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Electrical frequency discrimination by fungi Pleurotus ostreatus

Emerging Technologies 2022-10-05 v1

Abstract

We stimulate mycelian networks of oyster fungi Pleurotus ostreatus with low frequency sinusoidal electrical signals. We demonstrate that the fungal networks can discriminate between frequencies in a fuzzy or threshold based manner. Details about the mixing of frequencies by the mycelium networks are provided. The results advance the novel field of fungal electronics and pave ground for the design of living, fully recyclable, electron devices.

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@article{arxiv.2210.01775,
  title  = {Electrical frequency discrimination by fungi Pleurotus ostreatus},
  author = {Dawid Przyczyna and Konrad Szacilowski and Alessandro Chiolerio and Andrew Adamatzky},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2210.01775},
  year   = {2022}
}