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		Sniffnoy on April 9, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How a carnivorous mushroom poisons its prey > The delicious, inescapable inference is that they’re the only vegan food that can itself eat meat. OK, this bothers me. Carnivorous plants are well-known. Surely it must be possible to eat at least one of them? Edit: The article then even says later that other fungi do this too! Oy.

LurkerAtTheGate on April 9, 2021 | [–]

Carnivorous plants are only edible in the most technical sense. They grow in low nutrient environments and slowly digest prey - meaning you'd be eating something that is mostly small leaves coated in rotting insect goo.

jtms on April 9, 2021 | | [–]

The author’s entire writing style bothers me.

nerdponx on April 9, 2021 | [–]

But you can't eat pitcher plants, can you?

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