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It was only in 1969 (nice) that fungi officially became its own separate kingdom.

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[–] youngalfred@lemm.ee 6 points 2 months ago

Similarly plate tectonics - not fully recognised until the 60s apparently.

[–] brown567@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 months ago
[–] TheRealKuni@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

You can use mushrooms in Plants vs Zombies.

It isn’t called “Plants and Fungi vs Zombies.”

Ergo, mushrooms are plants.

Checkmate, atheists!

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

All hail the Mushroom King!

[–] thenextguy@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

I've never even considered whether they're plants or not. I guess I always assumed they were, but now it makes sense that they're not. But I can't imagine anyone having a tizzy over it either way.

[–] ultranaut@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

Yes, I've encountered a few people like this. Also, no one has ever heard of Archaea.

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