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Re:Egg Prices Are Soaring. Are Backyard Chickens the Answer? by ThePowerOfFuet on Thursday February 20, 2025 @06:50AM (#43113601)
> Mushrooms are “fruits”. The “plant” itself is the mycelium underground and the mushroom is the “fruity” part which is produced to spread the “seeds” (spores).

They are the "fruiting body" of the fungus, but biologically they are not fruit.

Re:Egg Prices Are Soaring. Are Backyard Chickens the Answer? by latexr on Thursday February 20, 2025 @06:59AM (#43113659)
That is correct, which is why I used quotes. It is important to not get bogged down in pedantry and lose sight of the argument, though. The matter being discussed is if you need to kill what you eat, and I’m using “fruit” as a shorthand for the thing a plant produces to be eaten but is not the plant itself.