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..
BURSTING colours of reds, pinks and purples give the illusion of a collection of stunning flowers .
NEW DELHI, A woman activist of India's main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party crosses a police barricade near the residence of ruling Congress party chief Sonia Gandhi during a protest against the recent rape of a five-year-old girl in New Delhi, India, April 21, 2013 .
BASKING in smug satisfaction, a confident squirrel gives a wink to the camera .
MASKED intruders look sinister but really they are a gang of urban exploring pranksters .
An Italian photographer travelled to the highlands of New Guinea where he met an Indonesian tribe untouched by the modern world .
MESMERIZING night sky photographs offer a spellbinding look at the stars .
With one hand rested on his belly and the other propping his head up, this lazy lizard takes an afternoon break .
A lazy otter finds the ideal spot to soak up the sun and sleep off his lunch .
STRIKING photos capture nature at its most raw and powerful during Earth’s most electrifying event .
AN American accountant has grown the world's biggest MELON and smashed his way into the record books with his mammoth 350 .
A diving guide leaves a shark completely docile and balanced in the palm of his hand .
A toddler has shrugged off death an incredible 10 times thanks to his parents who revive him with the kiss of life every two weeks .