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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FROZEN WATERFALLS

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FISH AND BIRD TANGO

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FIREFLIES ILLUMINATE AN ENCHANTING FOREST IN TAIWAN

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AMAZING THUNDERSTORM LIGHTS UP THE SARDINIAN COAST

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UNDERGROUND CHIC

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