"Fantastic Fungi" time-lapses by Stephen Axford

20 of the time-lapses in the documentary "Fantastic Fungi" were created by Australian fungi photographer Stephen Axford. They feature stunning and sometimes rare mushrooms from the 'land downunder'. In this video we share some fun facts and scientific information about the mushrooms featured.
To find out more about Stephen's time-lapses and our fungi field work in Australia and overseas go to www.planetfungi.movie
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You can also see Stephen's time-lapses in Planet Earth 2, Hostile Planet, Our Planet, Living Planet, Magical World of Oz, The Kingdom - how fungi made the earth and Planet Fungi - north east India.

[@kalayne6713]

Stunning! Stephen is a legend for bringing us these images, especially after 2020's horrific bushfires here in Australia, seeing the fungi growing back was a symbol of hope.

[@PlanetFungi]

Thank you so much - it also gave us great hope that if these fires do not occur too frequently or too savagely that the forest has developed ways to regenerate. Thank you so much for your support.

[@luke144]

I could watch it all day!

[@luke144]

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[@the711devin4]

I like how the slime mold just invites itself and liquifies the mushrooms

[@Blackdog-il3ix]

Like a predator that knows what it is doing.

[@maccolematsho5925]

In 3 years I'll become a Biological Sciences' teacher in Brazil. I'll make sure to share the masterpieces of this page with all my students. Right now, I'm sharing it with everyone I know. Everyone should see the singular beauty of fungi! I thank you with my heart for making such content available. ^^

[@twicebang4556]

It’s one year away now, hope you’re still on your way to share your passion!

[@maccolematsho5925]

@@twicebang4556 It's been really tough and I've come to be almost alone on the road, but I'm still there. Hope I get to work and become a good teacher. :)

[@squiiidxcx]

The slime moulds are crazy with the time lapse. 👍🏻

[@PlanetFungi]

Aren't they - supper cool. We also loved the frog - Litoria peroni [Emerald spotted tree frog] that made its way into our fungarium.

[@AndyHartman-b6e]

Agreed.

[@manuelmarques3458]

Not the frog teleporting 💀

[@williamwaters4506]

Fantastic photography!!! Such beautiful organisms that most people know nothing about.

[@JankoM1987]

Amazing! Im stunned!

[@voltorb433]

I'm watching this as I clean my harvest of liberty caps, and I have to say this guy is very inspiring and I love his work.

[@abbywolf9701]

Beautiful and relaxing. Thank you friend ❤️

[@simonedoherty6195]

Amazing photography and video presentation. Fungi, what gorgeous living organisms. Thanks.

[@WileHeCoyote]

Glow in the dark mushys are muh fav!

[@PlanetFungi]

Yes very special aren't they. We helped document a new species of luminous mushroom in India - it grows on bamboo. If you're interested it is in our fungi safari documentary in the Eastern Himalayas. Catherine directed and edited it and there a lot of my time-lapses in that one also - www.planetfungi.movie

[@DiuQuy]

Your time lapses are magical! The little blue mushroom is the cutest. They're all stunningly beautiful though! And that soundtrack, wow, really adds to the magic. Bravo🎉

[@monty70]

One of the most beautiful things I’ve ever seen. Nature’s primary decomposes in action! 🍄

[@ИринаЖданова-л1ъ]

Огромное Огромное Вам Спасибо за Тайны природы ,которые Благодаря Вам мы Можем Видеть ❤

[@SaltadorPlateado]

Me encanto la forma en que has visibilizado el modo en que nuestros queridos amigos fungi realizan su desarrollo de trayectoria vital, muchas gracias por compartir. Felicitaciones, espléndido trabajo.

[@chelseawelch2528]

Amazing. Thank you for your work. Found you through a comment under Russel Brand’s KZbin Channel/Podcast😊

[@guylagache2617]

so amazing, it looks unreal

[@naao.2085]

Thanks for this amazing video.

[@KingsMom831]

Yes!! Love these!🙏🏼😁

[@bamslerc]

Fantastic! And I love the photobombing critters 🕷 !

