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posted May 31, 2022 02:50 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Lexxigramer     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Though not directly about LEXIGRAMMING
a very interesting article about "
talking" mushrooms 😎
http://allthatsinteresting.com/mushroom-communication


New Study Shows Mushrooms Communicate With Each Other Using A Vocabulary Of 50 Words
By Marco Margaritoff | Checked By Cara Johnson
Published April 7, 2022
Scientists found that mushrooms "talk" using electrical impulses that spike when fungi come into contact with food sources or potential dangers.
Schizophyllum Commune And Bark
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The study showed the split gill mushroom had a sharp spike in electrical output when it came into contact with foreign wood — the very food it thrives on.

When Lewis Carroll wrote Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland in 1865, he explored unimaginable scenarios such as smoking cats and talking mushrooms. While none were rooted in science at the time, new research shows that mushrooms really do communicate with each other — and have a vocabulary of up to 50 words.


According to a study published in the Royal Society Open Science journal, scientists have revealed these organisms to be nature’s most unexpected chatterboxes. With Andrew Adamatzky — a professor with the Unconventional Computing Laboratory at the University of the West of England — at the helm, the study focused on four species of fungi.

Adamatzky noted that in certain situations, the electrical signals mushrooms produce undeniably spiked.

Typically, multiple mushrooms grow out of the same mycelium — a root-like network of filaments similar to neurons in the human body. The electrical impulses released by one mushroom travel through the mycelium to other mushrooms growing from the same network.


While this proverbial internet of the forest is staggering on its own, Adamatzky has now quantified the language of mushrooms for the first time — to staggering results.

“Assuming that spikes of electrical activity are used by fungi to communicate, we demonstrate that distributions of fungal word lengths match that of human languages,” he said. “We found that the size of fungal vocabulary can be up to 50 words, however, the core vocabulary of most frequently used words does not exceed 15 to 20 words.”

Electrodes In A Mushroom
Royal Society Open Science
Adamatzky used electrodes to measure the electrical spikes emitted by various mushrooms.


To properly test his hypothesis that mushrooms use an identifiable language, Adamatzky focused on four particular species: enoki, split gill, ghost, and caterpillar.

Adamatzky inserted tiny electrodes into the substrate, or the surface where each particular fungi was growing, to analyze the electrical output of each species. According to The Guardian, the split gill mushroom yielded the most remarkable results.

The split gill survives by digesting wood, and Adamatzky was stunned to see a sharp spike in the mushroom’s electrical signals when the hyphae filaments that made up its mycelium came into contact with foreign pieces of wood — suggesting it was notifying other mushrooms in its network of food.


“We do not know if there is a direct relationship between spiking patterns in fungi and human speech,” said Adamatzky. “Possibly not. On the other hand, there are many similarities in information processing in living substrates of different classes, families, and species. I was just curious to compare.”

Adamatzky posited that these transmitted messages are no different than the howls produced by wolves. According to National Geographic, wolves vocalize their locations on a regular basis for a wide variety of reasons, such as notifying their pack of incoming predators or the position of prey.

When Adamatzky realized that these spikes in electrical output came in specific clusters, he began mathematically distinguishing them. He not only found that these clusters comprised a vocabulary of up to 50 words, but that their “fungal word lengths” were strikingly similar to those of the English language.


Enoki Mushrooms Up Close
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The enoki mushroom was one of the four fungi species involved in the study.

Adamatzky identified that each fungal “word” had an average length of 5.97 letters, compared to the 4.8-letter average of English words. While Adamatzky is convinced that these increases in electrical output aren’t random, he’s also humble enough to know more research must be done.

“There is also another option — they are saying nothing,” said Adamatzky. “Propagating mycelium tips are electrically charged, and, therefore, when the charged tips pass in a pair of differential electrodes, a spike in the potential difference is recorded.”


Other scientists are skeptical of the study’s findings, as well. According to Dan Bebber, a mycologist at the University of Exeter, we’re a long way away from actually translating what these organisms are saying.

“Though interesting,” he noted, “the interpretation as language seems somewhat overenthusiastic, and would require far more research and testing of critical hypotheses before we see ‘Fungus’ on Google Translate.”


After reading about the study showing that mushrooms “talk” to each other, learn about nine weird mushrooms from around the world. Then, read about the Nebraska man who injected mushrooms into his blood.

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posted June 03, 2022 02:13 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Randall     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Wow!

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posted June 03, 2022 04:00 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Lexxigramer     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Yeah totally freaky wow👽😎
Reminds me of the stoner mushrooms in the older movie
The Tenth Kingdom😎🍄

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posted June 03, 2022 04:24 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Lexxigramer     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
http://youtu.be/JNG3_vFtWqc

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http://youtu.be/a-VxFRaYM8c

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posted June 24, 2022 04:14 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Lexxigramer     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
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Yeppers

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posted July 31, 2022 01:41 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Randall     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
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posted July 31, 2022 03:48 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Lexxigramer     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
There have been other movies besides The 10th Kingdom😎

In fact David Warner starred in one😎

He was the actor that I posted about
who had just died a few days ago😢

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posted August 01, 2022 09:26 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Lexxigramer     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Work_Is_a_Four-Letter_Word
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Everyone is employed by the ultra-modern DICE Corporation but Valentine Brose (Warner) would rather stay at home to tend his psychedelic mushrooms. However, his bedroom is too small and his fiancée Betty Dorrick (Black) wants him to settle down. Accordingly, Brose seeks a job in DICE's boiler-room, a suitable environment to grow his mushrooms.

The plot describes his attempts to get the job, and the conflicts with middle-management, including the personnel manager, Mrs Murray (Spriggs, in her first film role). Having obtained it, Brose is more interested in his mushrooms than tending the boiler, with unforeseen results including a major power cut. The boiler room contains a computer (for some reason), which towards the end of the film is also breaking down.

Brose eventually marries Betty, but is more interested in having her sweep up the boiler room so he can concentrate on his first love, the mushrooms. Eventually he goes haywire and the film ends with Brose and Betty loading up a pram with mushrooms and escaping.


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