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 21st stone woman suffering from 'body blindness' like Dawn French shed more than half her body weight after a shock revelation brought her to her senses .
FISTS fly as two gorillas take each other on in a dramatic battle .
HUDDLED together on a branch, a pair of adorable Javan scops owls soak up the sun .
A mum-of-two has worn the same t-shirt for an entire year to raise awareness of a 1 in 7 million condition that prevents her daughter from talking .
A diving guide leaves a shark completely docile and balanced in the palm of his hand .
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An adorable red squirrel says goodbye to the summer as he shelters from the rain underneath a small blue umbrella .
A woman whose face and body was left scarred for life by angry sores, caused by Lupus, has become a diversity model .
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A terrified moose, trapped in a frozen lake, bobs her head above the icey water and awaits her rescue .
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