With luminous colours and alien- like features, these magical mushrooms look like they belong on another planet. These mesmorising pictures, however, capture the beautiful variety of fungi here on Earth. The incredible images were taken by Australian photographer Stephen Axford, 62, after he became familiar with the importance of fungi in everyday life, and decided to document it twelve years ago..
Grandmother Janet Kirby was told she couldn't board her plane home after being accused of assault .
THESE kaleidoscopic-like photographs capture England’s churches and cathedrals in all their glory .
If you had to scrape the snow off your car this morning or slip-slide your way into work over icy pavements spare a thought for these little critters .
BEHIND the doors of this building, with its stacks of mattresses and discarded remains of wheelchairs, lies another victim of austerity cuts .
WELCOME to what could be the world's tallest TOTALLY wooden construction .
An aerial view of flooding in Gloucestershire .
THIS is the incredible moment a pelican throws a fish into the air and SLAM DUNKS it into its enormous throat sack .
MOUTH OPEN wide, this little stoat appears to be in mid-song as he belts out a tune for his onlookers .
AN EXERCISING turtle and an ice-skating chick are hardly everyday exploits in the animal community .
WITH the phosphorescent blobs and mesmerising patterns, these spectacular images may look like the hall marks of an enchanted forest but it is in fact the scene of thousands of dancing FIREFLIES .