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Fantastic Fungi

There's over1.5 million species

There's over
1.5 million species

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There's over 1.5 million species.
Duration
5 seconds
Views
59
Timestamp in Movie
00:04:48
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.
Of all those species of fungi, - Fantastic Fungi 00:15
Of all those species of fungi,
A lot of people are afraid of mushrooms. - Fantastic Fungi 00:05
A lot of people are afraid of mushrooms.
People associate mushrooms and fungi... you know, mold... - Fantastic Fungi 00:05
People associate mushrooms and fungi... you know, mold...
You know, there's a lot of fear - Fantastic Fungi 00:05
You know, there's a lot of fear
They decompose dead and dying organisms - Fantastic Fungi 00:08
They decompose dead and dying organisms
They kind of are at the very end of stuff, - Fantastic Fungi 00:06
They kind of are at the very end of stuff,
A really important difference between plants and fungi - Fantastic Fungi 00:07
A really important difference between plants and fungi
When a tomato gets red, - Fantastic Fungi 00:10
When a tomato gets red,
They're doing their own thing, and a lot of them are hiding. - Fantastic Fungi 00:04
They're doing their own thing, and a lot of them are hi...
Every time you pick up a mushroom, - Fantastic Fungi 00:05
Every time you pick up a mushroom,
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.