For those who want to read the primary sources, this blog post is based off of this: https://physicsworld.com/a/artificial-lightning-strikes-encourage-growth-of

For those who want to read the primary sources, this blog post is based off of this: https://physicsworld.com/a/artificial-lightning-strikes-encourage-growth-of-shiitake-mushrooms/ https://physicsworld.com/a/artificial-lightning-strikes-enco... And that article is based on this research paper: https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1361-6463/ab7627 https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1361-6463/ab7627 In short, the expanded air and vibrations from lightning are hyhpothesized to cause disruptions in the hyphae of the shitake fungi, leading them to change into a reproductive phase and increase yield. In mushroom farming, this is typically done by "skillfully beating" the logs that the fungi are growing in as per the first article above. What I want to know is, where is the evidence that atmospheric electricity increases the size of rats that is reported in the articles.