The largest living thing on Earth is a fungus (2014)
Between slime molds using reinforcement learning [1], and plants using a fungal "internet" to communicate[2], fungi are interesting models for a lot of network concepts.<p>[1]<a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2016/12/the-brainless-slime-that-can-learn-by-fusing/511295/" rel="nofollow">https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2016/12/the-brai...</a><p>[2]<a href="http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20141111-plants-have-a-hidden-internet" rel="nofollow">http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20141111-plants-have-a-hidden...</a>