Multiscalar electrical spiking in Schizophyllum commune

Andrew Adamatzky; Ella Schunselaar; Han A B Wösten; Phil Ayres

doi:10.1038/s41598-023-40163-z

Multiscalar electrical spiking in Schizophyllum commune

Andrew Adamatzky^*
, Ella Schunselaar
, Han A B Wösten
, Phil Ayres

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Growing colonies of the split-gill fungus Schizophyllum commune show action potential-like spikes of extracellular electrical potential. We analysed several days of electrical activity recording of the fungus and discovered three families of oscillatory patterns. Very slow activity at a scale of hours, slow activity at a scale of 10 min and very fast activity at scale of half-minute. We simulated the spiking behaviour using FitzHugh-Nagume model, uncovered mechanisms of spike shaping. We speculated that spikes of electrical potential might be associated with transportation of nutrients and metabolites.

Original language	English
Article number	12808
Number of pages	8
Journal	Scientific Reports
Volume	13
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-40163-z
Publication status	Published - Dec 2023

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The research has been conducted under the framework of the FUNGATERIA ( www.fungateria.eu ) project, which has received funding from the European Union’s HORIZON-EIC-2021-PATHFINDER CHALLENGES programme under Grant Agreement No. 101071145. It is co-funded by the UK Research and Innovation Grant No. 10048406.

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Schizophyllum/physiology
Electromagnetic Phenomena

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