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

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[-] lord_ryvan@ttrpg.network 82 points 3 months ago

I overheard someone talking about veganism and said they only eat plants. I asked them about mushrooms, “of course it's fine, those are plants”.
No amount of convincing worked.

So I've seen it once.

[-] ShaggyBlarney@lemmy.ca 71 points 3 months ago

Mushrooms are plants in the culinary sense. Like strawberries, blackberries and raspberries are berries in the culinary sense.

[-] kn33@lemmy.world 50 points 3 months ago

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

[-] lord_ryvan@ttrpg.network 13 points 3 months ago

Culinary definition doesn't differentiate plants, but mushrooms are vegetables.

[-] Klear@sh.itjust.works 7 points 3 months ago

Separate culinary definitions? That's nuts!

[-] sik0fewl@lemmy.ca 4 points 3 months ago

But not peanuts, which are legumes.

[-] EtherWhack@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

Or the stone fruit, coconuts.

[-] dustyData@lemmy.world 11 points 3 months ago

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.

[-] SatyrSack@feddit.org 12 points 3 months ago

The mycelium, maybe. That is definitely not the part of the mushroom that you eat.

[-] shneancy@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

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??

[-] frezik@midwest.social 2 points 3 months ago

Notch funds a real life Mooshroim when?

[-] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org 2 points 3 months ago

First time hearing this but mushroom is a protein source so from diet perspective, I see it as a meet type food. Deff not vegatable

[-] teft@lemmy.world 20 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

So are chickpeas or edamame meat to you? Because they have like 5 times as much protein by weight than mushrooms.

[-] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org 3 points 3 months ago

I would go with, based totally on feelz, that no because it generally note used like that.

As you think is all super science here, trust me bro

[-] protist@mander.xyz 10 points 3 months ago

Mushrooms have some protein, but not very much. They aren't a very good source of protein

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