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Fantastic Fungi

Every time you pick upa mushroom, you are facedwith the omnivore's dilemma

Every time you pick up
a mushroom, you are faced
with the omnivore's dilemma

Full Transcript

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Every time you pick up a mushroom,
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you are faced with the omnivore's dilemma.
Duration
5 seconds
Views
64
Timestamp in Movie
00:06:30
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.
And that's one of the reasons why - Fantastic Fungi 00:06
And that's one of the reasons why
There are some that'll take out your liver or your kidneys, - Fantastic Fungi 00:08
There are some that'll take out your liver or your kidn...
There's a huge subculture of mycophiles, - Fantastic Fungi 00:07
There's a huge subculture of mycophiles,
They hunt mushrooms together, and they eat mushrooms together, - Fantastic Fungi 00:08
They hunt mushrooms together, and they eat mushrooms togethe...
So I started attending these festivals and forays - Fantastic Fungi 00:05
So I started attending these festivals and forays
It changed the way I saw everything. - Fantastic Fungi 00:04
It changed the way I saw everything.
Mushrooms actually were the window by which - Fantastic Fungi 00:08
Mushrooms actually were the window by which
If we didn't have fungi, - Fantastic Fungi 00:07
If we didn't have fungi,
They break down plant life and make it usable - Fantastic Fungi 00:06
They break down plant life and make it usable
They are the digestive tracts of the forest. - Fantastic Fungi 00:04
They are the digestive tracts of the forest.
One of the lifestyles of fungi is as decomposers, - Fantastic Fungi 00:08
One of the lifestyles of fungi is as decomposers,
The yeasts and molds used in making beer and wine and cheese - Fantastic Fungi 00:07
The yeasts and molds used in making beer and wine and cheese
That's actually a penicillin mold - Fantastic Fungi 00:05
That's actually a penicillin mold
But this ability to break things down - Fantastic Fungi 00:14
But this ability to break things down
These rotters, - Fantastic Fungi 00:06
These rotters,
Anything that's hydrocarbon-based, - Fantastic Fungi 00:08
Anything that's hydrocarbon-based,
There were four piles saturated with diesel - Fantastic Fungi 00:05
There were four piles saturated with diesel
One was a control pile, - Fantastic Fungi 00:10
One was a control pile,
The fungi absorbs the oil, - Fantastic Fungi 00:09
The fungi absorbs the oil,
And then when we returned six weeks later, - Fantastic Fungi 00:04
And then when we returned six weeks later,