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Fantastic Fungi

A mycelium cantheoretically live forever as long as ithas food to grow into, which is why...

A mycelium can
theoretically live forever as long as it
has food to grow into, which is why the oldest
and largest organism on Earth is a fungus

Full Transcript

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A mycelium can theoretically live forever
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as long as it has food to grow into,
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which is why the oldest and largest organism on Earth
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is a fungus.
Duration
13 seconds
Views
57
Timestamp in Movie
00:18:47
Uploaded
Jun 13, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
Artemis Rising,Diamond Docs,Moving Art

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Movie Summary

Fantastic Fungi is a descriptive time-lapse journey about the magical, mysterious and medicinal world of fungi and their power to heal, sustain and contribute to the regeneration of life on Earth that began 3.5 billion years ago.
It lives on top of a mountain in Oregon. - Fantastic Fungi 00:04
It lives on top of a mountain in Oregon.
It's like thousands of acres, - Fantastic Fungi 00:04
It's like thousands of acres,
The mushroom is the organ of sexual reproduction - Fantastic Fungi 00:09
The mushroom is the organ of sexual reproduction
The spores are extremely tiny, - Fantastic Fungi 00:09
The spores are extremely tiny,
When they land on something they can eat, - Fantastic Fungi 00:13
When they land on something they can eat,
The mushroom releases zillions of spores into the atmosphere. - Fantastic Fungi 00:07
The mushroom releases zillions of spores into the atmosphere...
So they are everywhere. We've evolved with them. - Fantastic Fungi 00:05
So they are everywhere. We've evolved with them.
When you see what mushrooms do, - Fantastic Fungi 00:06
When you see what mushrooms do,
They support life, - Fantastic Fungi 00:05
They support life,
Maybe mycelium already are the dominant species, - Fantastic Fungi 00:07
Maybe mycelium already are the dominant species,
I mean, you look at humans. There's seven billion of us, - Fantastic Fungi 00:10
I mean, you look at humans. There's seven billion of us...
Hurricane Harvey has started to make landfall - Fantastic Fungi 00:06
Hurricane Harvey has started to make landfall
More than 30,000 people are without power, - Fantastic Fungi 00:06
More than 30,000 people are without power,
Puerto Rico has had the worst storm - Fantastic Fungi 00:09
Puerto Rico has had the worst storm
Climate change is one of the biggest threats to our present world, - Fantastic Fungi 00:07
Climate change is one of the biggest threats to our present ...
As plants photosynthesize, - Fantastic Fungi 00:07
As plants photosynthesize,
CO2 is what plants photosynthesize, - Fantastic Fungi 00:07
CO2 is what plants photosynthesize,
They put it in their leaves, in their trunks, - Fantastic Fungi 00:07
They put it in their leaves, in their trunks,
And the root systems trade that carbon for nutrients. - Fantastic Fungi 00:05
And the root systems trade that carbon for nutrients.
The carbon ends up in the fungal cell walls, where it's stored. - Fantastic Fungi 00:05
The carbon ends up in the fungal cell walls, where it's...