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

  • ShaggyBlarney@lemmy.ca
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    13 hours ago

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

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

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      12 hours ago

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