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..
FROM COLOURFUL autumn leaves to living trees at first glance you might miss these people blended with nature .
A man who conned tax officials out of £34 million and funded a lavish lifestyle of luxury hotels and restaurants has been jailed for one of the longest sentences in British criminal fraud history .
Playing, splashing and generally messing around, these polar bears show they certainly have a soft spot for the water, and not just each other .
A blanket of fog is lit up by the colourful glowing lights of the city below .
A diving guide leaves a shark completely docile and balanced in the palm of his hand .
CLIMBING, falling and tugging on his weary mum, this little orangutan is up to all kinds of trouble .
Suspended FIFTY metres in the air, this is the last place that you would expect to find a fine dining experience .
WITH THEIR adorable big round eyes and fluffy white fur, these baby seals are cute enough to melt any heart .
Pic By HotSpot Media - PARROT RIDES ON THE TUBE - THIS pretty boy could be forgiven for forgetting his Oyst-aaarrrgh-card .
