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