Vegetarians Should Not Eat Mushrooms
I watched QI with Stephen Fry last night, and learned something that made me go "huh?".
The question was about whether mushrooms were animal or plant. Well, I knew they were neither - they are fungus.
What I did not realise is that apparently fungus are closer to animals than to plants!!! In fact, according to eHow.com:
Because animals are closer in evolutionary history to fungi than plants, it could be said that a mushroom is closer "kin" to a human than to vegetables on a salad bar.
I got to thinking, perhaps vegetarians really shouldn't eat mushrooms, if they are closer to animals than plants. Think of all those vegetarians who love mushrooms, do they know they are almost eating almost animals?
Of course, this is pure sillyness... :D
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Me, I'll eat anything that moves, and most that doesn't. Mushrooms aren't safe from me :D
