Adamatzky Andrew
Unconventional Computing Lab, UWE, CSCT, Bristol, UK.
Interface Focus. 2018 Dec 6;8(6):20180029. doi: 10.1098/rsfs.2018.0029. Epub 2018 Oct 19.
We propose that fungi Basidiomycetes can be used as computing devices: information is represented by spikes of electrical activity, a computation is implemented in a mycelium network and an interface is realized via fruit bodies. In a series of scoping experiments, we demonstrate that electrical activity recorded on fruits might act as a reliable indicator of the fungi's response to thermal and chemical stimulation. A stimulation of a fruit is reflected in changes of electrical activity of other fruits of a cluster, i.e. there is distant information transfer between fungal fruit bodies. In an automaton model of a fungal computer, we show how to implement computation with fungi and demonstrate that a structure of logical functions computed is determined by mycelium geometry.
信息由电活动脉冲表示，计算在菌丝体网络中实现，接口通过子实体实现。在一系列范围界定实验中，我们证明在子实体上记录的电活动可能作为真菌对热刺激和化学刺激反应的可靠指标。对子实体的刺激反映在一簇中其他子实体电活动的变化上，即真菌子实体之间存在远距离信息传递。在真菌计算机的自动机模型中，我们展示了如何用真菌实现计算，并证明所计算逻辑函数的结构由菌丝体几何形状决定。
