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..
CAMPED out in the middle of a forest, these unusual hut hotels take you back to basics .
From giant mountains to vast deserts, an American photographer spent a year capturing the diverse and beautiful landscape of the United States .
STARING intently into the camera, a polar bear appears to be lost in thought while relaxing in the snow .
INSIDE Britain's last Naval hospital where scurvy was cured looks like an NHS time capsule .
A trio of ants are locked in a tug of war over a fly as they pull the bug by its legs .
LUMINOUS green rocks could easily be a beach from Superman's homeland of Krypton .
These are the amazing close up pictures of North Korea's mass games - after photographers were previously banned from taking shots so close to the dazzling formation dances .
The rock restaurant, located in Zanzibar – THIS unique restaurant really does boast breath-taking views - as it is perched on a rock in the middle of the sea .
HOTSPOT MEDIA - WAVE-ING GOODBYE TO RUSH HOUR: WHILE most workers endure commuting chaos by road or rail everyday, one entrepreneur has come up with a novel way to get to the office - by KAYAK .
AN ANGRY giraffe gave a bush-riding cyclist a scare when he stomped his £2K bike into the dirt .
A PENSIONER was left with a fractured jaw after being beaten and robbed outside his home in Birmingham last weekend .
AN EXERCISING turtle and an ice-skating chick are hardly everyday exploits in the animal community .