Guy Edwardes / Scarletina bolete (Boletus luridiformis) toadstool, New Forest National Park, Hampshire, England, UK. September.

Michel Poinsignon / Cep fungi {Boletus edulis} growing through moss, Lorraine, France

Pascal Pittorino / Ceps (Boletus edulis) in wooden crate at Cep fair in the town of Mende, Lozere, France, April

Mike Read / Orange oak bolete (Leccinum aurantiacum) amongst moss and grasses on woodland floor, Great Huntley Bank, New Forest National Park, Hampshire, England, UK, October.

Linda Pitkin / Cep / Penny Bun fungus (Boletus edulis), , Surrey, England, August 2010.

Linda Pitkin / Bay bolete (Boletus badius), Blackheath Common, Surrey, England, September.

Linda Pitkin / Fungus (Xerocomus cisalpinus), by Hook Wood, West Horsley, Surrey, England, September.

Linda Pitkin / Velvet rollrim fungus (Tapinella atrotomentosa / Paxillus atrotomentosus), Blackheath Common, Surrey, England, September.

Linda Pitkin / Common earthball fungus (Scleroderma citrinum), Abinger Roughs NT, Surrey, England, October.

Linda Pitkin / Common earthball (Scleroderma citrinum), Abinger Roughs NT, Surrey, England, October.

Linda Pitkin / Parasitic bolete fungus (Pseudoboletus parasiticus), The Chantries, south of Guildford, Surrey, England, October.

Linda Pitkin / Orange bolete fungus (Leccinum aurantiacum, formerly in Boletus), Bookham Common, Surrey, England, September.

Linda Pitkin / False chanterelle (Hygrophoropsis aurantiaca), Blackheath Common, Surrey, England, September.

Linda Pitkin / Magpie inkcap (fungus) (Coprinopsis picacea), Sheepleas SWT, south of West Horsley, Surrey, England, October.

Linda Pitkin / Common earthball fungus (Scleroderma citrinum), Black Park Country Park, Buckinghamshire, England, November.

Robert Thompson / Common earthball fungus (Scleroderma citrinum), Tollymore Forest Park, Newcastle, Co. Down, Northern Ireland

Philippe Clement / Common earthballs (Scleroderma citrinum / Scleroderma aurantium) on the forest floor in autumn, France, November

Olga Kamenskaya / Bilberries (Vaccinium) with bolete mushroom in taiga habitat. Baikalo-Lensky Reserve, Siberia, Russia. August 2018.

Andy Sands / Orange birch bolete (Leccinum versipelle) fungus growing under Silver Birch trees, Buckinghamshire, England, UK, October

Andy Sands / Larch Bolete fungus (Suillus grevillei) young specimen growing under Larch trees, Buckinghamshire, England, UK - Focus Stacked

Philippe Clement / Greville's bolete / larch bolete fungus (Suillus grevillei), showing underside partially eaten by slugs in autumn forest, Belgium, October

Robert Thompson / Brown birch bolete (Leccinum scabrum) Crossconnel Clonmany, Inishowen, County Donegal, Ireland. August.

Adrian Davies / Brown birch bolete (Leccinum scabrum), Surrey, UK. October 2017.

Adrian Davies / Old man of the wood fungus (Strobilomyces strobilaceus), Sussex, UK. September 2017.

Philippe Clement / Rough-stemmed bolete / birch bolete (Leccinum scabrum / Boletus scaber), Belgium, September

Angelo Gandolfi / Boletus / cep (Boletus edulis) Sila National Park, Calabria, Italy, June.

Chris Mattison / Suede bolete (Boletus subtomentosus) Gait Barrows, Lancashire, UK. October.

Nick Upton / Cep / Penny bun fungus (Boletus edulis) growing in deciduous woodland, GWT Lower Woods reserve, Gloucestershire, UK, September.

MYN / Dirk Funhoff / Red-capped scaber stalk fungi (Leccinum aurantiacum), Büchelberg, Pfalz, Germany. September. Meetyourneighbours.net project

Andy Sands / Brown rollrim fungus (Paxillus involutus) common fungi with a distinctive rolled edge to the rim of the cap, Buckinghamshire, England, UK, December. Focus stacked image

Andy Sands / Brown birch bolete fungus (Leccinum scabrum) growing from forest floor, Buckinghamshire, England, UK, November . Focus stacked image

Matthew Maran / Red cracking bolete fungus (Boletus chrysenteron) pulled out from the ground, Hampstead Heath, London, England, UK. October.

Andres M. Dominguez / Penny bun / Cep mushroom (Boletus edulis) Los Alcornocales Natural park, Cortes de la Frontera, southern Spain, November.

Adrian Davies / Brown birch bolete (Leccinum scabrum) in autumn, Sussex, England, UK. November.

Adrian Davies / Brown birch bolete (Leccinum scabrum) in autumn, Sussex, England, UK. November.

Alex Hyde / Common earthball fungus (Scleroderma citrinum) showing old and new fruiting bodies. Sherwood Forest National Nature Reserve, Nottinghamshire, UK. October.

Nick Upton / Common earthball (Scleroderma citrinum) releasing spores, Millook Valley Woods, Cornwall, UK, November.

Adrian Davies / Penny Bun fungus (Boletus edulis) north Wales, UK, October.

Chris Mattison / Common earthball (Scleroderma citrinum) Peak District, Derbyshire, UK, October.

Chris Mattison / Common earthball (Scleroderma citrinum) Peak District, Derbyshire, UK, October.

Chris Mattison / Pores on the underside of the cap of a Suede bolete fungus (Boletus subtomentosus) Peak District, Derbyshire, UK, October. Image taken using digital focus-stacking.

Adrian Davies / Common earthball fungus (Scleroderma citrina). Mature specimens releasing spores, seen as black mass inside ball. Surrey, UK, October.

Alex Hyde / Developing Puff ball (Calostoma sp) fruiting body, Maliau Basin, Sabah, Borneo.

Rod Williams / Common Earth Balls (Scleroderma citrina) Brockley cemetery, Lewisham, South East London, England, UK, October

Adrian Davies / Parasitic Bolete (Pseudoboletus parasiticus) growing on Common Earthball (Scleroderma citrinum) Surrey, UK, September.

Adrian Davies / Common Earthball (Scleroderma citrinum), Surrey, UK, September.

Alex Hyde / Common Earthball (Scleroderma citrinum) including opened specimen revealing black spores. Growing in deciduous woodland. Derbyshire, UK. September.

Alex Hyde / Cep / Penny Bun (Boletus edulis) Peak District National Park, Derbyshire, UK. October.