Yes, I'm a long-term fan of the mycelium, but when it gets presented as otherworldly and whatnot it turns me off a bit. The pigment funnel/electron transport chain in a plant's photosynthetic apparatus is mind-blowing but doesn't get the same kind of mysticism treatment on the internet. Maybe I'm just a curmudgeon.
I personally am of the opinion that all of earth and especially all life forms should get the mysticism/wonderment treatment (that includes the photosynthesis in a big way!).
I just think for a lot of people (me included) it's easier with fungi because they're usually not as neatly explained throughout school, and thus not in the "normal stuff, boring" category.
I hope it's a kind of gateway wonderment for more nature appreciation in general :)
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ChihuahuaOfDoom@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 1y
Some help you speak to god.
JacobCoffinWrites@slrpnk.net · 10 pts · 1y
Or visit
snekerpimp@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 1y
Not really visit, more “move in with”
feedum_sneedson@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
eh
egrets@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 1y
Mushrooms are your basement-dwelling long-lost cousin's genitalia.
feedum_sneedson@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 1y
Yes, I'm a long-term fan of the mycelium, but when it gets presented as otherworldly and whatnot it turns me off a bit. The pigment funnel/electron transport chain in a plant's photosynthetic apparatus is mind-blowing but doesn't get the same kind of mysticism treatment on the internet. Maybe I'm just a curmudgeon.
mhmmm@slrpnk.net · 6 pts · 1y
While possibly curmudgeonly, I see your point!
I personally am of the opinion that all of earth and especially all life forms should get the mysticism/wonderment treatment (that includes the photosynthesis in a big way!). I just think for a lot of people (me included) it's easier with fungi because they're usually not as neatly explained throughout school, and thus not in the "normal stuff, boring" category.
I hope it's a kind of gateway wonderment for more nature appreciation in general :)
feedum_sneedson@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y
I bought a large textbook called "Fungi" for this very reason, but have yet to find the time to sit down and read all 600 pages.
solo@slrpnk.net · 3 pts · 1y
Hope you'll find the time and enjoy it, and that it's totally not related to DANGEROUS Fake Foraging Books Scam on Amazon
feedum_sneedson@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
It's a university textbook! So about fungal cell physiology and whatnot. (I will never be brave enough to forage for wild mushrooms.)