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A FESTIVE APPETITE FOR FUNGI ššāØ
With the festive season upon us, we reflect on the wonders weāve experienced this year, the connections weāve forged, and the incredible fungi weāve encountered.
2024 has been an extraordinary year for Planet Fungi, and weāre deeply grateful to all of you whoāve joined us on this journey of discovery, photography, and storytelling.
Our documentary Follow the Rain is screening in Australia and New Zealand and is starting to reach international audiences. It inspires us all to look closer at the hidden kingdoms under our feet.
Weāre working tirelessly to get Follow the Rain licensed by international streaming and broadcast networks. This is an uphill challenge, as many of these networks prioritize series over one-off documentaries like ours. However, a small action by you could influence the decision-makers.
Some of our amazing supporters have contacted their favourite broadcasters and streamers via social media or email to ask when theyāll be screening Follow the Rain. This lets them know thereās a passionate audience waiting for this project, and it really could make a difference.
If youāre up for helping, weād be incredibly grateful. Rest assured, if we donāt have a streamer or broadcaster in your country lined up by mid-2025, weāll explore on-dem
Your enthusiasm and support have kept us motivated, whether through your thoughtful comments on social media, attendance at screenings, donations during crowdfunding, clicking play on Netflix Australasia, or shared stories of your own fungi finds.
As we celebrate the festive season, we are reminded that fungi are the ultimate recyclers. They turn decay into life, weave ecosystems together, and thrive in even the most unexpected places. In a world that sometimes feels fractured, fungi teach us about resilience, interconnection, and transformation.
Looking forward to 2025, we invite you to join us in stepping outside, rain or shine, and exploring the wonders of the fungal world. Weāre excited about whatās ahead: new adventures, new stories, and, of course, new fungi!
Weāll continue to bring you stunning photography, helpful tips, screening opportunities and inspiring tales of the people and fungi shaping the future.
From Planet Fungi to you and your loved ones, we wish you a joyous festive season filled with discovery, wonder and a bit of mycelial magic.
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Happy holidays,
Stephen Axford & Catherine Marciniak
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FOLLOW THE RAIN on NETFLIX!
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We're thrilled to announce that as of today, 1 September, FOLLOW THE RAIN, our fungi adventure documentary, is available exclusively on Netflix in Australia and New Zealand! š Whether youāre lounging on the couch, commuting, or just looking for an excuse to binge some fungi goodnessāpress play on any device you can get your hands on.
Let's make FOLLOW THE RAIN the next big thing and get fungi trending.
Watch it, rewatch it, give it a double thumbs-upšš
and please spread the word.šāš«šŗāØš
FOLLOW THE RAIN is also screening in TWO European Film Festivals in October.
To stay updated on the upcoming Tasmanian Q&A tour, international screenings, streaming, and broadcast opportunities go to www.planetfungi.movie/news/followtherainonnetflix and follow us at www.planetfungi.movie
The Netflix screening coincides with a national bio blitz for fungi, where if you are Australian you can, too, become a fungi hunter and assist in documenting the biodiversity of this neglected Kingdom of Life, which is critical to life as we know it.
THE GREAT AUSSIE FUNGIHUNT begins on 1 October 2021 ā see FUNGIMAP for details.
Planet Fungi and the Australian Teachers of Media (ATOM) are piloting the study guide on fungi and FOLLOW THE RAIN in Australian schools in the fourth term of 2024, with a national rollout in 2025.
If you are an Australian teacher, parent or student and would like to pilot the resources ATOM and Planet Fungi have prepared in your classroom, email ATOM editor(at)atom.org.au
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PLANET FUNGI'S NEW DOCUMENTARY RECEIVES MAJOR FUNDING SUPPORT
One of the forests featured in Planet Fungiās new documentary Follow the Rain, is Stephen and Catherineās local - the lowland subtropical rainforest in north east NSW, Australia. It is a critically endangered ecosystem and very precious to these two fungi hunters.
āThe early settlers called it the āBig Scrubā such a dismissive term for this wonderfully biodiverse and beautiful forestā - Stephen Axford.
Here is a special sneak preview for Planet Fungi supporters - vimeo.com/839254717
It is a tiny extract of the āBig Scrubā sequence in FOLLOW THE RAIN.
Please note the music, colour grade and sound mix are draft only.
