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

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[-] linearchaos@lemmy.world 6 points 9 hours ago

Yeah but we're not eating the whole thing we're just eating its sex organ

[-] lurch@sh.itjust.works 3 points 9 hours ago

Except, in cheese and some sausages. Also, I'm not sure yeast counts, because it's usually dead by the time we eat it in our food.

[-] Contramuffin@lemmy.world 3 points 7 hours ago

not sure yeast counts because it's usually dead

As long as the organism is dead, we're not eating it? Time to have some steak then, surely that's not a cow!

[-] lurch@sh.itjust.works 1 points 6 hours ago

lol, yeah, but when baking, the yeast gets destroyed pretty bad. i didn't dare call it yeast at that point, but maybe you're right.

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