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

Colin Varndell / Weeping polypore bracket fungus (Inonotus dryadens) in prime condition, Powerstock Common, Dorset, UK, October

Colin Varndell / Weeping polypore bracket fungus (Inonotus dryadens) in prime condition, Powerstock Common, Dorset, UK, October

Gary K. Smith / Alder Bracket fungi (Inonotus radiatus) on common Alder (Alnus glutisona) Norfolk, UK, October

Robert Thompson / Oak bracket fungus (Inonotus dryadeus) growing on tree trunk, Deerpark NNR, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK, January

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

Guy Edwardes / Weeping polypore (Inonotus dryadeus) growing on tree trunk, Uplyme, Devon, England, August

George McCarthy / Weeping polypore fungus {Inonotus dryadeus} on tree trunk, UK

George McCarthy / Alderwood polypore fungus {Inonotus radiatus} on rotten wood in woodland, UK

George McCarthy / Close up of pores of Weeping polypore fungus {Inonotus dryadeus} UK

Robert Thompson / Polypore fungus (Inonotus dryadeus) growing on tree trunk, Killarney National Park, County Kerry, Republic of Ireland, November