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..
FINALLY catching a meal, a pair of great white egrets fight over their dinner .
A frilled lizard appears to be belting out a tune as it sits in a tree with its mouth open wide .
IN a galaxy far, far away, this collection of stunning interstellar formations will leave you STARSTRUCK .
A trio of ants are locked in a tug of war over a fly as they pull the bug by its legs .
LEAPING through the air this determined little mouse is on a mission for food .
A German photographer travelled around Africa where he met and photographed members of tribes in a series of intimate portraits .
BRAIDED, sculpted and beaded, these are the eye-catching hairstyles worn by the tribal women of Angola .
A fox takes a tumble and lands on his head when he tries to fend off a pair of eagles in Japan .
LEAF-ing much to the imagination, this camera trickery is blooming marvellous .