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[–] gandalf_der_12te@feddit.de 2 points 2 years ago (5 children) I'm guessing they're talking about clones? Yeah, lots of living beings do that. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] AstridWipenaugh@lemmy.world 15 points 2 years ago (4 children) Not clones, more of a ship of Theseus scenario. A fungal network can be "one thing" because we see it as a single interconnected system. But parts grow and die over time. It doesn't have individual cells that are infinitely old, but the one wholistic fungal organism, as we define it, can live forever through regrowth. There are types of jellyfish that can also "live forever" in this same way. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] fine_sandy_bottom@discuss.tchncs.de 1 point 2 years ago (2 children) Botanists call this "cloning". Like when you cut a bit off one plant and make a new plant you have 2 plants but they're genetically identical. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Tlaloc_Temporal@lemmy.ca 11 points 2 years ago (1 child) There's never two fungi here though, the mycelium is always continuous. There's never another individual structure either, like ribosomal cloning, it's just more hyphae. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] fine_sandy_bottom@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 2 years ago Amazing. permalink fedilink source parent [–] veganpizza69@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago Words are violence permalink fedilink source parent
[–] AstridWipenaugh@lemmy.world 15 points 2 years ago (4 children) Not clones, more of a ship of Theseus scenario. A fungal network can be "one thing" because we see it as a single interconnected system. But parts grow and die over time. It doesn't have individual cells that are infinitely old, but the one wholistic fungal organism, as we define it, can live forever through regrowth. There are types of jellyfish that can also "live forever" in this same way. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] fine_sandy_bottom@discuss.tchncs.de 1 point 2 years ago (2 children) Botanists call this "cloning". Like when you cut a bit off one plant and make a new plant you have 2 plants but they're genetically identical. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Tlaloc_Temporal@lemmy.ca 11 points 2 years ago (1 child) There's never two fungi here though, the mycelium is always continuous. There's never another individual structure either, like ribosomal cloning, it's just more hyphae. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] fine_sandy_bottom@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 2 years ago Amazing. permalink fedilink source parent [–] veganpizza69@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago Words are violence permalink fedilink source parent
[–] fine_sandy_bottom@discuss.tchncs.de 1 point 2 years ago (2 children) Botanists call this "cloning". Like when you cut a bit off one plant and make a new plant you have 2 plants but they're genetically identical. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Tlaloc_Temporal@lemmy.ca 11 points 2 years ago (1 child) There's never two fungi here though, the mycelium is always continuous. There's never another individual structure either, like ribosomal cloning, it's just more hyphae. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] fine_sandy_bottom@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 2 years ago Amazing. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Tlaloc_Temporal@lemmy.ca 11 points 2 years ago (1 child) There's never two fungi here though, the mycelium is always continuous. There's never another individual structure either, like ribosomal cloning, it's just more hyphae. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] fine_sandy_bottom@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 2 years ago Amazing. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] fine_sandy_bottom@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 2 years ago Amazing. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] veganpizza69@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago Words are violence permalink fedilink source parent