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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SHOVELLING food into his mouth, this hungry gorilla enjoys a peaceful moment at dinner time .
A hungry hippo is seconds away from catching a bird in its gigantic jaws .
A doting seal smiles at her sweet little pup as she tickles its tummy on the beach .
With blue waves tumbling over them, these surfers glide underneath a tunnel of water .
IN THE not so MISTY MOUNTAINS of Wiltshire, there lies an abandoned hobbit house .
Clinging on to their furry backs, mischievous monkeys appeared to enjoy the free transport as they rode around on a perturbed Capybara .
A little brown bear cub shows his doting mum that she is always on parent duty as he uses her as a scratching post .
GETTING behind the camera, this monkey practices his photography skills on his friends .
An adorable orangutan named Pongo celebrates his first birthday at Zoo Atlanta, Georgia, America .
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