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Phallus impudicus Pers. syn. Ithyphallus impudicus (L.) Fr. Gemeine Stinkmorchel Phallus Impudique, Satyre puant, Oeuf du diable, Stinkhorn. Fruit body initially semi-submerged and covered by leaf-litter, egg-like, 3–6cm across, attached to substrate by a cord-like mycelial strand. The outer wall of the egg is white to pinkish but there is a thick gelatinous middle layer held between the membranous inner and outer layers. The egg is soon ruptured, as the white hollow stalk-like receptacle extends to 10–25cm high, the pendulous, bell-shaped head is covered by a meshwork of raised ribs covered in dark olive slime which contains the spores. This slime has a strong sickly offensive smell which attracts flies from large distances, the slime sticks to the legs of the flies and thus acts as a means of spore dispersal which takes place very rapidly, exposing the underlying mesh of the cap. Spores pale yellow.

Armillaria mellea maschroom in the autumn forest on the tree stub .

wild bears garlic (Allium ursinum) in the forest in the spring

Geastrum triplex is a fungus found in the detritus and leaf litter of hardwood forests around the world. It is commonly known as the collared earthstar, the saucered earthstar, or the triple earthstar

Cep (Porcini Mushroom) growing in the autumn forest

Mahonia japonica is an evergreen shrub, which has been extensively cultivated in Japan and is commonly called Japanese mahonia, although it is native to China. Fragrant yellow flowers in loose, spreading to pendant racemes bloom in late winter to early spring (March-April). Flowers are followed by ornamentally attractive grape-like bunches of small waxy fruits which mature to blue-black in late spring to early summer.

False Morel (Gyromitra fastigiata) mushroom in forest. May, Belarus

Days of rain, in Alaska, have cause an invasion of mushrooms. A natural process in decay, these mushrooms offer an amazing example of natural beauty.

Earthfan fungus Thelephora in Maliau Basin Conservatory Area Sabah Borneo, Malaysia

$Fomitopsis pinicola (Swartz ex Fr.) Karsten. Fichtenporling Unguline marginee. Fruit body perennial; no stem. Up to 38cm across, 20cm wide, 15cm thick, convex to hoof-shaped, with a thickened, rounded margin; upper surface with a sticky reddish-brown resinous crust, then grayish to brown or black; hard, woody, smooth or glossy-looking. Tubes up to 6mm deep per season; cream to buff. Pores 5-6 per mm, circular; surface cream-colored. Flesh up to 12cm thick, corky, hard, woody; cream to buff, sometimes zoned. Spores cylindrical ellipsoid, smooth, 6-9 x 3.5-4.5µ. Deposit whitish. Hyphal structure trimitic; clamps present. Habitat on dead conifer stumps and logs and occasionally on living trees. Found throughout Europe and most of North America except the South from Texas eastward. Season all year. Not edible. Comment The most commonly collected polypore in North America. The cap colors are rather variable (source R. Phillips).\n\nThis beautiful Species is nowadays quite common in the Netherlands and growing on different Trees.$

Picking mushrooms. Mushroom picking in a forest during the autumn in nature. An inedible mushroom growing. The sickener, russula emetica, mushroom with orange cap, toadstools, brown mushroom, boletus.

Paper poppy petals sprinkled over the market town of Cirencester, Gloucestershire after a Remembrance Day service honouring armed forces members who have died in the line of duty

Close-up of a parasitic tree fungus on a tree trunk during the day in summer

2015 08 08 Whiffin Spit-1016-2_Laetiporus Cincinnatus, Chicken of the Woods

Broad-leaved cattail is native flower in north America. Broadleaf cattail, bulrush, common bulrush, common cattail

Some Alice In Wonderland type of storybook mushrooms dominate an area of a northwestern Switzerland forest.

A photo of coral mushroom growing on the forest Floor.

a parasom mushroom with a big cap with vertical gills closeup in a grassland in a forest in autumn

Black nightshade ( Solanum nigrum ) flowers and berries. Solanaceae annual plants. White flowers bloom from summer to autumn, and after flowering, the green berries ripen to black.

Clavaria argillacea Fr. syn. C. ericetorum Pers. Heide-Keule Moor Club. Fruit body 3–5cm high, 2–8mm wide, pale dirty yellow to greenish yellow, simple, often gregarious. Stem distinct and more deeply coloured. Taste slightly of tallow, smell none. Spores white.

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