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..
An aerial view of flooding in Gloucestershire .
LIKE A living balloon this baitball of sardines is ready to burst when threatened by a pointy nosed sailfish .
HOPPING onto the scales, these adorable baby Humboldt penguins are ready for their first weigh-in .
Pouncing down on top of his twin brother, these two snow leopard cubs practice their kung-fu moves .
A striped marlin means business as it spots lunch and spears a small fish .
The view from this rooftop pool is sure to make most holidaymakers envious .
A Romanian photographer has captured the unique patterns of hundreds of human eyes in a series of striking macro shots .
A Brit photographer has captured one of the world's most camera-shy species of fish - during a game of underwater peek-a-boo .
DIVING down at a speed of 75mph, this is the moment a hungry osprey caught his prey .
A diver looks like a minnow as she swims alongside a gigantic whale shark, the largest species of fish on the planet .
VENTURING into the ocean with self-made spears and nets, the fishermen of Zanzibar put their lives on the line when they catch food for their families .