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I suppose it's to motivate animals to eat them. Even people prefer food high in heavy metals by taste.
by Anotheroneagain 3y ago
I suppose it's to motivate animals to eat them. Even people prefer food high in heavy metals by taste.
- Sharlin 3y agoI think it’s more that the mushroom parts are expendable, they die anyway after they’ve done their job. I don’t think fungi in general benefit much from animals eating them, not the way many plants do.
- Anotheroneagain 3y agoThey want animals to ingest their spores.
- bdd8f1df777b 3y agoIt's my understanding that spore generating vegetables just spread their spores around by wind or other natural means. Unlike angiosperms that often spread their seeds with the help of animals.