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 eagerly into the camera, this little toad is full of curiosity .
WITH A wide smile plastered across his face, this little gecko is ready for his close up .
SNOWBOARDING in your £2,000 wedding dress sounds like a nightmare for most brides .
An aerial view of flooding in Gloucestershire .
USUALLY full to bursting, these London Underground stations stand silent and completely commuter free .
Is your cat bored? Do his usual playthings simply not do it for him anymore? Not to worry - there's an app for that .
Lying angelically with a range of expressions etched on their tiny faces, little bundles of joy are innocently captured in their first few days in these adorable photographs .
LEAPING through the air this determined little mouse is on a mission for food .
THESE kaleidoscopic-like photographs capture England’s churches and cathedrals in all their glory .
Leaping out of the ocean, a group of gentoo penguins fly through the air before landing safely on an iceberg .
ROLLING across a 65-metre-high viaduct in the Alps, the red carriages of the Bernina Express add a splash of colour to the spectacular snow-covered Swiss surroundings .
AN ADORABLE one-eyed kitten has been dubbed the 'pirate cat' because of his pirate-like facial expressions .