[@PlanetFungi]

Me too!

[@rosaritamaria4414]

Wow! Who knew mushrooms were so beautiful.

[@Marjorie-yt7pb]

Absolutely fascinating and so beautiful ! - Thank you 😇

[@israelistyping]

never ceases to amaze me :0

[@samuelross9884]

Fungi are cool. We need more fungi in this world.

[@thirdrockjul2224]

Beautiful. ❤️

[@MoreliaAustralia]

They really are fantastic !!

[@PlanetFungi]

Thank you so much.

[@powapow5341]

Thank you🍄

[@chijioke-fe5dd]

SHARON_DIZE_

[@filipefmelo]

Amazingly put together video as always. Would also be interesting to have some culinary and medical applications videos. Cheers!

[@createcookingyyc491]

Beautiful things to watch. Thank you for sharing 🙏🏻👍🏻

[@Smallathe]

Wonderful!!! The amount of time and love spent on filming these gorgeous mushrooms is amazing. Well done and what a beutiful hobby!

[@houseofbehr9983]

Slime molds in time lapse looks magical

[@Autumnsleepp]

Stunning, however extremely frustrating that #1 is hardly seeable due to KZbin plaguing the screen with next video recommendations. Anyone know how to turn those off?

[@BorneoProductions]

Fantastic!

[@marietepper724]

Mesmerizing!!!

[@PlanetFungi]

Thank you.

[@rachelstuckey265]

Awsome!!!!!

[@dshepherd107]

These are incredible.

[@ThorWithHammer68]

Amazing.. Good work

[@herotus.cook.travel]

Amazing mushrooms ❤

[@brethamilton3603]

Awesome

[@williamwaters4506]

Most people know nothing about the the mycorrhizal networks that spread across the forest floor that help trees and plants live. Fungi and slime molds are a kingdom of living organisms that we need to survive.

[@C-State]

Totally astonisching

[@emanueldumea8217]

So Beautiful

[@PlanetFungi]

Thank you

[@baggydude7582]

2:31 im sorry but i can't help laughing at the 1 frame frog.

[@girlwithaword93]

The liitle blue one is adorable

[@nicoleperron3315]

Magical, amazing nature

[@Neznisgip]

Australia sure haa some fascinating fungi.

[@PlanetFungi]

Yes we are very lucky.

[@nope24601]

That's for the blocks that cover your "favorite."

[@totallyrandom4664]

Wow ❤️❤️❤️

[@smilewrinkles4917]

OH MY GOD!!! GORGEOUS 😍😍😍😍😍

[@1sissaree]

Beautiful video!!👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[@PlanetFungi]

Thank you.

[@sevuszeld5015]

wooooah the starfish fungi of dooooom, woooooooow :D

[@MissBlackMetal]

2:57 They're dancing together! 😂🥰

[@lechenaultia5863]

Just wonderful! Thank you!

[@doragonsureia7288]

The blue mushroom is Coprinopsis pulchricaerulea. The name used in the video (Coprinopsis atrovirens) is based on Leratiomyces atrovirens which was first used as a name, but is not official due to DNA tests showing that it is closer related to Coprinopsis aesontiensis.

[@WelshLibertyLovers]

Your photography is stunning :)

[@uppityglivestockian]

Mind blown. sep8_6 No, no, I mean legit blown. I’m calling it the Wait For It fungi from now on. 🤯 I can see why the Ghost shroom is popular, it’s a humble brag with cred. The delicate parasols? Somebody at Disney saw those long ago and they’ve been regulars ever since. Big thanks, really beautiful.

[@PlanetFungi]

Thank you for your really positive message. Great to hear your thoughts and reaction. We have another video on this KZbin channel about your "wait for it" fungus called "how to time-lapse a starfish fungus - there are heaps of these in that and a fascinating history. And if you'd like to see more time-lapses Catherine edited heaps of them into our documentary on a fungi safari in north east India - www.planetfungi.movie Thanks so much for your support.

