Comparing two classes of biological distribution systems using network analysis
Fig 1
Distribution networks from mycelial fungi and rodent vasculature.
(A) An example of a network from the fungus Phallus impudicus (P.I.). The cords making up the mycelial network are represented as edges (gray lines) and connect to form branching, fusion, or end points (red nodes). The top left node is the inoculum. (B) An example of a vasculature network from the surface of a rat brain in the region of the middle cerebral artery. Vessel segments are represented as edges (gray lines) and connect to form branching points on the surface backbone (red nodes) or connect to penetrating arterioles (blue nodes). In both (A) and (B), the figures on the right are magnified sections of the full networks.