Growth and adaptation in a fungal hydraulic network

Biological networks such as fungal hydraulic networks have evolved to solve many of the same problems as human-built transportation networks. However, they must also briskly adapt to changing environments and modify their architecture without centralized control. Working with the model filamentous fungus, \textit{Neurospora crassa}, we characterize the growth of the network and propose a mathematical model for the collaborative behavior of its cells at various scales. We compare our model with measurements of the complex distribution of flows and resources across the cellular network.