Mycology Videos by David Fenster on Vimeo
Thanks to a comment from Lisa who writes the Mycologista blog, I was pointed to a video called “Fly Amanita” by David Fenster. I can only post YouTube videos at Fungal Visions, so the best thing to do was write a brief post about it here.
“Fly Amanita” features:
The thoughts of an Amanita muscaria (also known as Fly Agaric or Fly Amanita) mushroom on his species’ relationship with humans. Starring Jan Johnson. Costume by E.B. Brooks. Directed by David Fenster.
The costume is very well done. It looks like the video was done in HD so the quality is very good. Perhaps that also explains why I had a little trouble streaming it (quite a few halts and dropouts during the process). If you have that trouble, just let the whole thing load and then play it again from the beginning and it should run smooth.
I also noticed another relevant video directed by Fenster–”Dr. Bob Cummings“–which is a portrait of a mushroom expert. It contains excellent advice and tips on mushroom collecting, and outstanding images of fungi. Check out that huge Ganoderma specimen in his lab!
Good stuff David and thanks for doing it. I hope you will do many more along these lines.
Tags: Amanita muscaria, Bob Cummings, Vimeo
