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[ritaxis]

Things I did not know before I needed to know them: "hardwood" and "softwood" are not use categories, they are taxonomic categories, refering to angisperm trees and gymnosperm trees respectively.I'm glad I looked this up, because I had a completely stupid understanding of these words.

All oyster mushrooms eat nematodes. No, that is not backwards. It is not roundworms that eat pleurotis: it is pleurotis which eat nematodes. No, I didn't start out needing to know that, I just needed to confirm that not-Poland could had angels' wings growing on a tree stump, but once I discovered this fact, IO realized that my life had been much impoverished before I knew it.

This would have been a plink post but I'm still plinking. Yesterday I wrote about 2,5 K words on other projects, So no plink post for yesterday.

I'm not done for the day but I'm falling asleep so I think I will take the dog and go to the store for a few things and take a stab at those stairs bybthe yacht harbor.

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[beamjockey.livejournal.com]

"hardwood" and "softwood" are not use categories, they are taxonomic categories, refering to angisperm trees and gymnosperm trees respectively.

Is this the same distinction as the "deciduous" vs. "coniferous" one I learned in grade school?

[ritaxis.livejournal.com]

It depends on whether they called all broadleaf trees deciduous, which they aren't, sinc quite a few broadleaf trees don't drop ther leaves.

The terminology is confusing. Many softwoods have hard wood, and many hardwoods hav soft wood, and just I don't know why they don't call a hiatus to addng more terms that don't mean what they look like they mean.

[khiemtran.livejournal.com]

All oyster mushrooms eat nematodes.

Until today, I had never heard of a carnivorous mushrooms. Now, I find out I've been eating them all along... Thanks!

[redbird]

To further complicate things, there are a few deciduous conifers. And gingkos are gymnosperms but not conifers.

[ritaxis.livejournal.com]

Yes! you remind me of the Dawn Redwood, which is a very old deciduous conifer from China. There are a few of them planted around our town (and lots of gingkos).

[ritaxis.livejournal.com]

Isn't it marvelous?

Though considering the close relationship between yeasts, of which many live on animals, and the fungi, I guess it's not that surprising. It stays marvelous, though.