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Hong Kong Space Museum to launch new dome show "Nature's Hidden Kingdom" (with photos)
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     The Hong Kong Space Museum will launch a new dome show, "Nature's Hidden Kingdom", at its Space Theatre tomorrow (January 13), taking audiences on a quest to find rare and unusual fungi in one of the most ancient temperate rainforests on Earth, that of Tarkine in Tasmania, Australia. It will also explore how fungi might help mega-cities address severe environmental challenges facing by them.
      
     Fungi are almost everywhere. They have a wide range of species, of which most are too tiny to be noticeable. They can be found on people, in people, and in the surroundings. Some of them can be used for healing diseases, but some are poisonous. They have tenacious vitality. Millions species of fungi still exist even though their ancestors had experienced five mass extinctions on Earth.
      
     The 41-minute show will be screened until September 30. Screening times are 5pm on weekdays and 11am, 3.30pm and 8pm on weekends and public holidays. The Hong Kong Space Museum, located at 10 Salisbury Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, is closed on Tuesdays (except public holidays).
          
     Tickets priced at $24 (front stalls) and $32 (stalls) are now available at the Hong Kong Space Museum Box Office and URBTIX (www.urbtix.hk). For details of the show, please visit hk.space.museum/en_US/web/spm/shows/dome-show/natures-hidden-kingdom.html, or call 2721 0226 for enquiries.
          
     To safeguard public health, all persons entering indoor venues under the management of the Leisure and Cultural Services Department must wear their own masks.
 
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The Hong Kong Space Museum will launch a new dome show "Nature's Hidden Kingdom", at its Space Theatre tomorrow (January 13), taking audiences on a quest to find rare and bizarre fungi in one of the most ancient temperate rainforests on Earth, that of Tarkine in Tasmania, Australia. It will also explore how fungi might help mega-cities address severe environmental challenges facing them.
The Hong Kong Space Museum will launch a new dome show, "Nature's Hidden Kingdom", at its Space Theatre tomorrow (January 13), taking audiences on a quest to find rare and unusual fungi in one of the most ancient temperate rainforests on Earth, that of Tarkine in Tasmania, Australia. It will also explore how fungi might help mega-cities address severe environmental challenges facing them.
The Hong Kong Space Museum will launch a new dome show, "Nature's Hidden Kingdom", at its Space Theatre tomorrow (January 13), taking audiences on a quest to find rare and unusual fungi in one of the most ancient temperate rainforests on Earth, that of Tarkine in Tasmania, Australia. It will also explore how fungi might help mega-cities address severe environmental challenges facing them.
The Hong Kong Space Museum will launch a new dome show, "Nature's Hidden Kingdom", at its Space Theatre tomorrow (January 13). Picture shows one species of glowing mushrooms which can attract insects at night to help spread their spores.
The Hong Kong Space Museum will launch a new dome show "Nature's Hidden Kingdom", at its Space Theatre tomorrow (January 13). Picture shows one of the most ancient temperate rainforests on Earth, that of Tarkine in Tasmania, Australia. Over 90 per cent of plants rely on fungi to connect to their roots and shuttle nutrients to the plant. A single plant can form relationships with hundreds of different fungi and a single fungus can connect to more than one plant. This underground shared network is often called the "wood wide web".
The Hong Kong Space Museum will launch a new dome show, "Nature's Hidden Kingdom", at its Space Theatre tomorrow (January 13). Picture shows a piece of dead wood decomposed by fungi. Fungi are some of nature's most remarkable chemists. They are one of the only groups of organisms that can decompose the complex chemistry of wood. Without fungi, dead wood and other plant matter would pile up.
The Hong Kong Space Museum will launch a new dome show, "Nature's Hidden Kingdom", at its Space Theatre tomorrow (January 13). Picture shows scientists studying how to use fungi to break down plastic.