There’s a Paul Stamets video where he talks about how mushrooms are so closely related to humans that we both fight off similar pathogens and that is why they are so useful to us for medicine (penicillin for example.)
Yeah the similarities make sense when you look at sponges and sea lilies and the like, but the difference between a mushroom and a mammal is incredibly vast
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There’s a Paul Stamets video where he talks about how mushrooms are so closely related to humans that we both fight off similar pathogens and that is why they are so useful to us for medicine (penicillin for example.)
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You’re right, my word choice makes it seem like I was saying fungi and humans are genetically related. Thanks for clarifying.
There’s an enormous difference between kingdoms, so being more similar still leaves us very far apart.
That’s true. To even get to the mushroom kingdom you have to jump into a lot of pipes.
Yeah the similarities make sense when you look at sponges and sea lilies and the like, but the difference between a mushroom and a mammal is incredibly vast
Our immune systems can tell the difference between human blood types. Let alone fungus vs human.
TIL Stamets is named after a real mycologist.
I was thinking, “he is a real mycologist,” before I figured out to whom you were referring.
Yeah, I don’t know if @Stamets@lemmy.world is a mycologist but he’s certainly named after one.
Named after an Astromycologist anyway. I try to distance myself as much as I can from the Union busting real world mushroom man
Holy shit. That’s mildly terrifying…
The ol’ bait and switch
What other great mushroom facts do you have, mystery man?
most of it was bullshit. soon as you start down a taxonomy road you’re fucked with stupidity. most things in nature are on a spectrum.
Most of my friends are also on a spectrum.
are they fun guys?
probably.
Well new fear unlocked, thanks.