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 BIGFOOT 'Jesus bird' may look silly, but he's perfectly designed for walking on water .
Complete with core, mantle and crust, these incredible planet cakes are truly out of this world .
A diver looks like a minnow as she swims alongside a gigantic whale shark, the largest species of fish on the planet .
LOCATIONS bursting with vibrant greens and chestnut browns, these photographs capture the peaceful English countryside in all its glory .
CARRYING a fully grown goat on his back, this five-year-old boy is a child shepherd in the mountains of northern Ethiopia .
A chipmunk, with his cheeks full to bursting, has no intention of leaving with an empty stomach .
MOUTH OPEN wide, this little stoat appears to be in mid-song as he belts out a tune for his onlookers .
A fox takes a tumble and lands on his head when he tries to fend off a pair of eagles in Japan .
Swirling water and sand create amazing aerial images of river deltas across Iceland .
STEPFORD wives from the 1950's and 60's are performing history's most sexist exercise programme .
Pic By Graham Gibson/ HotSpot Media - SHARK HYPNOTIST BALANCES SHARK IN PALM OF HIS HAND- In Pic - Diver Tom and Caribbean reef sharks in the Bahamas- A SHARK hypnotist balances these predators in the palm of his hand by sending them to sleep with a gentle nose rub .
