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..
CAUSING a splash, this determined kingfisher goes hunting for dinner .
WITH his spiked ears and yellow and blue body, a colourful monkey bears an uncanny resemblance to Marvel Comics’ Wolverine .
ESCAPING A LANDFILL FUTURE, these amazing science fiction inspired sculptures are made from everyday objects .
A small Indian monkey is seemingly gob-smacked after reading the latest stock market news .
THESE kaleidoscopic-like photographs capture England’s churches and cathedrals in all their glory .
With the vivid red smoke billowing into the sky amid the misty sand dunes, these are the blissful views provided at the break of dawn at a volcano .
This is the moment a nimble red fox and a lumbering Alaskan brown bear were locked in a tense stand-off .
A cheeky owl fancies a game of hide and seek as it peeps out from behind a tree .
An American black bear mimics John Travolta’s famous Saturday Night Fever dance move by hurling its arm in the air .
An adorable little squirrel wakes from a nap and pops out his tongue for the camera .
Staring death in the face, a little field mouse bravely confronts a hungry cat .
These are the faces of orphans suffering from the horrifying effects of chemical warfare .