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..
Going for long rides through vast fields together, this twosome share an unbreakable bond .
A KITTEN'S teaparty and rat's playing dominoes are the bizarre creations by one of Britain's great eccentrics pictured in an incredible new book .
LYING flat out on his back, this little meerkat makes the most of the English sunshine .
A brave praying mantis makes an unusual friend in an Oriental garden lizard .
HUDDLED together in the hollow of a tree, it would be easy to overlook these two sleepy owls as they blend into the trunk .
A chipmunk, with his cheeks full to bursting, has no intention of leaving with an empty stomach .
Scurrying along the branch of a tree, a little squirrel pushes a pram packed full of Easter treats .
This tranquil setting stretches for miles as the sun sets behind the mountain .
Balanced on one leg, a frog assumes the crane kick martial arts stance made famous in the movie The Karate Kid .
This is the amazing moment two white-tailed kites take an in-flight meal - exchanging prey at 100 foot high in mid air .
Exploding out of the water, a great white shark performs a backflip during a hunt for seals .
MAKING himself at home, this little snail perches happily on top of this frog's head .