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TIL scientists discovered lipopeptides that kill microbes so efficiently they named them after Keanu Reeves. Just as Keanu was extremely deadly he was in his films, ‘keanumycins’ are devastating to human-pathogenic fungi and plant fungal diseases.

by whatilearned May 21, 2023, 1:59 pm

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What did one fungi say to another fungi when they got married?

by cringeyjokesman February 6, 2023, 2:58 am

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TIL The nucli of multicellular fungi cells can migrate, if a fungus encounters something strange like a substance that can’t be broken down, nuclei will concentrate in that area to try and find a mutation that can break it down, brute-forcing their DNA, seen also with consuming plastic and radiation

by whatilearned February 4, 2023, 2:04 am

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Found on a fungi sub

by CopyPastaArchive January 23, 2023, 7:12 pm

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TIL that some species of termites have symbiotic relationships with fungi, cultivating them in their nests as a food source in a mutually beneficial relationship.

by whatilearned December 27, 2022, 10:41 am

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TIL Why Dog Paws Smell Like Fritos. Even the cleanest, healthiest pooch has trillions of bacteria and fungi living on their skin. That yeasty, corn chip smell is actually a normal byproduct of harmless bacteria, usually Proteus or Pseudomonas, both of which are naturally present in our environment.

by whatilearned December 25, 2022, 2:45 pm

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TIL that many of the lifeforms in the Ediacaran Period (c. 635–538.8 Mya), are very challenging to place in the tree of life. We are not sure whether they are animals, lichens, algae, fungi, microbial colonies, or some strange intermediate between plants and animals.

by whatilearned September 25, 2022, 10:51 pm

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‘Flesh of the Gods’: The Trippy History of Magic Mushrooms – the ancient history of psychotropic fungi.

by HistoryBuff September 3, 2022, 8:35 am

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TIL there is a parasite that can cause homosexuality (at least in insects). It’s a fungi called Massospora cicadina

by whatilearned August 22, 2022, 2:58 pm

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TIL that if all the spores of a single giant puffball mushroom had a 100% germination success, followed by the same for its offspring, the resulting mass of fungi would amount to 800 times the volume of Earth

by whatilearned July 13, 2022, 8:06 pm

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TIL that Mushrooms have their own language. A professor at the University of the West of England found in his lab that the electrical signals of four species of fungi pulse in patterns that are similar in structure to human languages.

by whatilearned June 28, 2022, 12:05 am

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TIL many Native American tribes used fire for thousands of years to manage forest brush for small game hunting as well as creating grasslands for big game to be hunted. This resulted in many species of plants, animals, and fungi to become extinct as the forest became a fire-adapted ecosystem.

by whatilearned June 22, 2022, 12:25 am

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