Obscure Fungus Shows Signs of Rudimentary Intelligence

“They have memories, they learn, and they can make decisions.”Fungus Among UsA team of researchers in Japan has made a cool discovery while studying an obscure fungus called Phanerochaete velutina: it can not only recognize shapes, but even communicate information about its surroundings throughout its entire fungal network.”You’d be surprised at just how much fungi are capable of,” said Tohoku University forest ecology associate professor Yu Fukasawa in a statement. “They have memories, they learn, and they can make decisions. Quite frankly, the differences in how they solve problems compared…

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