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..
STARING open-mouthed into the camera, this shocked fish looks out of place in the middle of its angry friends .
Scurrying along the branch of a tree, a little squirrel pushes a pram packed full of Easter treats .
A pair of adorable polar bear cubs play-fight with each other in the Alaskan snow .
A striped marlin means business as it spots lunch and spears a small fish .
From a floating jelly fish to a relaxed seal, Britain’s unappreciated beach life is captured above and below the water .
Families in an Indian slum put their lives on the line by living on top of an ACTIVE railway track .
A luxury caravan with a price tag of ONE MILLION DOLLARS is due to hit the road later this year .
A group of otters put on a show of aqua aerobics, as they raise their flippers perfectly in sync .
At least three people have been killed and more than 100 injured, some seriously, in two explosions at the finish line of the Boston Marathon .
FROM A mini table and chairs to a detailed violin, it’s hard to believe these incredible sculptures are all carved into the nib of PENCILS .