It was only in 1969 (nice) that fungi officially became its own separate kingdom.
Thanks plants vs zombies 😡😡
It’s not a plant or an animal, but a secret third thing.
They’re
fungifun guys.
I think an issue here is that taxonomic and colloquial definitions don’t always agree.
Spiders are colloquially bugs, but they’re not taxonomically “true bugs” (which is itself a colloquialism for Hemiptera). Tomatos are colloquially vegetables but taxonomically fruits…but afaik vegetable is a purely colloquial term anyway.
And as someone else in the thread mentioned, colloquial berries are not always taxonomic berries.
So…colloquially, “plants” sorta means, “macroscopic multicellular living non-animal thing,” but taxonomically it’s something else.
If you’re talking about tomatoes, the difference is the context, and it isn’t a choice between colloquial vs scientific taxonomy, but between culinary/nutritional vs botany/taxonomy (and). You can talk about either in a colloquial context or a formal context, though generally there isn’t much reason to talk about botany in a colloquial setting.
From a nutritional perspective, mushrooms are generally considered vegetables, too.
afaik vegetable is a purely colloquial term anyway.
I thought you were wrong but I looked it up and I appear to have been mistaken. It makes “tomatoes are fruits, not vegetables” sound nonsensical, as it implies that “vegetable” is a different taxonomical option, when really it’s just a word for objects with a particular collection of traits that are relevant in a different context. What we should he saying is “While tomatoes are not fruit in the food pyramid, taxonomically, they are.” Doesn’t really roll off the tongue, though. Maybe “Tomatoes are vegetables AND fruits!” would solve that?
but what about berry club? which things count as berries now?
Similarly, “a planet” can be understood in technical or colloquial context which changes the meaning. It can have a specific meaning or a vague flexible meaning, just like with berries.
BTW raspberries are my favorite berries… sort of. Watermelons are pretty good too.
I like bananas
Pluto is a mushroom
No, Pluto is a plant.
No. Pluto is an animal.
Source: Disney Wiki
Is he though? He’s anthropomorphic, speaks clear English, and owns a dog.
Pluto is an animal-shaped person.
Wait no that’s Goofy. Pluto is an animal owned by an animal-shaped person!
Ya done goofed!
Goofily!
Pluto is a planet, though. It’s officially considered a “dwarf” planet, and as “dwarf” is just an adjective, it’s still a planet (just like a short person is still a person). The other 8 new dwarf planets (Ceres, Eris, Makemake, Haumea, Gonggong, Quaoar, Orcus, and Sedna) are also all planets - so we have 17 planets total.
Seriously, though. By the same 3 criteria that Pluto isn’t a planet, Mercury isn’t (as it isn’t in hydrostatic equilibrium).
I mean Pluto IS a planet i guess what people mean when they say pluto is not a planet is that it is no longer part of our solar system
No, that’s just you. I’m genuinely curious why you’d think anyone would ever make the argument Pluto isn’t part of our solar system.
No, they don’t.
If Pluto is a planet, then Ceres is a planet too. CERES RIGHTS!
Remember the Cant!
Let’s just acknowledge that anything big enough to be round is a planet. That’s the bare minimum criteria.
Orbit shapes and clear paths don’t matter, the Solar system isn’t a typical stellar system, many aren’t so stable and ordered, especially in binary and triplet star systems. So the pedantry around the shapes of the orbits of the outer kuiper planets is a very silly thing to argue about. After all most orbits in binary and triplet systems aren’t even predictable long term, let alone not circular.
OK, can you name all planets in the solar system?
So that makes Earth and Moon a binary planet system. I’m cool with that
I believe the rule of thumb is binary planets’ barycentre is external to either body. This is the case with Pluto/Charon,
I think it’s also the case with Earth/Moon.It is not the case with the earth and the moon. It would be if the moon was 40% more massive
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.
so hang on, mushrooms are like uh, well not milk, but as if say a cow regrew its meat every season? or maybe like a lizard that regrows its tail?
mushrooms are weird, man
wild idea, would it be possible to hijack mycelium with animal DNA and make it grow mushroom shaped meat??
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
Fuck you op. Mushrooms are plants, Pluto is a planet, and that’s the truth from one edge of this flat Earth to the other.
~disclaimer: this is a joke~
Honestly? Flat earth? It’s not even funny as a joke. That entire movement has been so incredibly detrimental, and dangerous. It has shattered families, and been an instruction manual for other conspiracy theorists. And the worst thing of all is that it makes actual, real facts about how the earth is in, in reality, a hollow shell with a breathable atmosphere in its inferior, come across as just as crazy as flat earth. How are we supposed to spread the truth of hollow earth when flat earthers are out there making us look crazy? Just because hollow earth also points out that the government is lying about the earth doesn’t mean we’re the same! People need to know about hollow earth! Otherwise, we’ll never be able to heal the housing market by building condos inside the earth!
flat earthers are weird. the earth is obviously bowl shaped or the oceans would fall off. and cats would knock everything else off, thats just common sense!
That’s how we get morlocks, though
I bet they don’t think Atlantis existed, either…
Honestly? Flat earth? It’s not even funny as a joke. That entire movement has been so incredibly detrimental, and dangerous. It has shattered families, and been an instruction manual for other conspiracy theorists. And the worst thing of all is that it makes actual, real facts about how the earth is in, in reality, a hollow shell with a breathable atmosphere in its inferior, come across as just as crazy as flat earth. How are we supposed to spread the truth of hollow earth when flat earthers are out there making us look crazy? Just because hollow earth also points out that the government is lying about the earth doesn’t mean we’re the same! People need to know about hollow earth! Otherwise, we’ll never be able to heal the housing market by building condos inside the earth!
“GET MY PLANET’S NAME OUTTA YO MOUTH!”
From what I’ve seen, dudes that care that much about mushrooms are really fun guys.
…this would trigger a friend of mine so badly (fungi enthusiast and Pluto stan). I want to send it, but at the same time… I’m not sure I’d hear the end of it.
Send it and report back. I am interested in subscribing to their newsletter. You’ll let them know, right?
Well they use chitin not celulose for structure so definatly closer to animals than plants.
Similarly plate tectonics - not fully recognised until the 60s apparently.
I have family in Streator, IL, home of Clyde Tombaugh, so we’re die hard planet pluto.
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