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..
GIANT garden sculptures don't beat about the bush .
Armed with a snorkel, flippers and her skimpy bikini, an intrepid female free diver swims alongside an array of reef sharks .
A couple from Bristol have told that they are often mistaken for father and daughter because of their huge 36 year age gap .
With one hand rested on his belly and the other propping his head up, this lazy lizard takes an afternoon break .
NEVER mind being careful not to choke on your food, this mother bird has a bigger challenge on her hands, as her ravenous offspring impatiently launches its head down into her stomach .
A shoe designer from London has spent a whopping £30,000 on Hello Kitty memorabilia .
WELCOME to the 125 decibel boombox bus that could damage your hearing if you party too close to its giant speakers .
STAR-TI-LING: 40,000 STARLINGS MIMIC HITCHCOCK'S THE BIRDS- This could be the fearsome scene from Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds as a flock of 40,000 starlings bask in the heat of a wonderful British sunset .
Heart pounding, Rebecca Cain jumped as a car door slammed on the street outside .
UNDERWATER and above-water seaside shots show the best of British beach-life .
SOARING at 112 miles per hour through the air, this petite blonde certainly lives up to her title as the fastest flying woman in the world .
A diver looks like a minnow as she swims alongside a gigantic whale shark, the largest species of fish on the planet .