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..
Like a scene from a fairytale, THOUSANDS of fireflies create an enchanting glow as they dance in a forest .
DIVING down at a speed of 75mph, this is the moment a hungry osprey caught his prey .
THIS alien-like bug would look more at home in outer-space but it can actually be found wriggling around here on Earth .
WRAPPED up in classy headscarves, these adorable pooches are the picture of sophistication .
SOARING at 112 miles per hour through the air, this petite blonde certainly lives up to her title as the fastest flying woman in the world .
A family of foster carers are facing bankruptcy and homelessness after they signed up to a Government scheme to renovate their house to be used for disabled children's short breaks .
AN American accountant has grown the world's biggest MELON and smashed his way into the record books with his mammoth 350 .
PERCHING on top of a gate, this young barn swallow waits patiently for his mum to return with dinner .
SITTING in the middle of a vast desert, an abandoned cinema is still waiting for its first movie to be screened .
This may look like a monster car engine that will leave petrol heads in a spin, but it is in fact a rather snazzy looking COFFEE MACHINE .
SWIMMING slowly towards the shore, a small group of bottlenose dolphins arrive for breakfast at a beach in Western Australia .
