A Young Person's Introduction to Fungi

    Fungi: they're like plants made of meat.

General information
    National Geographic. "You Didn’t Know Mushrooms Could Do All This | National Geographic." YouTube. July 13, 2016.
    PBS Eons. "When Giant Fungi Ruled." YouTube. December 18, 2017.

Dyestuffs
    Oregon Public Broadcasting. "Fiber artist Julie Beeler uses mushrooms for natural dyes | Mushroom Color Atlas | Oregon Art Beat." YouTube. July 27, 2023.
    Sandia Mountain Natural History Center. "Lichen Dye." YouTube. Feb 4, 2021.

Food and drink
    Discovery UK. "MUSHROOMS | How Do They Do It?" YouTube. October 14, 2020.
    National Geographic. "The Magic Ingredient | Ultimate Factories." YouTube. February 17, 2012.
    Smithsonian Channel. "The Microscopic Activity That Produces the World’s Great Cheeses | Smithsonian Channel." YouTube. May 15, 2023.
    Townsends. "The Food Nobody Wanted: Sourdough Bread." YouTube. February 11, 2024.
    University of Vermont. "Agroforestry Cultivation of Shiitake Mushrooms." YouTube. October 30, 2013.

Medicine
    British Pharmacological Society. "Penicillin - How do drugs work?" YouTube. April 12, 2018.
    University of Missouri System. "Ergot Poisoning (MU CAFNR)." YouTube. July 17, 2013.

Symbiosis
    National Geographic. "What's in a Lichen? How Scientists Got It Wrong for 150 Years | Short Film Showcase." YouTube. January 25, 2018.
    PBS. "How Trees Talk to Other Trees with the Help of Fungi | The Green Planet | PBS." YouTube. July 26, 2022.
    Ze Frank. "True Facts: Fungi That Control The Insects They Eat." YouTube. April 28, 2023.

World records
    Daley, Jason. "This Humongous Fungus Is as Massive as Three Blue Whales." Smithsonian Magazine. October 15, 2018.
    Patton, Vince. "Oregon Humongous Fungus Sets Record As Largest Single Living Organism On Earth." Oregon Public Broadcasting. February 12, 2015.
    Thompson, Jon. "Puffball mushroom could be world record largest." Tbnewswatch. October 14, 2016.

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