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Fire Loving Fungi

Fire Loving Fungi

2020 |Australia |9:49 |English

The world looked on in horror as Australia burned in one of the worst bushfire seasons on record. The forest was devastated but surprisingly mushrooms started appearing within days of the fires going through. Fungi obsessives Stephen Axford and Catherine Marciniak documented the fire loving fungi coming up on the Mt Nardi fireground on the north coast of New South Wales and discovered just how vital these mushrooms are to the recovery of the forest.

Fire Loving Fungi
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Stephen Axford, Catherine Marciniak

The hero of fungi lovers across the globe, photographer Stephen Axford and his partner and filmmaker, Catherine Marciniak combine their skills and passion to document the weird and wonderful world of fungi.

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