In our latest blog we share some of the fungal types you will find there ... www.planetfungi.movie/news/planet-fungi-doco-fungiā¦
We encourage our followers to sign up for our newsletter - link at www.planetfungi.movie
The lowland subtropical rainforest is also very precious to two organisations who are the voice of this forest, the Big Scrub Foundation www.bigscrubfoundation.org/ and the Big Scrub Rainforest Conservancy www.bigscrubrainforest.org/. Both these organisations restore and care for this critically endangered rainforest.
The Big Scrub Rainforest Conservancy (formerly Big Scrub Landcare) is one of the largest and most successful Landcare groups in Australia. They work with government, landholders and the community on rainforest restoration and ongoing care.
The Foundation is the sister organisation of Big Scrub Rainforest Conservancy. One of the Foundationās primary goals is contributing to the funding of Big Scrub Rainforest Conservancyās rainforest restoration projects.
Stephen and Catherine are extremely grateful to both organisations for supporting the work they do in raising awareness about the critical role fungi play in these forests.
The Big Scrub forests have never been properly surveyed for fungi and yet the forests would not exist without this Kingdom of Life.
Planet Fungiās impact strategy will raise awareness about the need to survey the Big Scrub for fungi and it will support the restoration work of both Big Scrub Foundation and Big Scrub Rainforest Conservancy. Planet Fungi Productions will also be assisting these groups in getting the word out about some exciting new forest conservation initiatives.
The combined donation of $10,000, together with $20,000 donated by 252 individuals and organisations, has brought us within reach of our fundraising goal of $43,000.
CAN YOU HELP US RAISE THE FINAL $13,000?
EVERY BIT HELPS - LARGE OR SMALL.
DONATE AT GO FUND ME - gofund.me/37bfacef
TAX DEDUCTIBLE DONATIONS FOR RESIDENTS OF AUSTRALIA AND THE USA - documentaryaustralia.com.au/project/follow-the-raiā¦
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PLANET FUNGI GOES GHOST HUNTING
Last week Catherine finished editing two fabulous sequences in our new documentary Follow the Rain. Here are some of the highlights. We also have some big news.
Last June we started hearing weather reports that unusually heavy rains were sweeping across the desert country of South Australia. So we packed the car and followed that rain, driving 2,000 kilometres to the Flinders Ranges.
This is a place of extreme weather. Droughts and intense summer heat waves are regular events. And then when it does rain, it can transform this landscape, triggering the desert to bloom.
So you may be wondering why a couple of fungi hunters would travel to such a harsh land. Surely thereās no fungi. But the truth is that few desert plants would survive without their fungal partners.
And as the land soaks up the showers, the underground network of life seizes the moment for renewal and rebirth. Both the decomposing and the mycorrhizal fungi send forth their mushrooms, reproductive bodies housing trillions of spores.
We couldnāt believe our luck when we found some excellent specimens of the desert shaggy mane or Podaxis pistillaris, a classic desert mushroom found all over the world.
This fungus seizes the small window of ideal conditions to send up its mushroom loaded with millions of spores.
The find allows us the opportunity in FOLLOW THE RAIN to explore how mushroom spores are rain makers. Using some of Catherineās exquisite slow motion footage we show how natureās engineering helps mushroom spores seed clouds to create the showers so essential, to life on this planet, and to us.
Watch the trailer here - documentaryaustralia.com.au/project/follow-the-raiā¦
CROWDFUNDING UPDATE
As many of you know we have been running a crowdfunding campaign to raise the funding we need for those big ticket final post-production processes - music composition and production, colour grade, sound mix and graphics.
Over the past two months our wonderful supporters have helped us raise nearly half of what we need $18,000 of $43,000. We are also planning an education impact strategy on completion of the documentary.
Can you help us raise 100% of what we need?
This week Documentary Australia have come on board to support the project by offering tax deductibility status on any Australian or US donations. documentaryaustralia.com.au/project/follow-the-raiā¦
Are you an individual or business who could benefit from a tax deductible donation in the lead up to the end of the financial year?
And you can still donate via our Go Fund Me Crowdfunding campaign gofund.me/3fa57525
GHOST MUSHROOM LANE
The second story Catherine edited this week is Planet Fungiās visit to Ghost Mushroom Lane - their mission to find and time-lapse - in the field - the local bioluminescent species Omphalotus nidiformis.
