I’m on my fourth watch of this masterpiece. The passion and dedication to something most people couldn’t care less about, is honestly breathtaking. If only the rest of the world had just a fraction of the appreciation for nature demonstrated here, the world would be a markedly better place.

@PlanetFungi

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for your generous words, your thoughtful comment and your on-going repeat support. You have made our day with such beautiful feedback and wisdom about a message for us all.

@310techrepair6

2 жыл бұрын

agreed, im a computer tech and ..... looks like i might dive into nature too.

@waynegraham7611

2 жыл бұрын

No It’s amazing I’m lovin it !!

@Danika_Nadzan

2 жыл бұрын

Beautifully said, and I totally agree!

@ryangravitte6136

2 жыл бұрын

@@PlanetFungi ppp

"All fungi are edible. Some fungi are only edible once." - Terry Pratchett

@SamTahbou

3 жыл бұрын

I miss the guy, he was a treasure.

@seanr699

3 жыл бұрын

I’m reading witches abroad right now, love his writing!

@S3v3n13tt3r5

3 жыл бұрын

If amanita phalloides takes a few days to kill you then technically you can eat it a couple times.

@Ikkeroger

3 жыл бұрын

Where does this quote come from? I thought I'd read all his books, but this is new to me. Maybe there is a gem out there I haven't found yet...

@TheT3d3K

3 жыл бұрын

@@S3v3n13tt3r5 right, but it doesn't contradict the statement ^^

People are so eager to see an alien world that they dont even see the alien world right under their feet

@traveller6744

3 жыл бұрын

Yes you are so right, 90% of whats in and on our BEAUTIFUL planet we don't know about. This is breathtaking.

@PlanetFungi

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you both for the lovely feedback. You may also be interested in our documentary about a fungi safari in the Himalayas streaming on many platforms - info at www.planetfungi.movie And there is a masterclass in mushroom photography. Thanks so much for sharing your thoughts and supporting our work 🍄❤️🎥

@MikeJones-rk1un

3 жыл бұрын

They are in your gut too.

@drblaneyphysics

3 жыл бұрын

@@MikeJones-rk1un I always wondered about that. is there research on this? i would be interested.under what conditions would they grow? I was told molds grow in gut and cause leaky gut as branches cut thru intestine and into other regions. is there a cause for this? (I guess sugar). anyway i'm fascinated to know more. i was told by eastern doctors not to eat any mushrooms (specific advice to me, not to others, due to my personal biology) ... and wondered if it was due to this growing thing.

@drblaneyphysics

3 жыл бұрын

... add to that, the mushrooms surely have a form of consciousness and i often wonder about that. what intelligence do they transmit? emit? some root systems I've heard are half the height of the usa. I wonder if it has, for example a code. we need computer science views on this, perhaps?

The purple mushroom blew me away…exquisite. I’ve always loved the sculptural fungi that look like abstract art. Nature is truly the greatest artist.

@Godwinpounds4333

Жыл бұрын

Hello 👋how are you doing?

@Arrasel

11 ай бұрын

God is the artist, He created everything.

@edgregory1

11 ай бұрын

Joseph Conrad's "Lord Jim"

@spiderjerusalem8505

11 ай бұрын

​@@Arrasel, free will doesn't exist then?

@burgertime790

10 ай бұрын

​@@spiderjerusalem8505 pretty sure Christians believe in free will

Once in a while, the youtube algorithm impresses me with something of true quality.

@declan1015

3 жыл бұрын

This is facts

@johndoa4839

3 жыл бұрын

Should check out paul stamets fungi master

@chillgodmusic573

3 жыл бұрын

Facts

@StanHowse

3 жыл бұрын

I see you too, are a man of culture, Sir.

@randomsleepyness

3 жыл бұрын

Blessed

To listen to someone who has found their passion is bliss

@kentuckysmoose

3 жыл бұрын

Truest words of the month

@aapex1

2 жыл бұрын

They always make the best teachers and researchers. It's a gift to us all. Like Fungi.

"The forest were starting to make sense, it wasn't just a bunch of trees" This made me chuckle. What an amazing documentary!

When I was around 5th grade, I would spend a lot of my free time downloading images and gifs of mushrooms onto my school computer because I thought they were so cool. I recognized a lot of them in this video; I had no idea how much one person's work impacted my obsession with mushrooms! I want to become a mycologist someday and also help local communities. What you do sounds so amazing.

@DampishGlobe761

Жыл бұрын

Same.

@judeirwin2222

Жыл бұрын

Squash fed -Good for you! Do it! Fungi are essential to soil remediation after fires, pollution or deforestation. You can be one of the “good guys” helping to correct and reduce the damage done by humans. Maybe, in time, there will be a skilled micologist in every municipality, advising on how best to manage the soil, forests and even domestic gardens in the community. We owe it to the earth to learn about and preserve the ecosystems which support all life.

@squashfei8907

Жыл бұрын

@@judeirwin2222 Thanks for the support!

@warriorqueen863

Жыл бұрын

Good job kid. Contribute to society what you will discover someday..

@CountrysidelifewithManayOlen

Жыл бұрын

Me too! A month ago I found myself obsessing with mushrooms

Whoever chose the soundtrack has obviously also had their mind changed by fungi

@ardd.c.8113

3 жыл бұрын

Or fast food

@monnaranzoti732

3 жыл бұрын

It's a Didgeridoo, a native Australian instrument. Its sound is pretty fitting to this documentary because it has these ethereal, mystical, and alien vibes, much like the fungi themselves.

@booneflm

3 жыл бұрын

Right

@osmiumsoul9535

3 жыл бұрын

Hahahha

@skyinuri8868

3 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂😂😂

the KZread algorithm decided I should spend a half an hour of my time learning about a guy who photographs mushrooms. I am not disappointed.

@RED01SEA

3 жыл бұрын

best accidental recommendation ever !!!

