Similar to human language, mushrooms can signal with many words to ‘talk’ to each other
Humans are intelligent creatures, communicating through language, but can creatures like mushrooms “speak” like humans? Now, a new study by a computer scientist may change traditional human perception. The study found that forest-dwelling fungal organisms can send electronic signals to each other to form “language cluster signals” similar to speech. But whether these signals function like our language requires scientists to study and explore further.
In this latest study, which focused on four species of fungi: Flammulina velutipes, gill slit fungi, ghost mushrooms and Caterpillar fungi, the researchers inserted tiny electrodes into the mycelial matrix of these fungi and recorded their electrical activity.
The data suggest that they can use mycelium to transmit electromagnetic pulses to conduct interpersonal conversations. The peak electrical signals appeared in clusters, equivalent to a human vocabulary of more than 50 words, and the gill fungus that grows on rotting wood appears to be the species with the most complex language patterns.
The fungal organisms in the network can use electrical signals to confirm each other’s presence, similar to how wolves howl. “The propagating mycelium tips are charged. When the charged tips are passed in a pair of differential electrodes, the potential difference is recorded,” the researchers said.
“The most important thing is to study the mycelium that transmits electrical impulses. But we should not be too hasty. Humans have not yet deciphered the language of dogs, cats or other animals that live with us. centuries”.
Professor Andrew Adamatzky of the Computer Lab at the University of the West of England previously reported that oyster mushrooms have two long electrically active spines; Hyphae networks can modify information through the interaction of spines and dendrites in a manner similar to that of neurons. According to him, the cause of the electrical pulse waves is to maintain cohesion, or to notify the detection of an attraction or discomfort to other parts of the mycelium. Now, scientists are looking to gather more evidence before admitting it is a form of language.
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