wobresearch-mycelia-01-sporocarp-bus-v4

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  .  '  spore-fall  .   '   .  ░ TABULA IX ░  LACCARIA BICOLOR  ░ the metered mind ░  '  .  '  .   
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 ║ '   .  ,xXXx,   '   .   '   .  the fruiting body, opened upon itself, that it may be read  ║    
 ║   .  ,XXXXXX, (1)  '    .    _..._    .   '   .   ,xXXx,(2) .   ┌───── inset A ──────┐    ║     
 ║  '  XXXXXXXXXX  .   '   .-"`     `"-. flap   .   ,XXXXXX,  '   ║ hypha @ x400        ║    ║     
 ║   . `"""XX"""`     .  .'      ()    '·,_ '   . XXXXXXXXXX  .   ║  ░▒▓█≡≡≡▓▒░  cell   ║    ║     
 ║      ,xXXx,  XX  '  _.-""-._/  ()    (    '.  . `"""XX"""`  '  ║  a─►◦═◦═◦  wall     ║    ║     
 ║ '  ,XXXXXX,(3)XX  .'     () |    ()   )  () '. .   XX  (4) .   ║  b─►  ◉ node  +12mV ║    ║     
 ║  . XXXXXXXX   XX  /  ()      `;-.__   )__.-' ()  \ .XX     '   ║  c─►  electrosyte   ║    ║     
 ║   .`"""XX"""` .  ;()    ()  .'  gill ``\"\`(     );  .  '   .  └──────────┬─────────┘    ║      
 ║  '   . XX  .   ' | the cap holds | lamina |  () |() |  ◄── the figure   │ leader-line   ║       
 ║    '   XX   '  . |  itself open   \  |||  / ()   |   |    is posed alive,│  ──────►      ║      
 ║  .   '  .   '  . |() ()  a─►─────╲ ||||| ╱─────◄─b  () |    mid-dissection,│   to the     ║     
 ║   '   .   ,xXXx,_|    ()   ╲╲ gill-rays ╱╱  ()    |()_|    naming its own  │   main body  ║     
 ║  .   '  ,XXXXXX,(5) ()  E1►══╲╲╲|||||╱╱╱══◄  ()  () \ '  . interior.        │              ║    
 ║ '    . XXXXXXXX  \  ()  ()  ╲╲▓▓│││▓▓╱╱  ()  ()   /  .   '   .   '   .   '  │   .   '   .  ║    
 ║   .  ` `"""XX"""`  '·.__  () ▓▓██│││██▓▓ ()  __.·' '   .   conduction ◄─────┘              ║    
 ║  '    .  XX   '   .  ' `"-. ░▓██│ c │██▓░ .-"` '    .   '   0.5 m/s · rivals NERVE   '    ║     
 ║   '  .   XX    .   '   .   `╲░▓█│ ││ │█▓░╱`   .   '    .  '   .   '   .   '   .  '   .  '  ║    
 ║  .    '  XX  the stipe, '  ╲╲░▓│ ┃│┃ │▓░╱╱  ' peeled to show  '   ┌──── inset B ─────┐   ║      
 ║ '   .   ,xXXx, sectioned   ╲╲│▲┃│┃▼│╱╱   the conductive   .   '  ║ electrode insertion║   ║     
 ║   .  ,XXXXXX,(6)  '   .   '  │▲┃│┃▼│  signal-channels  '   .   '  ║   skin                ║   ║ 
 ║  '  XXXXXXXXXX   action  .   │ ┃│┃ │   (a) climbs  .   '   .   '  ║ ▒▒▒╫▒▒▒  ↓ E2          ║   ║
 ║   . `"""XX"""`  potential ◄──┤▲┃│┃▼├──► (b) descends  '   .   '   ║  ▓▓▓●▓▓▓  +88µV        ║   ║
 ║  '   . XX   '  +mV spikes  '  │▲┃│┃▼│  it reads back  .  '   .  ' ║  ░░ subdermal ░░       ║   ║
 ║ '  '   XX   ride the  '   .   │ ┃│┃ │   .   '   .   '   .   '   . └──────────┬────────┘   ║     
 ║   .  ' XX   filament  .   '   │▲┃│┃▼│  '   .  numbered  .  '   .   '   .  '  │  ──────►    ║    
