zamuel Posted March 11, 2007 Found this today and thought a few of you would find it interesting. http://www.planetvids.com/html/Amazing-Fungus.html Cheers Zam Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
user1 Posted March 11, 2007 holy shite, insidious! shrooms fruiting from the brain... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
goldfinger Posted March 11, 2007 Very weird stuff, interesting all the same. lol thanx for the vid. goldfinger Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PD. Posted March 11, 2007 Dirty little Cordyceps bastids. ....and they are in Aus too, not just the pretty rainforest on the video. Alot bigger too. Awesome video regardless of my disdain for these parasitic fuggers. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Μορφέας Posted March 11, 2007 that is awesome, really really cool, i wonder if theres simular fungus that attack humans..? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PD. Posted March 11, 2007 that is awesome, really really cool, i wonder if theres simular fungus that attack humans..? stop wonderin tepa, my brain is full of psilocybe mycelium, i just gotta work out how to fruit myself. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
occidentalis Posted March 11, 2007 that is awesome, really really cool, i wonder if theres simular fungus that attack humans..? I believe there was an X Files episode in which this idea was explored. But no, I don't believe that there are any members of the genus Cordyceps that infect humans or anything similar. Mostly yeast. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
XipeTotec Posted March 11, 2007 I believe there was an X Files episode in which this idea was explored.But no, I don't believe that there are any members of the genus Cordyceps that infect humans or anything similar. Mostly yeast. there was a great x-files episode where scully and mulder/or that other guy, were trapped underground, hallucinating about different scenarios, while a fungus fed on them Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
XipeTotec Posted March 11, 2007 (edited) Dirty little Cordyceps bastids. ....and they are in Aus too, not just the pretty rainforest on the video. Alot bigger too. Awesome video regardless of my disdain for these parasitic fuggers. where in aus? the footage by the way is from the series "planet earth", it is on in about 10 minutes.. Edited March 11, 2007 by shroomytoonos Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ENtiTY Posted March 11, 2007 Yeah weird stuff hey, its from a doco on the borneo rainforest, was on TV a couple of weeks ago. Had some interesting footage of a pitcher plant as well, there is like an eco system in each pitcher. Fascinating ! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MORG Posted March 11, 2007 Dirty little Cordyceps bastids. Why the disdain Passive? Have they taken the lives of some of your most loved invertebrate friends? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PD. Posted March 11, 2007 where in aus?Vic, NSW, Qld, SA, Tas. Reasonably common. Have they taken the lives of some of your most loved invertebrate friends? My beloved "giant rain moths" or "bardi grub moths". I used to see hundereds of them when i was kid and I have only seen one in the past few years. Could be due to the complete lack of "normal" rain patterns, or the insane demand of the grubs for fishing bait, but them dirty lil cordyceps aint helpin things i bet. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gerbil Posted March 12, 2007 awesome, Cordyceps gunnii, thought it was a find of yourself passive until i googled, thanks for sharing it lol IMO the biggest #$%^up was white people, I wouldn't imagine the Cordyceps is to blame hehehe Even the most 'disastrous' fungus in the majority of human eyes actually play incredibly vital roles in nature. It's peculiar, society will stress if a mushroom has the ability to level a specific area of natural forest or whatever, but we don't mind doing it ourselves with chainsaws / chains / dozers. :D I wonder the medicinal / nutritional benefits of a half myceliated moth / ant mmm crunchy, there's bound to be a few clued in wild animals who delve into this feast at optimal times? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PD. Posted March 12, 2007 I wonder the medicinal / nutritional benefits of a half myceliated moth / ant mmm crunchy, there's bound to be a few clued in wild animals who delve into this feast at optimal times? Yeah, well i was unaware of the medicinal uses of cordyceps until i was lookin for sum pics of it. Seems the chinese have know of the benifits for some time, suprise, suprise. Medicinal Cordyceps. looks as though my hatred was misguided, how could i stay angry with a fungi. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Birdman Posted March 12, 2007 Utterly Amazing! The best thing i've seen this year. Thank you so much,man i learnt so much just then. Truly awesome. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tonic Posted March 12, 2007 Fascinating video. That is just one of the many reasons nature is such an amazing and important part of our world. It should be saved and looked after by all so we can all enjoy it's splendour and so can new generations of humans. It is such a shame that many humans are intent upon raping and bleeding the Earth dry of it's resources for mainly unessecary junk. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
