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Mushrooms Have an Ability to Control Rain According to New Study

2026-04-24 Science & Technology
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Anton Petrov
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Support this channel on Patreon to help me make this a full time job: https://www.patreon.com/whatdamath (Unreleased videos, extra footage, DMs, no ads) Alternatively, PayPal donations can be sent here: http://paypal.me/whatdamath Get a Wonderful Person Tee: https://teespring.com/stores/whatdamath More cool designs are on Amazon: https://amzn.to/3QFIrFX Hello and welcome! My name is Anton and in this video, we will talk about a surprising discovery about fungi...do they control the rain? Links: https://www.science.org/doi/epdf/10.1126/sciadv.aed9652 https://theconversation.com/how-hidden-soil-fungi-steal-bacterial-dna-to-control-the-rain-279618 https://www.pnas.org/doi/epdf/10.1073/pnas.2303243120 #fungi #biology #science 0:00 Do fungi control the rain? 1:40 How rain usually forms 2:38 Biological rainmakers - bacteria 4:35 Fungi can do this too?! 5:25 Fungal proteins and why this is so important 6:20 Where these proteins came from 7:40 What this tells us and why this important for fungi 9:50 Conclusions and implications Enjoy and please subscribe Bitcoin/Ethereum to spare? Donate them here to help this channel grow! bc1qnkl3nk0zt7w0xzrgur9pnkcduj7a3xxllcn7d4 or ETH: 0x60f088B10b03115405d313f964BeA93eF0Bd3DbF The hardware used to record these videos: New Camera: https://amzn.to/4pCVINS CPU: https://amzn.to/4qXIaxC Video Card: https://amzn.to/2M1W26C Motherboard: https://amzn.to/2JYGiQQ RAM: https://amzn.to/2Mwy2t4 PSU: https://amzn.to/2LZcrIH Case: https://amzn.to/2MwJZz4 Microphone: https://amzn.to/2t5jTv0 Mixer: https://amzn.to/2JOL0oF Recording and Editing: https://amzn.to/2LX6uvU Some of the above are affiliate links, meaning I would get a (very small) percentage of the price paid. Thank you to all Patreon supporters of this channel Special thanks also goes to all the wonderful supporters of the channel through YouTube Memberships Credit: Mark Garlick www.markgarlick.com Bevan Weir - https://scd.landcareresearch.co.nz/Specimen/PDD_103391 CC BY 4.0 https://mycology.adelaide.edu.au/fungal-descriptions-and-antifungal-susceptibility/zygomycota-pin-moulds/mortierella-wolfii Licenses used: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ and relevant Creative Commons licenses

Top Comments (10)

@Master_Therion 2026-04-24

This is why they evolved that umbrella shape.

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@gothboschincarnate3931 2026-04-24

I for one, welcome or fungi overlords.

604 31 replies
@LesActive 2026-04-24

Imagine that, a crazy title that's not mere clickbait!

524 27 replies
@miss_lexie_jane 2026-04-24

Let's not piss off the fungi now

318 14 replies
@FlyguyDePanam 2026-04-24

Soon we might discover that dancing around thoses mushrooms in a particular way might promote the formation of those rain making proteins !

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@robertlussier2944 2026-04-24

By controlling the weather, the fungus also promotes its own spread by providing the necessary conditions.

290 8 replies
@cCiIcCo 2026-04-24

Humans manipulating the weather: Conspiracy theory Fungi:...

158 17 replies
@OscarOwlHoot1 2026-04-24

A different kind of magic mushrooms.

145 10 replies
@Woozy.0 2026-04-24

You really illustrate the almost mythical quality of this Anton. As above, so below indeed!

129 6 replies
@sqweed653 2026-04-26

Everything is connected in a strange sensitive web of life. We must do our best not to disturb these processes further.

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