Fungi > Agaricales
The Tricolor Pinwheel Mushroom (Marasmius tageticolor) is undeniably one of the most visually dazzling miniature fungi found throughout the rainforests of the Neotropics. Resembling a vibrantly painted parasol or spinning carousel, this tiny saprotrophic basidiomycete...
Invertebrates > Araneae
The Burst Horned Baboon Spider (Ceratogyrus darlingi), also known as the rear-horned baboon tarantula, is one of Africa’s most distinctive and striking fossorial arachnids. Celebrated for the conspicuous, backward-curving conical horn projecting dramatically...
Birds > Passeriformes
The Huon Astrapia (Astrapia rothschildi) is an extraordinarily glamorous bird-of-paradise endemic strictly to the isolated mist-veiled mountain ranges of the Huon Peninsula in eastern Papua New Guinea. Discovered and described in 1906, this high-altitude avian...
Mammals > Chiroptera
Spix’s Disk-winged Bat (Thyroptera tricolor) is an extraordinary miniature neotropical microbat renowned for its unique roosting behavior inside the unfurling tubular leaves of broadleaf rainforest plants like Heliconia and Calathea. Unlike most bats that cling...
Plants > Orchidaceae
The Red Helmet Orchid (Corybas calopeplos) is a miniature, ground-hugging botanical gem native to the deeply shaded peat flats and tea-tree swamps of Western Australia’s southern coast. Emerging nestled within deep emerald moss pillows, this tiny orchid features...
