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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MONKEY BUSINESS
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ABANDONED DAIRY FARM'S EERIE PAST
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BACK TO BASICS HOTEL
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MINI-CANE GUIDES BLIND LEXI
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£10,000 REWARD FOR JOHN ANSLOW
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GONE IN SIXTY SECONDS GANG JAILED FOR 12YRS
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IRELAND'S HIDDEN BEAUTY
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