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..
CLINGING onto nothing but ice, this brave climber reaches heights of 1000 FEET as he scales frozen solid waterfalls .
Scurrying along the branch of a tree, a little squirrel pushes a pram packed full of Easter treats .
A striped marlin means business as it spots lunch and spears a small fish .
A trout manages to escape the jaws of a hungry cormorant - only to find itself back inside the bird's long beak .
PERCHED on a branch, these two frogs hold hands as they look into the camera .
PUSHING the diver out of his way, this little sea turtle shows he’s not in the mood for photographs .
In the calm waters of Greenland, gigantic icebergs dwarf everything around them .
THE FAST AND THE FURIOUS - 250 DRIVERS ARRESTED FOR STREET RACING IN BIRMINGHAM- In Pic - The start line on the Heartlands Parkway Nechels Birmingham .
STARING intently into the camera, a polar bear appears to be lost in thought while relaxing in the snow .
WRAPPED up in classy headscarves, these adorable pooches are the picture of sophistication .
A hungry hippo is seconds away from catching a bird in its gigantic jaws .