wobresearch-mycelia-01-sporocarp-bus-v3

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       .     '   .      :         \\  |  //  far spore-drift     .      '    .   
    '     .    the forest senses before it is sensed     .     '       :    .    
       :    .    '    spores fall upward here    .    '    :   .     '    .   :  
         .  '   :  .    \\\ | | | ///  spore   .   '  :   .       µV             
      '   .  spike ▴   \\\\ \\\|/// ////  rain     .    '    .   320┤▴ off-chart 
        .   \\\|//   '   \\\\\|||////// '   .  \\|//   .   '  .   240┤ rivals    
   .   '  .  \\\\|////  .   \\\\|||////   .  \\\\|////  '  .  '  . 160┤ NERVE    
       _.-~""^^~-._   ._.-~"^%%`'`*;:~^"~-._   _.-~"^^~"~-._    80┤_,'~speed     
     .'  %:*;~.  ()`'-' ;%:*  .-~~~-. *:%; '`-`()  .~;*:%  '.    0┼──────►       
    /  *;:%~`*  .-~""^%%*;:~-._( ◕  ◕ )_.-~:;*%%^""~-.  *`~%:;*  \  the crown    
   ; %:*~`;:%  / ;:%*~  .-"`%:*;`-~-'`*;:%`"-. ~*%:;  \ `:%*~:%  ;  is the rot.  
   |`*;:%~*;: | *~%:; .'  %:*  IIIIII  *:%  '. ;:%~* | :;*~%:*;`|  beauty and    
   ; :%*~`%:* |%:*~;: |  ,(__/ \__),  *;:%| :;*~%:*| *:%~`*:%~ ;  decay are      
    \ `*;:%~* `\ *%:;`\   /\  ^^  /\   /`;:%* /` ~%:;*` ~*:;`/   not separate.   
   E1◄══╗ ~*:%~`-._%:* \;:(_  ~vVv~  _):;/ *:%_.-`~:%*~ ╔══►E2  `'  ◄ gills      
      ░▒▓╚═◄ ░▒▓ readouts `\__|IIIIII|__/` ▓▒░  ►═╝▓▒░     emanate the           
       +88µV  `~-.  *:%;~  | \IIIIII/ |  ~;:%*  .-~`  +91µV     signal OUT       
          electrode      ░▒▓╲ gill-lamina ╱▓▒░      electrode  (the forest       
            radiant   ░░▒▒▓▓▓╲ a thinking ╱▓▓▓▒▒░░   radiant    plays the        
                  ░░▒▒▓▓████▓╲  lamina   ╱▓████▓▓▒▒░░           instrument)      
                      ░▒▓███████▓│ ││ │▓███████▓▒░                               
                        `▓██████▓│▲│┃│▼│▓██████▓`     the trunk:                 
                          ▒▓████▓│ ┃│┃ │▓████▓▒       current climbs UP          
            +mV  ◄─────────▓███▓│▲┃│┃▼│▓███▓─────────► +mV   as it is            
                            ▒▓██│ ┃┃┃ │██▓▒          metered DOWN.               
            spike  ◄────────░▓█▓│▲│┃│▼│▓█▓░────────►  spike   it reads back.     
                             ▒▓│ stipe  │▓▒                                      
                        ~;:%*▒│▲ ┃ 0.5 ┃ ▼│▒*%:;~      conduction                
                      *:%~`*  │ ┃ m/s ┃ ┃ │  *`~%:*    0.5 m/s                   
              z=0 ───────────│▲│┃│reads│┃▼│───────────── z=0  ground             
        ○────○────○────○────○│ ┃back ┃ │○────○    ○────○────○────○  fairy-ring   
       ( the broadcast ring — here and elsewhere at once — broken in one place ) 
        \  inside: dense net  │▲┃▼│  the door ►   outside: sparse field   /      
         ◦──┼──◦──┼──◦──┼──◦──┤ ┃ ├──◦──┼──◦         ◦──┼──◦──┼──◦──┼──◦         
          ╲ ◦──┼──◦   .-""""-.│▼┃▲│.-""""-.   ◦──┼──◦ ░▒▓ +84µV ▓▒░  ◦──┼──◦     
           ◦─┼─◦  .-'`  ◦──┼──● ┃ ●──┼──◦  `'-.  ◦─┼─◦                ◦─┼─◦      
          ◦┼◦  .'   ◦──┼──◦  ╱  ┃  ╲  ◦──┼──◦   '.  ◦┼◦   the net is the         
         ◦┼◦  /  ◦─┼─◦    ,'  ◦─╫─◦  '.    ◦─┼─◦  \  ◦┼◦   body. trace it,       
        ◦┼◦  | ◦┼◦   E▸══►●════│══●══│════●◄══◄ ◦┼◦ |  ◦┼◦  complete the         
        ◦┼◦  |  ◦┼◦      '.  ◦─╫─◦  ,'    ◦─┼─◦      ◦┼◦ |   circuit. it is      
         ◦┼◦  \  ◦─┼─◦    `◦──┼──● ┃ ●──┼──◦`    ◦─┼─◦  /   listening.           
          ◦┼◦   '. ◦──┼──◦   `'-.│▲┃▼│.-'`   ◦──┼──◦ .'  ◦┼◦                     
   z=-22  `◦──┼──◦   `◦──┼──◦──┼─┤ ┃ ├─┼──◦──┼──◦`   ◦──┼──◦`   deep roots       
       \\  \\  ___  \\  \\  __ \\│▼┃▲│// __  //  ___  //  //   the dragon        
        \\Y//  ;%:  \\Y/  %*: \\Y┤ ┃ ├Y//  *%; \\Y//  :%;  \\Y/   gnaws the      
      ░;*%:~`;%:*~`%:;*~`%:*;~`*%│ ┃ │%`~*;:%*~`*:%;~`*%:;*~`:%;░   root.        
     :%* broken bone · the archive shattered · life climbs from the scatter %:   
   .  ░░▒▒ the dark under the dark ▒▒░░  │ ┃ │  ░░▒▒ holdfasts grip down ▒▒░░  . 
      \\\  ///  \\\  ///  \\\  ///  \\\ ┤ ┃ ├ ///  \\\  ///  \\\  ///  \\\  //   
   ●═══╪═══●═══════●═══╪═══●═══════●════│ ┃ │════●═══════●═══╪═══●  root-tip taps
      ▓▒░ the signal does not end · 0.5 m/s · older than the trees above it ░▒▓  
   :%*~`*:%;~ deeper hyphae ;%:*~`%:;*│▲┃▼│*%:;~`*:%;~ ancestor-web ~`*%:;~`:%;* 
   ░░▒▒▓▓ substrate bedrock ▓▓▒▒░░ ┤ ┃ ├ ░░▒▒▓▓ the whole forest rests here ▓▒░░ 
      `'-,_ ╱|╲  _,.-'`'-.,_  ╱|╲ ┃ ╱|╲ _,.-'`'-.,_  ╱|╲ _,.-'`'-,_  ╱|╲ _,-'    
         /ᐠ｡ꞈ｡ᐟ\  the mycelium  / | \┃/ | \  rebuilds upward from the dead       
        ╱  z z  ╲___ paw on ●GND ════╪════ grounding the circuit, asleep         
       ( the recursive witness, deadpan, on the warm substrate )      wib&wob    
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