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..
THIS BIGFOOT 'Jesus bird' may look silly, but he's perfectly designed for walking on water .
A woman brutally beaten in a revenge attack has slammed the soft sentence handed to her assailant .
A little boy was left fighting for his life in hospital after a horrific allergic reaction to epilepsy medication made his skin fall off in chunks .
A grandma who lost almost 12 stone after undergoing a gastric bypass has revealed that she now gets chatted up by men half her age .
A baby girl has become the youngest British patient to receive a life-saving cardiac operation after her heart swelled to twice its normal size within days of her birth .
WRAPPED up in classy headscarves, these adorable pooches are the picture of sophistication .
The family of a disabled boy who died in a tragic accident at a care home have received a four figure payout after an inquest heard carers allowed him to fall rather than restrain him because of "health and safety" fears .
MOUTH OPEN wide, this little stoat appears to be in mid-song as he belts out a tune for his onlookers .
SNUGGLED up in the hay away from the elements, this adorable hoglet has sought solace with a familiar friend .
A teenage girl has grown back her entire face after being struck down by a rare skin disease .
An adorable orangutan named Pongo celebrates his first birthday at Zoo Atlanta, Georgia, America .
Kaitlin pictured aged nine - Heart pounding, Kaitlin Womack stared in shock at a Facebook post on her phone .