MESMERISING FUNGI
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..
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GRANDMOTHER KICKED OFF FLIGHT FOR ASSAULT AFTER TOUCHING ATTENDANTS ARM
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MONSTROUS WAVES DWARF DARE-DEVIL SURFERS
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STUNNING WINTER PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE HIGHEST RAILWAY IN THE ALPS
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BOY WHOSE BRAIN GREW IN NOSE IS REAL-LIFE PINOCCHIO
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PLAYFUL ELEPHANTS MAKE A SPLASH
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ADORABLE HARVEST MOUSE CLIMBS DANDELION
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