Fungi Fun Facts

I read this article about a guy who does mushroom research. I know, a.) I'm a geek and b.) there are better things to do than read about how someone read about mushrooms. But did you know that the "mycelial" network that produces mushrooms can, like, send messages from one end to the other? "How are things down there? Ten-four." "Good. Over." Wild.
Wilder: some good use of the scientific method in Japan found that you can train a slime mold to move through a maze to reach a feast of oats at the end. The first time the slime mold traveled through the maze it just grew every which way until it found the oats, but later, in the same maze, the darn little slime mold grew right to the oats. Science non-fiction kids, science non-fiction.