Comment on Mushrooms

MicrowavedTea@infosec.pub ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

• todd_bonzalez@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  The part about them being too closely related to Humans sounds like BS, but there is a mushroom that is perfectly safe the first few times you eat it, and then eventually makes your immune system attack your blood cells.

  en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paxillus_involutus

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  • Mobiuthuselah@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    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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    • todd_bonzalez@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      In the Paul Stamets TED talk, he never says that humans specifically are genetically close to fungi. He said that between all the different kingdoms of life, animals and fungi were more biologically similar than any other two kingdoms.

      That definitely explains why we can borrow useful defenses from fungi, like antibiotics, but it’s definitely not a reason to believe that our immune systems would have any difficulties differentiating between certain fungi and our own bodies, at least not for reasons related to direct genetic similarities.

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      • Mobiuthuselah@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        You’re right, my word choice makes it seem like I was saying fungi and humans are genetically related. Thanks for clarifying.

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      • Viper_NZ@lemmy.nz ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        Our immune systems can tell the difference between human blood types. Let alone fungus vs human.

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      • Anticorp@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        There’s an enormous difference between kingdoms, so being more similar still leaves us very far apart.

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    • Klear@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      TIL Stamets is named after a real mycologist.

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      • Mobiuthuselah@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        I was thinking, “he is a real mycologist,” before I figured out to whom you were referring.

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  • Potatisen@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    What other great mushroom facts do you have, mystery man?

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  • Shard@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Holy shit. That’s mildly terrifying…

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  • Agent641@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    The ol’ bait and switch

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  • jatone@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    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.

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    • TexasDrunk@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Most of my friends are also on a spectrum.

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      • Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        are they fun guys?

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  • MicrowavedTea@infosec.pub ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Well new fear unlocked, thanks.

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