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..
Say cheese! This cheeky chappy isn’t in the mood to live up to his scary reputation as he is pictured here cracking a killer smile as he goes about his daily business .
TUGGING at his exhausted mum's ears, a beautiful baby orangutan refuses to settle for a nap as he begins a game of peek-a-boo .
A little clownfish opens its mouth to reveal a blood sucking intruder living on its tongue .
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 .
MAKING himself at home, this little snail perches happily on top of this frog's head .
Scurrying along the branch of a tree, a little squirrel pushes a pram packed full of Easter treats .
This starling and prairie dog will not back down an inch as they have a fearsome stand-off over who gets to eat a nut .
NEW DELHI, A woman activist of India's main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party crosses a police barricade near the residence of ruling Congress party chief Sonia Gandhi during a protest against the recent rape of a five-year-old girl in New Delhi, India, April 21, 2013 .
AN OLD ENGLISH cottage packed full of history and valuables has been left to rot .
STARING open-mouthed into the camera, this shocked fish looks out of place in the middle of its angry friends .