Planet Fungi safari in remote northeast India
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- Опубликовано: 8 янв 2025
- In the ultimate armchair travel adventure, the hero of fungi lovers across the globe, photographer Stephen Axford, is on the hunt for the answers we all want to know.
What fungi are edible?
What fungi are poisonous?
And, why do scientists now think fungi are absolutely essential to life on this planet?
“Without fungi there would be no forests”
- Stephen Axford, Photographer & Presenter
In their Planet Fungi documentaries Stephen (presenter) and Catherine (writer, cinematographer, director) share the beauty and science of the Kingdom of Fungi. They document mushrooms in some of the most remote forests across the planet.
If you would like to purchase this documentary (ad free) and/or do a masterclass in macro fungi photography go to www.planetfungi.movie
About Stephen
Stephen's images of mushrooms have featured in leading science and nature magazines across the globe, and his time-lapses of fungi growing are in many documentaries including Planet earth 2, Fantastic Fungi, Hostile Planet, Our Planet and The Kingdom; how fungi made the earth. He even has a mushroom named after him - Panaeolus axfordii. He has been invited to document the fungi in Nepal, India, China, Myanmar, Thailand, Mexico and Chile, and of course it is a constant obsession in the fungi hotspots of Tasmania, the NSW north coast and southern Queensland in Australia. He is a Sony Australia ambassador.
About Catherine
Catherine has had a successful international career as a documentary director and cinematographer and as an ABC Features Reporter. Credits include ‘Steel City’, ‘Who Do You Think You Are?’, the ‘Life Series’, ‘Hospital-an unhealthy business, ‘Dino Stampede’, ‘Babe in the Reeds’ and 'Beyond the Royal Veil'. Over the past decade. She was a Finalist in the Walkley Awards for excellence in journalism in 2019 for her work on the documentary project 'Leagueability'.
I just love when people find their lifelong passion in their work and share it with us. Who knew fungi could be so beautiful? Bravo!
Thank you for taking the time to give such lovely feedback.
I absolutely agree! There’s some very beautiful fungi on the planet and now it’s being shared so everyone can see it.
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I am from Pakistan, I go on long hikes in Himalayan mountains every year and find so many types of mushrooms. They are so fascinating but I don't know which ones are edible. I wish you could visit Pakistan during late August till September end and you will be amazed.
Thank you for your feedback and taking the time to share your thoughts. I think there may be a misunderstanding. When Saurev says very little is known about Fungi he’s talking specifically about in Assam and he does qualify that. It is correct that people there seem on the whole to have lost that cultural knowledge. However, in the documentary we also say that in Arunachal Pradesh and in Meghalaya the local people know much more about Fungi. The purpose of the documentary was to record what they knew, so it could be shared with others in India, who may have lost that knowledge and have similar species. And of course to photographically document that Fungi so that it could be used in field guides. It is true that the people from Balipara could have asked these questions themselves and on an ongoing basis they do ask those questions. The photographer Stephen Axford asked those questions in the film as a storytelling device to make that information accessible to an international audience. I hope that explains what was meant.
Great content..! have been interested in fungi ever since I learnt about them during my graduate microbiology course. I once took a small tour to photograph the various fungi present on our campus grounds, without identifying them. I would appreciate it if you could share a book or some resource on practical mycology (diversity, application etc.).
Not sure how often I started to cry but some of these were just TOO beautiful. Much love to mama nature and the entire team!!!
SO beautiful and wholesome! Putting together a visual dictionary for the locals to know what's edible and what isn't. How kind !!!! I love this series cant wait to watch the next one! Thank you Stephen for sharing your knowledge and passion with us all!
I grew up photographing fungi with my grandparents, your work is truly inspirational. Thank you!
Wow, thank you for that really generous feedback. We're really pleased people like it.
Yes me too -
All in my family have been
Fungey photografers
Congratulations on finding new species! Stunning photography, as usual!
Thank you so much 😀
I am so appreciative of all the work everyone is involved in. Thanks to all involved in positively linking people with the natural world
Thanks you so much for the lovely feedback.
23.42 loving the saying "technology is a useful servant...but a dangerous master" 👍
What an incredible, informative, and delightful experience! Thank you.
