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So all my life, I stared at the ground
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Fantastic Fungi

So all my life,I stared at the ground

So all my life,
I stared at the ground

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So all my life, I stared at the ground.
Duration
4 seconds
Views
46
Timestamp in Movie
00:15:36
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.
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
What this means is that we are descendants of mycelium. - Fantastic Fungi 00:05
What this means is that we are descendants of mycelium.
Mycelium is the mother of us all - Fantastic Fungi 00:04
Mycelium is the mother of us all
Living creatures like fungi are intelligent - Fantastic Fungi 00:09
Living creatures like fungi are intelligent
They solve problems, and that's intelligence. - Fantastic Fungi 00:05
They solve problems, and that's intelligence.
A mycelium can theoretically live forever - Fantastic Fungi 00:13
A mycelium can theoretically live forever
It lives on top of a mountain in Oregon. - Fantastic Fungi 00:04
It lives on top of a mountain in Oregon.