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..
A Little owl looks down the lens of a camera and gives the photographer a cheeky wink .
Peering curiously into a basket hanging off the arms of a snowman, this little squirrel appears fascinated by the snowy figure .
LEAPING through the air this determined little mouse is on a mission for food .
An aerial view of flooding in Gloucestershire .
AT 4,800 metres high and just three metres wide, this is the most dangerous road in the world .
LEAPING for joy five-feet above the waves this baby whale cutie is saying HELLO to its family after being lost .
A cheeky chipmunk offers some of his spare food, before deciding against the idea and shoving the extra peanut into his already crammed mouth .
CCTV shows a dark figure dumping the dog- A pet dog suffering with cancer has been put down after being dumped at an animal rescue in what officials said is the worst abandonment of any animal they have witnessed .
CONTRASTING settings reveal some of England’s most beautiful landscapes in all their glory .
CAMPED out in the middle of a forest, these unusual hut hotels take you back to basics .
With the full moon looming behind him, this polar bear nestles down for the night .