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..
SHOVELLING food into his mouth, this hungry gorilla enjoys a peaceful moment at dinner time .
WITHOUT A care in the world, this little snow monkey puts his feet up and settles in for a snooze .
FLAUNTING its new accessory, a fashionable green dumpy tree frog poses for the camera while wearing a SNAIL as a hat .
These are the amazing close up pictures of North Korea's mass games - after photographers were previously banned from taking shots so close to the dazzling formation dances .
CLIMBING, falling and tugging on his weary mum, this little orangutan is up to all kinds of trouble .
THE THOUGHT OF BECOMING shipwrecked on a remote destination would fill most holidaymakers with dread .
THROWING himself off 1,100ft bridges in a wheelchair, this is the PARALYSED base jumper who knows no fear .
A blanket of fog is lit up by the colourful glowing lights of the city below .
HOTSPOT MEDIA - FUNKY BUMP: FROM MIRROR bellies to rainbow bumps these pregnancy casts of stone and bronze could be the funkiest way to preserve your bump for posterity .
The rock restaurant, located in Zanzibar – THIS unique restaurant really does boast breath-taking views - as it is perched on a rock in the middle of the sea .
VIBRANT bursts of colour fill the screen as beautiful flowers blossom in these time-lapse videos .
A diver looks like a minnow as she swims alongside a gigantic whale shark, the largest species of fish on the planet .