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They begin to squirt a rubbery slime from their pores, entombing themselves in a matrix.
Carl Zimmer • Microcosm: E. coli and the New Science of Life
Spongic time.
Experiments with slime molds have demonstrated these organisms can navigate mazes in search of food—sensing its location and then growing in that direction.
Michael Pollan • How to Change Your Mind: The New Science of Psychedelics
The mycologist Lynne Boddy once made a scale model of Britain out of soil, placing blocks of fungus-colonised wood at the points of the major cities; the blocks were sized proportionately to the places they represented. Mycelial networks quickly grew between the blocks: the web they created reproduced the pattern of the UK’s motorways (‘You could s
... See morelrb.co.uk • Francis Gooding · From Its Myriad Tips: Mushroom Brain · LRB 20 May 2021
Experiments with slime molds have demonstrated these organisms can navigate mazes in search of food—sensing its location and then growing in that direction. The mycelia in a forest do link the trees in it, root to root, not only supplying them with nutrients, but serving as a medium that conveys information about environmental threats and allows tr
... See moreMichael Pollan • How to Change Your Mind: What the New Science of Psychedelics Teaches Us About Consciousness, Dying, Addiction, Depression, and Transcendence
