====== Electrical activity in fungi ======

It's been established that many species of fungi generate small electric potentials (c. 100 mV) in their webs of underground fibres.

It's unknown what significance these electrical potentials may or may not have. Some research groups have suggested that they could form the basis of 'signals' between fungi - or even between the fungi and nearby plants.

Example publication : [[https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1754504823000065?via%3Dihub|Electrical potentials in the ectomycorrhizal fungus Laccaria bicolor after a rainfall event]] //Fungal Ecology//, Volume 63, June 2023, 101229

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Also see : [[content:life_sciences:botany:plant_electrical_signals]]