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..
BURSTING colours of reds, pinks and purples give the illusion of a collection of stunning flowers .
An osprey soars through the air at 30 miles per hour before swooping down to catch its prey from a lake .
IT'S the iconic TV show that influenced a whole generation in the 1990s .
With their guts spewing and eyes hanging out, these are the cuddly toys children might be reluctant to curl up to .
STOOD side by side next to a busy road, these buildings were once bustling with life .
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 .
HUNDREDS of colour coordinated yarns lie abandoned in this once thriving textile mill .
UNDERWATER and above-water seaside shots show the best of British beach-life .
THE THOUGHT OF BECOMING shipwrecked on a remote destination would fill most holidaymakers with dread .
HOTSPOT MEDIA - MILEY MASH-UP: MILEY CYRUS’ naked wrecking ball vid has been lampooned in this side-spitting photo-mashup .
While often referred to as the kings of the jungle, gorillas - for all their might - are notorious hydrophobes .