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Fantastic Fungi

The whole colony becomesmummified with this mycelium, and, whoosh! The whole colonyis...

The whole colony becomes
mummified with this mycelium, and, whoosh! The whole colony
is infected and dies

Full Transcript

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The whole colony becomes mummified with this mycelium,
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and, whoosh! The whole colony is infected and dies.
Duration
9 seconds
Views
38
Timestamp in Movie
00:36:06
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 then the spore repellency properties - Fantastic Fungi 00:06
And then the spore repellency properties
And then I tried it with carpenter ants, - Fantastic Fungi 00:11
And then I tried it with carpenter ants,
The entire ecosystem is infused with fungi. - Fantastic Fungi 00:04
The entire ecosystem is infused with fungi.
So, I see these deep reservoirs of the ecology all around us. - Fantastic Fungi 00:05
So, I see these deep reservoirs of the ecology all around us...
In a world of invention, - Fantastic Fungi 00:08
In a world of invention,
There are mushrooms - Fantastic Fungi 00:05
There are mushrooms
Penicillin, for example, - Fantastic Fungi 00:05
Penicillin, for example,
Before it was synthesized, during the Civil War, - Fantastic Fungi 00:14
Before it was synthesized, during the Civil War,
Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin in 1927. - Fantastic Fungi 00:05
Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin in 1927.
The problem was that - Fantastic Fungi 00:08
The problem was that
We fast forward, - Fantastic Fungi 00:20
We fast forward,
Penicillin literally saved - Fantastic Fungi 00:06
Penicillin literally saved
The Brits had this, - Fantastic Fungi 00:05
The Brits had this,
It's been suggested that the discovery - Fantastic Fungi 00:08
It's been suggested that the discovery
Alexander Fleming then received the Nobel Prize in 1945, - Fantastic Fungi 00:09
Alexander Fleming then received the Nobel Prize in 1945,
Here's how medicinal mushrooms are thought to work: - Fantastic Fungi 00:09
Here's how medicinal mushrooms are thought to work:
In order to fight off competition for food, - Fantastic Fungi 00:10
In order to fight off competition for food,
That's what makes antibiotics work. - Fantastic Fungi 00:04
That's what makes antibiotics work.
Chemicals that are produced by fungus, - Fantastic Fungi 00:14
Chemicals that are produced by fungus,
There's a long tradition of using mushrooms - Fantastic Fungi 00:08
There's a long tradition of using mushrooms