It would be interesting to see an experiment like this run on a large fungal colony in the wild like one of those huge organisms that you find in old-growth for

It would be interesting to see an experiment like this run on a large fungal colony in the wild like one of those huge organisms that you find in old-growth forests. You may be able to fine-tune your understanding of their "language" syntax and format if you could deploy a grid of sensors to track a message as it spreads through the organism to see how efficiently it is delivered to distant parts of the colony. It would also give an opportunity to see whether fungi play the telephone game and how that affects those at the other end of the "conversation". Thanks for this article. For me it confirms the notion that all things alive need a method of communication that allows them to use the resources in their environments to greatest effect. Whether that involves chemical signaling, electrical signaling, disapproving glances, the spoken word, etc. is irrelevant. It appears that no matter how deeply you dig, there is a sense of community in most living things and most things find ways to work together with their environments to guarantee survival. Humans could probably learn a few things from their steak toppings about how best to utilize the bullshit many of us find ourselves wallowing in.