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..
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FORGET Thorpe Park this summer as this is a 50 mile-per-hour ride over the Colorado River CANYON .
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A PENSIONER was left with a fractured jaw after being beaten and robbed outside his home in Birmingham last weekend .
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An intrepid explorer hopes to be reunited with his travel partner, after his cuddly toy companion was stolen .
YOU’VE heard of the northern lights now feast your eyes on the natural wonder of the SOUTHERN lights .