The Science of Fungi

Tumble Science Podcast for Kids

Tumble Media

Kids & Family, Education For Kids

4.3 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 29 September 2023

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

Do fungi breathe? That’s what listener Alice wants to know - and we’ll find out in our punniest episode yet! We visit the Fungarium - the largest and oldest collection of fungi in the world with curator Lee Davies, who describes himself as a “librarian” of mushrooms. We’ll explore how fungi live and die, and why there’s so many species left to discover. Watch out for the zombie fungi! And beware, Lindsay and Marshall don’t hold back on the “fun guy” puns!

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0:00.0	Hey, tumble listeners, before we get to this episode, we've got one request for you all.
0:05.3	Our series Life Lab from last season was named as a finalist for the signal awards listeners
0:10.0	choice, and in order to win the gold medal, we need you!
0:14.1	We've included a link in the episode description for you to go vote for us, or you can go to
0:18.3	bit.ly slash vote tumble, all one word.
0:23.2	Just do a quick sign up and vote, we'd really appreciate it.
0:30.0	And I'm Marshall, welcome to tumble the show where we explore stories of science discovered.
0:34.4	Today, we're talking about fungi.
0:37.6	Fun guy? You mean guys like me? Fun ones?
0:42.8	No, I'm talking about fun gusts. We're about to discover the mysteries of how fungi live,
0:49.8	with help from the largest collection of mushrooms in the world.
1:00.1	Today's question comes from tumble listener Alice.
1:06.4	In fungi breeding.
1:08.4	Like, do fungi breathe in and out like we do? Like, just center yourself.
1:15.4	You think they're just like constantly meditating?
1:19.4	No, I think Alice's question is, do fungi need oxygen to live, and she has an idea of how
1:27.7	scientists might find out. I think scientists could find out by putting some mushrooms
1:35.4	on like a rotting log or something in a space without oxygen and see if they die.
1:41.8	That's a pretty good experiment, but I don't think the fungi would enjoy it.
1:46.5	Well, let's ask our listeners, do you think fungi would breathe and how would
1:51.7	scientists find out? Take a moment to think about it because we're about to find out
1:57.3	about the fungus among us.
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