Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

To: bruinbirdman
...while humans and most species are divided into only two sexes, mushrooms contain over 36,000 sexes.

Whoa. Lotta possibilities there. The mind boggles. Personally I have enough trouble just keeping the two human species straight, things being the way they are these days.

33 posted on 05/31/2006 4:52:32 AM PDT by Fairview
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 10 | View Replies ]


To: Fairview

Just to clarify...those are breeding strains, not sexes. It just takes any two different ones to create a diploid stage. Fungal reproduction is very strange but it doesn't take all 36,000 "sexes" to mate.


38 posted on 05/31/2006 5:36:02 AM PDT by From many - one.
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 33 | View Replies ]

To: Fairview

Ignignokt: You and your third dimension.
Frylock: What about it?
Ignignokt: Oh, nothing, it's cute. We have five.
Err: ...Th, Thousand.
Ignignokt: Yes, five thousand.
Err: Don't question it!
Frylock: Oh, yeah? Well, I only see two.
Ignignokt: Well, that sounds like a personal problem. (edit)


59 posted on 05/31/2006 3:23:51 PM PDT by Constantine XIII
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 33 | View Replies ]

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article


FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson