@ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world • 1 year agoI wonder if there exists people who aggressively believe mushrooms are plants, similar to people who defend Pluto as a planet.message-square111fedilinkarrow-up1297arrow-down123file-text
arrow-up1274arrow-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 year agomessage-square111fedilinkfile-text
minus-square@dustyData@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink10•1 year 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-square@SatyrSack@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglish13•1 year agoThe mycelium, maybe. That is definitely not the part of the mushroom that you eat.
minus-square@shneancy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink1•edit-21 year 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-squareJackGreenEarthlinkfedilinkEnglish9•1 year agoActual animals are far more likely to feel pain that fungi. Do fungi even have a nervous system?
minus-square@dustyData@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish8•1 year agoWe actually suspect they do. They can also display intelligent behavior, from a certain definition of the concept.
minus-squareAlexanderESmithlinkfedilink4•1 year agoDepends on what you include in that classification
minus-squareteftlinkfedilink19•edit-21 year agoSo are chickpeas or edamame meat to you? Because they have like 5 times as much protein by weight than mushrooms.
minus-square@protist@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglish10•1 year agoMushrooms have some protein, but not very much. They aren’t a very good source of protein
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.
Depends on what you include in that classification
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So are chickpeas or edamame meat to you? Because they have like 5 times as much protein by weight than mushrooms.
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Mushrooms have some protein, but not very much. They aren’t a very good source of protein