The Emergence Machine

Mushroom

physical · Nature · Level 4 · E5

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Each concept here is mapped to its prerequisites — the ideas you'd need first to understand it — all the way down to four foundations: Space, Time, Energy, Pattern. Click any prerequisite to drill down, or scroll for the chain graph.

Trace. Question. Emerge.

Emergence definition

A mushroom is a type of fungus that grows on the ground, emerging from the fundamental properties of life and the physical characteristics of earth.

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Wiktionary senses

External reference — all senses of the word “mushroom” on Wiktionary. This atlas concept maps to only the slice of meaning relevant to the prerequisite graph.

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Source: Wiktionary — “mushroom”. Content available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Historical origin

Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL4L3L2L1L0MushroomEarthLifeProcessActionChangeMatterEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

Direct prerequisites above, concepts that depend on this one below.

used byprerequisitesLichenL7MushroomL4LifeL2EarthL3E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Life L2 (requires)
    Fleshy fungal fruiting body -- requires understanding of life
  • Earth L3 (requires)
    Fleshy fungal fruiting body -- requires understanding of earth

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