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..
MEET the little lion of suburbia with a mane that makes him look like a mini-king of the jungle .
COURAGEOUS climbers descend 400 metres as they manoeuvre their way through thick walls of ice .
An Australian beach is illuminated by an enticing neon blue glow as a rare phenomenon lights up the water .
A British jewellery designer with a passion for London's iconic Gherkin has created a pen with an INK-REDIBLE price tag of £27,500 .
A little caterpillar fearlessly scampers down a branch and confronts a praying mantis .
Beautiful turquoise waves rise and fall in a series of stunning images taken along the coastline of south-eastern Australia .
MASKED intruders look sinister but really they are a gang of urban exploring pranksters .
This may look like a monster car engine that will leave petrol heads in a spin, but it is in fact a rather snazzy looking COFFEE MACHINE .
WRAPPED up in classy headscarves, these adorable pooches are the picture of sophistication .
CAMPED out in the middle of a forest, these unusual hut hotels take you back to basics .
