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..
LEAPING for joy five-feet above the waves this baby whale cutie is saying HELLO to its family after being lost .
A cheeky gorilla sticks her tongue out and plays up for the camera at Bronx Zoo .
A doting seal smiles at her sweet little pup as she tickles its tummy on the beach .
AT 4,800 metres high and just three metres wide, this is the most dangerous road in the world .
A striped marlin means business as it spots lunch and spears a small fish .
SPLASHING in the water and fighting in-between rocks, these energetic tigers enjoy their fun-filled morning .
LIKE SUPERMAN carrying a slimy Lois Lane through the air this frog is treating its mate to a flying lesson .
A brave praying mantis makes an unusual friend in an Oriental garden lizard .
FROM motorcycling to department store shopping these spookily faceless people are part of the Chinese-fad for wearing protective solar-visors in public .
A family of foster carers are facing bankruptcy and homelessness after they signed up to a Government scheme to renovate their house to be used for disabled children's short breaks .
IT'S the iconic TV show that influenced a whole generation in the 1990s .
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 .