Logics in fungal Mycelium networks

Adamatzky, Andrew; Ayres, Phil; Beasley, Alexander E.; Roberts, Nic; Wösten, Han A. B.

Abstract

The living mycelium networks are capable of efficient sensorial fusion over very large areas and distributed decision making. The information processing in the mycelium networks is implemented via propagation of electrical and chemical signals en pair with morphological changes in the mycelium structure. These information processing mechanisms are manifested in experimental laboratory findings that show that the mycelium networks exhibit rich dynamics of neuron-like spiking behaviour and a wide range of non-linear electrical properties. On an example of a single real colony of Aspergillus niger, we demonstrate that the non-linear transformation of electrical signals and trains of extracellular voltage spikes can be used to implement logical gates and circuits. The approaches adopted include numerical modelling of excitation propagation on the mycelium network, representation of the mycelium network as a resistive and capacitive network and an experimental laboratory study on mining logical circuits in mycelium bound composites.

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Oct 2, 2021
• Online Publication Date: Nov 17, 2022
• Publication Date: Dec 1, 2022
• Deposit Date: Apr 18, 2023
• Publicly Available Date: Apr 18, 2023
• Journal: Logica Universalis
• Print ISSN: 1661-8297
• Electronic ISSN: 1661-8300
• Publisher: Springer Verlag
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 16
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 655-669
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11787-022-00318-4
• Keywords: Article, Fungi, Boolean circuits, Unconventional computing, Primary 68Q07, Secondary 92B25
• Public URL: https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/10465611
• Publisher URL: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11787-022-00318-4