Have you ever wondered why mushrooms glow in the dark? In this sequence we share some of the wow science behind this strange behaviour, and our technique for capturing it in time-lapse footage.
For more photos and a gallery of Flinders Ranges fungi go to www.planetfungi.movie/news/planet-fungi-goes-ghostā¦
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PLANET FUNGI IN TASMANIA DURING FUNGI SEASON
and crowdfunding update
This month we shot the final sequences for our new fungi documentary FOLLOW THE RAIN in Tasmania. It is the height of fungi season on the wild west coast and in this update weāll share some of Stephenās photographs of the fabulous fungi we found there.
This final chapter of FOLLOW THE RAIN explores the threats to the biodiversity of fungi and the opportunity we humans have to conserve not just fungi but all the environments in which it thrives.
Watch the trailer here: bit.ly/GoFundMeFollowTheRain
Catherine is head down now on editing these final chapters.
We would like to do a big shout out to all those who have signed up to be part of the FOLLOW THE RAIN journey.
Over the past month 196 people and organisations have donated nearly $14,400 to help fund the big-ticket items of post-production: music composition and production, colour grade, sound mix and graphics, raising just over a third of our target of $43,000. This is an incredible achievement and we thank all our donors - large and small, for supporting this awareness raising project. We are now 95.5%funded.
If you havenāt donated here are some reasons to be part of the FOLLOW THE RAIN journey that might interest you ā¦
People who donate to our Go Fund Me Campaign receive a credit as a crowdfunding investor and a free streaming link. And with us they get to make a difference by helping to spread the word about how critical fungi are to life on this planet.
Stephen and Catherine are pouring their money, their time-lapses and 10 years of research and passion into this documentary - they just need a little help from you to make it as powerful as it can be.
If you would like to be a crowdfunding investor can you pledge $100 now? $50? $30? $20? Every little bit helps ... bit.ly/GoFundMeFollowTheRain
And donāt forget to check out all the free content on our re-vamped website www.planetfungi.movie and here on our YouTube channel.
Mushlove to all and happy fungi hunting.
Catherine and Stephen.
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PLANET FUNGI - FOLLOW THE RAIN crowdfunding update
A week ago we launched our crowdfunding campaign to do the final touches on our new fungi documentary FOLLOW THE RAIN.
We want to thank all our supporters, the kind and generous people who in just one week have contributed $6500 which combined with what we already had self-funded takes us to over 94% of our budget secured.
Itās a brilliant start but to get to our target we need your help,
You can donate here bit.ly/GoFundMeFollowTheRain
Why donate to this project? I can give you two good reasons.
1. Humans are only just starting to understand how important fungi are to life on our planet and how critical they are in protecting us from the impacts of climate change. Now we realise that without fungi, the world as we know it would not exist - forests would not exist, and we would not exist. The push is on to document as many species as possible, as fast as possible, and then to understand what they do in the ecosystem. Raising awareness about fungi is critical to achieving that goal. Your contribution will assist in achieving that mission.
2. This feature documentary will be the ultimate showcase for the beauty and science of fungi. Our passion for fungi has had the most extraordinary outcomes, from discovering new species, to immersing ourselves in fascinating fungi science, to creating exquisite time-lapses of fungi growing. We are going to share our world of fungi with you in a way that has never been done before. We are pouring everything we have into this project ā over 10 years of passion and research.
We know the story will be captivating, with fungi adventures in the Gondwana forests of the subtropics, the ancient grand forest of the Tarkine, the desert country of the Flinders Ranges and World Heritage forests of Lord Howe Island. We will introduce our audience to passionate mycologists and fungus enthusiasts, and we even take you zombie fungi hunting. You will be investing in a project that is inspirational, showing how we can all make a difference to understand the planet we live on, and it is fun.
One of the sequences in the documentary is about the role lichen play in capturing carbon, which has implications for climate change.
Can you pledge $100 now? $50? $30? $20 Every little bit helps ā but big bits help even more!!
We know we can reach our goal. In fact, if everybody who reads this blog gives just $25, $50 or $100, weād easily meet our target.
Lastly, Iām asking for you to pledge as much as you are able today. Why? Strategy.
