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.
LES CHAMPIGNONS POURRONT-ILS SAUVER LE MONDE ?
un film de Thomas Sipp et Anne Rizzo - SciencesEverybody 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.
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- Directed by
- Thomas Sipp et Anne Rizzo
- Year
- 2013
- Genre
- Sciences
- Editing
- Julie Pelat
- Author
- Thomas Sipp & Anne Rizzo
- Photography
- Laurent Fénart
- Sound
- Guillaume Valeix
- Producer
- Les Films d'Ici - Valérianne Boué
- Original soundtrack
- Mathieu Lamboley
- Partners
- Arte France /CNRS images / ORF / SVT / SBS / VRT
- Available version
- VOSTVF - VOSTA
- Length
- 52'
- ISAN
- 0000-0002-F5CD-0000-N-0000-0000-5
- Special mention
- Prix Pierre-Gilles de Gennes et prix du public au festival Parisciences 2013
- Distributeur
- Terranoa
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