Fungi - The Fifth Kingdom

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01A World Wide Web20080114Mycologists at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, reveal some extraordinary facts.

Series featuring scientists and amateur naturalists studying fung

01A World Wide Web20080114Mycologists at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, reveal some extraordinary facts.

Series featuring scientists and amateur naturalists studying fungi

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02What Lies Beneath20080115

Series featuring scientists and amateur naturalists studying fungi, one of the largest and most fascinating groups of organisms on the planet.

More fungi can be found in woodlands than anywhere else, appearing every autumn as their fruit bodies burst through the ground. Lynne Boddy of Cardiff University reveals the complex struggles which take place underground.

Lynne Boddy of Cardiff University reveals the struggles which take place underground.

Series featuring scientists and amateur naturalists studying fung

02What Lies Beneath20080115

Series featuring scientists and amateur naturalists studying fungi, one of the largest and most fascinating groups of organisms on the planet.

More fungi can be found in woodlands than anywhere else, appearing every autumn as their fruit bodies burst through the ground. Lynne Boddy of Cardiff University reveals the complex struggles which take place underground.

Lynne Boddy of Cardiff University reveals the struggles which take place underground.

Series featuring scientists and amateur naturalists studying fungi

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0320080116Series featuring scientists and amateur naturalists studying fungi.

Series featuring scientists and amateur naturalists studying fun

03Grassland Gems20080913

Series featuring scientists and amateur naturalists studying fungi, one of the largest and most fascinating groups of organisms on the planet.

Some fungi like nothing better than old unimproved grassland. From red to yellow and pink to green, amateur naturalist Rosemary Winnall reveals the colourful delights of her garden where endless waxcaps, fairy clubs and earth tongues emerge.

Amateur naturalist Rosemary Winnall reveals the colourful delights of her garden.

Series featuring scientists and amateur naturalists studying fung

04Anywhere and Everywhere20080117Fungi can survive in any type of habitat.

Series featuring scientists and amateur naturalists studying fun

04Anywhere and Everywhere20080117Fungi can survive in any type of habitat.

Series featuring scientists and amateur naturalists studying fungi

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05A Fungus Amongst Us20080118

Series featuring scientists and amateur naturalists studying fungi, one of the largest and most fascinating groups of organisms on the planet.

For all their fascinating lifestyles, fungi can be friend or foe. Mycologists reveal the impact that fungi have had on the planet and how our survival is dependent on their own.

Mycologists reveal the impact that fungi have had on the planet.

Series featuring scientists and amateur naturalists studying fung

05A Fungus Amongst Us20080118

Series featuring scientists and amateur naturalists studying fungi, one of the largest and most fascinating groups of organisms on the planet.

For all their fascinating lifestyles, fungi can be friend or foe. Mycologists reveal the impact that fungi have had on the planet and how our survival is dependent on their own.

Mycologists reveal the impact that fungi have had on the planet.

Series featuring scientists and amateur naturalists studying fungi

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