For every dollar pledged in the first few weeks of a crowdfunding campaign, we know there will be another two dollars donated. Which means if you donate today, you can triple your impact. You see, when a Crowdfunding campaign is launched, the faster it builds momentum the more likely it looks like it is going to succeed, the more people pledge. Everyone likes to back a winner, right?
Another of the stories in the film is about the biofluorescent forest.
So weāre asking you, to personally donate today. To help us build that momentum, and show the public that our campaign, just like our film will be a winner.
This project means the world to Stephen and I. Itās not only a story that needs telling, it is a story that we know will make a difference to acknowledging the role this organism has in creating the world as we know it.
It doesnāt get much better than that!
Your support in making this happen, would be deeply, deeply appreciated.
You can donate here bit.ly/GoFundMeFollowTheRain
And a reminder our website has just had a new makeover so have fun exploring the new content, design and all the free videos www.planetfungi.movie.
And, you can also find us on Instagram @Planet_Fungi.
With love and gratitude,
Catherine and Stephen
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Come Follow the Rain with us - our new documentary is in post-production
As many of you know we, Stephen Axford and Catherine Marciniak of Planet Fungi, are passionate about fungi.
For over a decade, weāve been documenting fungi in photographs and videos across Asia, Chile and Australasia.
Many of you have seen our time-lapses of fungi growing in David Attenborough's Planet Earth 2, or featured in the Netflix documentary Fantastic Fungi, or on our own YouTube Channel. Or perhaps you know some of Stephen's macro photographs from international nature journals.
Our website www.planetfungi.movie has just had a makeover so have fun exploring the new content and design, time-lapses, photography and lots of free mini docs streamed from our YouTube channel.
There are also links to our photography masterclass if you want to improve your mushroom pics.
We document fungi because humans are only just starting to understand how important fungi are to life on our planet and how critical they are in protecting us from the impacts of climate change.
We realise now that without fungi, the world as we know it would not exist - forests would not exist, and we would not exist. The push is on to document as many species as possible, as fast as possible. Raising awareness about fungi is critical to achieving that goal.
We are in post-production on our new documentary ā an Australian fungi safari called Follow the Rain. Watch the trailer here https://youtu.be/_TBn5HTVswU
In one of the wettest years Australia has ever seen, we followed in the path of the rain to document the fungi that emerged, some of them rare, some very transient and some new to science.
We educate by blending the amazing footage of our time-lapses of fungi growing with a fungi adventure where we meet people in ancient and wild landscapes, who explain the science of fungi.
Some of the adventures in the documentary are a journey into the world of zombie hunting, unearthing the hidden trading deals between fungi and trees, following a 10-year investigation to name a new species, and revealing the fungal life of a desert. We also go behind the scenes into our world of fungi photography and time-lapse, sharing what we discover along the way.
So far, like most of our projects, we have self-funded our film shoot and editing.
However this project is a feature length and we would like to complete it with a professional sound mix, grade, some visual effects and most importantly a musical collaboration with the brilliant composer Romano Crivici and musician Carla Thackrah to create the scores.
So we are seeking the help of our supporters and fungi-philes to make this documentary as beautiful and powerful as it can be. You can donate here gofund.me/601cefda
All but 7% of our budget is already funding. Just think if all our followers on YouTube just gave a few dollars we will reach our target. That is the wonderful power of crowdfundiung.
For your contributions you will receive a credit and a free stream when we release the documentary for general distribution and we will keep you updated via this newsletter and our social media platforms of any screening opportunities near you. And of course you will receive our gratitude.
You can donate here gofund.me/601cefda
By helping us to share the stunning beauty of fungi, and how important it is to Life on the Earth, you and we will bring more attention to this magnificent and important Kingdom of Life.
Anything you can spare for this crowdfunding campaign will help us achieve this mission.
We thank you in advance for your ongoing support.
Stephen and Catherine.
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Dear subscribers,
A quick note to say thank you for your support in 2022. We hope you like us, have loved learning a little more about the science of the Kingdom of Fungi and enjoyed a few fungi adventures of your own.
We are incredibly grateful that over 4 million people have now watch Stephen's YiXi talk on how fungi changed his view of the world and that 75,000 of you have wanted to follow the content we share by subscribing. Your support helps us create more vids about fungi. Again a big thank you to all.