Glad you enjoyed it. Thank you.
At about 50, David left a career in IT to pursue a passion for documenting the world’s fungi. His quiet passion is infectious, inspiring, and evident in his gorgeous photographs and time-lapse videos.
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In Chile we started to know fungi life a few years ago and now we have even Fungifest in regionals parts of the country! Thanks for sharing us this relevant material from anothers cultures 💙.
Thanks again Stephen Axford & Catherine Marciniak for this amazing movie
Thank you for the lovely feedback
Stunning photography, thanks for sharing your skill.
Love it! Kong is an amazing, beautiful soul
Amazing video, the fungi kingdom is awesome to explore, and the India culture in the video brought some more interesting informations. Very nice to meet some locals and see their vision about it as well
So nice of you to give this feedback and glad you enjoyed the story. Thank you.
This is absolutely phenomenal!❤
Thank you
Wow the festival in Meghalaya was mesmerizing!!
It was bonkers.
Yeah that would be so fun to have grown up in that tribe. It’s cool to see the different celebrations and communities all over the world; no matter where we grew up, we all seem to find joy in community and our own cultures. I love the diversity of humans
Спасибо Огромное Вам и Вашей команде Всем за Этот Удивительный мир грибов .
Muy hermoso recorrido una facinante descripción . El profesor y ese magnífico grupo indú de maravilla .
Amazing photos, great work!
The oldest life form on the planet. And most mind opening and heart blossoming.
Excellent video; I remember when Wimbledon Common was a fungal safari that precluded the need to look abroad. Also the Hog's Back, Epping Forest, and Hampstead Heath.
Incredibly beautiful, informative and entertaining. Thank you.
What I love the most about mushrooms is how diverse is the growing conditions of them. I wonder if there are any species in Arctica (apart from lichens) that we haven't found yet?
Absolutely mindblowing and astonishing at the same time .
You do an amazing job in documenting fungi and showing them to the world.
And i absolutely love that you also included some of the local peoples tradicions and theyr knowledge about mushrooms.
As well as your combination of video photography talking and music goes so well with each other, its just great to witness.
Highly appreciated all the work and efford you pour into those videos and photographies, you are a true inspiration .
Excellent video! I've always been fascinated by fungi, but to be honest I've never really tried to look around for them. They're just there. Your work is truly an inspiration. Real eye opener to see what's hidden in plain sight when you start to really look. Thank you for sharing
5.54 this man 1 has a good heart 2 is a real hero 👏🙏🌍🍀
Thank you for another excellent video. the fungi @ 27:04 looks a little like the Sulphur Polypore or Chicken of the Woods - Laetiporus sulphureus which when young is a very tasty mushroom, I prefer it to chicken.
My new favorite channel on RUclips. Please. Give us more!
Man, massive respect for people who do this type of amazing work.
This is so stunning and inspiring. Love your work and have so much respect for your passion, Mr. Axford! You've captured the majestic beauty of mushrooms. Who knew!
A fascinating film. My compliments to the makers.
Thank you.
Thanks for sharing all this wonderful information.
thank you for this beautifully made doc
Great Video! Yes Fungi are Absolutely Essential to Life on Earth!! This is Super Important Work cataloging all the Mushroom species so the Local population can be Part of the Preservation and Economic use of these Beautiful Mushroom species!!
Very interesting to see the overlap of mushrooms between europe and asia. I recognized many from home! So far away yet very similar
I’m from the US and I even recognized some species that are found here. Like the beefsteak fungus
Are there any more documentaries similar to this one? It's so interesting
Thank you for the lovely comment. Have you checked out some of the other shorter videos on our Planet Fungi RUclips channel.
You may like something called "Fantastic Fungi"
This is awesome. I've only found your channel a couple hours ago but I'm hooked. You have a way of telling a story, a calm and collective nature. Excellent!
Beautiful Mother ❤❤❤❤❤ An absolute true inspiration, her struggles she overcame and her dedication to her kin, breaths life into my soul. ❤❤
How Stephen Axford changed my view of the world ...
Thank you!
