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Electrical Resistive Spiking of Fungi

Andrew Adamatzky

Unconventional Computing Laboratory, UWE Bristol, UK

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Alessandro Chiolerio

Center for Sustainable Future Technologies, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Torino, Italy

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Georgios Sirakoulis

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Democritus University of Thrace, Xanthi, Greece

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Abstract

We study long-term electrical resistance dynamics in mycelium and fruit bodies of oyster fungi P. ostreatus. A nearly homogeneous sheet of mycelium on the surface of a growth substrate exhibits trains of resistance spikes. The average width of spikes is c. 23min and the average amplitude is c. 1k $Ω$ . The distance between neighboring spikes in a train of spikes is c. 30min. Typically, there are 4–6 spikes in a train of spikes. Two types of electrical resistance spikes trains are found in fruit bodies: low frequency and high amplitude (28min spike width, 1.6k $Ω$ amplitude, 57min distance between spikes) and high frequency and low amplitude (10min width, 0.6k $Ω$ amplitude, 44min distance between spikes). The findings could be applied in monitoring of physiological states of fungi and future development of living electronic devices and sensors.

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Received 30 September 2020

Revised 13 November 2020

Accepted 17 November 2020

Published: 21 January 2021

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