Found beneath the earth, unseen by the eyes of men, is a world “full of magic and mystery” — an underground network created by mycelium and mushrooms, which has connected all living beings for the last 3.5 billion years. A film titled Fantastic Fungi: The Magic Beneath Us, explores this amazing hidden world.
Featuring conversations with food journalist Eugenia Bone, mycologist Paul Stamets, and writer Michael Pollan, [the film] dives into how the diverse underground web creates the soil necessary for plants and trees to root. “It’s amazing what we don’t know about mushrooms. They really are a frontier of knowledge,” Pollan says in the film.
Fantastic Fungi explores seven benefits of the organisms, including those dealing with biodiversity, innovation, food, arts, and mental, physical, and spiritual health. Screenings are scheduled worldwide through February 2020...
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