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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CHEEKY GORILLA

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GIANT CANYON SWING

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REAL LIFE VICTORIAN

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I LOST HALF MY WEIGHT AND BECAME A WOMAN

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RED SMOKE AT NIGHT, VOLCANO SPOTTERS DELIGHT

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CHEEKY WHITE TIGER CUB

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WOMAN’S DAUGHTER KILLED HERSELF AFTER SUFFERING HORRIFIC ABUSE AT THE HANDS OF HER MONSTER EX

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PERMANENT LIP FILLERS LEAVE WOMAN UNABLE TO SMILE

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