37:05 She's laughing about the Chillum mushroom because Chillum pipes are used for Cannabis smoking not tobacco 🤣
Thank you for sharing your amazing work with us! Fantastic film!
Thank you too for supporting our work.
Fascinating documentary. There are many verity of fungi. By seeing this protecting and preserving fungi is an important part in our fragile planet.
Amazing Documentary !!! I Love Mushrooms also realized Forests with out them wouldn't exist.
Absolutely gorgeous my beloved Stephen and Catherine, thank you for sharing your hard work, experience and unique sensitivity and passion for mushrooms! Lol from Mexico!
Thank you so much Jesus. Beautiful comment from a beautiful soul.
Incredible story ,so much inspiration and hope here that a man's passion and curiosity mixed with amazing talent to film ,connect with native indigenous wisdom can bring many undiscovered species to the light for us to study and appreciate.Ive been photographing fungi for over 20 years it began when my daughter Jayde (WHO NOW IS IN HER FINAL STUDIES OF A BACHELOR OF BIO SCIENCE) at a younge age believed in fairies and was fascinated by mushrooms in which they might dwell so we took photos pick to see if any fairies would be present in our photography.Ive since become a horticulturist and lately have a passion for understanding fungi and its relationship with plants,blown away with the intelligence of it all happening seemingly unnoticed to most ,yet such a vital link in the chain of life.
Thanks for a brilliant and extremely educational look into fungi growing in its native enviroment capturing it BRILLIANTLY with your keen eye and lenses YET most of all the indigenous knowledge your able to share with us.
I've always believed there is something very special indeed about these fungi we know so little about ,they are a key of Importance to us .
Fantastic! Thanks for sharing your journey with us!
Glad you enjoyed it
this is sooo good! I'm listening to this and revising physics and history today, as my international exams are coming tomorrow (ahhhh!; the music really makes me calm down and concentrate :D Well I'm going to sleep now~really thanks for your music! and wish me good luck tmr! :)
GOOD LUCK TOMORROW
Excellent documentary 🍄
Much appreciated!
Enjoyed watching this, thanks.. underrated! 💚
Beautiful!! Thank you for visiting our Northeast India, Iam from Nagaland.
Amazing! I also want to meet that jolly Kong now. 😂
Love from Assam ✨
Thank you so much 😀
Beautiful places and people in this documentary and such a useful resource for the locals. I wonder how the information will be made available so that more villagers can know which are poisonous and edible?
That older lady was so lovely and funny! Thanks Stephen for following your passion and sharing it with the world ✌️
This is a fascinating video! And a very good effort documenting and classifying the Fungi Diversity in just the Northeastern part of India.
Beautiful photographs, time lapses and video footage. Thank you, I enjoyed watching this 🍄
Wow 🤩
Just WOW 🤩
Breathtaking ❤ 🍄
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Thank you for this absolutely amazing video. I love mushrooms and their benefits. I also enjoy photographing them.
This ties together my love of learning about other cultures and my love of fungi. Great video
It's so fascinating and beautiful to me the interconnectedness of nature and the world, how the fungi collects water for the roots of the trees. That is so cool! We couldn't survive without fungi.
I saw this guy's last film. It is utterly brilliant. I'm so stoked to watch this
Another excellent job. Things made with love make a difference, thanks and love.
Amazing document,I am from Poland and fascinated with India,is it beautyfull country,so huge with massive potential ,all best for India;🥰
The time lapses are truly magical!
That was interesting and beautiful.....I learned a lot and I am totally charmed ....thanks a lot!!!
This documentary was amazing... Really it is worth to consider that how importantly Fungus dominate a forest. Before watching this video I never thought about fungi like today.
I would like to thank this team for this informative documentary.
Watching this video from Bangladesh..
I'm an Indian I luv my country it's so good to learn so much thru yr doc very infirmative yes v did know there were poisonous mushrooms but how does one detect it. Great job with enkughtenung us with a variety of species. Gid bless u all luv these doc. Well portrayed. Thanks ❤🌹🙏❤❤❤❤
Beautiful film! Fungi are so diverse.
Fantastic work. Congratulations on finding new species.
Stephen and Paul Stamets are two bight beacons shinning in the dark world of mycellium!