@Eleniel13

3 жыл бұрын

same

@PlanetFungi

3 жыл бұрын

These are wonderful comments 🙏 thank you 😊

@mlgproplayer2915

3 жыл бұрын

Same here.

@robertlongoria765

3 жыл бұрын

too cool for school! loved it. Makes me feel interconected and yet small.

"Life on this planet is more interconnected than I ever could have imagined" - I'm awestruck by your pictures! Thank you Stephen!

This man is not only a photographer but also a wonderful teacher! I wanted to watch only a few minutes. But it was so fascinating that I didn't want the documentary to end. I would like to learn more !

@karascene13

Жыл бұрын

Same! I thought, yeah I'll just watch this for a minute while I'm cooking, just some background noise-- but then I stopped to watch this video instead! 😅 It is fascinating. 🍄👍🏼🌎

This man loves mushrooms so much that he stands unaffected in a cloud of bugs. Impressive.

@mo938

3 жыл бұрын

hes blind

@davoxime

3 жыл бұрын

spores

@mo938

3 жыл бұрын

@@yagashio whoever dressed him must be a funny person (if you didn't know, he's blind)!

@dirtywhitellama

3 жыл бұрын

@@mo938 How is he blind if he's an enthusiastic photographer? source?

@mo938

3 жыл бұрын

@@dirtywhitellama what do you mean how is he blind? He can't see. That's how. Just because you're blind doesn't mean you can't see the beauty in things, or even capture that beauty in the form of a photograph. This man is an inspiration and deserves respect. Show some respect!

props to him for doing this entire talk while being swarmed by mosquitoes.

@hwt-ka-pth

2 жыл бұрын

That's what I thought! I would've been swollen and dead 6 times by then. And I expect the Dutch ones I have to cope with are just softies compared to most other kinds on the world

@sarah3796

2 жыл бұрын

Haha it's all I see!!

@andy.w

2 жыл бұрын

Nah, they're fams

@littledudelittletrees1647

2 жыл бұрын

I knew I couldn't have been the only one to think this, I would have been swatting at them the entire time

@bellaweeks6340

2 жыл бұрын

I couldn’t stop watching the mosquitoes 😂

I am literally gobsmacked, lost for words. I’m Australian to and have never seen, or thought to look for anything like these beautiful works of art. You have given me a whole new view of the world too. Thank you, another incredibly important reason we need to protect our forests and woodlands. What secrets are these gorgeous things keeping for us.

26:30 "the same but different" they shared a laugh as fellow humans, and carried on. This moment was surprisingly deep and poignant to me. We are all the same but different! We are all brothers and sisters in humanity ♥️

@bongjovi4928

Жыл бұрын

🤦🏻‍♂️🤫

@KittraKittra

Жыл бұрын

“Bright Mushrooms” :-)

@julzee111

Жыл бұрын

I’m so glad to know I’m not the only one that picked up on this. It also portrayed the generous and beautiful spirit of this man who I fell in love with during the course of this video. They just don’t make them like that anymore. Do they?

I appreciate his clear paced speech and that there is no loud competing music like discovery channel productions.

@LukeMcGuireoides

3 жыл бұрын

Exactly. This is high quality nature programming that's about substance more than spectacle. Funnily enough, the footage is what's truly spectacular. The program isnt made to be the spectacle, for the sake of spectacle itself. It's just pure wonder and beauty, no sensationalist nonsense.

@victorsthelargerone

3 жыл бұрын

It's almost as if he isn't like the elite Hollywood types that think we are all complete fucking retards.

@MrJackandEmily

3 жыл бұрын

Agreed.

@LoremLorem

3 жыл бұрын

Yeep. Nice to hear "a normal human" talk 😁, if you get what I mean. Down to Earth, no hyping. Cosh I'm sick of all the hype around. Gimme some peace please.

@quinnsmithy8778

3 жыл бұрын

YES.

"But when you face death, it makes you rethink your life" - Stephen Axford

@cibdizzy

3 жыл бұрын

Yah but if you face death and u die. U not gonna rethink shjt

@Vurdox

3 жыл бұрын

@@cibdizzy No shit sherlock.

@frds_skce

2 жыл бұрын

It is. People will only appreciate life after they lost it

@mirrortoyourweakness9769

2 жыл бұрын

Not always. Not always.

@saville1712

2 жыл бұрын

Have you even had an experience?

I love when people can talk about something with so much passion that it makes me passionate too. What a man!

Those photos of fungi are some of the most beautiful natural images I've ever seen. Thank you, for sharing your passion with us here on YT, sir. May God bless you & your countrymen thru the hardships you are all now experiencing. Love from Texas, USA!!!

I couldn’t divert my mind at the fact that he is wearing a “fungi fetish” shirt

@unpaidprodigy0179

3 жыл бұрын

@@debbitage I do consider myself a fungi collector, enthusiast, and promoter

@tryhardfinessedyou

3 жыл бұрын

You haven't lived untill you've inserted micilium into your body imo.

@dr.doppeldecker3832

3 жыл бұрын

He loves himself some sweaty yeast infection

@itsrachelfish

2 жыл бұрын

HAHAHA I know right??

@Juno-gi6fj

2 жыл бұрын

@@dr.doppeldecker3832 oh god thats a terrible image.

I love how not over-stimulating this is, on top of being wonderfully beautiful, scientifically fascinating, and narrated by a talented and humble but passionate chiller with an Australian accent. What’s not to love here?

