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 photographer has travelled the length of the UK capturing lighthouses and their picturesque surroundings .
Grandmother Janet Kirby was told she couldn't board her plane home after being accused of assault .
A woman has revealed how she didn’t know she was pregnant until she saw her baby’s head crowning .
A mother-of-one has told how she nearly died after contracting toxic shock syndrome from a tampon .
HOTSPOT MEDIA - FUNKY BUMP: FROM MIRROR bellies to rainbow bumps these pregnancy casts of stone and bronze could be the funkiest way to preserve your bump for posterity .
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 .
EXPERTLY camouflaged, this clever panther chameleon knows how to catch its prey by surprise .
These are the fascinating pictures of miniature table sculptures molded around bonsai trees that take up to a painstaking 18 months to create .
A ROAD KILL munching Scot has chewed on everything from a dead squirrel to an unlucky crow – all in the name of art .
THIS RING of fire in the sky is the annular solar eclipse that wowed our cousins down-under .
A mining town in Australia’s outback appears to be completely deserted, but its residents have escaped the scorching heat by living in underground caves .
A striped marlin means business as it spots lunch and spears a small fish .