Close-up of the young fruiting bodies of a pale stag' s horn fungus (Calocera pallidospathulata) growing on a rotting conifer branch in a Norfolk wood

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Close-up of the young fruiting bodies of a pale stag' s horn fungus (Calocera pallidospathulata) growing on a rotting conifer branch in a Norfolk wood. First found in the British Isles in 1969 but now widely distributed and common as a result of rapid expansion.

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Photo credit: © NIGEL DOWNER/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
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