• Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.ca
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    11 months ago

    Wouldn’t fungi all die out if it weren’t for plants and bacteria? They’re parasitic and feed on dead things no?

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      11 months ago

      plants and bacteria would struggle without animals and fungi as well, everything depends on like literally the entire earth’s ecosystems to survive to some degree.

      like fungi recycle dead things into an absurd amount of nutrients, without them trees especially would barely break down and just stick around until very very eventually they turn into coal.

      • Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.ca
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        11 months ago

        Yes they would struggle, but eventually they would adapt.

        If everything but plants disappeared tomorrow, many plants would die but some would survive and adapt.

        If everything but fungi disappeared tomorrow, they would all die out.

        Same with animals.

        Bacteria would survive like plants would, with most of them dying but many surviving and adapting.

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        11 months ago

        Not plants and bacteria, many of them can survive off sunlight and minerals broken down from stones, such as lichen. Although I guess lichen is a combination of plants, bacteria and fungi

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        11 months ago

        I’m afraid I only eat alive food it’s important for my internal vibration and helps me meditate more intensively to find my true self.