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..
YOU’VE heard of the northern lights now feast your eyes on the natural wonder of the SOUTHERN lights .
SEA LIFE and greenery in one shot show nature at its very best .
MESMERIZING night sky photographs offer a spellbinding look at the stars .
THIS LITTLE squirrel tries to keep himself snug as snow starts to fall around him .
CONTRASTING settings reveal some of England’s most beautiful landscapes in all their glory .
Most people bend over backwards to keep children entertained, but this baboon show us how it’s done .
A BUMPER season of births has left zoo with three of the cutest exotic kittens you're likely to see .
A Canadian couple celebrated their engagement by recreating iconic moments from the film The Notebook .
FROM MRS Patmore to Lady Sybil, these barking mad illustrations show the WOOF-er side of some of our most loved Downton characters .
SHOVELLING food into his mouth, this hungry gorilla enjoys a peaceful moment at dinner time .
BURSTING from the water, a beautiful but deadly Sumatran tiger jumps for food in an Indonesian zoo .