 ║  jgs   XX    traces  '   .  ╱─┘ ┃│┃ └─╲   '   specimens  '   .  to E2 on    │  the cap    ║     
 ╚════════════════════│║│═════╱  ░▒▓┃▓▒░  ╲═════│║│═══════════════════════════════════════════╝    
   the hyphae are    ╱│║│╲   ╱  ▒▓██┃██▓▒  ╲   ╱│║│╲   neurons: dense at the body, thinning        
   ░▒▓██▓▒░  ████   ╱ │║│ ╲ ╱  ▓██  ┃  ██▓  ╲ ╱ │║│ ╲   to a single filament at the tip            
      ████▓▒░     ░▓██│║│██▓░ ██   a┃b   ██ ░▓██│║│██▓░       ╲  │ ╱                               
   a─►███▓▒░░    ░▒▓█  │║│  █▓▒░ █   ┃   █ ░▒▓█ │║│ █▓▒░    ░▒▓██▓│▓██▒░                           
      ▓▒░  ░    ▒▓██   │║│   ██▓▒   ╲ ┃ ╱   ▒▓██ │║│  ██▓▒   ░▓██ │ ██▓░  b                        
   ░▒░ ·  ░▒▓█████     │║│     █████▓▒░ ┃ ░▒▓█████  │║│   █████▓▒░  │ ░▒░                          
    ·  ░▒▓██   thinning forks │║│  ░▒▓██┃██▓▒░  │║│  the ink   ████ │ ▓▒░ ·                        
   ◦──┼──◦──┼──◦──┼──◦──┼──◦──┤║├──◦──┼─●─┼──◦──┤║├──◦──┼──◦──┼──◦──◦─┼─◦──┼──◦                    
    ╲ ◦──┼──◦  .-""""-.  ◦──┼─┤║├┼──◦  ┃  ◦──┼──┤║├─┼──◦  .-""""-.  ◦──┼──◦  ╱                     
     ◦─┼─◦  .-'`  ◦──┼──◦   ╲ │║│ ╱ ◦──●──◦ ╲ │║│ ╱   ◦──┼──◦  `'-.  ◦─┼─◦                         
    ◦┼◦  .'  ◦──┼──◦  ╱   the lamina, ╲┃╱ traced,   ╲   ◦──┼──◦  '.  ◦┼◦  the                      
   ◦┼◦  / ◦─┼─◦   ,'  ◦──┼──◦  opens ──●── an aperture ◦──┼──◦  '. ◦─┼─◦  net                      
   ◦┼◦ | ◦┼◦  E3►═══●════│════●══│════●═══●═══●════│════●════│═══●◄ ◦┼◦ |  is the                  
   ◦┼◦ |  ◦┼◦    '.  ◦──┼──◦  that the eye  ╱┃╲  ◦──┼──◦  ,'    ◦┼◦ |  body.                       
    ◦┼◦  \  ◦─┼─◦   `◦──┼──◦   falls into. │║│ `◦──┼──◦`   ◦─┼─◦  /  read it,                      
     ◦┼◦  '. ◦──┼──◦   `'-.◦─┼─◦  ╲ │║│ ╱ ◦─┼─◦.-'`   ◦──┼──◦ .' ◦┼◦  close                        
      `◦──┼──◦   `◦──┼──◦──┼──◦──┼─┤║├─┼──◦──┼──◦──┼──◦`   ◦──┼──◦`  the loop.                     
   z=-22  \\  \\  ___  \\  __  \\  │║│  //  __  //  ___  //  //  //  it listens.                   
       \\Y//  \\Y/   \\Y//  \\Y/  ╲│║│╱  \\Y//  \\Y/   \\Y//  \\Y/  \\Y//                          
      ░░▒▒ deep hyphae · holdfasts grip the dark ▒▒░░ ┤║├ ░░▒▒ older than the wood ▒▒░░            
   ●═══╪═══●═══════●═══╪═══●═══════●════│║│════●═══════●═══╪═══●  root-tip taps · 0.5 m/s          
 ┌──────────────────── voltage key ─────────────────────┐  ░▒▓ substrate bedrock ▓▒░               
 │ a = +12 mV action potential   b = node junction       │   /ᐠ｡ꞈ｡ᐟ\  z z                          
 │ c = electrosyte cluster   E1..E3 = subdermal array     │  ╱  paw  ╲__ ●GND  asleep              
 │ conduction 0.5 m/s · the wood wide web, metered & alive│ ( the witness, deadpan )               
 └───────────────────────── TAB. IX ─────────────────────┘   grounding it   wib&wob