This Mushroom Can Fly | Deep Look
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- čas přidán 17. 04. 2023
- Bird’s nest fungi look just like a tiny bird's nest. But those little eggs have no yolks. Each one is a spore sac waiting for a single raindrop to catapult it on a journey with a layover inside the bowels of an herbivore.
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The spore sacs, known as peridioles, sit in their splash cup, biding their time. When a raindrop hits the cup, a peridiole hurtles off in milliseconds.
As it flies, the peridiole unfurls a cord and sometimes attaches to a blade of grass. When a hungry herbivore, such as a deer, eats the grass, it spreads the fungus’s spores in its droppings.
--- How big are bird’s nest fungi?
A couple of bird’s nest fungi would fit on your thumbnail. Their splash cups are about 10 millimeters in diameter. An individual peridiole can be just 1 millimeter wide.
--- How far do bird’s nest fungi travel?
Experiments carried out by Miami University mycologist Nik Money and then graduate student Maribeth Hassett in 2012 found that when a raindrop falls on a bird’s nest fungus and sends a peridiole flying, it can land somewhere between a few centimeters and a bit over a meter away. How far it travels varies, depending on the bird’s nest fungi species.
Money hypothesizes that herbivores such as deer eat blades of grass onto which peridioles have attached. He believes the fungus’s spores then travel inside the deer until the animal deposits them on the ground in its droppings.
--- Are bird’s nest fungi edible?
They’re not known to be poisonous, but they’re so small, it’s probably not worth the attempt to eat them.
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Fungi are VERY weird.
And that they're REALLY fascinating!
In the very best way. I found some in my yard this weekend. :-) 🌊🍵
Couldn't agree more!
Very very
How might the comment on how we animals reproduce?
😨 I think that organism is stabbing the other one!
It must be infected after the attack, look at the body swelling over the months! 😮
😶 It exploded...and a smaller one fell out 😨
Why can't they just use spores like a normal organism? 😢
Man, mushrooms have some of the craziest spore dispersing methods
SO much variety.
"it just works"-todd Howard
wahaha... is it edible?
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I had no idea something like that mushroom existed. Nature is full of surprises.
Totally! 🍄🍄🍄
I've been obsessed with these things since I was a little kid and I had no idea they were a fungus until a few years ago. I thought they were some kind of dead tree part, or maybe an insect nest, but the truth is WAY cooler!
Woah your comment says 2 days ago when the video was uploaded 1 hour ago 😮 anyway, cool video 🍄🍄🍄
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@@KQEDDeepLook cool :)
I found these once in my parents veggie garden as a child and I remember being thoroughly freaked out since I thought they were some kind of alien 😂
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bogos binted
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Technically in a way you're right
@@KQEDDeepLookare they edible?
“That's not flying, that's just falling with style.”
Buzz Lightyear FTW
They should've called it Flungi.
That's a bad joke.
I'll allow it.
I remember stumbling onto one of these guys stuck to a twig as a little kid in Minnesota, and thought I had found a fairy bird nest! Nature is SO cool.
I mean, we can't rule that out for sure.
@@KQEDDeepLook too true bestie 🧚🏼♀
These are one my favorite fungi’s 🤗 So enchanting!
I'm currently in Minnesota! I will now scour the ground like a mad woman for these mushrooms.
Fungi are so incredibly diverse and amazing! More fungi videos!
We would love to do more fungi episodes - any suggestions??
@@KQEDDeepLook Have you done one about the Bleeding Tooth mushroom? It's got to be the most disturbing looking fungi.
@@KQEDDeepLook how about jack o lantern mushroom
We have not - for those who have not seen them, here's a video (not ours) that gives you an introduction: czcams.com/video/-xccEjXp3Kc/video.html
@@KQEDDeepLook How about stinkhorns or chicken of the woods fungi?
That's so interesting! Our crew also filmed another type of fungus, but in this case, it depends on ants. Our teams followed leafcutter ants, which are not really leaf-eater ants. After transporting their haul to underground nests, they crush and cut the leaves and even discharge faecal liquids to break them down into suitable pieces for their farms. All of this is to sustain a white fungus that they grow in their nests to help feed them and their young. It's fascinating to see these ant farms!
Ants are some of our favorite subjects as well! What projects are you working on now?
Wow, I want to see that video. Do you have the link?
I think I found it. Fascinating
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my favorite part was the narrators sound effects of collisions
BAM!
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I love mycology. You need to make more awesome videos like this.
We would *love* to make more mycological ones - any suggestions?
@@KQEDDeepLook I have a Wine Cap mushroom bed in my garden. Was reading an article about Nematophagous Fungi and it mentioned Wine Caps (Stropharia) . They eat nematodes and break down decaying wood. It sounds so cool I have tasty predators making compost in my garden.
@@philipozminkowski8200 huh! That’s pretty interesting
@@KQEDDeepLook This is not about mushrooms but can you guys do episode on Gladiator Insects or Mantophasmatodea somwhere in future?
I have never even imagined that such mushroom exists.
Nature is full of surprises!
I've noticed these little cuties in the vineyard hanging out at the base of the vines. Have also seen them growing from old apple bins. I had no idea they were so well traveled.
1:33
Love the *_"P O W!"_*
Yay! We almost took them out. Glad we didn't.
A dish that serves itself, I hope deer liked it.
I was not even aware of these mushrooms being a thing until today. Their name is very meaning considering they do indeed house their young.
