Weird to not list the antibiotic powers of penicillin on that list.
The only other one with a range like this is Nicolas Cage
Forests have gigantic underground fungal networks that connect trees to one another, allowing them to exchange chemical signals.
Except nobody asked it if was the other way around - that the mushroom is a tree farmer keeping in touch with all its trees nurturing and transporting stuff between them
Given just how long it was before trees came about, are we sure early fungi didn’t bioengineer these tress specifically for this purpose?
Has anyone bothered asking the humongous fungus?
Trees were there before fungi I think, at least the kind that can digest tree. So perhaps not all, that’s why we have coal. Trees just died but didn’t rot. They were compacted by other trees falling on top ad infinitum(ish).
Love the joke but in reality everything has that range.
Some frogs are cool, some good to eat, some make you hallucinate, and some immediately kill you.
I believe tomatoes are also part a deadly family of plant Im too lazy to look up.
Berries, octopus, liver, everything.
Damn nature, you scary.
Nightshade family (Solanaceae):
Tomatoes (yummy)
Nightshade (some are deadly)
Datura (deliriant that causes multi day psychosis, might tank your liver)
Also tobacco and chilis. Nightshades got range.
So many different plants being genetically close (ish) makes it possible to do all kinds of fun experiments with grafting. Something like tomatoes and eggplants that have nicotine (though still mostly in the leaves) or potatoes that also make habanero peppers.
I mean… couldn’t we say the same thing of “plants” or “minerals”?
Sure, but most people can see a significant difference between grass, a maple tree, a pine tree, or a rose. Sometimes the only difference between certain death and a stir fry is the type of gills or colouration on a mushroom. Mushrooms have a huge variety within a relatively niche look.
