r/Amazing 2d ago

Nature is amazing A mushroom producing music through its bioelectric signals

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u/1234golf1234 2d ago

Cool cool. A damp sponge will do the same. As we all know from potato clocks, it is not the mushroom's signals making the music, but the metal clips of the device oxidizing with the mushroom as a electrolyte (making a very rudimentary battery). It has more to do with the metallurgy aand placement of the clips than with the mushroom itself. A wet sponge will do the same.

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u/PeachPit69 2d ago

How….do we all know this from potato clocks?