Literally Everything We Know About Mushrooms

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I watched a documentary on fungi and learned a lot about mushrooms.
They are cute and kind of needed for us to live so that's kind of pog that they're around :)

Gimme ur funny mushrooms facts.

Thank you to my wonderful friend Daniel for helping with storyboarding:

Music by Jules Gaia and Louie Zong

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[TheWizard]

Aspiring mycologist here! A neat fungus fact that was recently discovered is that mushrooms can sometimes control the rain! For a basic summary, by releasing billions of spores high into the air, they pass through clouds, interacting with so many water vapour particles at once that it causes a chain reaction where it begins to rain! There's a lot more science behind it than that, but scientists are trying to harness that ability so that we can start controlling rain! How cool would that be?

[Cheerwine]

Merlin Sheldrake, a Mycologist (and brother to Cosmo Sheldrake, songwriter behind “The Moss”) released a book on mushrooms(as mycologists do). He got his author’s copy, soaked it in sugar water, and then grew mushrooms on it. He then ate said mushrooms.

He’s really something.

[nevercakegames]

I literally know everything about mushrooms now

[harrisono.]

when you mentioned honey mushrooms being the biggest living thing on the planet, I thought about Pando, the tree forest that is all one connected tree, technically one organism, which I had heard was the biggest living thing. some googling and some math later, I learned that Pando weighs about 6500 metric tons. I still don't know which is bigger, they both have the same large number!

[Janet-tz-qz]

My husband has ADHD, depression and was on medication for many years. When we moved and he had to get a new Doctor. Unfortunately because my husband was nearly 68, the Doctor said ADHD medication was not recommended for someone his age and he wouldn't renew his prescription. The Dr didn't even offer to wean him off the meds! He left him with no meds and had him go. God so kind a friend recommended us to mushrooms (psilocybin) precisely. After his experience with shrooms five years ago till now there's no more ADHD, depression and mental disorder. Shrooms are life changing. There is no way you can put into words what it feels like..

[rubyamateurtactician]

Here's a fun fact: at least the last time I checked, there were only two or three mycologists (mushroom scientists) in Australia. Which is a shame because Australia's gotta have some really weird mushrooms and I'd love to know more about them.

[lanagomisc.]

My favorite fungi fact: there's a type of mold only found under Chernobyl that feeds off the radiated melted waste from the disaster, thus making it less radioactive. Also, that waste (melted remains of the reactor in the basement) goes by the name "The Elephant's Foot" (not a fungus) and to say it will kill you is an understatement, since it can give you a massively lethal dose of radiation poisoning.

[mutantmaster]

There is one type of mushroom that can technically hunt. I forget the fine details, but it makes a snare big enough for a nematode to get in, and once one goes through the loop, the loop activates and kills it, then chemically dissolves the body so the hypae can absorb the nutrients

[RussellJuan-qv]

My journey toward mental health recovery has been profoundly shaped by psilocybin mushrooms, DMT and LSD. After being diagnosed with severe depression and other challenges, a friend introduced me to the Golden Teacher mushrooms for the spiritual and mental renewal. For the past four years, I've experienced remarkable improvements in my well-being.

[UNTHESUNTHESUNTHES]

Moral of the story: If you are starving, never eat a mushroom
Eat flowers, pine buds, the soft bit of the bark of a tree, but do NOT eat a mushroom, because sometimes even if it looks like a good mushroom it may have fucked a bad mushroom and you are suddenly hostage in mushroom basement and the mushroom police won't find you.

[gordontheseal]

Fun fact about mushrooms: there is a type of mushroom found in Scandinavia and it looks like a very average mushroom. But it has hallucinogenic qualities to it that may have numbed your ability to feel pain. So way back when Vikings were around they fed these to special warriors, beloved to be chosen by Odin, to essentially not care that they were bleeding in seven spots and have several arrows in them since they couldn’t feel the pain. And then they died. To Valhalla

[WhimsyWhespir]

As an artist and someone whose brother grew mushrooms in our living room in a tin foil wrapped lookin box and is currently going to college to study mycology, this video appeals to me quite nicely.

[harrybill]

I have been mostly sad but after taking shrooms few months ago, l feel much happier and highly motivated and my ADHD gone, lost a ton of anxiousness and had a few epiphanies about how I should live my life. I decided to buy an ounce for backup, but haven’t yet felt the need to take any more since then.

[schmoyoho]

infundibuliform looks like it’s about to start an illegal restaurant and make me some Ratatouille 📈

[Hadeopelago]

The ant killing fungus is actually called Cordyceps, and it does everything that GP says it does in the video. Sometimes, even other ants have to bring the "infected" ant away from the colony to prevent the cordyceps from spreading! It is my favorite fungus because it's so interesting.

[onion]

I am the most grateful person in the world now knowing My Singing Monsters sponsored such a good animater.

[ThompsonCarter-zi]

Psilocybin mushrooms have had a really positive influence on my mental health. They've been effective in helping me deal with my anxiety and depression.

[chrisalan]

It's good to know that every single mushroom's existence can be summed up in ~6 minutes of info. I bet mine would take at least 7

[sylentnote]

I think the zombie fungus is so interesting! It’s cool that it’s somehow able to take control of the ants. There’s an Amphibia episode called children of the spore that has this concept and I’d recommend checking it out if you’re interested

[KoffeeSlider]

I honestly like the inky cap mushrooms, they're actually edible and perfectly healthy. Just don't eat them with alcohol it can most definitely give you a slow and very painful death.