Idk what the fuck this brand is even called. It just says "vegetable" and is the culinary equivalent of crack cocaine. Yes, I did eat that entire pack in one sitting.

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[–] queermunist@lemmy.ml 10 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (4 children)

They're definitely not plants, but culinary definitions don't really follow biologist lines so idk they're probably fruit or something..

[–] miz@hexbear.net 8 points 4 weeks ago

yeah a fun tidbit I remember is that fungi are closer genetically to animals than they are to plants

[–] came_apart_at_Kmart@hexbear.net 8 points 4 weeks ago

it's true. source: am horticulturalist. vegetable is a culinary distinction, not a botanical one.

vegetative growth, fruiting bodies are biological features.

I work in "specialty crops" which includes mushrooms, but in The Academy for agriculture, the mycologists are rare and generally in plant/animal pathology departments identifying diseases and forestry departments just being weird.

[–] take_five_moments@hexbear.net 4 points 4 weeks ago

absorptive heterotrophs, technically, i guess

[–] sodium_nitride@hexbear.net 4 points 4 weeks ago

There are 6 "kingdoms" of life, Plants, Animals, Fungi, ArchaeBacteria, EuBacteria and Protists.

https://www.thoughtco.com/six-kingdoms-of-life-373414