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Fungi: mycelia, mushrooms & more

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[–] ChihuahuaOfDoom@lemmy.world 15 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Some help you speak to god.

[–] JacobCoffinWrites 10 points 3 days ago (1 children)
[–] snekerpimp@lemmy.world 10 points 3 days ago

Not really visit, more “move in with”

[–] feedum_sneedson@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)
[–] egrets@lemmy.world 8 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Mushrooms are your basement-dwelling long-lost cousin's genitalia.

[–] feedum_sneedson@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Yes, I'm a long-term fan of the mycelium, but when it gets presented as otherworldly and whatnot it turns me off a bit. The pigment funnel/electron transport chain in a plant's photosynthetic apparatus is mind-blowing but doesn't get the same kind of mysticism treatment on the internet. Maybe I'm just a curmudgeon.

[–] mhmmm 6 points 3 days ago (1 children)

While possibly curmudgeonly, I see your point!

I personally am of the opinion that all of earth and especially all life forms should get the mysticism/wonderment treatment (that includes the photosynthesis in a big way!). I just think for a lot of people (me included) it's easier with fungi because they're usually not as neatly explained throughout school, and thus not in the "normal stuff, boring" category.

I hope it's a kind of gateway wonderment for more nature appreciation in general :)

[–] feedum_sneedson@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I bought a large textbook called "Fungi" for this very reason, but have yet to find the time to sit down and read all 600 pages.

[–] solo 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Hope you'll find the time and enjoy it, and that it's totally not related to DANGEROUS Fake Foraging Books Scam on Amazon

[–] feedum_sneedson@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

It's a university textbook! So about fungal cell physiology and whatnot. (I will never be brave enough to forage for wild mushrooms.)