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Well worth watching! The Magic of Mushrooms: (https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b041m6fh https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b041m6fh) "Professor Richard Fortey d

Well worth watching! The Magic of Mushrooms: (https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b041m6fh https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b041m6fh) "Professor Richard Fortey delves into the fascinating and normally hidden kingdom of fungi. From their spectacular birth, through their secretive underground life to their final explosive death, Richard reveals a remarkable world that few of us understand or even realise exists - yet all life on earth depends on it. In a specially built mushroom lab, with the help of mycologist Dr Patrick Hickey and some state-of-the-art technology, Richard brings to life the secret world of mushrooms as never seen before and reveals the spectacular abilities of fungi to break down waste and sustain new plant life, keeping our planet alive. Beyond the lab, Richard travels across Britain and beyond to show us the biggest, fastest and most deadly organisms on the planet - all of them fungi. He reveals their almost magical powers that have world-changing potential - opening up new frontiers in science, medicine and technology."

stephenhuey 5y ago
Any idea how we might gain access to this? It says "This programme is not currently available on BBC iPlayer."
- leephillips 5y ago
  I’m guessing it would work to arrange to have an IP originating in the UK.
partomniscient 5y ago
There's also Fantastic Fungi (2019), which is on Netflix (at least where I am in Australia) Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxABOiay6oA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxABOiay6oA Fantastic Fungi, directed by Louie Schwartzberg, is a consciousness-shifting film that takes us on an immersive journey through time and scale into the magical earth beneath our feet, an underground network that can heal and save our planet. Through the eyes of renowned scientists and mycologists like Paul Stamets, best-selling authors Michael Pollan, Eugenia Bone, Andrew Weil and others, we become aware of the beauty, intelligence and solutions the fungi kingdom offers us in response to some of our most pressing medical, therapeutic, and environmental challenges.

stephenhuey 5y ago

Any idea how we might gain access to this? It says "This programme is not currently available on BBC iPlayer."

leephillips 5y ago
I’m guessing it would work to arrange to have an IP originating in the UK.

partomniscient 5y ago

There's also Fantastic Fungi (2019), which is on Netflix (at least where I am in Australia) Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxABOiay6oA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxABOiay6oA Fantastic Fungi, directed by Louie Schwartzberg, is a consciousness-shifting film that takes us on an immersive journey through time and scale into the magical earth beneath our feet, an underground network that can heal and save our planet. Through the eyes of renowned scientists and mycologists like Paul Stamets, best-selling authors Michael Pollan, Eugenia Bone, Andrew Weil and others, we become aware of the beauty, intelligence and solutions the fungi kingdom offers us in response to some of our most pressing medical, therapeutic, and environmental challenges.