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..
JUDGE BLASTED FOR LETTING PAEDO WALK FREE A PERVERT who sexually assaulted two young girls on an allotment, telling them he was brushing spiders off them, has walked free from court – because jailing him was ‘unfair’ on his family .
LIFTING their heads high and bumping beaks, these aggressive pelicans clash over fish .
An intrepid explorer hopes to be reunited with his travel partner, after his cuddly toy companion was stolen .
PICKING up a tiny tea-pot with its paws, a little red squirrel struggles to prepare its morning tea .
A proud gorilla mum welcomes her newborn baby western lowland gorilla, a critically endangered species .
A ROAD KILL munching Scot has chewed on everything from a dead squirrel to an unlucky crow – all in the name of art .
AN American accountant has grown the world's biggest MELON and smashed his way into the record books with his mammoth 350 .
FLEXING his muscles and staring straight at his opponent, this bodybuilding squirrel is the nuts .
AN ADORABLE one-eyed kitten has been dubbed the 'pirate cat' because of his pirate-like facial expressions .
SPURTING water 20ft into the air, this is one well you wouldn't want to dip your bucket into .
Surveying its surroundings, a tiny harvest mouse climbs the stem of a dandelion .
