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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THE CRAZE for mimicking the video game Streetfighter has spread to the streets of London.
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An American black bear mimics John Travolta’s famous Saturday Night Fever dance move by hurling its arm in the air.
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