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3.0 out of 5 stars
prepetuating a myth,
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This review is from: Carnivorous Mushrooms: Lassoing Their Prey? (Bloodthirsty Plants) (Library Binding)
Mr. Gentle is perpetuating a frustrating myth. Fungi (even the carnivorous fungi) are NOT plants. Fungi have been classified in their own Kingdon for nearly a half a century and recent molecular evidence has actually shown that fungi and animals are more closely related to each other than either is to plants! (see the journals Science vol 260 pg.340-342 and Proceedings of the National Academy of Science (USA) vol. 90 pgs. 11558-11562 for more details). This result in part explains why fungal infections such as athelete's foot and other human pathogens are so difficult to cure; human and fungal biochemistry is much more similar than human and bacterial biochemistry. (Remember, fungi produce many of our antibiotics).
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Carnivorous Mushrooms: Lassoing Their Prey? (Bloodthirsty Plants) by Victor Gentle (Library Binding - Sept. 1996)
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