Is Eywa a fungal organism?

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Yes, HNM, the advantage of superconductors would not be a massive advantage over metal conductivity unless large distances would have to be covered, which would however be the case in a vast neuronetworks as on Pandora. More evidence would be, that hometree with its nearby tree of voices is right on top of a huge superconductor deposit and the Tree of Souls is in the midst of a big chunk of superconductor at the centre of the flux.

However, metal signal transduction (superconductor or not) is faster than chemical potential in animals. In animals, signal transduction is measured in m/s, in communications technology using copper wires, the speed is of magnitudes faster. This is also because a signal in biology has only a limited reach and needs to be transmitted through a chain of cells.

Interestingly, plants and funghi have the ability to transduct signals similarly, though the mechanism is even slower ( Action potential - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia ScienceDirect - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes : “Action potentials” in NEUROSPORA CRASSA, a mycelial fungus )

"Eywa" isn't a fungus, it's a network of plants that have somehow evolved something structurally and physiologically similar to nervous systems in animals. While fungi do belong in kingdom animalia, they do not have true nervous systems; they only mimic them structurally.

Well - the grouping is not so. The distinction on Earth is plants from Opisthokonts, the latter is divides into funghi and animals. So funghi are not animals. I propose, on Pandora the distinction is different, with zooplantae taking the place of funghi in that respect, that they are "between" plants and animals. plants and funghi do have networks that are transmitting information. Of course these are on Earth NOT neurons or neurological networks the same way they are in animals. They do react however on signals and input, albeit much slower than animals. More like a mimosae (plant) that folds its leafs when one touches it. If the networks formed by funghi are able to functionally mimic neural networks is as of yet more a fantastic theory by Stamet than scientific fact, though Stamet is not a loony. He invented and researched many applications of funghi. If he thinks it is possible, I would not rule it out. But again - even if it is true, then processing is not as fast as in animals andyou will not be able to tsaheylu with a mushroom (though some people claim that eating some mushrooms gives them a similar feeling )