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..
GLAMPING is taken to a whole new level in the form of the luxurious Pop-Up Hotel .
Kevin Silva, 52 from Indiana in the USA, has spent an estimated £65K ($100K) on Batman trinkets over the years, and even keeps his 2,500-item haul in his very own basement 'Bat Cave' .
SHOWING off her best assets for the camera, this cheeky orangutan is in the mood for love, puckering up her lips to blow the biggest kiss she can .
GETTING behind the camera, this monkey practices his photography skills on his friends .
THIS BIGFOOT 'Jesus bird' may look silly, but he's perfectly designed for walking on water .
Swimming side by side with divers, these manatees will do anything they can to stay warm .
EAGERLY BITING his nails, this little squirrel is clearly nervous of looming predators as he searches for his meal .
A soap bubble lands on the frosty ground and creates a shimmering snow globe as crystals form around it .
Leaping out of the ocean, a group of gentoo penguins fly through the air before landing safely on an iceberg .
A once bustling gold rush town in Mono County, California now stands completed deserted .
Throwing a right hook as he launches onto his opponent with his gnarling teeth at the ready, this is the OTTER-LY ruthless showdown between two otters .
INSIDE Britain's last Naval hospital where scurvy was cured looks like an NHS time capsule .