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IlexAquifolia t1_je19v7x wrote

Reply to comment by Dry-Gulch-Slim in [Meta] Hey there, mod of /r/Locksmith here. Please refer people with lock issues to /r/AskALocksmith instead. by Maoman1

Related issue with people asking r/whatisthisplant about fungi.

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Dry-Gulch-Slim t1_je1awg7 wrote

I was gonna say they're idiots too but I realized there are plants I might think are fungi so maybe I'm the idiot.

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IlexAquifolia t1_je1cy95 wrote

And then there’s the people who ask r/fungi about slime molds. When does it stop?!

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FishFloyd t1_je1i9vr wrote

It stops there actually, because r/slimemolds is pretty inactive and r/mycology has a very helpful slime mold person who pops up and answers questions often. So the mods were just like fuck it, post your slimes here too.

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Dry-Gulch-Slim t1_je1f2hh wrote

You want to really fuck yourself up, try learning/working bacterial phylogeny. What is a species anymore?

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wsippel t1_je48c3y wrote

I mean, slime molds were actually classified as fungi once, and most people don't keep up with classification changes, so that's totally understandable. Not to mention they are still commonly referred to as "mold", and not just in English.

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IlexAquifolia t1_je4tomp wrote

Sure, but this is mostly people posting pictures of a weird thing they saw in the woods and asking if it's some kind of mushroom.

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