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..
A northern potoo shows it is a master of disguise as it perches on a tree stump and blends into the bark .
Grandmother Janet Kirby was told she couldn't board her plane home after being accused of assault .
AT 4,800 metres high and just three metres wide, this is the most dangerous road in the world .
This longhorn beetle demon-strates a dark side as it looks just like the devil .
BREATHING life back into old photographs, these black and white images are transformed by colour .
Here's a APPY solution that should brighten up a wet weekend away camping - a wood powered stove that also recharges your smartphone .
Animal rescue volunteers have told how a cat riddled with cancer was forced to ripped off its own ears after it was abandoned by its owners .
COVERING themselves in ash and face paint, these are the holy men who live their lives away from everyday society .
FORGET Thorpe Park this summer as this is a 50 mile-per-hour ride over the Colorado River CANYON .
HOPPING onto the scales, these adorable baby Humboldt penguins are ready for their first weigh-in .
With the vivid red smoke billowing into the sky amid the misty sand dunes, these are the blissful views provided at the break of dawn at a volcano .
BRAIDED, sculpted and beaded, these are the eye-catching hairstyles worn by the tribal women of Angola .