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..
An Australian beach is illuminated by an enticing neon blue glow as a rare phenomenon lights up the water .
LIKE A living balloon this baitball of sardines is ready to burst when threatened by a pointy nosed sailfish .
UNDERWATER and above-water seaside shots show the best of British beach-life .
AN ADORABLE one-eyed kitten has been dubbed the 'pirate cat' because of his pirate-like facial expressions .
This was the chaotic scene when the driver of a 4x4 vehicle became periously trapped under his vehicle for an HOUR when it overturned after a crash on a busy motorway .
WRAPPED up in classy headscarves, these adorable pooches are the picture of sophistication .
STARING eagerly into the camera, this little toad is full of curiosity .
A toddler has shrugged off death an incredible 10 times thanks to his parents who revive him with the kiss of life every two weeks .
BEHIND the doors of this building, with its stacks of mattresses and discarded remains of wheelchairs, lies another victim of austerity cuts .
A striped marlin means business as it spots lunch and spears a small fish .
LYING flat out on his back, this little meerkat makes the most of the English sunshine .