@guglielmo_nature_photography

3 жыл бұрын

You are so right

@PlanetFungi

3 жыл бұрын

Wow, thank you for that lovely and thoughtful feedback - you have made our day. If you are interested in fungi or in seeing more, you may also be interested in our 52 minute documentary about a fungi safari in the remote forests of the Eastern Himalayas - packed with new fungi finds, fabulous festivals and many edible, poisonous, weird and stunning mushrooms. It's called "Planet Fungi - north east India" and info about it can be found on our website - www.planetfungi.movie There is also a fungi photography masterclass which is designed to help people take the best mushroom shot they can with either a digital camera or an iphone and covers some advanced focus stacking techniques in the field and in post-production. Once again thanks for supporting our work about the wonderful kingdom of fungi.🙏🍄❤️🎥

@higgaroc

3 жыл бұрын

Wow, thank you so much for your kind response and for the recommendations- I’ll be watching Planet Fungi this evening for sure!

@cheesecakelasagna

3 жыл бұрын

I agree. It also makes it easier for KZread's auto-caption to be more accurate.

@howler6490

2 жыл бұрын

The main difference is that this documentary is NOT designed for the "normal" american market. Therefore it avoids artificial drama and does not dumb down.It treats the subject and the viewer with respect... Well done folks...lovely work.

Huge respect for this man! He is the Fungi David Attenborough. This is the greatest compliment I can come up with

I love the calm, slow speaking. The longer shots and just stills of the fungi. That's enough. Rare nowadays.

When he said that he'd use a glowing mushroom covered stick to see the trails at night..... I felt that

@solarnaut

3 жыл бұрын

the mighty mushroom is my teacher ! . . . the glowing mushroom guides my path ! . . . all hail to the omnipresent mushroom ! ( ummm . . . too far out ? B-) )

How many people want to see a book of all his fungi photos? Me!

@seancostello26

3 жыл бұрын

i'd pay for it

@ameliaarquette8934

3 жыл бұрын

I’d pay for it, too.

@kunzaxe

3 жыл бұрын

SIGN ME UP

@jakehancock2888

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah if it was printed well

@Menaceblue3

3 жыл бұрын

Chapter 1: edible fungi Chapter 2: non edible fungi The end

Amazing. I appreciate this video, and now fungi much more than I would have ever thought! 🍄I'm sure when this gentleman's wife passed away from cancer, he probably didn't think that life would go on, or that he'd ever be happy again. I'm glad he turned his hobby into real research that helps people. Perhaps the cure to cancer, or other horrible diseases can be found in fungi- or elsewhere in the rainforests. We must take care of our planet. 🌎🙏 Love to you all ❤

I've heard so many wonderful things about magic mushrooms but I can't easily get some, Is there any realiable source I can purchase from??

It seems to me that this gentle chap has undergone tragedy and trouble in the past and, somehow he’s made a new life for himself, revealing an otherwise hidden world. Thank you Stephen.

@jupiter1014

3 жыл бұрын

What a kind compliment....i agree

@LukeMcGuireoides

3 жыл бұрын

I dont know what would make you think hes experienced tragedy. Let's hope you're wrong

@jupiter1014

3 жыл бұрын

@@LukeMcGuireoides he explains it in his video

@theclockworkcadaver7025

3 жыл бұрын

@@LukeMcGuireoides It's explained very clearly within the first couple of minutes of the video, someone wasn't paying attention... His wife died of breast cancer and he himself experienced a life-threatening illness.

@MultiRedbug

3 жыл бұрын

@@LukeMcGuireoides it's been said before but rewatch the start of the video.

I love the fact that any one of us could go for a walk in a forest and find an undiscovered mushroom species.

@thelonelyboner1

3 жыл бұрын

@@orderusp6394 positive, I’m not saying it’s as easy as just going for a walk and finding one but the possibility is there.

@zejdland

3 жыл бұрын

Not in europe

@evawettergren7492

3 жыл бұрын

@@zejdland *sigh* ... crushed my hopes just like that.

@lilolmecj

3 жыл бұрын

Every year I see new varieties in my wooded yard, they are very intriguing.

@jokinomx

3 жыл бұрын

Spring is a few weeks away for me... but I have pristine wilderness all around me. I am going to spend the summer photographing and documenting.... :-)

The fungi that glows in the dark really surprised me and watching Timelapse videos of fruiting fungi is amazing. Such a great video, thank you very much.

Barely started this documentary and I am absolutely mesmerized. I’ve never seen fungi this spectacular in Canada (although I don’t go hunting them!). WOW.

My face was lit up like an excited child through this whole documentary. I had no idea who was behind so much of my favourite art inspiration until now! I adore fungi and this has made me all the more passionate. Thank you so, so much for all of your hard work and artistry- as well as for bringing the hidden world of our fungi friends front and center!

@PlanetFungi

3 жыл бұрын

Wow, thank you for that lovely and generous feedback. Glad you enjoyed it! If you are interested in fungi or in seeing more, you may also be interested in our 52 minute documentary about a fungi safari in the remote forests of the Eastern Himalayas - packed with new fungi finds, fabulous festivals and many edible, poisonous, weird and stunning mushrooms. It's called "Planet Fungi - north east India" and info about it can be found on our website - www.planetfungi.movie There is also a fungi photography masterclass which is designed to help people take the best mushroom shot they can with either a digital camera or an iphone and covers some advanced focus stacking techniques in the field and in post-production. Once again thanks for supporting our work about the wonderful kingdom of fungi.🙏🍄❤️🎥

@picklesims

2 жыл бұрын

I hope you continue to expand on your passion. (:

@trenaareen1216

2 жыл бұрын

When the first timelapse played I smiled so wide my cheeks hurt! It was absolutely magical. I felt actual wonder.

The photos are brilliant. This gentleman"s words are more impressive still. Thank you Stephen

@JohnDoe-fu6zt

3 жыл бұрын

There's a line in "A Town Like Alice" in which an Englishwoman says, "I suppose one can't call him a gentleman, since he's from Australia."

@daveerickson9524

3 жыл бұрын

@@JohnDoe-fu6zt Yeah like making snide condescending comments makes her a lady.

