Many signature French cheeses currently rely on just one single fragile strain of fungi — Penicillium camemberti — which is unfortunately at risk of dying out.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/12041593

Countless fans took to social media to share ways they’re enjoying brie before the cheese is gone for good

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    4 months ago

    If only we cared for the REST OF THE FUCKING PLANET.

    the current rate of extinction is 10 to 100 times higher than in any of the previous mass extinctions in the history of Earth

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    4 months ago

    Oh no. Brie won’t be white anymore, but orange, blueish or grey. It will taste exactly the same, but the color will slightly change. Guess its time to eat so much Brie that I will not want to eat it anymore any later.

  • Jake Farm@sopuli.xyz
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    4 months ago

    When will these people learn that clones inevitably die horrible deaths. The same exact thing caused the potato famine and the banana blight.