Bruno D'Amicis / Apennine chamois (Rupicapra pyrenaica ornata) adult male in snowy mountain habitat. Endemic to the Apennine mountains. Abruzzo, Italy, November.

Nigel Cattlin / Itchgrass (Rottboellia cochinchinensis) prop / brace roots elevating plant above soil. An agressive weed of crops particularly in tropical and sub-tropical climates.

Nigel Cattlin / Itchgrass (Rottboellia cochinchinensis) prop / brace roots elevating plant above soil. An agressive weed of crops particularly in tropical and sub-tropical climates.

Konrad Wothe / Rainforest tree with buttress roots in lowland rainforest, Panguana Reserve, Huanuco province, Amazon basin, Peru.

Konrad Wothe / Lowland rainforest, Panguana Reserve, Huanuco province, Amazon basin, Peru.

Konrad Wothe / Rainforest tree with buttress roots, in lowland rainforest, Panguana Reserve, Huanuco province, Amazon basin, Peru.

Konrad Wothe / Rainforest tree with buttress roots, during rainfall, Lowland rainforest, Panguana Reserve, Huanuco province, Amazon basin, Peru.

Nick Upton / Smoky dapperling mushroom (Leucoagaricus barssii), Red Data book species in UK, growing on stable coastal sand dunes, Merthyr Mawr Warren NNR, Wales, UK, October.

Nick Upton / Slender parasol mushroom (Lepiota mastoidea) growing on stable coastal sand dunes, Oxwich Burrows nature reserve, Wales, UK, October.

Nick Upton / Grassland puffball mushroom (Lycoperdon lividum) growing on stable coastal sand dunes, Merthyr Mawr Warren NNR, Wales, UK, October.

Nick Upton / Dog vomit slime mould (Fuligo septica) on vegetation in stable dune grassland, Merthyr Mawr Warren NNR, Wales, UK, October.

Nick Upton / Dog vomit slime mould (Fuligo septica) on vegetation in stable dune grassland, Merthyr Mawr Warren NNR, Wales, UK, October.