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..
COURAGEOUS climbers descend 400 metres as they manoeuvre their way through thick walls of ice .
A cricket perches on an unusual seat after crawling up the snout of a crocodile .
A trout manages to escape the jaws of a hungry cormorant - only to find itself back inside the bird's long beak .
THIS DANGER-mad female pensioner could be the oldest Brit to cage dive with CROCODILES .
CAUSING a splash, this determined kingfisher goes hunting for dinner .
FROM a HOLLYWOOD actress to the face of an innocent child, these are incredible drawings with an unlikely twist .
SITTING quietly at the edge of the lake, these two baby bears watch and learn as the adults hunt for fish .
STEPFORD wives from the 1950's and 60's are performing history's most sexist exercise programme .
GETTING behind the camera, this monkey practices his photography skills on his friends .
STAIRWAY obsessed photographers have captured psychedelic shots that will mesmerise you .
A pair of BEAUTIFUL rescue sea turtles spot their catch in the waters of the Great Barrier Reef .
A diver looks like a minnow as she swims alongside a gigantic whale shark, the largest species of fish on the planet .