It was only in 1969 (nice) that fungi officially became its own separate kingdom.

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If anything is close to having a consciousness and experiencing an array of emotion, including suffering. That’s a mushroom, much more than a plant.

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The mycelium, maybe. That is definitely not the part of the mushroom that you eat.

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so hang on, mushrooms are like uh, well not milk, but as if say a cow regrew its meat every season? or maybe like a lizard that regrows its tail?

mushrooms are weird, man

wild idea, would it be possible to hijack mycelium with animal DNA and make it grow mushroom shaped meat??

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Notch funds a real life Mooshroim when?

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Actual animals are far more likely to feel pain that fungi. Do fungi even have a nervous system?

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Fungi are a nervous system.

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We actually suspect they do. They can also display intelligent behavior, from a certain definition of the concept.

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