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

Giant kelp Macrocystis pyrifero illustration from A Life on Our Planet by David Attenborough

Scarlet Elf cap Sarcoscypha coccinea pen and ink illustration against moss

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

Wood Blewit Clitocybe nuda three purple fungi at different ages

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

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

Amethyst deceiver Laccaria amethystina clump growing on moss and dead woos and in different stages of growth