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I read this fun fact purporting that 'mushrooms are more closely related to humans than to plants'. This prompted me to do some research via Google. I found this article which explains it very well.
It turns out that mushrooms are fungi which help with decomposition in the forest. Life on earth is currently classified into 5 kingdoms: plant, animal, fungi, monera (such as bacteria) and protista (such as algae).
Modern technology has been able to analyze genetic relationships. They discovered that animals and fungi go back to a common ancestor a billion years ago. So mushrooms are not plants. Plants use chlorophyll to make food. Fungi exist on decaying matter, have no leaves, roots or seeds.
Indeed the taste of a portobello mushroom is meaty. It is considerably more difficult to treat a fungal infection as opposed to a bacterial infection. We have a closer genetic link to fungi so the body may not be able to distinguish it as easily as bacteria which has a more simple cell structure.
I don't think I will look at mushrooms the same again. How about you?
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I might stop eating them! Hugs, Valerie
It is difficult to accept this since mushroom is my favorite dish. After reading your post i need to think about it...
How extraordinary! No, I don’t think I will ever look at another mushroom quite in the same way again :) I do love eating them though, all kinds but I love a good sautéed portobello with a poached egg on the top, for breakfast or even another meal of the day. A fascinating post Christine, thank you.
Come to think of it ... some people at work do behave like mushrooms. Always intellectually in the dark yet they flourish like ... mushrooms.
God bless.
Wow, that is really interesting.Love mushrooms☺
OMG! I just had Pasta Funghi for dinner and it was soooo good. Now that I'm reading this...
Give a mushroom a (((hug))) today!
Very interesting!!!
Hugs
That is very interesting, Christine!
Oh Valerie! Haha
Wow! I didn't know that. I eat a couple of mushrooms most every day.
I'm with Valerie,, I think I'm done with mushrooms!!!!!
I would have figured animals and plants would have the common ancestor before fungus. The first animals were probably like modern day sea sponges or coral, which do have a "plant-ish" kind of look to them.
LOL...great post, and no I will not be able to look at a mushroom the same way either lol!
wow, often times I learn something here that I was unaware of before. Thanks for the education on this mushroom and I thoroughly enjoyed reading it! And if a mushroom comes into my view I'll be sure and recognize it's "nature".
Fascinating, Christine!
So on the decaying matter...they are closely related to buzzards? :) Heh.
I'm with you, Christine!
As for not looking at a mushroom the same way, I try not to look at them at all. Not a fan except maybe to photograph them in the wild! haha...I don't eat.
Interesting facts about fungi. Who knew?
blagh mushrooms
never liked the smell of them and dont eat them since i cant get over them being a fungus, why eat fungus
Well goodness me!
I still enjoyed my mushrooms this morning :)
All the best Jan
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