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 group of whale sharks gather to feed underneath a fisherman’s boat off the coast of Papua, Indonesia .
HIDING behind its flipper, this little seal comes over a little camera shy .
PICKING up a tiny tea-pot with its paws, a little red squirrel struggles to prepare its morning tea .
STOOD side by side next to a busy road, these buildings were once bustling with life .
SPURTING water 20ft into the air, this is one well you wouldn't want to dip your bucket into .
GETTING behind the camera, this monkey practices his photography skills on his friends .
They say breakfast is the most important meal of the day and for this greedy camel he can't get enough of his morning feed, as he gate crashes his owner's mealtime .
POWERFUL bolts of lightning illuminate the night sky in an incredible autumn storm over the Sardinian coastline .
A floating market in Indonesia is bursting with vibrant colours as wooden rowing boats loaded with fruit and vegetables crowd the river .
A DARING duo take their chances and scale this spectacular 82ft frozen waterfall before it collapses .
A GLAMOUR model who has spent £22K on cosmetic procedures is hoping that a revolutionary new treatment to give her a designer vagina will end her quest for perfection .
FOR most restaurateurs, the phrase ‘the customer is always right’ is gospel .