MESMERISING FUNGI

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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A SMILEY GECKO SHEDS ITS SKIN AS HEATWAVE HITS BRITAIN

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WHITE TAILED EAGLES FIGHT FOR FOOD

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POLAR BEAR STRETCHES

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ABANDONED HOBBIT HOUSE

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WOOLWICH MURDER OF BRITISH SOLDIER

Soldiers standing guard outside the Woolwich barracks in London - Two terror suspects are under armed guard in separate hospitals in London after a serving soldier was hacked to death in the street .

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