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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WIDE EYED and staring straight down the lens of the camera, this intrigued seal is ready for his close up .
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A frilled lizard appears to be belting out a tune as it sits in a tree with its mouth open wide .
LIKE SUPERMAN carrying a slimy Lois Lane through the air this frog is treating its mate to a flying lesson .
A young otter wades through a lake with his eyes set on an older rival’s fish .
This is the moment a nimble red fox and a lumbering Alaskan brown bear were locked in a tense stand-off .
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SQUEEZING their furry faces through a hole in a tree, a trio of curious baby squirrels leave their nest for the first time to explore their surroundings .
PERCHED on a branch, these two frogs hold hands as they look into the camera .