It was only in 1969 (nice) that fungi officially became its own separate kingdom.
I overheard someone talking about veganism and said they only eat plants. I asked them about mushrooms, “of course it’s fine, those are plants”.
No amount of convincing worked.
So I’ve seen it once.
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.
Actual animals are far more likely to feel pain that fungi. Do fungi even have a nervous system?
The mycelium, maybe. That is definitely not the part of the mushroom that you eat.
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??
Mushrooms are plants in the culinary sense. Like strawberries, blackberries and raspberries are berries in the culinary sense.
I have family in Streator, IL, home of Clyde Tombaugh, so we’re die hard planet pluto.
Yes, I’ve encountered a few people like this. Also, no one has ever heard of Archaea.
From what I’ve seen, dudes that care that much about mushrooms are really fun guys.
Similarly plate tectonics - not fully recognised until the 60s apparently.
