THE SURREAL MUSHROOMS OF OCEANIA - They look like life forms from another planet

Steve Axford’s photographs seem to come from a slightly enchanted place. It’s a place where the pale brown lumps I think of as "mushrooms" have been transformed into a host of strange new creatures—some shimmering, some translucent, some hairy, some hideous, but all magic.

Read more and see more pictures
http://www.radiolab.org/story/lost-mushrooms-oceania/

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Steve Axford photography
http://steveaxford.smugmug.com/

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http://ottersandsciencenews.blogspot.ca/2013/11/mushrooms-make-their-own-weather.html

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