Mycelium Network

This scene simulates an underground mycelium network — the branching web of fungal hyphae that threads through soil, connecting plant roots and decaying matter in what ecologists call the "Wood Wide Web." In nature these filaments transport water, sugars, and chemical signals between organisms, sometimes spanning entire forests. Here each glowing strand grows outward from root points via recursive branching, while bright pulses race along the filaments to represent nutrient and signal transport between nodes. Watch how the branch tips glow and breathe, and how pulses choose new random paths once they reach an end — a loose analogy for how fungal networks reroute resources through their web.

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