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..
LYING flat out on his back, this little meerkat makes the most of the English sunshine .
Kevin Silva, 52 from Indiana in the USA, has spent an estimated £65K ($100K) on Batman trinkets over the years, and even keeps his 2,500-item haul in his very own basement 'Bat Cave' .
This may look like a monster car engine that will leave petrol heads in a spin, but it is in fact a rather snazzy looking COFFEE MACHINE .
A luxury caravan with a price tag of ONE MILLION DOLLARS is due to hit the road later this year .
CAUSING a splash, this determined kingfisher goes hunting for dinner .
A BLIND man was battered with a brick in a sickening attack by two thugs .
A baby sperm whale assumed the role of a friendly giant when faced with two awestruck divers .
SQUEEZING their furry faces through a hole in a tree, a trio of curious baby squirrels leave their nest for the first time to explore their surroundings .
COURAGEOUS climbers descend 400 metres as they manoeuvre their way through thick walls of ice .
A little caterpillar fearlessly scampers down a branch and confronts a praying mantis .
The gunslingers are long gone and tumbleweeds have taken over at this abandoned American Wild West Theme Park in Cornwall .