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Researchers explain how mushrooms can live for hundreds of years without getting cancer (phys.org)
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[–] outdated_belated@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 2 years ago (2 children)

guesses from image hm yes, they…. Connect two white dots, but branched off of the black dots! Brilliant!

[–] BitingChaos@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

That was exactly my thought when I first saw the thread title. "I wonder if it has something to do with dots."

And yup, I saw your reply and then checked out the images. Sure enough. Dots.

[–] shiveyarbles@beehaw.org 2 points 2 years ago

I'm not a mushroom but I'm a fun guy

[–] angrystego@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

"Because these mutations are selected within the mycelium, but reduce the fitness of the mycelium as a whole, you can think of them as a kind of 'nucleus cancers.'"

Society has the same cancer problem. We need to develope clamp connections quickly.