Chris Mattison / Pink bonnet fungus (Mycena rosea). Bargain Wood, Wye Valley, Monmouthshire, Wales, UK. November,

Chris Mattison / Scalloped hazel moth (Odontopera bidentata), Wye Valley, Monmouthshire, Wales, UK. May.

Cyril Ruoso / Spiny leaf chameleon (Brookesia decaryi) camouflaged amongst leaf litter. Madagascar Anja Community Reserve, Madagascar. uncatalogued check location, none was given

Cyril Ruoso / Malagasy ground boa (Acrantophis madagascariensis) camouflaged in leaf litter. Anja Community Reserve, Madagascar.

Heather Angel / Lichens on leaf litter beneath Rhododendron (Rhododendron phaeochrysum) tree. Kangding Cuo, Sichuan Province, China.

David Gallan / Botany Bay diamond weevil (Chrysolopus spectabilis), New South Wales, Australia, January.

Markus Varesvuo / Siberian thrush (Geokichla sibirica) standing on woodland floor. Happy Island, Hebei Province, China. May.

Duncan Murrell / Tarantula (Phormingochilus everetti) on leaf litter in the Danum Valley Conservation Area lowland dipterocarp rainforest, Sabah, Malaysian Borneo.

Andy Sands / Giant Club Fungus (Clavariadelphus pistillaris) growing among Beech litter, Oxfordshire, England, UK, October

Bruno D'Amicis / Crocuses (Crocus vernus) emerging from decaying wood in old-growth Beech forest. Abruzzo, Lazio and Molise National Park / Parco Nazionale d'Abruzzo, Lazio e Molise UNESCO World Heritage Site Ital...

Bruno D'Amicis / Mosses and ferns growing amongst leaf litter in old growth Beech (Fagus sylvatica) forest. Abruzzo, Lazio and Molise National Park / Parco Nazionale d'Abruzzo, Lazio e Molise UNESCO World Heritage...

Bruno D'Amicis / Fungus, probably Russula sp, emerging from leaf litter in old-growth Beech (Fagus sylvatica) forest. Abruzzo, Lazio and Molise National Park / Parco Nazionale d'Abruzzo, Lazio e Molise UNESCO Worl...