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..
EAGERLY BITING his nails, this little squirrel is clearly nervous of looming predators as he searches for his meal .
An Indonesian farmer is dragged through muddy water as he clings to the tails of two charging cows .
WELCOME to what could be the world's tallest TOTALLY wooden construction .
With a dust covered coat hung from a wardrobe door and a pair of glasses left on a shelf, a remote farmhouse lies abandoned in the Welsh countryside .
MEET the underwater British seal who is so friendly he loves to grapple divers like a friendly puppy dog .
Raising his arms above his head and lying flat on his back, a polar bear stretches as he sprawls out across the ice .
HUNDREDS of hot air balloons decorate the sky above Turkey as the rising sun illuminates the spectacular scenery below .
PERCHING on the edge of a flower, these loved-up caterpillars can't resist each other as they enjoy a romantic moment together .
A BROWN bear wades through waters in Alaska and waits for his lunch .
GETTING behind the camera, this monkey practices his photography skills on his friends .
A proud gorilla mum welcomes her newborn baby western lowland gorilla, a critically endangered species .
HUDDLED together in the hollow of a tree, it would be easy to overlook these two sleepy owls as they blend into the trunk .