ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 14 hours agoI wonder if there exists people who aggressively believe mushrooms are plants, similar to people who defend Pluto as a planet.message-squaremessage-square55fedilinkarrow-up1162arrow-down111file-text
arrow-up1151arrow-down1message-squareI wonder if there exists people who aggressively believe mushrooms are plants, similar to people who defend Pluto as a planet.ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 14 hours agomessage-square55fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareFonzie!linkfedilinkarrow-up58arrow-down3·14 hours agoI overheard someone talking about veganism and said they only eat plants. I asked them about mushrooms, “of course it’s fine, those are plants”. No amount of convincing worked. So I’ve seen it once.
minus-squareShaggyBlarney@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up50arrow-down2·13 hours agoMushrooms are plants in the culinary sense. Like strawberries, blackberries and raspberries are berries in the culinary sense.
minus-squareKlear@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 hours agoSeparate culinary definitions? That’s nuts!
minus-squareFonzie!linkfedilinkarrow-up4·5 hours agoCulinary definition doesn’t differentiate plants, but mushrooms are vegetables.
minus-squarekn33@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up35·12 hours agoYup. Inside culinary classifications, fungi don’t exist. Outside of culinary classifications, vegetables don’t exist.
minus-squaredustyData@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down1·14 hours agoIf anything is close to having a consciousness and experiencing an array of emotion, including suffering. That’s a mushroom, much more than a plant.
minus-squareSatyrSack@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·12 hours agoThe mycelium, maybe. That is definitely not the part of the mushroom that you eat.
minus-squareJackGreenEarth@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down1·13 hours agoActual animals are far more likely to feel pain that fungi. Do fungi even have a nervous system?
minus-square🇦🇺𝕄𝕦𝕟𝕥𝕖𝕕𝕔𝕣𝕠𝕔𝕕𝕚𝕝𝕖@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·12 hours agoFungi are a nervous system.
minus-squaredustyData@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·12 hours agoWe actually suspect they do. They can also display intelligent behavior, from a certain definition of the concept.
minus-squaresunzu2@thebrainbin.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down4·13 hours agoFirst time hearing this but mushroom is a protein source so from diet perspective, I see it as a meet type food. Deff not vegatable
minus-squareteft@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down1·edit-212 hours agoSo are chickpeas or edamame meat to you? Because they have like 5 times as much protein by weight than mushrooms.
minus-squaresunzu2@thebrainbin.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down6·13 hours agoI would go with, based totally on feelz, that no because it generally note used like that. As you think is all super science here, trust me bro
minus-squareprotist@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·13 hours agoMushrooms have some protein, but not very much. They aren’t a very good source of protein
I overheard someone talking about veganism and said they only eat plants. I asked them about mushrooms, “of course it’s fine, those are plants”.
No amount of convincing worked.
So I’ve seen it once.
Mushrooms are plants in the culinary sense. Like strawberries, blackberries and raspberries are berries in the culinary sense.
Separate culinary definitions? That’s nuts!
Culinary definition doesn’t differentiate plants, but mushrooms are vegetables.
Yup. Inside culinary classifications, fungi don’t exist. Outside of culinary classifications, vegetables don’t exist.
If anything is close to having a consciousness and experiencing an array of emotion, including suffering. That’s a mushroom, much more than a plant.
The mycelium, maybe. That is definitely not the part of the mushroom that you eat.
Actual animals are far more likely to feel pain that fungi. Do fungi even have a nervous system?
Fungi are a nervous system.
We actually suspect they do. They can also display intelligent behavior, from a certain definition of the concept.
First time hearing this but mushroom is a protein source so from diet perspective, I see it as a meet type food. Deff not vegatable
So are chickpeas or edamame meat to you? Because they have like 5 times as much protein by weight than mushrooms.
I would go with, based totally on feelz, that no because it generally note used like that.
As you think is all super science here, trust me bro
Mushrooms have some protein, but not very much. They aren’t a very good source of protein