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Fantastic Fungi

If we didn't have fungi, we would get this buildup of plantmatter that would choke the...

If we didn't have fungi, we would get this buildup of plant
matter that would choke the Earth

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If we didn't have fungi,
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we would get this buildup of plant matter that would choke the Earth.
Duration
7 seconds
Views
49
Timestamp in Movie
00:07:36
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.
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,
It was covered with hundreds of pounds - Fantastic Fungi 00:04
It was covered with hundreds of pounds
They were very large, - Fantastic Fungi 00:05
They were very large,
But something else happened, which was an epiphany in my life. - Fantastic Fungi 00:04
But something else happened, which was an epiphany in my lif...
Birds then came, bringing in seeds, - Fantastic Fungi 00:06
Birds then came, bringing in seeds,
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