• Duamerthrax@lemmy.world
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      14 days ago

      If you’re serious, I think you’re mistaken who’s making the statement. I’ve had conversations with humanity majors who made comments about mushrooms being plants despite the obvious fact that they don’t photosynthesize. Never mind that they breath oxygen in and release co2.

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          14 days ago

          Maybe. He’s old enough, but he also gets a lot of his “science” from old scifi novels.

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        Some plants don’t photosynthesize either (e.g. Orobanchaceae). Its not the photosynthesis that makes the plant