• pageflight@lemmy.world
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      3 days ago

      TIL.

      [T]he fungi can mate with nearly every individual of their species they meet. […] 23,000 different sexual identities, a result of widespread differentiation in the genetic locations that govern its sexual behavior.

      Why is it useful to call them sexual identities then? Are exact matches not able to mate?

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        2 days ago

        “sexual identities” lmao way to anthropomorphize freaking mushrooms 🤣

        They’re called mating types and are not at all comparable to the aforementioned, entirely human, concept