@JohnDoe-fu6zt

3 жыл бұрын

@@daveerickson9524Perhaps making snide condescending remarks makes her an Englishwoman. I think that was the understated suggestion of the Anglo-Australian novelist, Nevil Shute. Makes me laugh, and I think of it every time I hear the words "Australian" and "gentleman" in the same sentence.

@daveerickson9524

3 жыл бұрын

@@JohnDoe-fu6zt I like it, perhaps I should read the novel. tks

@imthere2141

3 жыл бұрын

A very gentle man from fungi place.

This is what should be shown in schools to show the children the real beauty and amazing wounded the planet has. Thank you for a wonderful journey I would never think of.

The amount of time to complete this must be huge. Thank you all for this. Many of those I recognize but in virginia. They have slight alterations but so similar I feel it is the same. It's like how California magnolias are almost like the Texas ones. Or mimosa hostilis to mimosa teneflura. Hostilis I can find in nature in Texas. In Virginia it's mainly teneflura

Would love to meet Stephen Axford, he seems like a Fungi.

@DieFlabbergast

3 жыл бұрын

Har!

@RudyRotor

3 жыл бұрын

Your comment should have 10000 likes

@ariesfifistar9780

3 жыл бұрын

truee

@martinnevey7258

3 жыл бұрын

Booo hiss. ..that's terrible lol

@jamesmacleod9382

3 жыл бұрын

Like that Japanese horror movie Attack of the Mushroom People?

Man was in constant attack of mosquitos and flies and didnt squint for a single moment

@tomeryud

3 жыл бұрын

this disturbed me on so many levels lol

@bennaeboz

3 жыл бұрын

As another australian, you just stop noticing them after a while

@djunabug

3 жыл бұрын

I believe they're fungus gnats!

@pittau4576

3 жыл бұрын

Australians my friend, australians

@eyeballpapercut4400

3 жыл бұрын

at some point in the job, some of us foresters either get used to mosquito bites that we don't feel it or straight up develop strategies to repel every single one while at work

This video is simply outstanding. Currently, I am taking field biology and we are studying mushroom and how they improve our natural surroundings. I have an exam on the subject and looking for videos to add to my study material, I found your video. I loved the work you have done. You are creating a legacy for the world of fungi. I will send your videos to my professor. Please keep up this outstanding work. Thank you 😊.

Mushrooms remind me of my childhood with my grandparents they would take me at 5 am to pick out mushrooms and would teach me the ones u can eat and the dangerous ones ❤I miss them amazing memories

It's insane to me how fungi species manage to swing wildly between more vibrant colors than even the most elegant of flowers to assorted forms of The Thing.

@extremelyreligiousdolphin750

3 жыл бұрын

Mushrooms and The Thinh are pretty similar.

This is honestly one of the most enjoyable, personable, moving and inspiring nature documentaries I've watched.

@bobbygriz5648

3 жыл бұрын

I totally agree❤🍄🍄

@PlanetFungi

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much 🙏

@jamesmacleod9382

3 жыл бұрын

Beautiful photography as well

@darkcnotion

3 жыл бұрын

Exactly I got goosebumps

@bobbygriz5648

3 жыл бұрын

@@darkcnotion lol

Thank you so much! A whole new world opened up to me and I was in awe to hear how the fungi have been growing after the destructive fires in Australia. Both your passion, skill and the fungi bring me hope.

Im just in awe, thank you for this documentary and for letting us in and telling us your story.

When you develop an appreciation for the natural world, the entire world becomes fascinating. It always helped my depression to just go outside and go for a walk or hike. Everything from Rocks, trees, to animals fascinates me so much and it has improved my life tremendously.

@2msvalkyrie529

3 жыл бұрын

' If the doors of perception were cleansed everything would appear to Man as it is : infinite. ( William Blake )

@zucchini_flowers

3 жыл бұрын

I totally agree, man. Nature is so beautiful and amazing. And yet we spend 90% of our life indoors. Go outside, people ✌️

@NiSiochainGanSaoirse

3 жыл бұрын

Well said my friend. Love you

@gregbailey45

3 жыл бұрын

It's a well-known scientific fact that spending time in nature helps our psyche. It actually promotes mental and even physical healing. We destroy nature to our absolute detriment.

@dddmemaybe

3 жыл бұрын

@@2msvalkyrie529 Needs a comma after "cleansed".

I really hope one of those amazing new species get named after this guy. His passion is so inspiring

@PlanetFungi

3 жыл бұрын

He does so far have one species named after him Paneolus axfordii - ironically a mushroom in China that he has never photographed. But he was very grateful his efforts were recognised in this way, Thank you for the lovely feedback. You may also be interested in our documentary about a fungi safari in the Himalayas streaming on many platforms - info at www.planetfungi.movie And there is a masterclass in mushroom photography. Thanks so much for sharing your thoughts and supporting our work 🍄❤️🎥

@anneofcleveswithinternet

3 жыл бұрын

@@PlanetFungi that's cool! But I will just call that mushroom Axford's umbrella

@reinernst8203

3 жыл бұрын

@@PlanetFungi That's so awesome. Thanks for the great content. Subscribed!

@sen5i

3 жыл бұрын

@@PlanetFungi Axford Bluecaps

@flyshacker

3 жыл бұрын

Right on!! He deserves it!

Your photographs are amazing, the fungi even more so. I went for a walk after rain near my home in a NSW coastal forest last week and saw many types of mushrooms I had never seen. I took some pics just with my phone camera. Taking time to admire nature is great for our mental wellbeing. Thanks Stephen,

This was very professional. As a gardener and composter, I notice every little fungus growing all year round (except for winter). And I bring to the dining room table all manner of weirdness for everybody to look at (not to eat). I even see mycelium in the soil for which the fruiting body is not yet presented. I realize that one has to walking around in the rainy season to find most of these fruiting bodies.

holymoly it's itching all over my body watching this guy standing there in the middle of a cloud of mosquitos.

