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..
HUNDREDS of colour coordinated yarns lie abandoned in this once thriving textile mill .
CAUSING a splash, this determined kingfisher goes hunting for dinner .
THESE are the Disney Princesses you wouldn't want to run into in a dark alley .
SNUGGLING up against their teddy bears, these baby sloths could easily be mistaken for one of the cuddly toys .
AN ARRAY of colours, from pinks to blues and oranges, fill the night sky to create an amazing collection of interstellar patterns .
With a dust covered coat hung from a wardrobe door and a pair of glasses left on a shelf, a remote farmhouse lies abandoned in the Welsh countryside .
A diver explores the crystal clear waters of the Silfra canyon in southern Iceland, which is the only place on Earth where you can dive or snorkel between two continental plates .
MOUTH OPEN wide, this little stoat appears to be in mid-song as he belts out a tune for his onlookers .
FULLY equipped with a kitchen and lounge, it's hard to believe this modern holiday let is actually a BUS .
A BIKINI swim with jellyfish sounds like the most painful past-time on the planet .
POWERFUL bolts of lightning illuminate the night sky in an incredible autumn storm over the Sardinian coastline .
