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Illustration showing annotated carbon cycle including images of leaf litter detritovores, soil micro-organisms, root tips, and the importance of respiration and photosynthesis For more on this illustration, check out my blog

Illustration of the Carbon cycle, with all the elements and chemicals involved in the cycle (but omitting arrows and english text).  For more on this illustration, check out my blog

Used as the basis for a diagram showing the Carbon cycle. For more on this illustration, check out my blog

Soil microorganisms virus algae bacteria fungus nematode illustrated in a colourful idealised way

Plums and Custard Fungus tricholomopsis rutilans showing mature and young fruting bodies.  This fungi is distinctive in its purple mottling on a cream background.

British earthstar Geastrum britannicum showing the rare fungus at different stages in it’s life cycle

Oyster mushrooms Pleurotus ostreatus growing from a shared base.  Illustration from The Hidden Universe: Adventures in Biodiversity by Alexandre Antonelli

Scarlet Elf cap Sarcoscypha coccinea pen and ink illustration against moss

Yellow morel Morchella esculenta fungus pen and ink illustration

Kings Alfreds cakes Daldinia concentrica fungus growing on bark

Pen and ink illustration of the Cauliflower fungus Sparassis crispa

Oak polypore fungus piptoporus quercinus bracket fungus growing on the side of an oak tree

Meadow waxcap Hygrocybe pratensis pencil drawing

Lichen Usnea subfloridana growing on a twig

Fungus fistulina hepatica bracket fungus growing on the side of a tree

Fungus with hyphae diagram to show caomparative size of a fruting fungus to the enormous network of hyphae and mycelium growing below the ground

Wood Blewit Clitocybe nuda three purple fungi at different ages

Crimson waxcap Hygrocybe punicea three fungi growing in grass

Russula growing in pine needles

Pink Meadow Waxcap Hygrocybe pratensis growing in grassland

Parasol Macrolepiota procera two fungi showing different cap shapes relating to age and the annulus

Agaricus campestris Big illustration of the underside of a field mushroom with stipe removed, with a younger mushroom with pinker gills ontop

Edible fungi an array of seven edible species including the parasol, wood blewit, russula, ink cap, and chanterelle

Fly agaric Amanita muscaria fungus with stem, soil on the stipe base, and scales on the scarlet cap