ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 2 days agoI wonder if there exists people who aggressively believe mushrooms are plants, similar to people who defend Pluto as a planet.message-squaremessage-square98fedilinkarrow-up1260arrow-down120file-text
arrow-up1240arrow-down1message-squareI wonder if there exists people who aggressively believe mushrooms are plants, similar to people who defend Pluto as a planet.ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 2 days agomessage-square98fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareShaggyBlarney@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up68arrow-down3·2 days agoMushrooms are plants in the culinary sense. Like strawberries, blackberries and raspberries are berries in the culinary sense.
minus-squareKlear@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up8·1 day agoSeparate culinary definitions? That’s nuts!
minus-squarekn33@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up49·2 days agoYup. Inside culinary classifications, fungi don’t exist. Outside of culinary classifications, vegetables don’t exist.
minus-squareFonzie!@ttrpg.networklinkfedilinkarrow-up13·1 day agoCulinary definition doesn’t differentiate plants, but mushrooms are vegetables.
Mushrooms are plants in the culinary sense. Like strawberries, blackberries and raspberries are berries in the culinary sense.
Separate culinary definitions? That’s nuts!
But not peanuts, which are legumes.
Or the stone fruit, coconuts.
Yup. Inside culinary classifications, fungi don’t exist. Outside of culinary classifications, vegetables don’t exist.
Culinary definition doesn’t differentiate plants, but mushrooms are vegetables.