Home Play with Fungi

Discover the magic beneath our feet with these fun, creative projects that you can do at home. Share your projects with us and we’ll post our favorites on our pages.

Project 1: Time Lapse Techniques

Time lapse and macro cinematography are used in making Fantastic Fungi. Louie uses these techniques to allow us to see beyond normal time and scale. What would you like to explore using these techniques?

Project 2: Language and Intelligence in Nature

Paul Stamets talks about the intelligence of nature and the language of nature. What does that mean to you and where do you see this expressed in nature? How do you understand the intelligence and language of nature?

Project 3: Earth Day Essay

Suzanne Simard shows us how trees communicate, protect their young, and share resources through the mycelium that surrounds them, and also how they help in preventing climate change. Can you create an essay, poem, picture, or anything else that expresses how you think about mushrooms, nature and the earth on the 50th Anniversary of Earth Day tomorrow.

Project 4: Mushroom Waltz

Find a quiet place to rewatch the mushroom waltz video and share any creative project inspired by this short film.

Mushroom Waltz – Education from Stephen Apkon on Vimeo.

Project 5: Extra Credit

Paul, Giuliana and William are all passionate about mushrooms. In fact, both William and Giuliana talk about being inspired by Paul’s work. Giuliana even says Paul made it OK to be “mushroom mad!” What are you passionate about and want to continue to explore in your own life?

Share your Creativity

Share your projects with us by posting them on your social media channels and adding the hashtag #fantasticfungi.

If you don’t have social media, you can email us links to your projects at [email protected]

We’ll pick our favorites and share them on our Instagram and Facebook pages.