[@uppityglivestockian]

@@PlanetFungi Bravo, I'll stroll on over and look around. The India trip looks spellbinding. Paz.

[@Juunigatsu]

2:32 frog jumpscare

[@lunebipolaire7126]

I don't why but the frog at 2:33 made me laugh 😂

[@trensoytenso6814]

Incredible! love this!

[@EvaRadio]

Came here because I knew the Windows 11 logo looked very familiar. I double checked the time and they started working on the logo after Fantastic Fungi came out

[@MarcusAgrippa390]

Fungi are the most alien and fascinating creatures, not plant or animal, but a little bit of both... Or maybe something in between.

[@PlanetFungi]

More like animal than plant but so vital to the big story of symbiosis on the planet.

[@jcjensenllc]

You ruined the finale by overlaying promotional graphics too soon.

[@tjwoosta]

I came to say the same.

[@PlanetFungi]

Ah sorry about that - just when KZbin brings them in and didn't realise that would happen - but if you want to see more there is heaps more here on the channel.

[@ClearlySkies]

Beutys. Beutys all around.

[@funnyfungi102]

"This video is so captivating! The segment at ⏹ 1:44 is particularly outstanding and inspiring! 😍"

[@edmundobaca3498]

Gorgeous video

[@flutteringleaves1]

Wow. Amazing

[@evamp2605]

Bravo, precioso ❤️

[@ylesfitz8839]

Dat Marasamius dance tho 😮❤

[@deborahaichele8829]

4th of July fungi show WOW

[@jeevitham8207]

2:59 looks like they are dancing together ❤

[@jaimezimmerman1670]

That's what I thought 😂

[@bigsarge2085]

Incredible!

[@MartinBohun]

MASTERPIECE.

[@PlanetFungi]

Thanks so much.

[@求索长路]

its so amazing I just want to cry without knowing why

[@marilynaicardi1860]

Beautiful and fascinating! Thank you - but please don’t make the music so loud, it distracts from the visuals.

[@YodaMonChienFantastique0801]

Lovely

[@JubeProductions]

Simply beautiful, really beautiful. What a great film.

[@prudiceflc]

Nice vid.. 😉

[@funguslicker]

thats so dope!

[@m.elsadiazdiaz6556]

awesome

[@S1mcard]

I would love a version with different music

[@bitpaint2171]

nice shoots

[@marcoreali5197]

Astounding. I'd love to see a making of. I don't understand how they do this in a studio.

[@PlanetFungi]

Most of the fungus we all time-lapse are saprobes - meaning they grow on a substrate. That substrate - wood or mulch can be re-located to a studio - in our case half a shipping container where you can keep the light and temperature constant. You get a glimpse of it in our free video on this KZbin channel - How to time-lapse a starfish fungus. I hope you enjoy.

[@KartikPatel-nt4ff]

😅😅😅well information good show 😅

[@windrock]

Oh nature you are fungi beautiful 😍

[@echognomecal6742]

..and for the finale, we'll cover up one that we really think is great...nyah nyah nyaaaaahhhh!!!

[@jenann0350]

Absolutely stunning!! but there is a part of me that wish it went just a few seconds slower! So I can take it all in and admire a bit more of the grow & change. But that could just be me

[@PlanetFungi]

Ah that is a beautiful comment. The broadcasters other than BBC play them about twice this speed - so yours is an interesting comment. There will be an iMax documentary coming out next year "Magical Forest - the secret world of fungi" featuring many more and new ones of Stephen's time-lapses - a big screen immersive experience - maybe keep an eye out for that if you have an iMax screen in a museum or city you visit.

[@Liusila]

@@PlanetFungi Oooohh that could be cool!

[@bluedragon1200]

I just set my playback speed for 0.75 and watched it again. I caught so much more detail that I missed the first time - like surface texture! Beautiful.

[@jenann0350]

I will have an eye out for that will look into the IMAX screen playing. The BBC do have it fast which is fun to watch but slower would be great & thank you for the complement I really didn't want to offend as this work truly is amazing!

