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Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 1 month ago

I wonder if there exists people who aggressively believe mushrooms are plants, similar to people who defend Pluto as a planet.

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I wonder if there exists people who aggressively believe mushrooms are plants, similar to people who defend Pluto as a planet.

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Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 1 month ago

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

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Yup. Inside culinary classifications, fungi don’t exist. Outside of culinary classifications, vegetables don’t exist.

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