Autumnal creatures.

[Bruno Schroder]

This time of the year when these automnal creatures do return.

[ColinM]

On a tree stump by a Buddhist centre in Herefordshire, UK I saw these bracket fungi providing some shelter for a resident

[ColinM]

It's nowhere near autumn here in the UK
(but fongi don't really need a specific time of year to do their thing)

If anyone know what these are, I'd be interested

[ColinM]

This one was tiny.
You get a sense of the scale from the fronds of moss growing on this Oak trunk.
The cap is barely 2-3mm wide

Lens distortion is from my cameraphone.

[KarlMera]

Magic mushrooms

[rosko]

Parasol mushrooms.
This is the best moment to eat them, when the cap is not already open. Better to avoid the stipe, tougher to chew.
Nevertheless, the open cap, if not too old, is good barbecued.

[KarlMera]

Difficult to find your way out

[Lars Hansen]

From todays hike in the afternoon close to sundown. A species of Geastrum - Earthstars (like a puffball fungus). A bit rare and first time I've seen them, but at this spot at the foot of a very old dead tree they live of the decaying wood.   

[Birna Rørslett]

Nice find. Geastrum species are always adorable when you oberve them.

This might be Geastrum triplex, but there are other alternatives as well.

[Bruno Schroder]

Meripilus giganteus

[ColinM]

Meripilus giganteus

That's spectacular Bruno

[Ann]

Fantastic Face for Fungus?

Great observation and photograph!

[Bruno Schroder]

And smiling… Thank you, Ann and Colin.