• Pantherina@feddit.de
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    9 months ago

    We are talking about “fruits” here which isnt even a term used to describe plants. Maybe in english, not in german.

    • naevaTheRat@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      9 months ago

      mushrooms are not fruits in any sense. Fruiting body is applied colloquially however since spores are not fruits this is also incorrect.

      However much like with calling a tomato a fruit, it’s perfectly clear to call the penis loo lookin’ thing a fruiting body and only derranged pedants are bothered by it.

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      9 months ago

      Fruits are a specific part of the plant, the seed-bearing part (pods and ferns are the exceptions, I guess). Veggies are the rest of the plant. Mushrooms are fungi’s and all, don’t get me wrong, but they’re not plants