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 cheeky owl fancies a game of hide and seek as it peeps out from behind a tree .
An adorable little squirrel wakes from a nap and pops out his tongue for the camera .
SNOWBOARDING in your £2,000 wedding dress sounds like a nightmare for most brides .
The mother of a young woman stabbed 26 times by her ex-partner for having a secret abortion has told how her daughter was cruelly betrayed by her own social worker .
A little brown bear cub shows his doting mum that she is always on parent duty as he uses her as a scratching post .
SITTING on a burning sofa unable to move, one man turns his terrifying dreams into reality .
A ROAD KILL munching Scot has chewed on everything from a dead squirrel to an unlucky crow – all in the name of art .
INSIDE Britain's last Naval hospital where scurvy was cured looks like an NHS time capsule .
GLIDING through the water, these delightful frogs show off their vibrant colours as they practice their FROG crawl .
BASKING in smug satisfaction, a confident squirrel gives a wink to the camera .
This cheeky macaque gets up close and personal as he examines the dental hygiene of his fellow primate .
A stunning ice cave in Iceland is illuminated by sunlight as the bright blue ice appears glow inside .