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..
THIS alien-like bug would look more at home in outer-space but it can actually be found wriggling around here on Earth .
Families in an Indian slum put their lives on the line by living on top of an ACTIVE railway track .
DIVING boffins fired harpoons into 30-foot-long whale sharks in a bid to put the sea-beasts on Google Maps .
COURAGEOUS CLIMBERS scale frozen waterfalls in Canada, as the ice threatens to collapse beneath them .
With luminous colours and alien- like features, these magical mushrooms look like they belong on another planet .
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A TAXIDERMY truck spotted in America’s Deep South could be the most gruesome wagon on the road .
From a platter of finger licking chicken wings to a bowl of Chinese noodle soup, these foodie snaps are enough to make your savoury saliva glands drool .
THEIR gnarling teeth at the ready, these two baboons fight it out for the last piece of fruit .
USUALLY full to bursting, these London Underground stations stand silent and completely commuter free .
SQUEEZING their furry faces through a hole in a tree, a trio of curious baby squirrels leave their nest for the first time to explore their surroundings .
