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 floating market in Indonesia is bursting with vibrant colours as wooden rowing boats loaded with fruit and vegetables crowd the river .
Exploding out of the water, a great white shark performs a backflip during a hunt for seals .
BALANCING 30 metres above ground, these slackliners take the expression of living dangerously one step further, by tightrope walking NAKED .
An intrepid explorer hopes to be reunited with his travel partner, after his cuddly toy companion was stolen .
Marisah pictured today with scarring to her left arm - A mother-of-one has revealed how she almost died after suffering a seizure whilst driving that caused her car to crash into a tree and burst into flames .
A weightlifter has lost a whopping 12st after swapping biscuits for biceps .
A woman who was addicted to eating curries has shed an impressive 8st after giving up her favourite food .
A woman who starved herself to look like Cheryl Cole has told how she shrunk to just under 5st 13lbs after developing anorexia .
STOOD side by side next to a busy road, these buildings were once bustling with life .
More weather chaos is heading our way, with ice and snow already hitting areas across Birmingham .
A support worker was stunned to discover she was eight months pregnant after she was rushed to hospital with 'stomach cramps' .
EXPERTLY camouflaged, this clever panther chameleon knows how to catch its prey by surprise .