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minus-squareMobiuthuselah@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up48·3 months agoThere’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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minus-squareMobiuthuselah@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·3 months agoYou’re right, my word choice makes it seem like I was saying fungi and humans are genetically related. Thanks for clarifying.
minus-squareViper_NZ@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·3 months agoOur immune systems can tell the difference between human blood types. Let alone fungus vs human.
minus-squareKlear@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23·3 months agoTIL Stamets is named after a real mycologist.
minus-squareMobiuthuselah@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·3 months agoI was thinking, “he is a real mycologist,” before I figured out to whom you were referring.
minus-squareDave@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 months agoYeah, I don’t know if @[email protected] is a mycologist but he’s certainly named after one.
minus-squareStamets@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 months agoNamed after an Astromycologist anyway. I try to distance myself as much as I can from the Union busting real world mushroom man
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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You’re right, my word choice makes it seem like I was saying fungi and humans are genetically related. Thanks for clarifying.
Our immune systems can tell the difference between human blood types. Let alone fungus vs human.
TIL Stamets is named after a real mycologist.
I was thinking, “he is a real mycologist,” before I figured out to whom you were referring.
Yeah, I don’t know if @[email protected] is a mycologist but he’s certainly named after one.
Named after an Astromycologist anyway. I try to distance myself as much as I can from the Union busting real world mushroom man