ALMA · Mycelium Computer

A living fungal network as a reservoir computer. NODES are fungal hubs; growing HYPHAE wire them together; electrical SPIKES propagate along the web with conduction delays. Co-active nodes strengthen and grow new hyphae (Hebbian, use-it-or-lose-it), so the living topology adapts. A trained linear read-out taps the reservoir state to learn a simple input→output mapping.