Our little gift to you is that we have made our fungi safari in northeast India available here on YouTube free of charge. If you want to have your own copy you can still purchase or stream it from our website www.planetfungi.movie (ad free). And our virtual masterclass in macro fungi photography is also still available at the same website. But we thought it would also be great to share it in this space so that more people can see it.
This year we have been thrilled to share our fungi time-lapses in some stunning documentaries such as the BBC's "Green Planet" with David Attenborough, Genepool's "CARBON the unauthorised biography" and General Strike's "The Giants" - a story about Bob Brown and the precious Tarkine forests of Tasmania. They are also now part of the permanent exhibition at Questacon - National Science and Technology Centre in Canberra Australia and currently showcased at the Kunming Contemporary Gallery in China. And, there are some exciting documentaries showcasing this work scheduled for release in 2023. Stay tuned for details.
2022 has also brought some wonderful fungi adventures for us in Australia, following the rain from where we live in northern NSW, to Tasmania's autumn fungi season, to the arid desert at the centre of Oz. We document a rare blue fungus, a 10 year investigation from discovery to naming, and then unexpectedly spot what we think is a pink version on a remote island. We go zombie hunting and document the discovery of a new penicillin found on a tiny insect. And amid many more adventures we also take you behind the scenes into our time-lapse studio. Catherine is head down editing now so keep an eye out for "Follow the Rain" in 2023.
We wish you all a fabulous festive season and many fungi adventures in 2023.
May the spores be with you, Stephen and Catherine.
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Planet Fungi ā 2021 Year in Review part 1 - a message from Stephen Axford and Catherine Marciniak
2021 has been a big year for Planet Fungi building a network of like-minded people keen to learn more about fungi and its importance to life on this planet.
Followers - 123K Instagram, 65K YouTube and 6K Facebook
We would like to wish all our followers a 2022 where life returns to some normalcy and fungi adventures abound.
We thank you all for your loyalty and support of Planet Fungi posts and fungi advocacy work.
We cherish our connection to fungi enthusiasts across the globe and enjoy your comments and sharing our discoveries with you.
Stephen is a Sony Ambassador and we would like to acknowledge Sonyās on-going support with state of the art equipment perfect for photographing and videoing fungi.
The presentation video How fungi changed my view of the world, we produced for YiXi Television in China (their equivalent of Ted Talks), has now received 3.3M views on our YouTube channel and millions more in China.
WOW we never could have imagined how much interest there would be, and we are so grateful.
As 2021 draws to a close we would like to share with you some of the highlights of the year for Planet fungi.
PLANET FUNGI ā NORTHEAST INDIA
In late 2020 we released our Himalayan fungi safari documentary Planet Fungi ā northeast India, on our website, iTunes, Amazon and Google Play. It was also selected for the 2021 Fungi Film Festival and is part of the Festivalās touring program in the US. For more info contact FFF www.fungifilmfest.com/
In March 2021, the documentary started screening in China on IQIYI and YOUKU where in its first few weeks it trended no 5 and no 3 most popular documentary.
10% of earnings from this production support the work of our collaborators in India, the Balipara Foundation in Assam, who are helping to document and conserve fungi and the wilderness areas in the northeast region. The other earnings support Planet Fungi advocacy work in videos and presentations.
With your generous support after just 6-months we were able to give the good people at Balipara A$1500.00 with more to come in 2022.
A big thank you to all who have streamed the documentary ā¦ and if you havenāt and think you will enjoy a fungi adventure in an exotic and remote region on the planet go to www.planetfungi.movie/watch
In this project we meet tribal peoples who tell us what they know about mushrooms, go to a fun village festival, visit the wettest region of the world, discover a ānew to scienceā luminous mushroom and document some of the most stunning mushrooms we have ever seen.
TIME-LAPSES AND FOOTAGE IN FANTASTIC FUNGI
In July this year Fantastic Fungi started streaming on Netflix with huge success. We congratulate Louie Schwartzberg and Paul Stamets for the brilliant job they do of raising the profile of fungi and its importance to the planet.
You can watch the documentary on Netflix or go to fantasticfungi.com/watch/ to find out more.