@PlanetFungi

3 жыл бұрын

I know - what to do - with a beautiful forest came pesky mosquitos . But you'll be pleased to know he was well protected and came away without a single bite.

@RTFosmark

3 жыл бұрын

@@PlanetFungi not one bite?! Fungi are worldchangingly beautiful and fascinating, but that may be the most amazing thing about this video 😄

@jacquelinebarnard649

3 жыл бұрын

@@PlanetFungi sometimes we need to put up with a little to get lot.... or little ❤😇🇨🇦😊

@Dewkeeper

3 жыл бұрын

If we ever get body enhancement tech I'm making my skin mosquito proof. Maybe turn myself into a living bug zapper... Sweet revenge.

@blackhare1346

3 жыл бұрын

There are mosquito repellent creams you can use in these situations 😃 we have to slather it on in India during the monsoons

This guy looks like he's reached Nirvana and is one with everything now. So inspiring to see someone find their unguessable calling.

@ss-hc7tb

3 жыл бұрын

my dumbass thought u were trying to see he lookes like kurt cobain

@LukeMcGuireoides

3 жыл бұрын

Hes a truly fortunate man and he knows it. Yet hes humble and his sense of wonder cant be faked

I am watching this again and making questions and a work book for my girls, talk about an awesome science exploration! Thank you for sharing Mr. Axford!

@PlanetFungi

Жыл бұрын

You have made our day. Thank you 🙏

Mr Axford it's so immersive in mushroom world. As you can see he can't berely move in fact he looks like he has grown out the the ground too !! He is a legend no doubt!

This guy is a great communicator. I was engaged from start to finish.

@Eglantin

3 жыл бұрын

I was thinking so too! I was listening from start to finish! Even with my attention ptoblems... XD

@ingolfurarnar697

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah I was also very aware of that. Very good narrator of his own story with a nice voice. Great guy 😊

@CreeseDF

3 жыл бұрын

@@Eglantin same

"I take photographs of fungi" This is a guy thats got life figured out

@elvenkind6072

2 жыл бұрын

Yes. He's happy. You got sarcasm. Who end up dying happy?

@derekli8757

2 жыл бұрын

@@elvenkind6072 I don’t think he was being sarcastic

@vblord

2 жыл бұрын

Retired obviously

@andreamitchell4758

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah and I hear he is a really fun guy to hang out with too

@laserfan17

2 жыл бұрын

Life’s better when you take pleasure in the simplest things around you, searching for fungi is one of life’s biggest delights 🍄

I only hope one day I find my passion such as this lad has. So cool to see someone talking in depth about about things they know and care so much about.

Wow. I just have spent some of the best minutes of my day learning and being blown away! Thank you very much from Costa Rica. ❤️🇨🇷🍄

This man proudly wears the t-shirt of his kink.

@Sara-gl8ue

3 жыл бұрын

I'm happy to have provided you with your 69th thumbs up 😂

This was so enjoyable. I’m glad that he found purpose and meaning in his life after going through heartache, with the snap of that first picture. What an amazing journey!

@BlackWestCoast

3 жыл бұрын

So sooo true. You can’t help but root for him

I love this video. It's like being in a classroom, listening to ur teacher explaining things about mushrooms. You have such a soothing voice, I could listen to all day. Thanks.

This was fabulous! I’m so inspired! I started mushroom photography a few years ago. The glow in the dark mushrooms were incredible! WOW!

26:00 it's crazy how that guy casually mentions the glowing mushrooms like they're super common, and they turn out to be a completely undocumented species

@miguelmejia4656

3 жыл бұрын

jellyfish glow in the dark too

@rogercarpenter418

3 жыл бұрын

@@miguelmejia4656 even some rotting logs glow. Freaked me out.

@francoestrubia6503

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, that guy let me thinking species are tied to a pretty small classification scheme.

@LukeMcGuireoides

3 жыл бұрын

That's glowing fungi making those rotting logs glow. There are many plants and animals that bioluminesce in most every ecosystem across the globe. Marine ecosystems have the most though, by far

@rogercarpenter418

3 жыл бұрын

@@francoestrubia6503 Interesting theory. Broke off small section took it home. Seen no sign of myclium. Did continue to glow for almost a week. Was very drywood

This dude turned the “bird watching phase” of adulthood into a whole new successful profession for him

@carliep123

3 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂😂😂

@christinae30

3 жыл бұрын

Aha, I didn't know what hit me like two years ago - I've never been interested in birds, but suddenly I was! Now I can tell people that it wasn't my fault, I just came into that age 😅

@UmatsuObossa

2 жыл бұрын

@@christinae30 I think it's just a sudden realization of the beautiful intricacies of nature that we overlooked in our youth. Birds end up being the topic so often because they're one of the few kinds of wild animals that will routinely come within view, especially in any kind of interesting variety

Mostly mushrooms make me uncomfortable but this, this is a work of art so beautiful i even shed a tear. Thank you for enlightening me.

this was absolutely wonderful. shocking really. and i have worked as sort of a life-scientist for decades. this gentleman is my hero.

@mitchellmiguel7847

Жыл бұрын

Genetic_tripstore^^

This fine gentleman is eminently deserving of having his name attached to his blue fungi.

@paradigmshift2223

3 жыл бұрын

I agree

@elilivezey7884

3 жыл бұрын

The modern convention is to name it based off of morphology, as it is more useful to other scientists. Although he has done a lot of great work!

@MargaretBelle

3 жыл бұрын

The Blue Axford

@dddmemaybe

3 жыл бұрын

inb4 "bluu phungee" but nah that'd be dumb

Mushrooms have changed my view of the world too. But it usually wears off in 4-8 hours.

