Ascomycota Gallery

Aspergillus
An SEM image of aspergillus in spore production (x 815 on a standard 9 cm wide print). The moulds are common in the northern hemisphere and some cause disease in humans and animals

Scarlet elf cup fungi (Sarcoscypha coccinea), Uplyme, Devon, England, UK

Ergot -Claviceps purpurea-, Burgenland, Austria

Candlesnuff fungus (Xylaria hypoxylon). Buckinghamshire, England, UK. October. Focus stacked image

Scarlet elf cup fungus (Sarcoscypha coccinea) amongst Opposite-leaved golden-saxifrage (Chrysosplenium oppositifolium). Clare Glen, Tandragee, County Armagh. March

Cup fungi (Cookeina sp) growing on decaying log, Danum Valley, Sabah, Borneo

Candlesnuff fungus (Xylaria hypoxylon) growing on a dead twig on the woodland floor. Peak District National Park, Derbyshire, UK. November

Reindeer moss (Cladonia portentosa) lichen growing on heathland around a coniferous tree stump, RSPB Arne Nature Reserve, Dorset, UK. January

Cup fungus (Cookeina sp) growing on decaying wood on the rainforest floor, Corcovado National Park, Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica

Scarlet elf cup fungus (Sarcoscypha coccinea) Clare Glen, Tandragee, County Armagh, Northern Ireland. March

Puffin (Fratercula artica) with orange sea lichen (Caloplaca marina) covered roch behind, Shiant Isles, Outer Hebrides, Scotland, UK. June

Razorbill (Alca torda) orange sea lichen (Caloplaca marina) covered roch behind, Shiant Isles, Outer Hebrides, Scotland, UK. June

Titanias fritillary (Boloria titania) basking on rock with Lichens (Rhizocarpon geographicum) and houseleek plant (Sempervivum arachnoideum) Aosta Valley, Gran Paradiso National Park, Italy

Morel mushroom (Morchella sp) Sierra de Grazalema Natural Park, southern Spain, May

Scarlet elf cup (Sarcoscypha coccinea) in spring, Northern Ireland

Candle-snuff fungus (Xylaria hypoxylon), New Forest National Park, Hampshire, England, UK. November

Map lichen (Rhizocarpon geographicum) growing on schist boulder. Nordtirol, Austrian Alps, 2250 metres above sea level. August

Cup fungus (Cookeina sp) Danum Valley, Sabah, Borneo

Cup fungus (Cookeina sp) growing on decaying wood on the rainforest floor, Corcovado National Park, Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica

A fallen Sweet chestnut fruit (Castanea sativa) lying on the woodland floor, with a tree trunk covered in Textured lungwort (Lobaria scrobiculata) lichen, UK. October

Scarlet elf cup fungi (Sarcoscypha coccinea) growing on rotten mossy log among leaf litter in deciduous woodland, Wiltshire, UK, February

Branch covered with different lichens including Xanthoria parietina, Lecanora chlarotera with a lichenicolous fungus, Evernia prunastri and Physcia sp. Banbridge, County Down, Northern Ireland

Sulphur tuft toadstool (Hypholoma fasciculare) and Lemon disco toad stool (Bisporella citrina) Clare Glen, Tandragee, County Armagh

Snowy disco fungus (Lachnum virgineum) Gosford Forest Park, County Armagh, Northern Ireland

Scarlet elf cup (Sarcoscypha coccinea) Clare Glen, Tandragee, County Armagh, Northern Ireland

Madames cup lichen (Cladonia coccifera), Peatlands Park, County Armagh

Scarlet elf cup fungus (Sarcoscypha coccinea) growing on dead branches floating in an area of flooded woodland. Peak District National Park, Derbyshire, UK. February

Green elfcup fungus (Chlorociboria aeruginascens) fruiting bodies on decaying wood. Peak District National Park, Derbyshire, UK. November. Focus stacked image

Commuity of mosses predominately red Sphagnum Moss (Sphagnum sp.), with Reindeer Lichen (Cladonia sp.) growing alongside, in blanket bog. Glen Affric, Scotland, UK. October. Focus stacked image

Fungi (Neodasyscyopha cerina) tiny cup fungi growing on rotting beech log, Buckinghamshire, England, UK, January Focus Stacked

Fungi (Bisporella subpallida) tiny cup fungi growing on rotting beech log, Buckinghamshire, England, UK, January Focus Stacked

Jelly babies fungus (Leotia lubrica), Penn Wood, Buckinghamshire, England, November

Red-legged bumble-moth (Homoeocera gigantea) on Lichen covered tree trunk. Costa Rica

Paraquilegia (Paraquilegia microphylla) growing in rock fissures with crustose lichen. On cliff, Baimashan, Sichuan Province, China

Bay cup fungus (Peziza badia) Peak District National Park, Derbyshire, UK September

Temperate cloud forest with Lichen (Usnea longissima) near the glacier lake at Mount Bawu Bameng, in the Meili Snow Mountain National park, Yunnan China. October 2017

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Yellow or Common morel (Morchella esculenta) culinary delicacy, France

Morel fungus (Mitrophora semilibera) among leaf litter. Lorraine, France, March

Robin (Erithacus rubecula) on branch with Scarlet elfcup fungus (Sarcoscypha coccinea) spring. Dorset, UK, March

Common Stinkhorn -Phallus impudicus-, Thuringia, Germany

Brown False Morel -Gyromitra fastigiata-, rare, Hainich National Park, Thuringia, Germany

Ant (Camponotus sp.) killed By Cordyceps Fungus, Trinidad W.I

Cup Fungi (Cookeina sulcipes) Rainforest, Costa Rica

Killer Fungus (Cordyceps sp.) Growing on Weevil Beetle, Parasitism, Cloud Forest, Costa Rica

Lobaria pulmonaria, lichen
A cut-out of a lichen specimen held in the crypt herbarium at the Natural History Museum, London

Usnea inflata, beard lichen
And Hypogymnia physodes (right), Burnham Beeches, Bucks, W. London. The former is a recent colonist following reductions in SO2 pollution

Nephroma sp. lichen
A cut-out of a lichen specimen held in the crypt herbarium at the Natural History Museum, London

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