On Thu, 03 Sep 2009 09:07:32 +0100, Invisible wrote:

>>> Are mushrooms poisonous on purpose, or by accident?
>> 
>> That implies a will behind their creation.  And not all mushrooms are
>> poisonous.  Take the ones that I had on my hamburger last night.....
>> ;-)
> 
> No it doesn't.

Yes, it does.  "On purpose" implies an intelligence is behind their 
creation, purposefully making them the way they are.

> Did mushrooms evolve to be poisonous because that's advantageous
> somehow? Or do they just happen to be poisonous to animals because of
> their unusual chemistry?

Perhaps some of both.

Jim

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