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Fantastic Fungi

Birds then came,bringing in seeds, and our pile becamean oasis of life

Birds then came,
bringing in seeds, and our pile became
an oasis of life

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Birds then came, bringing in seeds,
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and our pile became an oasis of life.
Duration
6 seconds
Views
65
Timestamp in Movie
00:09:44
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.
Mushrooms are the fruiting bodies of fungi. - Fantastic Fungi 00:05
Mushrooms are the fruiting bodies of fungi.
The bulk of the organism is growing underground - Fantastic Fungi 00:17
The bulk of the organism is growing underground
And that mass of threads is called a mycelium. - Fantastic Fungi 00:06
And that mass of threads is called a mycelium.
A mycelium has more networks - Fantastic Fungi 00:10
A mycelium has more networks
Just to give you an idea of how much fungi are in the forest, - Fantastic Fungi 00:09
Just to give you an idea of how much fungi are in the forest...
It's like a big web just growing through the forest. - Fantastic Fungi 00:05
It's like a big web just growing through the forest.
Mycelium that can grow out even just this big - Fantastic Fungi 00:09
Mycelium that can grow out even just this big
Trees are communicating, using the mycelium as pathways. - Fantastic Fungi 00:05
Trees are communicating, using the mycelium as pathways.
In other words, one tree can swap nutrients with another tree, - Fantastic Fungi 00:08
In other words, one tree can swap nutrients with another tre...
So we often think of kin recognition as an animal behavior. - Fantastic Fungi 00:05
So we often think of kin recognition as an animal behavior.
Well, we never thought that plants could do that, - Fantastic Fungi 00:07
Well, we never thought that plants could do that,
So these mother trees recognize their kin - Fantastic Fungi 00:05
So these mother trees recognize their kin
The mother tree and the baby seedlings are sending signals, - Fantastic Fungi 00:05
The mother tree and the baby seedlings are sending signals,
When they're connected together - Fantastic Fungi 00:07
When they're connected together
If she knows that there's pests around, and that she's under danger, - Fantastic Fungi 00:09
If she knows that there's pests around, and that she�...
I do hug trees occasionally. I do confess to that, - Fantastic Fungi 00:06
I do hug trees occasionally. I do confess to that,
Damn, we got a two-for-one on that one. - Fantastic Fungi 00:04
Damn, we got a two-for-one on that one.
Cutting down these trees and we're going to let them rot, - Fantastic Fungi 00:06
Cutting down these trees and we're going to let them ro...
We're letting them rot with shiitake mushrooms, - Fantastic Fungi 00:06
We're letting them rot with shiitake mushrooms,
September of '74, - Fantastic Fungi 00:05
September of '74,