ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 13 hours agoI wonder if there exists people who aggressively believe mushrooms are plants, similar to people who defend Pluto as a planet.message-squaremessage-square46fedilinkarrow-up1155arrow-down18file-text
arrow-up1147arrow-down1message-squareI wonder if there exists people who aggressively believe mushrooms are plants, similar to people who defend Pluto as a planet.ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 13 hours agomessage-square46fedilinkfile-text
minus-squaredustyData@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down1·13 hours agoIf anything is close to having a consciousness and experiencing an array of emotion, including suffering. That’s a mushroom, much more than a plant.
minus-squareSatyrSack@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·11 hours agoThe mycelium, maybe. That is definitely not the part of the mushroom that you eat.
minus-squareJackGreenEarth@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down1·12 hours agoActual animals are far more likely to feel pain that fungi. Do fungi even have a nervous system?
minus-square🇦🇺𝕄𝕦𝕟𝕥𝕖𝕕𝕔𝕣𝕠𝕔𝕕𝕚𝕝𝕖@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·12 hours agoFungi are a nervous system.
minus-squaredustyData@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·12 hours agoWe actually suspect they do. They can also display intelligent behavior, from a certain definition of the concept.
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.
The mycelium, maybe. That is definitely not the part of the mushroom that you eat.
Actual animals are far more likely to feel pain that fungi. Do fungi even have a nervous system?
Fungi are a nervous system.
We actually suspect they do. They can also display intelligent behavior, from a certain definition of the concept.