[@postoak2755]

I think it would be interesting if you would post the amount of time that has elapsed, expressed as a ratio perhaps? Are all of these time elapsed at the same speed? Thank you for posting these! Your work is wonderful.

[@tjwoosta]

Is there a known evolutionary benefit for bio-luminescent mushrooms?

[@PlanetFungi]

For most species it is observed that bioluminescent fungi attract the night insects, slugs and snails who after contact then go on to spread the spores.

[@totallyrandom4664]

Very nice 👌👌👌

[@winheiMR]

Hallo Stephen. Noch nie so gesehen, Pilze imZeitraffer! wie stelle ich mir das im Wald vor? wie lange dauert diese Verwandlung? Wie macht man das in der Natur solange mit Licht ? Fragen bleiben. Solche Pilze habe ich hier in Germany noch nie gesehen.

[@PlanetFungi]

Hallo Winifred. Die Zeitrafferaufnahmen entstehen meist nicht im Wald, sondern in einem Studio, das wir in einem Schiffscontainer erstellt haben. Der beste Weg, dies in Aktion zu sehen, ist in unserem neuen Dokumentarfilm „Follow the Rain“, der im März zum ersten Mal gezeigt wird und im Jahr 2024 weltweit ausgestrahlt wird. Der beste Weg, um auf dem Laufenden zu bleiben und zu wissen, wann es einen gibt Screening in Ihrer Nähe bedeutet, unseren Newsletter zu abonnieren: www.planetfungi.movie/follow-us. Vielen Dank für Ihr Interesse und Ihre Unterstützung, Catherine.

[@BeeRich33]

Shame that the end is blocked by stuff.

[@comfycozie]

Do the spiders like the fungi, or do they both simply like the same environments?

[@PlanetFungi]

They just like the damp log, although we have seen a harvestman (who looks like a spider but isn't) eating a small luminous mushroom in India. So maybe-we know so little about how organisms interact with fungi. Time lapses provide a rare window into seeing these.

[@jaimezimmerman1670]

This is so beautiful & awesome! Except that one that bursts open & looks like a hideous alien being born. 🤢 Just amazing!

[@dakyth8160]

Mushroom are so beutifull

[@Chickenman2005]

Oh shit my 🦆s shock of fact mold and froggers

[@Nhozemphtekh]

I wish I could be a mushroom

[@christopherkelly3373]

WOW !!! Would totally love to see that ( Wave ) that comes in on the Auricularia sp. in Slow motion ... whats going on there? It was like the Fungus issuing the 'time to finish' command, like some sort of fungi thought process caught in action... Totally amazing Vid 100% inspirational ...

[@rdizzy1]

The naming of the blue mushroom at 1:00 is incorrect, I believe. I think it is supposed to be " Leratiomyces atrovirens" not "Coprinopsis Atrovirens"

[@PlanetFungi]

It was thought to be a Leratiomyces species about four years ago but over the past couple of years it has been DNA tested and a paper is being published soon - it has been identified as a Coprinopsis species and will be called Coprinopsis atrovirens. All the photos you have seen of the Australian variety were taken by Stephen Axford of Planet Fungi and we have been keeping a close eye on the research that has been done on the specimens we have collected - so we are very confident this new name is correct.

[@rdizzy1]

@@PlanetFungi Ah, I just couldn't find any record of such a species by that name is why.

[@PlanetFungi]

@@rdizzy1 Yes that is a stay tuned. When the paper comes out we will celebrate with a new video about its discovery and the how tricky it was to name it.

[@rdizzy1]

@@PlanetFungi Nice, good for you guys then.

[@rebekkahschultz9615]

Not me over here googling if aseroe rubra was a real fungus bc that looked so unbelievable

[@dannyh8288]

Beautiful plants

[@shadyshrooms9141]

Hey man can I post this on instagram ? I'll make sure give credits

[@PlanetFungi]

Hi there we are happy for you to share it from our instagram post - then attribution will be on it and it will link back to our insta page. Here is the URL on insta instagram.com/tv/CTVmEgUjG8A/