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Ten examples of visible fungal fruiting body shapes. This is not a ranking, identification guide, collecting guide or assessment of edibility. Names follow source identifications; photographs do not share one scale. All ten scenes and posters use real photographs, not AI-generated imagery. Changes: format conversion, resizing, composition with titles, captions and narration; posters are cropped from raw photographs without video text. No author endorsement is implied. Photographs retain the listed licenses. The video adaptation and project contributions are offered under CC BY-SA 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ ; CC BY-SA 3.0 photo adaptations use the permitted later version with the same license elements. Script and captions: project; synthesized voice: Microsoft Edge TTS; no music. Photograph credits: 1. Amanita muscaria Aberystwyth 2023.jpg; Kieran Roy Powell; CC BY 4.0; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Amanita_muscaria_Aberystwyth_2023.jpg. 2. Boletus edulis IT.jpg; ReddishClover; CC BY-SA 4.0; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Boletus_edulis_IT.jpg. 3. Chanterelle Cantharellus cibarius.jpg; Strobilomyces; CC BY-SA 3.0; http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Chanterelle_Cantharellus_cibarius.jpg. 4. Coprinus comatus, the shaggy ink cap, lawyer's wig, or shaggy mane mushroom.jpg; Bigredwine1; CC BY-SA 4.0; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Coprinus_comatus,_the_shaggy_ink_cap,_lawyer%27s_wig,_or_shaggy_mane_mushroom.jpg. 5. Morchella esculenta - DE - TH - 2013-05-01 - 01.JPG; TOMMES-WIKI; CC BY-SA 3.0; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Morchella_esculenta_-_DE_-_TH_-_2013-05-01_-_01.JPG. 6. Trametes versicolor G4 (1).JPG; Jerzy Opioła; CC BY-SA 3.0; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Trametes_versicolor_G4_(1).JPG. 7. Fomes fomentarius 2010 G2.jpg; George Chernilevsky; Public domain; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fomes_fomentarius_2010_G2.jpg#Licensing; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fomes_fomentarius_2010_G2.jpg. 8. Single lycoperdon perlatum.jpg; Daniel Ullrich, Threedots; CC BY-SA 3.0; http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Single_lycoperdon_perlatum.jpg. 9. Jelly Ear, Auricularia auricula-judae, UK 2.jpg; Stu's Images; CC BY-SA 4.0; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jelly_Ear,_Auricularia_auricula-judae,_UK_2.jpg. 10. Lion's-mane mushroom imported from iNaturalist photo 29576097 on 21 March 2024.jpg; (c) Alison Northup, some rights reserved (CC BY); CC BY 4.0; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lion%27s-mane_mushroom_imported_from_iNaturalist_photo_29576097_on_21_March_2024.jpg.