not exactly, we say fruiting bodies to be easier to describe, but you can’t botanically be a fruit without being a plant. plus spores aren’t seeds. fungi are more closely related to us than fruit!
i wonder if any distinction was made that long ago too though, or if mushrooms would’ve been included in the original context 🤔
Ratio_Tile@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 months ago
Not a plant, and the penis-looking part above ground is called a fruiting body so therefore it does bear fruit
vardogor@mander.xyz 5 months ago
not exactly, we say fruiting bodies to be easier to describe, but you can’t botanically be a fruit without being a plant. plus spores aren’t seeds. fungi are more closely related to us than fruit!
i wonder if any distinction was made that long ago too though, or if mushrooms would’ve been included in the original context 🤔
icelimit@lemmy.ml 5 months ago
Who called it that?