Great job Deep Look you always make these videos so fun, funny, and educational!!
You are so welcome Kim! We always look forward to your comments. :-)
@@KQEDDeepLook do you mean poop?
Flying saucer-shaped mushrooms? Adventure Time warned us about this!
1:30 Someone has watched too much OG Batman
My mouth was open the entire video.
Nature is weirdly wonderful and amazing. I hope that all of humanity sees and appreciates its value before it's too late.
I was surprised by how small they were when I first found them tbh
Very fun to photograph and video.
Must be among the cutest mushrooms I've seen so far!
Agree!
Love this video! And love your narration!!
This is such a specific and complicated way to spread spores. I love it.
Let's be real, fungi are like plants, but with strange superpowers.
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Wow! Thanks for the kind words. We *love* making these videos.
Need longer videos 🙏🏻 they are very interesting, great narrating.
These are the best videos! Love the narration too!
Seth Samuel using musical motif so artfully to make this content even more accessible 👏👏👏
This channel makes everything serious love it
Okay I am now obsessed with these birds nest mushrooms, I’ve never seen these before, they’re so cute 😭
I've learned so many interesting things from this channel thank you for what you do :]
Great video! Have you considered doing another on Artillery Fungus (Sphaerobolus spp.)? I would love to see some high-speed video of them launching their peridioles!
Always looking forward to your uploads 💕
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Seth Samuel is our composer and he is amazing.
Found the fungus last week in my garden took some pictures of it but didn’t had the time yet to look him up….thanks for the information very cool! ❤
these are always such a treat ❤
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Great video!! Very entertaining!!
Great job with this and I have never known of this type of fungus until now.
Fungi have some of the most bizarre dispersal techniques on the planet.
I see these all the time in my garden boxes!
Always bossing it Deep Look 💚💙
Fungi never seems to stop finding a new way to live
I love this. Thank you Deep Look
You are so welcome Taylor.
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videography is soooooo good!
Perfect appropriate name for these fungi! 💜✌
Love your content! 😊
A good video before in start work? Awesome. Thank you
You are most welcome.
Fungi are basically the decomposition soldiers of nature.
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never heard of this before, i love it now!
im not sure how or when i found this channel but ive loved every video including this one!
Glad you enjoy it!
Flying mushrooms, just when I thought I had seen a good amount of nature’s weirdness…
You guys make amazing and really intresting vids I love watching them
Good to hear that, Dania!
I am addicted to deep look
One of the most important and overlooked piece of nature
These guys are my favorite fungi! Every time I see them when Im with friends I tell them all about these guys
The zoom out shot was amazing! Didn’t think they are that small.
The narration is fantastic 😄
3 cheers for Laura Klivans!
This proves once again why we created a whole separate category for fungi and learned about them as "not a plant, an animal, or a bacteria - just random organisms that don't fit into any category."
Her voice is so good 👍
more fungi content, please!
We'll keep trying, Jason!
Okay!!!! That is amazing and fascinating!!!! Really really cool!!!
Excellent!
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If fungi can fly the next season of The Last of Us would be much harder to survive for Joel and Ellie
Nature is amazing 😍...tq deep look 🙏
You are welcome poporo!
i love birdnest fungus , they really looks cute ,mimic of bird nest with eggs.
Fungus are amazing they just do their nature way to lived
I totally agree Eleora!
1:30 sounds cute hahahah
Finally, now I know what they are! These grow aaaall over my garden!!!
Fantastic video!
I love birds nest mushrooms!!! I see them growing in mulch pretty much anywhere I go here in NY.
So cool!
Nature IS AMAZING💖
the music is so satisfying..
Fascinating weird but why does it look like coffee beans haha
Plop and a drop! Cool fungi ❤
This is cool! I have not noticed one of these while outside. 🙂
Such an interesting evolutionary strategy, yet surprisingly similar to fruits in a sense! :o
Heyey new episode from Deep Look! ❤
Always wondered why they looked like that. Neat!
I just found out about this mushroom a week ago and now this video?! Super cool!
Once you know to look for them - you start seeing them in many places.
@@KQEDDeepLook are they edible?
Cute... Is a bird nest with eggs but mushroom...
Fungus is full of suprise and creative
I don't know why but I get freaked out hearing the word "spores" especially with words in front of it like "thousands" and "millions" 😂
I love looking for them in March in my local parks here in Canada every year. They are absolutely everywhere on the small dead twigs the salmonberries leave.
I remember learning about liverworts having splash cups, but I didn’t know some fungi had them too!
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Amazing mushroom
This mushroom is so cool
This video was very fun-gi to watch!😅
This is so Cool!!
OMG, this time around Deep Look is gone way beyond the usual surprise! A very unusual mode of dispersion. It's more like ordinary plants which it is Not! Extraordinary ..... That indicates how our imagination is limited. A different order of job done! Keep it up!
Thanks Hiroki!
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Woah this is very new and unique for me. Its been a long time
I love how the sound effect of bam/pow are produced.
Oh! I was wondering what was growing in my vacant garden pots. Now I know its these little guys, I was so confused at first because I wanted to believe they were fungi but their little 'seedlets' and general shape just threw me off so much that I had no idea what it could be, kinda freaked me out. But its interesting to find out yet another dispersal mechanism fungi use, evolution is odd.
So cool and I love our Narrator❤😊
She had fun with this one. :-)
Some fungi can fly, some can make you fly.
Great video!
There it is, my favorite mushroom. This is wild!