Some of those mushrooms in India have relatives over here in Europe.
I seemed to recognize a species of Lactarius and maybe also a species of Lepista, but can't be sure, since the documentary doesn't provide the scientific names for most of the mushrooms being presented.
Definitely recognized the macrolepiota procera specimens, they're such a classic.
Love love LOVE the Forest Man! ❤
This is better than some documentaries on tv!
You said it bro. Endlessly fascinating. Every minute of this was beautiful, places people , customs and of course the infinite diversity of fungi. Imagine , the beginning of our knowledge of one of the primary creators of the world we live in.
I love seeing the fungi in India, the similarities but different polypores and how cute all the little bugs and spiders are there, i am so enjoying this thank you so much.
Oh that was just the cutest at 37:50 or so.
The journey was very informative.... Great job
Excellent documentary, spectacular fungi
Kong is such a joy. Her spirit is very rich!
Really amazing amazing and amazing ✨️ thank you so much for this beautiful beautiful documentary on FUNGI ❤. To the beginning till end of the video completely amazing . I got to know more about this organisms . Thank you so much for making this video. Iam a student of Biotechnology and I love watching documentary like these . Love from Northeast india .
Fungi are the most fascinating species in the world. I mean could we even survive without them...they were the most underrated creatures in the world. Past tense!! Thank you for your amazing work and photography!!!
Wow. I've watched several hours of your videos tonight and have been captivated by the beauty of the Fungi. I've appreciated their beauty in the past, in my garden but I have a new found appreciation for them. Thanks so much for this beautifully produced movie.
Thank you so much for your very kind feedback. We are so pleased that you enjoyed our work and what we have shared about the kingdom of fungi.
Absolutely Gorgeous fungi!!!! Are the glow in the dark fungi edible???
Thank you for sharing your experience! 🤗
The bioluminescent fungi in this doco are quite small but Harvestmen insects really loved them.
A very eye opening documentary on Fungi.. Since childhood in rural Kenya 🇰🇪 fungi has been all around.. After watching this, am seeing fungi in different light.. Thanks and many regards to the team for bringing fungi to such beautiful limelight
They're on Twitter🔑.
29:11 looks like Lactarius deliciosus aka saffron milk cap. I am no expert, but i picked and eaten these in Australia. Same environment, pine forest and also similar colour, orange-pink with green tinge around damaged edges
brilliant video
very fun, too
many thanks
Glad you enjoyed it and thank you for the lovely feedback on performance.
What a wonderfully done expedition into the rarely visited sections of India. I hope it helps save virgin forests that are under threat in the last village you covered - the one where you found the mushrooms with the glowing stems. What a valuable document this is! Missing is any mention of possible members of Hymenogastraceae, the ones that bruise purple. Coverage of the crazy but utterly charming festival is really good as is the choice in sounds that accompany each segment. Five stars for sure!
That was so enjoyable, fungi are my favourite subject to photograph here in the UK and you inspire me a great deal.
Thank you sharing information beautiful information with us
I am very grateful to watch your work.
Fantastic documentary!!! ❤👏👏👏👏
To everyone reading this and listening. Close your eyes, inhale and feel the air in your lungs give life to your beautiful soul. and as you exhale, release the tension in your shoulders, ease the tension in your neck and the back of your head. Allow peace to flow inside of every fiber and vein in your body. You are doing great. No matter what you are going through. You will be just fine. Hugs to you all..
Thank you for an inspirational video! Brilliant
Magnificent. Just glorious. Thank you!
Absolutely Great Video!
Can i come work for you.... this is one of the subjects I find most interesting on this planet you did an amazing job very well crafted video full of fascinating information
very valuable video, thanks for sharing
what a nice documentary. amazed by this species. The shiva. The one who turns blue by sucking the poison of the world.
Just lovely and very educational
Excellent work 👍
Thank you! Cheers!
I LOVE the photos & location… the musical background is WAY OVER THE TOP🎶DECIBELS🙉
🍄(I like the musical choice…please keep it as a soft accompaniment)
27:56 that red bug(maybe a spider) is so beautiful, I wouldn't touch it.