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Towards Fungal Computer

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We propose that fungi Basidiomycetes can be used as computing devices: information is represented by spikes of electrical activity, a computation is implemented in a mycelium network and an interface is realised via fruit bodies. In a series of scoping experiments we demonstrate that electrical activity recorded on fruits might act as a reliable indicator of the fungi’s response to thermal and chemical stimulation. A stimulation of a fruit is reflected in changes of electrical activity of other fruits of a cluster, i.e. there is distant information transfer between fungal fruit bodies. In an automaton model of a fungal computer we show how to implement computation with fungi and demonstrate that a structure of logical functions computed is determined by mycelium geometry.

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    © Espresso Mushroom Company, Brighton, UK.

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    © SPES MEDICA SRL Via Buccari 21 16153 Genova, Italy.

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    Pico Technology, St. Neots, Cambridgeshire, UK.

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Adamatzky, A. (2023). Towards Fungal Computer. In: Adamatzky, A. (eds) Fungal Machines. Emergence, Complexity and Computation, vol 47. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-38336-6_17

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