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[–] Zacryon@feddit.org 41 points 1 week ago (1 children)

As far as I know there are a lot of fungi that have hundreds or even thousands of mating types, i.e. "sexes". Fungi are weird.

[–] FooBarrington@lemmy.world 27 points 1 week ago (3 children)

I've heard that their orgies are as complex as they are awesome

[–] Whats_your_reasoning@lemmy.world 18 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Pictured below: one kinky little fucker

[–] SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone 13 points 1 week ago (1 children)

A baby in a diaper, with no legs, wearing the Japanese flag on a giant turban, a cowardly royal guard, and who is actually an anthropomorphic mushroom named Toad.

[–] samus12345@lemm.ee 4 points 6 days ago

an anthropomorphic mushroom named Toad.

I guess they were referencing a toadstool, like Peach's original US name? His name in Japanese actually makes sense: Kinopio, a play on the Japanese word for mushroom, "kinoko."

[–] hakunawazo@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Yeah, that little shit. I'm still mad.

[–] PolarKraken@programming.dev 4 points 1 week ago

'twas told to me that in many ways they refuse to cooperate with our system of taxonomy at large, too freaky to ever be properly pinned down

[–] OpenStars@piefed.social 2 points 1 week ago

As well as, highly ironically, sometimes unnecessary (if you know you know:-P)