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..
THIS incredible shimmer of silver fish mirrors the image of that of an underwater tornado .
With luminous colours and alien- like features, these magical mushrooms look like they belong on another planet .
SITTING on a burning sofa unable to move, one man turns his terrifying dreams into reality .
IN a galaxy not so far away lies a magical display of lights that could be the latest image from NASA .
A rare manuscript of one of Charlotte Bronte’s earliest poems went under the hammer today and fetched nearly £100,000 – double what it was expected to get .
RACING down the slopes in her tiny ski gear, this TWO-YEAR-OLD girl has already mastered the art of skiing .
Going for long rides through vast fields together, this twosome share an unbreakable bond .
This cheeky chappie is getting into all kinds of monkey business as he enjoys cooling off on a scorching hot day .
THROWING himself off 1,100ft bridges in a wheelchair, this is the PARALYSED base jumper who knows no fear .
A mining town in Australia’s outback appears to be completely deserted, but its residents have escaped the scorching heat by living in underground caves .
EAGERLY BITING his nails, this little squirrel is clearly nervous of looming predators as he searches for his meal .
A little brown bear cub shows his doting mum that she is always on parent duty as he uses her as a scratching post .