Colin Varndell / Ivy (Hedera helix) leaves with Star moss (Polytrichum) and Feather moss (Thuidium tamariscum) Kingcombe, Dorset, UK March 2010

Ernie Janes / Eartstar fungi (Geastrum triplex) growing amongst moss, Holkham, Norfolk, UK

Colin Varndell / Seedling European beech tree (Fagus sylvaticus) sprouting amongst star moss, Dorset, UK, May

Gary K. Smith / Common earth star (Geastrum triplex) with fruiting body ejecting spores, coastal pine woodland, Norfolk UK, October

Stephen Dalton / Star moss (Polytrichum sp) shedding spores from its capsule. England, UK

Guy Edwardes / Fern frond on star moss, Achray Forest, Perthshire, Scotland, November