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..
CLIMBING, falling and tugging on his weary mum, this little orangutan is up to all kinds of trouble .
BEAUTIFULLY lit by the dim glow of lanterns, a cave in Iceland is transformed into the perfect wedding venue .
A little brown bear cub shows his doting mum that she is always on parent duty as he uses her as a scratching post .
With stunning scenery and otherworldly vistas, Iceland’s rural beauty is inescapable – especially for Hollywood .
SURROUNDED by divers, a hungry green sea turtle enjoys being the centre of attention .
A group of otters put on a show of aqua aerobics, as they raise their flippers perfectly in sync .
A couple have tied the knot in a spectacular Harry Potter-themed wedding which cost £45,000 .
FROM motorcycling to department store shopping these spookily faceless people are part of the Chinese-fad for wearing protective solar-visors in public .
Fetching a tiny carrot and a head-shaped snowball, a red squirrel builds the perfect snowman .
PERCHED on a branch, these two frogs hold hands as they look into the camera .
Beautiful turquoise waves rise and fall in a series of stunning images taken along the coastline of south-eastern Australia .
