ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 3 months agoI wonder if there exists people who aggressively believe mushrooms are plants, similar to people who defend Pluto as a planet.message-squaremessage-square102fedilinkarrow-up1295arrow-down122file-text
arrow-up1273arrow-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 · 3 months agomessage-square102fedilinkfile-text
minus-squaredustyData@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down1·3 months 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-squareSatyrSacklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·3 months agoThe mycelium, maybe. That is definitely not the part of the mushroom that you eat.
minus-squareshneancy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-23 months 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-up2·3 months agoNotch funds a real life Mooshroim when?
minus-squareJackGreenEarth@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down1·3 months agoActual animals are far more likely to feel pain that fungi. Do fungi even have a nervous system?
minus-square🇦🇺𝕄𝕦𝕟𝕥𝕖𝕕𝕔𝕣𝕠𝕔𝕕𝕚𝕝𝕖@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·3 months agoFungi are a nervous system.
minus-squaredustyData@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·3 months 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.