It was only in 1969 (nice) that fungi officially became its own separate kingdom.

  • elephantium@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    Interesting! So the part we pick is and eat is like a strawberry more than, say, lettuce.

    Naively, it’s easy to think: it grows in the ground, therefore, it’s a plant. There’s a lot more than meets the eye, though.

    Mushrooms are the closest things we have to aliens

    Star Trek: Let’s figure out how to hook up the translator to Data so we can talk to them. Real life: Let’s see whether they’re tasty.