Mushrooms could be communicating in a structure that resembles human language, suggests a study published in the Royal Society Open Science . Professor Andrew Adamatzky analysed the electrical signals in fungi and found patterns that have a structural similarity to English and Swedish languages at the University of the West of England's Unconventional Computing Laboratory.

smithsonian.com Biologists don't call them " the hidden kingdom" for nothing. With an estimated 5 million species, only a mere 100,000 fungi are known to scientists. This kingdom, which includes molds, yeasts, rusts and mushrooms, receives far less attention than plants or animals.