So, fungal spores are literally everywhere, and the requirements for fungus to thrive seem to be trivially low; give it a moderately humid environment and it’ll grow on a bare concrete wall ffs eating god only knows what; the dust from the air maybe?

Well, and the great outdoors is full of slightly damp places, many of them downright soggy most of the time - and absolutely rife with organic material to snack on.

Where’s the bottleneck? Why isn’t the world a choking fungal hellscape?

    • milicent_bystandr@lemm.ee
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      2 months ago

      Dunno if you’re joking?

      Oyster mushrooms are a type of edible mushroom.

      Oysters are indeed shellfish.

      Also,

      Oyster cards are an RFID travel card in London.

      And,

      What kind of noise annoys a noisy oyster?
      A noisy nose annoys a noisy oyster.