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Fantastic Fungi

Every magnificent thing that humans have ever achieved comes from that place

Every magnificent thing that humans have ever achieved comes from that place

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Every magnificent thing
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that humans have ever achieved
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comes from that place.
Duration
6 seconds
Views
53
Timestamp in Movie
00:14:47
Uploaded
Jun 13, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
Artemis Rising,Diamond Docs,Moving Art

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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.
I grew up in a small town called Columbiana, Ohio. - Fantastic Fungi 00:05
I grew up in a small town called Columbiana, Ohio.
And my brother John went to Yale, - Fantastic Fungi 00:05
And my brother John went to Yale,
But I had a severe stuttering habit - Fantastic Fungi 00:08
But I had a severe stuttering habit
I went through six years of speech therapy. - Fantastic Fungi 00:04
I went through six years of speech therapy.
I could not speak a single sentence - Fantastic Fungi 00:09
I could not speak a single sentence
So all my life, I stared at the ground. - Fantastic Fungi 00:04
So all my life, I stared at the ground.
My kingdom was born from the heavens - Fantastic Fungi 00:06
My kingdom was born from the heavens
We climbed out of the sea to create the fertile soil, - Fantastic Fungi 00:11
We climbed out of the sea to create the fertile soil,
In South Africa, in the sediments of lava, - Fantastic Fungi 00:12
In South Africa, in the sediments of lava,
This is the oldest record of a multicellular organism on Earth. - Fantastic Fungi 00:06
This is the oldest record of a multicellular organism on Ear...
This year another fossil was found in the sediments of Brazil. - Fantastic Fungi 00:05
This year another fossil was found in the sediments of Brazi...
It's 113 million years old - Fantastic Fungi 00:06
It's 113 million years old
We divided from fungi about 650 million years ago. - Fantastic Fungi 00:06
We divided from fungi about 650 million years ago.
The other branch led to animals. - Fantastic Fungi 00:04
The other branch led to animals.
We chose a path of encirculating our nutrients in sort of a sac, the stomach. - Fantastic Fungi 00:05
We chose a path of encirculating our nutrients in sort of a ...
The mycelium remained underground, - Fantastic Fungi 00:06
The mycelium remained underground,
Until we had these great cataclysmic extinction events, - Fantastic Fungi 00:08
Until we had these great cataclysmic extinction events,
From these extinction events, there's one lesson. - Fantastic Fungi 00:05
From these extinction events, there's one lesson.
Those organisms that paired with fungi survived. - Fantastic Fungi 00:05
Those organisms that paired with fungi survived.
We are more closely related to fungi - Fantastic Fungi 00:05
We are more closely related to fungi