Welcome, @underthebloosky to the Forums! I appreciate your celebration of leaf litter and am glad you are finding ways to continue to seek out nature even when it feels barren in your area.
If you are newer to iNaturalist and your nature journey (I like how you worded that), a thread you might especially enjoy participating on is What is Your Favorite Lifer from this week?.
It is a behemoth of a thread that has been going for three and a half years but don’t be put off by that (and try not to be jealous of @sebastiandoak who is currently posting the most glorious shots from his recent trip to the Peruvian Amazon). The participants on the thread appreciate each personal first, be it fungus, spider, frog, what-have you. I linked you to the bottom, I think, but just tap anywhere you like to read.