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 little brown bear cub shows his doting mum that she is always on parent duty as he uses her as a scratching post .
THIS astonishing film shows the moment a hit-and-run driver ploughed into a woman and a toddler on a Coventry street .
NOT YOUR everyday selfie, this plucky diver poses with some of the scariest predators in the ocean .
THIS DANGER-mad female pensioner could be the oldest Brit to cage dive with CROCODILES .
STRETCHING his little legs in the air, a smiley leaf-tailed gecko breaks free from his old, scaly skin .
SPURTING water 20ft into the air, this is one well you wouldn't want to dip your bucket into .
SPARKLING bright inside their box, it’s hard to believe these diamonds are made from the cremated remains of the deceased .
WIDE EYED and staring straight down the lens of the camera, this intrigued seal is ready for his close up .
THIS LITTLE squirrel tries to keep himself snug as snow starts to fall around him .
A doting seal smiles at her sweet little pup as she tickles its tummy on the beach .
GETTING behind the camera, this monkey practices his photography skills on his friends .
A British photographer has captured the beauty of London in a stunning series of landscapes shots .