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..
DASHING through the snow, this little stoat is on the lookout for a Christmas feast .
THE THOUGHT OF BECOMING shipwrecked on a remote destination would fill most holidaymakers with dread .
An osprey soars through the air at 30 miles per hour before swooping down to catch its prey from a lake .
WELCOME to what could be the world's tallest TOTALLY wooden construction .
A TEN-THOUSAND square foot wide Avatar-style grove is such a beauty it will leave you feeling VINE .
Enjoying life’s little pleasures is something that many struggle to do .
These uninvited guests ELEPHANTLY make their annual trip through the reception of this welcoming lodge .
This cheeky chappie is getting into all kinds of monkey business as he enjoys cooling off on a scorching hot day .
A middle spotted woodpecker swoops into her nest and feeds her young in a forest in Trentino, Italy .
LIKE A living balloon this baitball of sardines is ready to burst when threatened by a pointy nosed sailfish .
Families in an Indian slum put their lives on the line by living on top of an ACTIVE railway track .
SURROUNDED by divers, a hungry green sea turtle enjoys being the centre of attention .