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..
MOUTH OPEN wide, this little stoat appears to be in mid-song as he belts out a tune for his onlookers .
A cheeky owl fancies a game of hide and seek as it peeps out from behind a tree .
These are the faces of orphans suffering from the horrifying effects of chemical warfare .
A Little owl looks down the lens of a camera and gives the photographer a cheeky wink .
A doting seal smiles at her sweet little pup as she tickles its tummy on the beach .
With the vivid red smoke billowing into the sky amid the misty sand dunes, these are the blissful views provided at the break of dawn at a volcano .
A middle spotted woodpecker swoops into her nest and feeds her young in a forest in Trentino, Italy .
A brave praying mantis makes an unusual friend in an Oriental garden lizard .
AN ITALIAN mechanic has created the world’s most ferocious mini-car .
SLEEPING within touching distance of wild African animals might not be everyone's idea of a relaxing break .
CONTRASTING settings reveal some of England’s most beautiful landscapes in all their glory .
