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..
THIS is the fascinating abandoned house, complete with mystery portraits and homely items, that has been dubbed - crooked cottage .
Pic By HotSpot Media - PARROT RIDES ON THE TUBE - THIS pretty boy could be forgiven for forgetting his Oyst-aaarrrgh-card .
MASKED intruders look sinister but really they are a gang of urban exploring pranksters .
WITH the phosphorescent blobs and mesmerising patterns, these spectacular images may look like the hall marks of an enchanted forest but it is in fact the scene of thousands of dancing FIREFLIES .
AT first glance these images could easily be mistaken for photographs, but they are in-fact real life drawings created using nothing but coloured pencils .
THIS is the shocking moment a clumsy radio newsreader plunged into a freezing canal while texting her boyfriend instead of looking where she was going .
A terrified moose, trapped in a frozen lake, bobs her head above the icey water and awaits her rescue .
A lazy otter finds the ideal spot to soak up the sun and sleep off his lunch .
DASHING through the snow, this little stoat is on the lookout for a Christmas feast .
An intrepid explorer hopes to be reunited with his travel partner, after his cuddly toy companion was stolen .
SLEEPING within touching distance of wild African animals might not be everyone's idea of a relaxing break .
Raising his arms above his head and lying flat on his back, a polar bear stretches as he sprawls out across the ice .