Bidirectional Propagation of Signals and Nutrients in Fungal Networks via Specialized Hyphae (Current Biology)

Schmieder, Stanley et al. provide experimental evidence for the bidirectional propagation of signals and nutrients along specialized hyphae. These results, collected on a microfluidic chip, suggest that multicellular fungi use undescribed mechanisms to coordinate the distribution of nutrients and their behavioral response upon attack by fungivores.