Fantastic Fungi features 20 of Stephen Axfordās fungi time-lapses. We put together a little reel of these to give you a bit more information about these colourful Australian mushrooms. bit.ly/FantasticFungiTimelapses_SAxford
The newly released education version of Fantastic Fungi also features Catherine Marciniakās footage from our fungi safari in Patagonia Chile where we joined a field trip with mycologists from around the world, including the always inspiring Giuliana Furci from the Fungi Foundation who was a co-creator of the Fantastic Fungi Education Curriculum project - ffungi.org/eng/education/
If you would like to watch our video on the Patagonian Fungi Safari you can find it on our YouTube channel bit.ly/PatagonianFungiSafari
FOLLOW THE RAIN
In 2021 we began production on a self-funded fungi safari in Australia where we follow the rain to find the fungi. In the Zombie Hunter sequence we catch up with Donovan Teale at Uki, on the east coast of Australia, where he takes us into the miniature world of fungus and insect battling it out on the underside of leaves. Itās a whole new look at endopathogenic fungi. With the help of Amy Christensen and Mickey Pascoe from Little Acre Mushrooms in Brisbane weāre also attempting to cultivate a very rare blue fungus from an endangered forest ecosystem ā perhaps creating a rescue population. Fingers crossed. Keep an eye out for Follow the rain in late in 2022.
THE SECRET WORLD OF FUNGI
Weāre collaborating on an iMax documentary The Secret World of Fungi with British biologist Merlin Sheldrake, Producers Jo-anne McGowan, Jen Peedom and David Gross of Stranger than Fiction Films and Fungi iMax Pty Ltd. This project will feature Stephenās time-lapses and is co-written by Catherine. You can read a more about it here www.screenaustralia.gov.au/the-screen-guide/t/the-ā¦ Due for release in 2022.
DANCE OF THE SPORES
Catherine started experimenting with filming spores being released from mushrooms and her first attempt Dance of the spores screened in London as part of Mycota, an immersive group exhibition interrogating the narrative materiality of mushrooms through contemporary design and craft practices, collaboration, research, and storytelling. You can watch her video and discover how and why spores appear to dance on the breeze on our YouTube channel bit.ly/DanceOfTheSpores
THE EARTHSHOT PRIZE - REPAIRING THE PLANET
In a new series by Silverback Films for the BBC, The Duke of Cambridge and The Earthshot Prize showcase how we can work together to protect our planet. The Earthshot Prize aims to incentivise change and help repair the planet by identifying evidence-based solutions to the worldās biggest environmental problems. What a wonderful initiative. The documentary series features three of Stephenās fungi time-lapses.
COMMON SENS NETWORK
Planet Fungi were invited to include 12 of our video titles in the US based Sensical catalogue, a new streaming service for kids offering thousands of entertaining, age-appropriate videos and podcasts. www.sensical.tv/ And hot of the press, Sensical is nominated for āBest Kids-Only Streaming Serviceā at the Kidscreen Awards. Congratulations to the team for and this recognition of a great initiative
PUTTING NAMES TO THE MUSHROOM PICS - A FUNGI RESOURCE
With the Dr Samantha Karunarathna, Mycologist at the Kunming Institute of Botany, China Academy of Sciences, Stephen is identifying the mushrooms he has photographed in China, India, Thailand and Myanmar. You can find them in the fungi galleries on Stephenās website steveaxford.smugmug.com/Fungi Sam and Stephen have made a start and we are hoping when completed it becomes a great resource for fungi enthusiasts in Asia.
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Planet Fungi showcases stories by fungi obsessed team, photographer Stephen Axford and filmmaker Catherine Marciniak. Taking us around the globe, they introduce us to the wonderful world of mushrooms and explore why scientists now think fungi are absolutely essential to life as we know it. Go to www.planetfungi.movie to watch their fungi safari in the Eastern Himalayas or improve your own photography with Stephen's fungi photography masterclass.
Stephen Axford - Sony Australia digital imaging ambassador
The beauty and scientific accuracy of Stephenās fungi photographs have captivated the media, fungi experts and the general public, and have developed an on-line following numbering into the millions, stretching from Patagonia to Vladivostok. His fungi time-lapses have featured in celebrated docs Planet Earth 2, Our Planet, Hostile Planet, The Kingdom: How Fungi Made the World and Fantastic Fungi.
Catherine Marciniak - is an award winning documentary maker.