This man started the year I was born. I'm leaving uni with a degree in comp sci... I also have a college degree in bio, and I love how incredibly complex and important mushrooms are, especially the hyphae-root network. This might end up being my calling at this rate

Yes! I love the fungi community and the passionate curiosity that propels us to proselytize about the greatest Kingdom to anyone in shouting distance. Peace and power to all of you neeeeerrds😊

Some people try to go viral on social media. This guy went fungal.

@coreym162

3 жыл бұрын

I love this!

@explorateur8159

3 жыл бұрын

Underrated comment!!

@youwotmate7705

3 жыл бұрын

@@explorateur8159 ok boomer

@lindisamathabela3192

3 жыл бұрын

Tee hee hee 🤭

@syntheticsimpshrimpoftheso2832

3 жыл бұрын

Nice

I like how his Tshirt just says "fungi fetish"

@davidandrada4968

3 жыл бұрын

That's one kinky old man

@nateypotatey2106

3 жыл бұрын

God i really need that shirt, immediately saw it and looked it up but couldnt find it ):

@Jewls2

3 жыл бұрын

@They're Distorting Your Rhythm 128 nope I’m sleeping

@slushbeats5417

3 жыл бұрын

@@nateypotatey2106 i also want that shirt, i'll take a look around and link if i find anything

@TheMartian11

3 жыл бұрын

@@RE-xv9fp we all know that the old guy very well knew what "fetish" meant. (^_-)

I love how this man followed his heart 💜

It’s amazing how much fungi looks like undersea coral.

@AstarteRap

5 ай бұрын

Yes

The Amount Of Mosquitoes Around Him Is Disturbing, But That Makes Him More Of A Boss

@rosemadder5547

2 жыл бұрын

Right? And he ignored them all. Props.

@omyhaby1912

2 жыл бұрын

Disturbed by quitoes?

@versiewlw

2 жыл бұрын

He prob has used some mosquitoes spray hah

@helenfay9465

2 жыл бұрын

fungus gnats?

@sichere

2 жыл бұрын

Fungus fairies

Not sure why I was recommended this. The other day I was walking through a scrap of woodland and saw some startling red on the floor. Initially I thought it was litter, but on closer inspection it was a fungus. I took some photos and searched for them on Google when I got home. They were scarlet elf cups. Now after watching this video I think I am obsessed with fungi.

@roisinnigcrainn7722

3 жыл бұрын

Scarlet Elf Cups are edible. There are recipes right here on KZread if you'd be interested in harvesting some samples!

@SmartStr33t

3 жыл бұрын

@@roisinnigcrainn7722 I considered it but I prefered to leave them there growing and looking beautiful.

@karthiksubramanianlakshmi

3 жыл бұрын

Your phone is spying on you

@oceanbreathyogawellness4487

3 жыл бұрын

Brilliant! check out some of Paul Stamet's work as well, and more of @Planet Fungi.....and if you haven't yet see it, the beautiful Documentary Fantastic Fungi. Here's the link to the trailer...kzread.info/dash/bejne/emWMr7Bsh9GcesY.html I believe some of Stephen Axefords work is in it. They are the piece of life that if fully understood, I think would shift our perception of everything. The mycelium and fungi are outside us and within us, the communication network between everything alive. The more I learn the more I am humbled and realize how much we are missing out on by not wanting to be part of this incredible symbiotic life. Maybe look for someone in your area who leads forest tours. I have been on some amazing ones.

Purple mushroom? Wow I never knew one existed either! Thanks for sharing! 👍🏻😊

I love people with specific niche that they are passionate about. It’s so interesting! The world of fungi has expanded because of this video! Thank you!

Ugh, I was def crying when he said that the burnt forest had fungi growing in just 2 days or so. It's inspiring to know that despite destruction, something prevails.

@alexc7857

2 жыл бұрын

Death is most often the birth place for a new generation of life.

@lythyboo

2 жыл бұрын

most species in aus have evolved to reproduce after a fire, dont be sad its an erea of new life for that bushland.

@LeBakalite

2 жыл бұрын

You guys want to watch Princess Mononoke, definitely the best illustration of this concept !

@MayMay00

2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely agree with all the replies and it is wonderful to have this perspective about death. It’s just heartbreaking that a forest that takes hundreds of years to grow can be burnt in a matter of hours.

@MayMay00

2 жыл бұрын

@@LeBakalite LOVE anything Miyazaki 💕 have you also watched Nausica of the valley of the wind?

*Recommendations:* "How fungi changed my view of the world" *Me at 3am:* "Now this is the quality content i've been searching for."

@Naughty_Squad

3 жыл бұрын

Why is it I always found these comments deep in the night lol..

@letshearyourverse

3 жыл бұрын

Just found this vid at 3:00 am, too. I wonder if the KZread algorithm changes when it's dealing with people who should be asleep already 🤔

@Naughty_Squad

3 жыл бұрын

@@letshearyourverse It's 10:40AM you posted this 3min a go can't be 3 am even if you live at the other side of the planet. Anyway i think you are on to something here, because this is not the first time i noticed i get recommended videos where people comment about nigt tubing when i do that as well..

@Naughty_Squad

3 жыл бұрын

@@letshearyourverse I was more about minutes not hours my good dude. ✌ I tend to pay attention to little details, can't resist it..

@asgioan.8819

3 жыл бұрын

literally me right now

This was an amazing watch. I could honestly listen to this man talk about anything though. Much love my fellow fungi forager.

I love how drastic the photographic improvement was after the first photo.

This guy gets it. Fungi are so bizarre and interesting, yet so easily underappreciated. I still think there must still be a whole world to learn from studying fungi.

@misterfister7714

2 жыл бұрын

No, there really isnt; we know almost everything about mold and fungi.

@solomonreal1977

2 жыл бұрын

gimme back my bandwidth >:(

@BanditOfBandwidth

2 жыл бұрын

@@solomonreal1977 NEVER!

