of giant Polypore fungus (Meripilus giganteus) Dorset, England, UK. August.

Lynn M. Stone / Paper birch tree (Betula papyrifera) trunk covered in Birch polypore bracket fungi (Piptoporus betulinus) October. Green Mountain National Forest, Vermont, USA

Philippe Clement / Emerging fruiting body / basidiocarp of Birch polypore (Piptoporus betulinus) bursting through birch tree bark, Belgium, August

David Kjaer / Dyer's Mazegill (Phaeolus schweinitzii) Hampshire, England, UK, September.

David Kjaer / Dyer's mazegill (Phaeolus schweinitzii) Hampshire, England, UK, September.

Dong Lei / Fungi (Meripilus giganteus) Meili Snow Mountain National Park, Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, Yunnan Province, China. July

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Scottish wildcat (Felis silvestris grampia) inside camouflaged spring trap. Genetic testing and semen sampling to be undertaken, Strathsprey, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, UK, February 2017.