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..
WITH THEIR adorable big round eyes and fluffy white fur, these baby seals are cute enough to melt any heart .
THIS is the incredible moment a pelican throws a fish into the air and SLAM DUNKS it into its enormous throat sack .
Swirling water and sand create amazing aerial images of river deltas across Iceland .
A lazy tree frog, tired of hopping along a branch, chooses the slowest form of transport when it jumps on top of an unsuspecting snail .
SURROUNDED by divers, a hungry green sea turtle enjoys being the centre of attention .
Families in an Indian slum put their lives on the line by living on top of an ACTIVE railway track .
AN American accountant has grown the world's biggest MELON and smashed his way into the record books with his mammoth 350 .
Soldiers standing guard outside the Woolwich barracks in London - Two terror suspects are under armed guard in separate hospitals in London after a serving soldier was hacked to death in the street .
THESE LOVE BIRDS can’t keep their beaks off each other as they share a very public display of affection .
WIDE EYED with a huge smile across her face, this little elephant is a picture of happiness .
STEPFORD wives from the 1950's and 60's are performing history's most sexist exercise programme .
BREATHING life back into old photographs, these black and white images are transformed by colour .