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..
ROLLING across a 65-metre-high viaduct in the Alps, the red carriages of the Bernina Express add a splash of colour to the spectacular snow-covered Swiss surroundings .
Scurrying along the branch of a tree, a little squirrel pushes a pram packed full of Easter treats .
A little clownfish opens its mouth to reveal a blood sucking intruder living on its tongue .
An aerial view of flooding in Gloucestershire .
PERCHED on a branch, this Little Owl plays third wheel to two love birds .
GETTING behind the camera, this monkey practices his photography skills on his friends .
WITH his spiked ears and yellow and blue body, a colourful monkey bears an uncanny resemblance to Marvel Comics’ Wolverine .
AT 4,800 metres high and just three metres wide, this is the most dangerous road in the world .
A hungry hippo is seconds away from catching a bird in its gigantic jaws .
SPLASHING in the water and fighting in-between rocks, these energetic tigers enjoy their fun-filled morning .
AIRPORT staff have been put on alert after diet pills that come in grenade shaped containers sparked security alerts .
A kingfisher’s bright blue and orange feathers glisten in the sunlight as the bird dives into a lake .