SUPER FUNGI, will mushrooms save the world

SUPER FUNGI, will mushrooms save the world ?
un film de
Thomas Sipp and Anne Rizzo
Pierre-Gilles de gennes and public Award in
Parisciences festival 2013
Everybody knows Agaricus bisporus which is
pizza’s defining topping all over the world or Tuber
uncinatum best known under the name of
Burgundy truffle. But who knows the mushrooms
that tomorrow will be perhaps men’s best allies in
the struggle against the new sanitary and
environmental challenges that are threatening our
societies.
From Pleurotus ostreatus digesting oil waste to
Laccaria Bicolor allowing trees to grow in deserts,
from Fomitopsis officinalis « last chance » drug for
patients suffering from incurable diseases to
Physarum polycephalum, brilliant network
engineer, fungi are a constant subject of wonder
for scientists. And they are promising so many
applications that famous American mycologist Paul
Stamets has come to the provoking expression :
«mushrooms will help save the world». And
indeed, stimulated by the tools of genetics and the
calculation powers of computers, scientific
research is improving day after day its knowledge
of fungi, revealing the exceptional biological
proprieties and competences of this kingdom, the
most ancient, the most resilient and one of the
most sophisticated of nature.
Sciences
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Auteur : Thomas Sipp and Anne Rizzo
Image : Laurent Fénart, Jean-Marc La Rocca
Son : Guillaume Valeix
Montage : Julie Pelat
Musique Originale : Mathieu Lamboley
Producteur : Les Films d'Ici - Serge Lalou
Partenaires : Arte France /CNRS images / ORF / SVT / SBS / VRT
Distributeur : Terranoa
Ventes Internationales : Terranoa
Version Disponible : VOSTVF - VOSTA
Durée : 52'
ISAN : 0000-0002-F5CD-0000-N-0000-0000-5
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