Listen. I wasn't born yesterday. I know that fungi aren't plants: they don't have chloroplasts to photosynthesize. They don't use cellulose for their cell walls like plants. But what *do* they use then? Chitin! Like a bug! This is what the exoskeletons of insects (such as ants) are made of! […] - ThreadSky

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futurebird.sauropods.win.ap.brid.gy • 13 days ago

Listen. I wasn't born yesterday. I know that fungi aren't plants: they don't have chloroplasts to photosynthesize. They don't use cellulose for their cell walls like plants.

But what *do* they use then? Chitin! Like a bug! This is what the exoskeletons of insects (such as ants) are made of! […]

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grumpy0ldman84.bsky.social•11 days ago

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llewelly.sauropods.win.ap.brid.gy•12 days ago

@futurebird
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Prototaxites had cylindrical layers, like a tree. (I'm aware of the rolled-up spiral interpretations. Provisionally, I think them less likely, but for the sake of this discussion let's set them aside.)

So the chitin of Prototaxites was not merely an exoskeleton; it provided […]