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..
PERCHED on a branch, these two frogs hold hands as they look into the camera .
SNEAKING slowly into the water, this Bengal tiger plans a vicious attack on three unsuspecting deer .
BEHIND the doors of this building, with its stacks of mattresses and discarded remains of wheelchairs, lies another victim of austerity cuts .
THEIR gnarling teeth at the ready, these two baboons fight it out for the last piece of fruit .
FULL OF STUNNING colours and swirling shapes, the furrows on these fields create a mix of mesmerising patterns .
At first glance what might look like ordinary rusty bridge and road railings, are in fact amazing works of art .
A hypnotherapist filmed himself sexually abusing a 19-year-old patient while she was in a trance-like state .
A TEN-THOUSAND square foot wide Avatar-style grove is such a beauty it will leave you feeling VINE .
A doting seal smiles at her sweet little pup as she tickles its tummy on the beach .
From a platter of finger licking chicken wings to a bowl of Chinese noodle soup, these foodie snaps are enough to make your savoury saliva glands drool .
Surveying its surroundings, a tiny harvest mouse climbs the stem of a dandelion .