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..
FLEXING his muscles and staring straight at his opponent, this bodybuilding squirrel is the nuts .
THESE kingfishers prove no rod is needed as they go fishing for their dinner .
Families in an Indian slum put their lives on the line by living on top of an ACTIVE railway track .
STARING open-mouthed into the camera, this shocked fish looks out of place in the middle of its angry friends .
With luminous colours and alien- like features, these magical mushrooms look like they belong on another planet .
A BABY-faced burglar is starting a seven year stretch in custody after being nabbed by a Jaffa Cake .
With a dust covered coat hung from a wardrobe door and a pair of glasses left on a shelf, a remote farmhouse lies abandoned in the Welsh countryside .
POPE MOBBED BY THOUSANDS OF WORSHIPPERS IN RIO - Thousands of worshippers gather to celebrate the Papal visit on Copacabana beach, Rio de Janeiro ,Brazil .
Struggling home entertainment chain Blockbuster has been slammed for advertising its workers' jobs while they are still in them in order to scare them into working harder .
An intrepid explorer hopes to be reunited with his travel partner, after his cuddly toy companion was stolen .
WITH A LITTLE cap of fresh snow resting on his head, this squirrel tries his best to pull off his new look .
A hungry hippo is seconds away from catching a bird in its gigantic jaws .