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 KITTEN'S teaparty and rat's playing dominoes are the bizarre creations by one of Britain's great eccentrics pictured in an incredible new book .
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This is the amazing moment two white-tailed kites take an in-flight meal - exchanging prey at 100 foot high in mid air .
An aerial view of flooding in Gloucestershire .
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A small Indian monkey is seemingly gob-smacked after reading the latest stock market news .
With their guts spewing and eyes hanging out, these are the cuddly toys children might be reluctant to curl up to .
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As sunlight cascades through its vibrant stained glass windows, every inch of the Nasir-ol-Mulk Mosque bursts with colour .
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BURSTING colours of reds, pinks and purples give the illusion of a collection of stunning flowers .