The main speaker in the Fantastic Fungi movie is Paul Stamets. His 2008 TED talk is available at this link:

https://www.ted.com/talks/paul_stamets_6_ways_mushrooms_can_save_the_world

Interesting guy.

P.S. Donuel, Pope Francis was a chemist before he entered the seminary. He seems to have an open mind toward science - most Jesuits do.