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The brain is a fiber network like the mycelium, likely the same genes (animals are related to mushrooms) and neurotransmitters are involved in its function.
by mjanx123 10mo ago
The brain is a fiber network like the mycelium, likely the same genes (animals are related to mushrooms) and neurotransmitters are involved in its function.
- justinclift 10mo ago> animals are related to mushrooms ??? Apparently in very early evolution animals and fungi shared a common ancestor. That's a pretty far cry from "related to" as its generally used.
- gus_massa 10mo agoSlightly related as mushrooms are closer to animal than to plants, as anyone in a grocery store would guess.
- justinclift 10mo ago> anyone in a grocery store would guess. Actually, I'd challenge that particular point. Mushrooms seem to be found in the fresh fruit and vegetables area, rather than in the deli (meat and cheese), so that would probably point more towards them being considered "vegetables". Or fruit. ;)
- bigstrat2003 10mo agoYep, however one wishes to classify them botanically, mushrooms are a vegetable in culinary usage (similar to tomatoes in that way).
- gus_massa 10mo agoI agree. Sorry, bad English. "as" -> "in oposite of" (or something like that).
- mc32 10mo agoIt’s “alive” therefore it must have an early common ancestor and thus related… people like stretching definitions. At some point when aliens are confirmed and if they were carbon based you might have people say earth species and alien species are “related”.
- meindnoch 10mo agoNo.