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..
A panic stricken kitten that got her head stuck in a car tyre has been freed by quick thinking RSPCA staff .
SNOWBOARDING in your £2,000 wedding dress sounds like a nightmare for most brides .
A little brown bear cub shows his doting mum that she is always on parent duty as he uses her as a scratching post .
CLIMBING, falling and tugging on his weary mum, this little orangutan is up to all kinds of trouble .
THEIR gnarling teeth at the ready, these two baboons fight it out for the last piece of fruit .
A grand 56-bedroom hotel, once heaving with injured soldiers during the First World War, now lies completely abandoned .
A pair of chicks bravely decided to befriend a python, despite being the snake's favourite choice of food .
A little caterpillar fearlessly scampers down a branch and confronts a praying mantis .
BASKING in smug satisfaction, a confident squirrel gives a wink to the camera .
SOME OF the sea’s most terrifying creatures show their softer side as they join a group of diners for lunch .
THIS is the fascinating abandoned house, complete with mystery portraits and homely items, that has been dubbed - crooked cottage .
FISTS fly as two gorillas take each other on in a dramatic battle .