Bernard Castelein / Candlesnuff fungus (Xylaria hypoxylon) Peerdsbos, Brasschaat, Belgium, November.

Bernard Castelein / Candlesnuff fungus (Xylaria hypoxylon) Peerdsbos, Brasschaat, Belgium, November.

Bernard Castelein / Candlesnuff fungus (Xylaria hypoxylon) Peerdsbos, Brasschaat, Belgium, October.

Philippe Clement / Candlestick fungus (Xylaria hypoxylon) fruiting bodies, growing on decaying tree stump, Flanders, Belgium. November.

Alex Hyde / Candlesnuff fungus (Xylaria hypoxylon) growing on a dead twig on the woodland floor. Peak District National Park, Derbyshire, UK. November.

Guy Edwardes / Candle-snuff fungus (Xylaria hypoxylon), Dunkeld, Perthshire, Scotland. October.

Guy Edwardes / Beech woodwart (Hypoxylon fragiforme), type of flask fungus, New Forest National Park, Hampshire, England, UK. October.

Nick Upton / Candle-snuff fungus / Stag's horn fungus (Xylaria hypoxylon) emerging from a rotting log, Castle Combe, Wiltshire, UK, November.

Guy Edwardes / Candle-snuff fungus (Xylaria hypoxylon) amongst moss. New Forest National Park, England, UK. October.

Guy Edwardes / Candlesnuff fungus (Xylaria hypoxylon). New Forest National Park, England, UK. November.

Guy Edwardes / Candlesnuff fungus (Xylaria hypoxylon). New Forest National Park, England, UK. November.

Adrian Davies / Candlesnuff fungus (Xylaria hypoxylon) dispersing spores in wind. Surrey, England, UK. November.