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..
These are the men with one of the most unpleasant jobs in the world .
HUDDLED together on a branch, a pair of adorable Javan scops owls soak up the sun .
Surveying its surroundings, a tiny harvest mouse climbs the stem of a dandelion .
This is the moment a nimble red fox and a lumbering Alaskan brown bear were locked in a tense stand-off .
CAMPED out in the middle of a forest, these unusual hut hotels take you back to basics .
Suspended FIFTY metres in the air, this is the last place that you would expect to find a fine dining experience .
DINING under the stars, this restaurant takes you back in time - inside an ancient cave .
WITH the mystical clouds forming a thick blanket and the electrifying lights below, these stunning pictures provide a unique view of the cityscape of Dubai taken from the tallest building in the world .
A brave praying mantis makes an unusual friend in an Oriental garden lizard .
FLAUNTING its new accessory, a fashionable green dumpy tree frog poses for the camera while wearing a SNAIL as a hat .
PERCHED on a branch, this Little Owl plays third wheel to two love birds .
THE CRAZE for mimicking the video game Streetfighter has spread to the streets of London .