Fun facts about mushrooms, featuring original images

in #mushrooms7 years ago (edited)

Who here thinks mushrooms are amazing? Well, there might not be a lot of you, but I know some of you are, after I read this post from @itchykitten.

Today I want to share with you three photos I took when I was visiting a natural reservation in Germany.

I absolutely love mushrooms, and today I also want to share with you 3 fun facts about them:

A. Did you know that, judging from a DNA's stand point, mushrooms are more similar to humans than to plants?

This is true, amazing aaand freaky at the same time :)

B. Another fun fact is that mushrooms, as opposed to plants, produce Vitamin D when exposed to sunlight. IMG_9356.JPGHuman skin behaves very similarly.

C. The last mushroom fun fact (for this post anyway) is that, well, mushrooms have their very own immune system. Sooo, yeah :)

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Thank you for your attention. I hope you liked the photos and the fun facts about mushrooms.

I have made quite a lot of mushroom photos, so, if there is interest, I might transform this post into a series. Let me know :)

They really need more attention from the scientific community and from people in general.


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I will say a fool thing, but you know Im improving my english thinking and orthography, but this post make me think that mushrooms are the pigs of vegetal reign!!! ;) By the way I love them!!!
I send you a big Hug @sirrius!!! :D

Thank you for posting

You are very welcome :)

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