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..
A northern potoo shows it is a master of disguise as it perches on a tree stump and blends into the bark .
SPURTING water 20ft into the air, this is one well you wouldn't want to dip your bucket into .
ESCAPING A LANDFILL FUTURE, these amazing science fiction inspired sculptures are made from everyday objects .
DINING under the stars, this restaurant takes you back in time - inside an ancient cave .
PERCHED on a branch, this Little Owl plays third wheel to two love birds .
A pair of chicks bravely decided to befriend a python, despite being the snake's favourite choice of food .
NOT YOUR everyday selfie, this plucky diver poses with some of the scariest predators in the ocean .
Pouncing down on top of his twin brother, these two snow leopard cubs practice their kung-fu moves .
Swirling water and sand create amazing aerial images of river deltas across Iceland .
Splashing around in the water, a mother otter and her son are tangled in a family feud .
FLAUNTING its new accessory, a fashionable green dumpy tree frog poses for the camera while wearing a SNAIL as a hat .