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Pee changes how some mushrooms 'talk'
- A Japanese team wired 37 ectomycorrhizal mushrooms to measure electrical communication in a forest network.
- Watering a single mushroom boosted information flow, while watering many reduced the overall signal.
- Exposure to urine also decreased mushroom communication, the researchers noted.
- The team aims to map electric signals to specific fungal activities with further study.
- The findings appear in Scientific Reports as part of broader research into fungal networks.
- Mushrooms form underground networks that connect distant fungal communities via mycelial webs.
- Researchers say the work helps explain how environmental factors shape fungal communication.
- The study contributes to the understanding of mycelial networks and their responses to conditions like water and urine.
- The lead researcher is Yu Fukasawa of Tohoku University, Sendai.
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