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Author Topic: Tower Caps do exist! And other Shroom things.  (Read 9467 times)

Foa

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Tower Caps do exist! And other Shroom things.
« on: February 26, 2009, 01:05:52 am »

Okay, I don't know if anyone has poted this, but Tower Caps existed in prehistoric times. A fossil has been discovered in the Mid East, and it had a radius of three feet, it was the tallest species alive, at the time. Being that the fugus was the first on land, it paved the way for all life, and had a headstart. Supposedly tall as, or tall than modern day trees, they dotted the lands. ( Link )


Okay, skip to 6:00 of this TED video to see it. ( Same Link )

They are the source of life for all of  the plants on Earth ( Dirt cleaners, and literally the vein and vassels of the forests ) .

At about 8:50 and a while after it talks about Fungus Carbohydrates, just add oil, or petroleum to the soil.
At about 9:00 it shows a picture about the end results of the experiment, which are large and happy shrooms.
At a little before 9:20, it talks about why the fungus is the source of life, it brought insects, insects bring birds, birds bring seeds, seeds bring plants.

And since diseases and intoxicated waters are being introduced into DF, at about 10:00 or so, he talks about how it kills e. coli, pox ( at 11:00 ) , shrooms for medicine?

Then at ~13:30 it talks about shrooms that can kill insects, and through selective breeding, he was able to get the shrooms to attract the insects.

~14:30 he talked about extracts that are organic pesticides.
 
 A minute later it stated that fungus does increases growth of plant ( farming booster? ) .

Near the end, he talks about Shroom Ethanol Extracts, liquid fuel, from shrooms?

I conclude Tower Caps exists, Mushrooms are your Daddy, and Oil make Carbohydrates, and Big Mushroom.
« Last Edit: February 26, 2009, 01:34:12 am by Foa »
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Re: Tower Caps do exist! And other Shroom things.
« Reply #1 on: February 26, 2009, 01:42:05 am »

Very interresting. Thanks for this info  ;D .

Also you forgot how extreme this fungy work against H5N1 (Bird-flu).
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« Reply #2 on: February 26, 2009, 01:49:47 am »

Significantly off-topic, that's a very interesting presentation...  Amazing stuff.
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« Reply #3 on: February 26, 2009, 09:30:48 am »

He forgot to talk about psychoactive mushrooms... the best kind  8)
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« Reply #4 on: February 26, 2009, 12:20:18 pm »

Did he just say fungi sugars?

I wonder when the first -Plump Helmet Wine- will be brewed. :D
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« Reply #5 on: February 26, 2009, 04:55:58 pm »

Why did the mushroom go to the party? He was a fungi!

Why did the fungi leave the party? There wasn't mushroom!
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Re: Tower Caps do exist! And other Shroom things.
« Reply #6 on: February 26, 2009, 05:08:06 pm »

Argh, all these terrible puns that don't even work.
1) Fungi isn't pronounced "fun guy"
Learn your classifications, folks.
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Re: Tower Caps do exist! And other Shroom things.
« Reply #7 on: February 26, 2009, 05:58:23 pm »

Waiiiiiiit.
So Towercaps retreated back underground, only to emerge when the planet is dark, and man and dwarf alike are extinct?
I smell a horror movie!
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« Reply #8 on: February 26, 2009, 06:49:53 pm »

I have one question, though;  how did a fungus get fossilized?
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Re: Tower Caps do exist! And other Shroom things.
« Reply #9 on: February 26, 2009, 07:01:19 pm »

Argh, all these terrible puns that don't even work.
1) Fungi isn't pronounced "fun guy"
Learn your classifications, folks.

...You'd make a better teacher if you told us how it IS pronounced... Seriously, I thought it was "fun guy" too, and now I don't know what the correct pronunciation is...
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« Reply #10 on: February 26, 2009, 07:55:09 pm »

Fun-guy is a perfectly legitimate pronunciation:
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/fungi
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« Reply #11 on: February 26, 2009, 07:55:50 pm »

But you forget that Dwarves don't need sunlight.  They would just live underground and consume Towercaps and Towercap wine until other life arose again.
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« Reply #12 on: February 26, 2009, 07:56:37 pm »

Hehehe, Paul Stamets... you hear his name associated with all kinds of mushroom science...

I heard about him a lot back when I used to practice a certain sort of mycoculture...  ;)
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« Reply #13 on: February 26, 2009, 08:50:56 pm »

But you forget that Dwarves don't need sunlight.  They would just live underground and consume Towercaps and Towercap wine until other life arose again.
Actually, sunlight is the source of all earth's energy, ultimately.  As far as life is concerned, anyway.  You can't just recycle crap, dead bodies, and food trimmings as fertilizer forever.
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And this is how tinned food was invented.
Alternately: The Brick Testament. It's a really fun look at what the bible would look like if interpreted literally. With Legos.
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« Reply #14 on: February 26, 2009, 10:14:14 pm »

But you forget that Dwarves don't need sunlight.  They would just live underground and consume Towercaps and Towercap wine until other life arose again.
Actually, sunlight is the source of all earth's energy, ultimately.  As far as life is concerned, anyway.  You can't just recycle crap, dead bodies, and food trimmings as fertilizer forever.

Not forever, but add geothermal energy to the mix and you could last a long, long time.
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