I have heard that they are actually animal rather than vegetable but I feel that so long as they don't have a face, they're okay to eat.
My second question is, has anyone ever seen a face on a mushroom?
2006-12-30 06:30:13 · 25 answers · asked by Anonymous in Food & Drink ➔ Vegetarian & Vegan
They are from Kingdom - fungus. I have a hard time trying to imagine why they are set apart and why they they have a kingdom of their own in the classification tables. Apparently they are neither animal nor plant!!! I dont know which they are more like. I don't think they would be approved by the vegetarian society if they were sentient beings like animals !!! I still eat them. I have only seen faces on 'shrooms in Super Mario Bros!!!!
2006-12-30 07:04:36 · answer #1 · answered by Andielep 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Uh oh, does this mean they're going to have to stop doing animal testing on mushrooms??? = O
I've never heard the arguments concerning mushrooms being animals. Although I rarely eat mushrooms as it is, I suppose if there becomes a valid enough argument in favour of them being considered animals, then I might avoid doing so when/if that time comes.
The only faces I've seen on mushrooms are in animation and on TV shows like H.R. Pufnstuf. And Alice in Wonderland.
2006-12-30 14:36:20 · answer #2 · answered by marklemoore 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Mushrooms are fungi, not animals. That means they are living (like bacteria is living), but so is the lettuce you eat. Yogurt is bacteria. That is living. Plants are living too. There is certainly a difference, though, between plants and animals. So you should not feel funny about eating the mushrooms, they really aren't the same as animals. I have been a vegetarian for 5 years, and mushrooms are my favorite "vegetable". :)
2006-12-30 14:46:19 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
mushrooms are an entity to themselves, being neither vegetable nor animal, they are fungi. And no never seen a face on a mushroom but you can imagine anything you want even on a slice of bread! Just close your eyes and eat! Everything gets eaten or is eaten.
2006-12-30 14:40:39 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Its a FUNGUS
mushroom is an above-ground fruiting body (that is, a spore-producing structure) of a fungus, having a shaft and a cap. By extension, it designates the entire fungus producing the fruiting body of such appearance, the former consisting of a network (called the mycelium) of filaments or hyphae. In a much broader sense, mushroom is applied to any visible fungus, or especially the fruiting body of any fungus, with the mycelium usually being hidden under bark, ground, rotten wood, leaves, etc. The technical term for the spore-producing structure of "true" mushrooms is the basidiocarp. The term "toadstool" is used typically to designate a basidiocarp that is poisonous to eat.
2006-12-30 14:33:46 · answer #5 · answered by ~Another Day~ 5 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Mushrooms are fungi, certainly not animal. Do you think that almost every vegetarian (apart from those who don't like mushrooms) would be eating them if they were animal? My answer to your second question is that I only buy mushrooms to eat.
2006-12-30 14:34:23 · answer #6 · answered by Raymo 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
you are kidding right? Mushrooms animals? Very funny. No? OK tis season of goodwill I will eat mushrooms all year except Christmas
2006-12-30 15:13:09 · answer #7 · answered by Graham H 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I once had mushrooms that I picked from the forest, after eating them I noticed that they were talking to me they are just like humans they ear and see everything that we do. I spoke for hours to a family of mushrooms it was very intresting to speak to them.
2006-12-30 14:41:23 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
I understand mushrooms are fun guys!!!!!!! Thats the nearest to an animal i can think of!! Ha Ha Happy new year
2006-12-30 16:37:31 · answer #9 · answered by sherrie b 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
They are not animals. I am a vegetarian and I feel comfortable eating them in that respect, but I just watched an episode of "Dirty Jobs" about them and it made me sick to watch how they are grown. They are grown in hay from stables - soaked with urine and excrement. But I'm sure we eat worse, and also some fertilizers are the same. Sort of discouraging!
2006-12-30 20:06:36 · answer #10 · answered by grandios 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