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..
LYING flat out on his back, this little meerkat makes the most of the English sunshine .
SWIMMING next to 40 tonne whales, dare-devil divers take the plunge with these gentle giants of the sea .
A BIKINI swim with jellyfish sounds like the most painful past-time on the planet .
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 .
WIDE EYED and staring straight down the lens of the camera, this intrigued seal is ready for his close up .
These are the men with one of the most unpleasant jobs in the world .
These images of vintage cars, bikes and vans, pictured all over the world, could easily have come from a globetrotting petrol-head’s photo album .
THIS incredible shimmer of silver fish mirrors the image of that of an underwater tornado .
From the rolling hills of the Brecon Beacons to the still waters in the Lake District, these photographs capture autumnal landscapes across Great Britain perfectly .
Going for long rides through vast fields together, this twosome share an unbreakable bond .
