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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VISOR FASHION FAIL

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RELAXING SNOW MONKEY

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FROZEN WATERFALLS

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TROUBLESOME PYLON MEETS EXPLOSIVE END

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DIVERS EXPLORE UNDERWATER CANYON WITH 100M VISIBILITY

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HUDDLED together in the hollow of a tree, it would be easy to overlook these two sleepy owls as they blend into the trunk .

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