@solomonreal1977

2 жыл бұрын

@@BanditOfBandwidth THUMBS DOWN!!

@BanditOfBandwidth

2 жыл бұрын

@@solomonreal1977 How about I give you Bandlength?

I love listening to people taking about the things they're passionate about I never knew fungi could be so interesting!

@xiro6

3 жыл бұрын

its even much more,maybe it was time constrained.Just the interconnection of a forest is pretty amazing.the biggest living thing on earth,by so so much is a fungi who spread across kilometers and kilometers of a forest.it was tested and its only one.He can sense needs from trees and transport nutrients and water from one site to another.he can kill or protect individual trees and manage the entire forest.he can sense various agressions and emit an electric signal different from each type of agression.just one individual from a species of those millions of species.

The way he keeps his focus while at least 60 mosquitoes make his face and hat there new home is AMAZING!!

Fortunately, people like you are sharing the art they are doing w the new technologies that you are able to capture and share. Thank you for having as much passion for sharing your new found knowledge as you have for learning and discovering it. Our schools and societies aren’t teaching us the importance of looking down. We’ve always been guided to look up and see what’s in the sky. However. With small tidbits if info thrown at a young person like this video. It seeds a new curiosity and grows a new garden of knowledge. Thank you sir for planting e joyful seeds of curiosity, learning, discoveries, new ways to living to nourish and replenish the planet and humanity, and eventually wisdom to carry to the next generations after us!! A house I lived in for about 10 years gave me a new discovery and appreciation for how a small yard with a few various types of trees, grass, and soil interconnect and support each other. We had a couple of hurricanes and after all i of f the wind and rain. The yard became a mushroom garden with hundreds and hundreds of mushrooms. My daughter was only 4 at the time and we had a blast walking around talking about fairies and other fun stuff! My daughter saw all of those mushroom and dairy houses and was like”, momma, momma! The fairies must have a bunch of work to do from the hurricane And they picked our yard to build their new community and houses while the work on the local trees, forests, soil, and gardens!! I was in as much disbelief as she was when I saw of the mushrooms, the various types, and the different sizes. I spent 2 days taking photos. Then I spent hours and hours researching mushrooms and how to identify edible vs poison types. I never tested my knowledge though. No reason to take those chances when I knew many could be and are poisonous. Especially with several of them surrounding the several oak trees we had. I learned so many interesting things about mushrooms and still carry a passion and appreciation for them every since. Even before this I have always felt that fungi living around us in nature is the key to learning about how fungi effects our insides and our bodies. Along with learning more predictable methods to preventing cancers and other chronic diseases for humanity. I remember about 20 years ago I was just looking at a huge oak tree. It has a huge round bulb shape sticking out of the side of the trunk. I thought to myself” I wonder what caused it to grow a round mass like shape on its trunk like that. Then one thought led to another of thinking about how it could be a type of benign like tumor if a tree. Then I started thinking about how a fungus or mold can spread and begin to start killing the tree and plants. Before long much of the forest could be destroyed through this network just like cancerous cells take over someone’s body and the cancer cells learn how to replicate. Eventually destroying all of the other good cells in the body. Not that I know exactly what I’m taking about but just like this video explains. The network of mushroom fungi forks around and decomposes old rotting wood makes me think about a person moving up in age and maybe carrying inflammation inside their body over the years causing long term damage to their tissue to eventually a small area of tissue becomes severely damaged and the body’s immune system realizes the system is requiring too much energy and function to continue to repair that one area (maybe because a lot of energy is also being used to work on other unhealthy areas of the body. Therefore, the immune system network begins to treat that area as if that tissue is dead and begins a type decomposing process as a way to get that bad tissue out of the area and eventually out jf the body. So. Our bodily functions figure out a way to develop a type of fungus to break that body part down to a point to where we are able to eventually sweat it out and/or break it down to a waste product. However, if the area becomes bigger or another part of the body breaks down something triggers this decomposing network of fungi/bacteria to gain to much territory and overtakes the other good bacteria and other cells and eventually becomes the dominating group. Again, I’m just allowing speculation of my imagination run wild using what facts I do know mix in with stuff I have no idea what happens! Maybe to help someone understand how our bodies have thousands of little living organisms with hundreds of different functions going on inside of us working non stop to keep us healthy and alive. It’s hard for us to even conceive this because we are covered w skin and can’t see all of the hard non stop work going on inside of our bodies or brains. Before my mom passed away with cancer the oncologist told us her tumor had a type of fungus they found when they did a biopsy of her tumor. I can’t remember what they called it but it was some far out name. are constantly battling process becomes Tlater when I researched had around the different types fairies must have decided our yard is the best place to set up their new community.

These photographs were glorious. I backed up the video a couple of times to stare at the Fungi. How on earth do 535 people give this a thumbs down? I'm beginning to believe that there are people who spend their days giving dislikes to videos.

@PlanetFungi

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the lovely support.

@ant896321475

3 жыл бұрын

@@PlanetFungi He's right though. You are an amazing photographer and the beauty you captured in each of your photos helped us better understand your passion on the subject. I never thought mushrooms were particularly beautiful until now

@LukeMcGuireoides

3 жыл бұрын

That's absurd. No one should dislike this. Probably climate change deniers lol. Whoever they are they're foolish imo

@martyhorten3743

3 жыл бұрын

It's now 666 Thumbs down - Some whiners had nothing to do but complain.

@susanlee9532

3 жыл бұрын

@@martyhorten3743 😁Probably some elite didn’t like the remark. Some are like their dad..steal, kill, destroy. Too bad. Life’s happier and more content - fulfilling on the other side of the coin.

KZread algorithm: He’ll literally watch anything

@PlanetFungi

2 жыл бұрын

funny.

@lukaslefevre8007

2 жыл бұрын

And original.

