Alex Hyde / Giant Puffballs (Langermannia gigantea) in pasture, Peak District National Park, Derbyshire, UK. September.

Philippe Clement / Giant puffball fungus (Langermannia gigantea) growing in woodland, Belgium

Robert Thompson / Giant puffball {Langermannia gigantea} in grass under Maple tree, Castle Coole, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, October

Stephen Dalton / Giant puffball (Langermannia gigantea) with damage caused by slugs feeding on it, UK

George McCarthy / Woman picking Giant puffball fungus {Langermannia gigantea} UK

John Waters / Giant puffball fungus {Langermannia gigantea} Somerset, UK