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..
A hungry hippo is seconds away from catching a bird in its gigantic jaws .
Sitting all alone on drift ice in the Arctic Ocean, this lonely little fella looks lost .
LEAPING for joy five-feet above the waves this baby whale cutie is saying HELLO to its family after being lost .
THIS is the fascinating abandoned house, complete with mystery portraits and homely items, that has been dubbed - crooked cottage .
LUMINOUS green rocks could easily be a beach from Superman's homeland of Krypton .
TUGGING on the wing of his sibling, this needy owl is after some attention .
A little brown bear cub shows his doting mum that she is always on parent duty as he uses her as a scratching post .
When couples talk about wanting a white wedding, few will be referring to getting hitched on a glacier sat on top of an active volcano .
A brave praying mantis makes an unusual friend in an Oriental garden lizard .
THIS is the incredible moment a pelican throws a fish into the air and SLAM DUNKS it into its enormous throat sack .
A BABY-faced burglar is starting a seven year stretch in custody after being nabbed by a Jaffa Cake .