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Fantastic Fungi

They're trying to protectthe queen and the nest and the colonyfrom infection

They're trying to protect
the queen and the nest and the colony
from infection

Full Transcript

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They're trying to protect the queen and the nest
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and the colony from infection.
Duration
4 seconds
Views
30
Timestamp in Movie
00:35:38
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 I discovered something - Fantastic Fungi 00:06
And I discovered something
I found a biological switch that delayed sporulation, - Fantastic Fungi 00:07
I found a biological switch that delayed sporulation,
But they were super attracted, - Fantastic Fungi 00:08
But they were super attracted,
The same fungi now are taken past the guards, - Fantastic Fungi 00:07
The same fungi now are taken past the guards,
The whole colony becomes mummified with this mycelium, - Fantastic Fungi 00:09
The whole colony becomes mummified with this mycelium,
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,