Fungi’s Resilience and Intelligence

I tried composting used motor oil some years ago - I mixed about a quart of oil with plenty of fine Douglas Fir sawdust. Then I inoculated it with finished compost from an ordinary kitchen compost heap and inoculated it with soil from the forest floor. It was covered and allowed to sit for a year with occasional stirring - very much what they did in this video on a micro scale. I was surprised that it worked, after a year the oil was gone! The caveat is you have to have the space, and I'd prefer everyone recycle their motor oil - some types have toxic additives, and the more that gets recycled the less new oil has to be extracted, but it taught me how resilient soils can be if they're treated properly. Our forests are a miraculous ecology from deep underground to the tops of the trees.....looks like these guys are developing some fantastic tools for bioremediation. Thanks you all!

I'm so happy and proud this kind of content is going mainstream. We're on our way to understand that everything is connected on this planet (and beyond, probably).

This was so satisfying to watch. To see compassionate professionals from different, seemingly unrelated fields, studying hands on togetha, is such a breath of fresh air. They're learning from the best🌍❤so very gratuitous🙏for the documentry too. Well done👏👏👏

It was a super scientific, interesting documentary about mycelium, mushroom usages for returning soil health after soils polluted by pollutants

The problem with human built networks is that we like direct connections made with as few resources and at the cheapest financial cost. Clearly, this is not what mycelium is concerned with. But definitely what holds us back from true greatness.

They feed the plants in perfect symbiosis to create oxygen and atmosphere or life anywhere~ neat

The thumbnail drew me in after I had just finished watching Ze Frank's video on slime mold. I was captivated throughout this documentary and got smacked by what scientists have achieved so far. Thanks for getting me started down the rabbit hole!

Brilliant stuff. Also, importantly, brilliant original soundtrack! Thanks for going fown this path with the music - heightens the documentary on so many levels!

Wonderful, mycelium is the answer.

So, so very interesting. I can already see the future and it is so wonderfully, naturally wonderful.

Los hongos y el reino fungi me fascinaron desde siempre. Otra cosa que me asombra es el poder de algunos líquenes para poder crear suelo a partir de las rocas. Me facino este documental 😍

La inteligencia fúngica es un ejemplo de comunicación con el entorno, debiéramos aprender más de esto para aplicarlo en nuestra cotidianidad simbiótica social

my hope grows that nature can heal and overcome all the human-made damages

ANYTHING WITH MUSHROOMS AND FUNGI?? YES PLEASE. ALL HAIL PAUL STAMETS

This is a really cool, interesting documentary! However, how do we know the mass reproduction of fungi for soil reconstitution wouldn’t damage other ecological functions? I think it’s definitely worth the research, but I worry that corporations (especially oil related) will use this as an excuse to continue or even increase their harmful production practices. Biodiversity is super important, and I wouldn’t be surprised if we’ve already caused invisible problems by spreading invasive fungi.

Thank you very much for an informative documentary 🎉

As an old fun guy I'm plesed to see fungle intelligence added to human knowledge! Fungi became it's own kingdom within my lifetime.

Paul ist the best ! Thanks for all your work! 🎉😊

Stammets is certainly in the pantheon of earths’ saviors.

excelente video muy muy bueno lo q ami me gusta