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..
STARING open-mouthed into the camera, this shocked fish looks out of place in the middle of its angry friends .
PICKING up a tiny tea-pot with its paws, a little red squirrel struggles to prepare its morning tea .
LEAF-ing much to the imagination, this camera trickery is blooming marvellous .
MESMERIZING night sky photographs offer a spellbinding look at the stars .
ARMED with her camera, bikini and flippers, this brave diver goes swimming with SHARKS .
A PENSIONER was left with a fractured jaw after being beaten and robbed outside his home in Birmingham last weekend .
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 .
This brave Hyena finally catches his pray among the thousands of flamingos, Lake Nakuru, Kenya - OUTNUMBERED among thousands of flamingos, this bold hyena is not put off from hunting for a morning snack .
Grandmother Janet Kirby was told she couldn't board her plane home after being accused of assault .
A baby sperm whale assumed the role of a friendly giant when faced with two awestruck divers .
AN OLD ENGLISH cottage packed full of history and valuables has been left to rot .
