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[–] [email protected] 39 points 2 weeks 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.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Pictured below: one kinky little fucker

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 weeks 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.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks 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."

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

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

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks 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

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

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