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magic beneath the forests (mander.xyz)

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[–] [email protected] 29 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (3 children)

Fungi confuse me. I can't figure out what they are. I think the fact that I thought they were plants my whole life and then it turns out they aren't just broke me lol.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 months ago

afaik a decent summary is that they're sorta like animal cells that specced into a plant lifestyle, but since animals are good at digesting stuff and can't photosynthesize, they went for eating dead things that no one else eats.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 6 months ago

My Biology teacher put it pretty neatly: "Fungi are Fungi."

[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 months ago

Coral also isn't plants