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-square88fedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up12arrow-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-square88fedilinkfile-text
minus-squaredustyData@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 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-squareJackGreenEarth@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoActual animals are far more likely to feel pain that fungi. Do fungi even have a nervous system?
minus-square🇦🇺𝕄𝕦𝕟𝕥𝕖𝕕𝕔𝕣𝕠𝕔𝕕𝕚𝕝𝕖@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoFungi are a nervous system.
minus-squaredustyData@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoWe actually suspect they do. They can also display intelligent behavior, from a certain definition of the concept.
minus-squareSatyrSack@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoThe mycelium, maybe. That is definitely not the part of the mushroom that you eat.
minus-squareshneancy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·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-up0·1 month agoNotch funds a real life Mooshroim when?
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?
Fungi are a nervous system.
We actually suspect they do. They can also display intelligent behavior, from a certain definition of the concept.
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?