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..
A cheeky owl fancies a game of hide and seek as it peeps out from behind a tree .
PERCHING on top of a gate, this young barn swallow waits patiently for his mum to return with dinner .
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TUGGING on the wing of his sibling, this needy owl is after some attention .
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CONTRASTING settings reveal some of England’s most beautiful landscapes in all their glory .
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THIS alien-like bug would look more at home in outer-space but it can actually be found wriggling around here on Earth .
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A Birmingham man inspired by sci-fi film Wall-E, has created a one- wheeled vehicle, controlled by signals from his BRAIN .