How gossiping mushroom networks share your public urination secrets

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Source: Yu Fukasawa et al.

Researchers showed evidence of electrical information flow across mushrooms by attaching electrodes to 37 mushrooms of ectomycorrhizal fungi, then measured the response to various applications of either water or urine. 

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