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..
SITTING on a burning sofa unable to move, one man turns his terrifying dreams into reality .
PICKING up a tiny tea-pot with its paws, a little red squirrel struggles to prepare its morning tea .
BLOWING bubbles underwater, this adorable polar bear slides into his tank for a playful dip .
HOTSPOT MEDIA - MILEY MASH-UP: MILEY CYRUS’ naked wrecking ball vid has been lampooned in this side-spitting photo-mashup .
A diving guide leaves a shark completely docile and balanced in the palm of his hand .
EAGERLY BITING his nails, this little squirrel is clearly nervous of looming predators as he searches for his meal .
UNDERWATER and above-water seaside shots show the best of British beach-life .
LIKE SUPERMAN carrying a slimy Lois Lane through the air this frog is treating its mate to a flying lesson .
More weather chaos is heading our way, with ice and snow already hitting areas across Birmingham .
A diver looks like a minnow as she swims alongside a gigantic whale shark, the largest species of fish on the planet .
SITTING in the middle of a vast desert, an abandoned cinema is still waiting for its first movie to be screened .
The beds are consumed by moss instead of customers at this abandoned hotel .