I Successfully Grew Termite Mushrooms in My Giant Vivarium

I have been on a multi-year quest to grow termite mushrooms and this week I finally did it! Termitomyces is a species of medically and agriculturally significant mushroom that is cultivated by a symbiotic species of termite underground. The termites farm combs of the fungus and eat parts of it, and the fungus sprouts its mushrooms from the top of these termites' nests. My dream was to try to grow these termite mushrooms in an indoor setup, so that we could learn how to mass grow them indoors, instead of foraging for them in the wild from termite nests during rainy season. When mushrooms began to grow from a new termite colony I transplanted into my giant grasslands vivarium, Verdantia, I was thrilled, but a later discovery cut my celebration for short. Hope you enjoy this Season 6, Episode 5 of my Ecosystem Vivarium Series! Ant love forever! This video was shot in 4K Ultra HD resolution. Join the Great AC SENATE to get access to new perks/voting powers on this channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCONd1SNf3_QqjzjCVsURNuA/join Click here to SUBSCRIBE: https://goo.gl/tlCQJZ Directed/Written/DOP/Edited by AntsCanada Executive Producer RJ Garcia If you're new to the channel, catch up on your "AntsCanada Lore" with this playlist of the complete history of the ants of this channel: https://goo.gl/hVFxc2 Visit us at http://www.antscanada.com A brand new video is uploaded on this channel every Sunday at 8AM EST (with frequent bonus videos) so be sure to SUBSCRIBE to the channel to catch every ant video we release! Thank you for the support. Get our new AC Hybrid Nest 2.0 ant farm or 'All You Need' Hybrid 2.0 Gear Pack (complete kit): https://www.antscanada.com/product-category/hybrid-nest-series/ ▶▶▶We've got new Ant T-shirts! Check them out here: https://goo.gl/PjnB7t ▶▶▶Got a question about ants or AntsCanada? Visit our website FAQ: https://goo.gl/mJPEqn ▶▶▶Want an ant farm? Check out our ant shop. We ship worldwide: http://goo.gl/I4l7Ho ▶▶▶Need to buy an ant colony for your ant farm, or do you have ant colonies to sell/give away? Find out more about our GAN Project: http://goo.gl/jzo9Lc Join us at the new AntsCanada Ant Forum: http://forum.antscanada.com ▶AntsCanada Official Website http://www.antscanada.com ▶Like us on http://facebook.com/antscanada ▶Follow us on http://twitter.com/antscanada ▶Follow us on http://www.instagram.com/antscanada Email us at [email protected] for any questions or inquiries. About AntsCanada.com: We believe ants are the most amazing creatures on the planet, and every new discovery about their micro world gives us some profound insights into the world around us and ourselves. Bringing the ant farm and love of ant keeping to a whole new level, we are dedicated to show the world the joys of keeping big and healthy pet ant colonies. Shipping worldwide since 2009, we are innovators of ant keeping products for ant lovers and museums alike.