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I wonder if there exists people who aggressively believe mushrooms are plants, similar to people who defend Pluto as a planet. (slrpnk.net)

submitted 1 month ago by [email protected] to c/showerthoughts

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

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[–] [email protected] 69 points 1 month ago (3 children)

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

[–] kn33 51 points 1 month ago

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

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 month ago

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

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Separate culinary definitions? That's nuts!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

But not peanuts, which are legumes.

[–] EtherWhack 1 points 1 month ago

Or the stone fruit, coconuts.