A fungal skin is a thin flexible sheet of a living homogeneous mycelium made by a filamentous fungus. The skin could be used in future living architectures of adaptive buildings and as a sensing living skin for soft self-growing/adaptive robots. In experimental laboratory studies we demonstrate that the fungal skin is capable for recognising mechanical and optical stimulation. The skin reacts differently to loading of a weight, removal of the weight, and switching illumination on and off. These are the first experimental evidences that fungal materials can be used not only as mechanical `skeletons' in architecture and robotics but also as intelligent skins capable for recognition of external stimuli and sensorial fusion.

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真菌感应皮肤

真菌皮肤是由丝状真菌制成的一层薄而柔软的均质菌丝体。该皮肤可用于未来自适应建筑的生活建筑，并作为柔软的自生长/自适应机器人的传感生活皮肤。在实验性实验室研究中，我们证明真菌皮肤能够识别机械和光学刺激。皮肤对重物的加载、重物的移除以及打开和关闭照明的反应不同。这是第一个实验证据，表明真菌材料不仅可以用作建筑和机器人技术中的机械“骨架”，还可以用作能够识别外部刺激和感觉融合的智能皮肤。