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..
Pic By HotSpot Media - PARROT RIDES ON THE TUBE - THIS pretty boy could be forgiven for forgetting his Oyst-aaarrrgh-card .
BURSTING from the water, a beautiful but deadly Sumatran tiger jumps for food in an Indonesian zoo .
A brave praying mantis makes an unusual friend in an Oriental garden lizard .
This cheeky chappie is getting into all kinds of monkey business as he enjoys cooling off on a scorching hot day .
BREATHING life back into old photographs, these black and white images are transformed by colour .
Gigantic 100ft waves create the perfect playground for dare-devil surfers from across the world .
A mischievous fox cub demonstrates his playful side by biting his sibling’s tail .
A panic stricken kitten that got her head stuck in a car tyre has been freed by quick thinking RSPCA staff .
WITHOUT A care in the world, this little snow monkey puts his feet up and settles in for a snooze .
FROM THE world famous Girl with a Pearl Earring painting to a jaguar in the grass, these incredible drawings are created from coloured ballpoint pens .
Throwing their arms up in the air, these energetic squirrels play a game of ball with a walnut .
A small Indian monkey is seemingly gob-smacked after reading the latest stock market news .