ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 1 month agoI wonder if there exists people who aggressively believe mushrooms are plants, similar to people who defend Pluto as a planet.message-squaremessage-square100fedilinkarrow-up1296arrow-down119file-text
arrow-up1277arrow-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 · 1 month agomessage-square100fedilinkfile-text
minus-squaredustyData@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down1·1 month 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-up13·1 month agoThe mycelium, maybe. That is definitely not the part of the mushroom that you eat.
minus-squareshneancy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-21 month agoso 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??
minus-squarefrezik@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 month agoNotch funds a real life Mooshroim when?
minus-squareJackGreenEarth@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down1·1 month agoActual animals are far more likely to feel pain that fungi. Do fungi even have a nervous system?
minus-square🇦🇺𝕄𝕦𝕟𝕥𝕖𝕕𝕔𝕣𝕠𝕔𝕕𝕚𝕝𝕖@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·1 month agoFungi are a nervous system.
minus-squaredustyData@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·1 month 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.
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??
Notch funds a real life Mooshroim when?
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.