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I'm worried of breathing in fungi. They're already known carcinogens. If these shed spores, they could establish a latent infection. This is what fungi do. We'

I'm worried of breathing in fungi. They're already known carcinogens. If these shed spores, they could establish a latent infection. This is what fungi do. We're already all encountering this on a day to day basis at a background level. No reason to increase exposure.

offtrail 3y ago
>I'm worried of breathing in fungi I have some bad news for you. You do with every breath. >They're known carcinogens Depends on the mushroom. Many are actually anti cancer, but I'm going to to assume you meant breathing the spores. It's only a concern if you're in an enclosed space. Like a fruiting room full of oyster mushrooms. >they could establish a latent infection. This is what fungi do. Having a fungal infection isn't necessarily bad thing. YOU have a fungal community in and on you right now. They're protecting you even as you read this. It's been shown that inculating trees with chaga mushrooms can prevent infections from other more aggressive parasites and blights. Fungi are your friends. Oyster mushrooms aren't going to infect you. If anyone would, I'd put my money on cordyceps. And those aren't used for mycorestoration. >We're already all encountering this on a day to day basis at a background level. No reason to increase exposure. Gonna have to disagree. Humans are responsible for completely fucking the mycelial mass of earth. We knocked a big cog out of the carbon cycle through mass development of the land, mass use of pesticides, fungicides, and fertilizers. Pavement everywhere. And we absolutely need to fix it. Good news for you though, people are working on sporeless strains of fungi used in mycorestoration. Soon your worries will be irrelevant.
mikeweiss 3y ago
Curious... do you eat mushrooms?
Uptrenda 3y ago
I think I heard somewhere that if not for a few degrees in temperature human beings would be plagued by many fungal diseases. But because of our body temperature (and immune system) they find it very hard to live in our bodies. I'm wondering if global warming will accelerate the adaption of fungi to higher temperatures and therefore potentially allowing a new species to invade us. The future is fun and holds many things to look forward to. Perhaps we can become one with the mushrooms some day.
- Nux 3y ago
  It was a film :) .. wouldn't let that in serious conversation. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=OLNagvJHl3g https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=OLNagvJHl3g
- bamboozled 3y ago
  In more worried about what is lurking in permafrost…
- CyberDildonics 3y ago
  You realize there are already a lot of different climates on earth right?
  - hypercube33 3y ago
    I think they may be confused with body temperature which is fairly consistent but that also doesn't make a lot of sense either.

offtrail 3y ago

>I'm worried of breathing in fungi I have some bad news for you. You do with every breath. >They're known carcinogens Depends on the mushroom. Many are actually anti cancer, but I'm going to to assume you meant breathing the spores. It's only a concern if you're in an enclosed space. Like a fruiting room full of oyster mushrooms. >they could establish a latent infection. This is what fungi do. Having a fungal infection isn't necessarily bad thing. YOU have a fungal community in and on you right now. They're protecting you even as you read this. It's been shown that inculating trees with chaga mushrooms can prevent infections from other more aggressive parasites and blights. Fungi are your friends. Oyster mushrooms aren't going to infect you. If anyone would, I'd put my money on cordyceps. And those aren't used for mycorestoration. >We're already all encountering this on a day to day basis at a background level. No reason to increase exposure. Gonna have to disagree. Humans are responsible for completely fucking the mycelial mass of earth. We knocked a big cog out of the carbon cycle through mass development of the land, mass use of pesticides, fungicides, and fertilizers. Pavement everywhere. And we absolutely need to fix it. Good news for you though, people are working on sporeless strains of fungi used in mycorestoration. Soon your worries will be irrelevant.

mikeweiss 3y ago

Curious... do you eat mushrooms?

Uptrenda 3y ago

I think I heard somewhere that if not for a few degrees in temperature human beings would be plagued by many fungal diseases. But because of our body temperature (and immune system) they find it very hard to live in our bodies. I'm wondering if global warming will accelerate the adaption of fungi to higher temperatures and therefore potentially allowing a new species to invade us. The future is fun and holds many things to look forward to. Perhaps we can become one with the mushrooms some day.

Nux 3y ago
It was a film :) .. wouldn't let that in serious conversation. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=OLNagvJHl3g https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=OLNagvJHl3g
bamboozled 3y ago
In more worried about what is lurking in permafrost…
CyberDildonics 3y ago
You realize there are already a lot of different climates on earth right?
- hypercube33 3y ago
  I think they may be confused with body temperature which is fairly consistent but that also doesn't make a lot of sense either.