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..
WELCOME to the pretty 122-inch-tall red dwelling that lays claim to the title of the UK's smallest house .
This may look like a monster car engine that will leave petrol heads in a spin, but it is in fact a rather snazzy looking COFFEE MACHINE .
The beds are consumed by moss instead of customers at this abandoned hotel .
Swirling water and sand create amazing aerial images of river deltas across Iceland .
A PENSIONER was left with a fractured jaw after being beaten and robbed outside his home in Birmingham last weekend .
DASHING through the snow, this little stoat is on the lookout for a Christmas feast .
VENTURING into the ocean with self-made spears and nets, the fishermen of Zanzibar put their lives on the line when they catch food for their families .
SOARING through the air, this is the moment a hungry tawny owl arrives home with dinner .
LUMINOUS green rocks could easily be a beach from Superman's homeland of Krypton .
TUGGING on the wing of his sibling, this needy owl is after some attention .
A little clownfish opens its mouth to reveal a blood sucking intruder living on its tongue .
A project to create an underwater tribute to the stone Moai statues of Easter Island ended in disaster when 15 replica structures were destroyed after toppling from a boat and into the sea .