Comment on Mushrooms

• Mobiuthuselah@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ 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 ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ 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 ⁨month⁩ 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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    • Anticorp@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

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

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      • TachyonTele@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        That’s true. To even get to the mushroom kingdom you have to jump into a lot of pipes.

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      • captainlezbian@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        Yeah the similarities make sense when you look at sponges and sea lilies and the like, but the difference between a mushroom and a mammal is incredibly vast

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    • Viper_NZ@lemmy.nz ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

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

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  • Klear@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    TIL Stamets is named after a real mycologist.

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    • Mobiuthuselah@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

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

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      • Dave@lemmy.nz ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        Yeah, I don’t know if @Stamets@lemmy.world is a mycologist but he’s certainly named after one.

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• Potatisen@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

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

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• Shard@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Holy shit. That’s mildly terrifying…

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• Agent641@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  The ol’ bait and switch

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• jatone@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ 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 ⁨month⁩ ago

    Most of my friends are also on a spectrum.

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    • Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      are they fun guys?

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      • jatone@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        probably.

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• MicrowavedTea@infosec.pub ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Well new fear unlocked, thanks.

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