@beenzumulilo9197

2 жыл бұрын

🤣🤣

@dsdsdsds3000

2 жыл бұрын

Me: YES

@MrPyro808

2 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂

What a gift this video is! Everyone should watch it multiple times. So glad I stumbled across it.

That calmness amongst those critters. It would literally take me 2 seconds to completely flip out.

I’m thirty seconds in and I’m already so much happier than when I started this video.

@janicep1508

3 жыл бұрын

Stop being a narcissist. No one cares.

@Approximation

3 жыл бұрын

@@janicep1508 Woah there- all she said was this video made her happy. Stop projecting your self hate onto others.

@Hhhhhhggghhgghhh

3 жыл бұрын

@@Approximation i agree

@janicep1508

3 жыл бұрын

@@Approximation she watched for 30 seconds before she needed the world to make it about her feelings. Yeah, classic narcissism right there.

@sir_john_hammond

3 жыл бұрын

@@janicep1508 sounds like you're projecting

I love fungi and I can't express how happy I am to find stuff about it. There are too few documentaries about fungi :(

@PlanetFungi

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the lovely feedback. As you are interested in fungi or in seeing more, you may also be interested in our 52 minute documentary about a fungi safari in the remote forests of the Eastern Himalayas - packed with new fungi finds, fabulous festivals and many edible, poisonous, weird and stunning mushrooms. It's called "Planet Fungi - north east India" and info about it can be found on our website - www.planetfungi.movie There is also a fungi photography masterclass which is designed to help people take the best mushroom shot they can with either a digital camera or an iphone and covers some advanced focus stacking techniques in the field and in post-production. Once again thanks for supporting our work about the wonderful kingdom of fungi.🙏🍄❤️🎥

@nuzayerov

3 жыл бұрын

@@PlanetFungi , Eastern Himalayas you say? I live relatively near the Himalayas ( in Bangladesh), so thanks for this video! I would definitely check it out!

Thank you so much for this lovely and informative video. It was surprisingly touching, and a much-needed dose of wholesomeness in these troubled times.

So well articulated and everything ties so well into the next topic. Answered my questions before I could even think them.. amazing

Stephan, absolutely beautiful.! What an epic journey. You were gifted a little purple mushroom and found the entire planet. People like you are a gift to us all. You give us knowledge and you discover beauty. This is the biggest thumbs-up I've ever awarded a nature programme. Thank you for sharing this with us all.

@PlanetFungi

2 жыл бұрын

Hi Geoff, thanks so much for this wonderfully generous message. Cath and I both love your line "You were gifted a little purple mushroom and found the entire planet". Do you mind if we use it in our synopsis and your review with your name. It truly is some of the loveliest and most thoughtful feedback we have had and we appreciate you taking the time to give it. You may also be interested in our fungi safari in the Himalayas www.planetfungi.movie

@CLAWY1000

2 жыл бұрын

@@PlanetFungi wow Stephan , absolutely beautiful!

@hales6547

2 жыл бұрын

Couldnt have said it better. Thank you!

@dlb83082

2 жыл бұрын

@@PlanetFungi thank you so much! I love fungi and photography as well - excellent video - there is no way I couldn't watch till the end

@xenia1871

2 жыл бұрын

🤍

I’m over here thinking that I’m the only person that finds taking pictures of fungi amazing. Now I need to step up my time lapse game.

@yourboss4561

3 жыл бұрын

Why don't you post your pictures?

Thank you, Stephen Axford. I'm glad to know there are people like you in the world. Peace be with you.

I was having the most stressful day and then I came across this video. I am so glad I stopped to watch because now, I am humbled by all of what Stephen explained, about how we are just one organism on this complex planet. My stress has fizzled. Excellent...just excellent. Thank you.

its amazing how such wonderful content is available to us for free with just a few simple clicks, yet ironically very few people ever get to appreciate it

@PlanetFungi

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the lovely feedback. We do try to provide a great deal of fungi content for free to introduce people to this wonderful kingdom of life. And you may also be interested in our documentary about a fungi safari in the Himalayas streaming on many platforms - info at www.planetfungi.movie Thanks so much for sharing your kind words and supporting our work 🍄❤️🎥

@BuddyLee23

3 жыл бұрын

In a few generations, with techno-cerebral connections allowing the human brain to directly interface with repositories of information many magnitudes larger than the entire sum of human knowledge as it stands now, our descendants will pity just how little we of this era could ever actually know or experience.

@lauraholzler1417

3 жыл бұрын

@@BuddyLee23 from your lips... just imagine what we will know then!

Are we ignoring how still he is among all those mosquitoes? He's a heroe! 😂

@PlanetFungi

3 жыл бұрын

Haha - thanks for noticing. You may also be interested in our documentary about a fungi safari in the Himalayas streaming on many platforms - info at www.planetfungi.movie And there is a masterclass in mushroom photography. Thanks so much for sharing your thoughts and supporting our work 🍄❤️🎥

@CookingMyWay

3 жыл бұрын

@@PlanetFungi O'll totally watch it. Please, make sure to put in the video's description, the fungi you're mentioning. There are also a lot of species we see in the video and don't have a clue of what they are. It is amaziwyou reinvented yourself. I wish you all the best to find peace in your memories and in the forest. We are also the forest. Good fortune! 🥂

@hitlard5305

3 жыл бұрын

amogus

@AyessaVCruz

3 жыл бұрын

Until one goes in his nose...

@DjurrenArt

3 жыл бұрын

Those could be males, cause they prefer nectar over blood.

I stumbled on this video. It’s so interesting and full of information about the funguses and the forest ecosystem. I love all the photos of all the mushrooms. Their colors and shapes are beyond belief. Wonderful work! Thank you!

Amazing documentary.clearly shows how passionate you are about them.its people like you who show case our planet and make us realize what a beautiful place we live in.Thankyou .