MESMERISING FUNGI

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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TEMPLE OF ZOOM

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FRILLED LIZARD SINGS FOR THE CAMERA

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SUPER FROG - FLYING FROGS TAKE OFF

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SNEAKY OTTER

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BEAR AND FOX IN SHOWDOWN

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PEEKABOO SQUIRRELS EMERGE FROM THEIR NEST

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FROG FRIENDS

PERCHED on a branch, these two frogs hold hands as they look into the camera .