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 GLOWING range of greens and blues sweep across the sky in a spectacular display of light .
A man has lost an incredible 20st after his addiction to food left him £15k in debt .
A Crohn's sufferer has slammed doctors who allegedly accused her of being anorexic after she lost 10st in just three months .
NOT YOUR everyday selfie, this plucky diver poses with some of the scariest predators in the ocean .
When personal trainer, Victoria Spence dreamt of achieving a thigh gap, she didn't realise her obsession would leave her body gripped by anorexia .
CARRYING a fully grown goat on his back, this five-year-old boy is a child shepherd in the mountains of northern Ethiopia .
A lazy tree frog, tired of hopping along a branch, chooses the slowest form of transport when it jumps on top of an unsuspecting snail .
A cricket perches on an unusual seat after crawling up the snout of a crocodile .
LEAPING through the air this determined little mouse is on a mission for food .
THIS astonishing film shows the moment a hit-and-run driver ploughed into a woman and a toddler on a Coventry street .
A support worker was stunned to discover she was eight months pregnant after she was rushed to hospital with 'stomach cramps' .
SHOVELLING food into his mouth, this hungry gorilla enjoys a peaceful moment at dinner time .