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..
STRIKING photos capture nature at its most raw and powerful during Earth’s most electrifying event .
A BLIND man was battered with a brick in a sickening attack by two thugs .
THESE kingfishers prove no rod is needed as they go fishing for their dinner .
CONTRASTING settings reveal some of England’s most beautiful landscapes in all their glory .
THIS BIGFOOT 'Jesus bird' may look silly, but he's perfectly designed for walking on water .
THIS is the shocking moment a clumsy radio newsreader plunged into a freezing canal while texting her boyfriend instead of looking where she was going .
COURAGEOUS climbers descend 400 metres as they manoeuvre their way through thick walls of ice .
DIVING down at a speed of 75mph, this is the moment a hungry osprey caught his prey .
LEAPING through the air this determined little mouse is on a mission for food .
SAILING over crystal clear waters, the Bajau people of Malaysia live their lives almost entirely at SEA .
WE’RE all familiar with the heart-wrenching pictures of dogs abandoned in animal shelters, but one photographer has found an innovative way of showcasing the pooch’s personality .
A Brit photographer has captured one of the world's most camera-shy species of fish - during a game of underwater peek-a-boo .