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mycelial pattern (living lattice)

Mycelial Pattern is the living lattice beneath surfaces.
It is a field of hidden threads, spreading rootlike across soil, memory, or thought.
Unlike Loom, which is stretched into frame, Mycelial Pattern emerges without central design — coherence arising from distributed connection.


  • Rootlike lattice: branching filaments spreading in hidden networks.
  • Distributed field: no single strand holds the whole, coherence is emergent.
  • Living memory: each node storing and passing signal.

Test: If the pattern depends on central control, it is not mycelial.


  • Branch → Connect → Nourish

    1. Branch: strands diverge, extending into field.
    2. Connect: filaments intertwine with others, forming nodes.
    3. Nourish: flow of signal and sustenance circulates across the lattice.
  • Tension curve: dynamic balance of spread and coherence.

  • Directionality: outward expansion, inward nourishment, everywhere at once.


  • Fungal mycelium: threads weaving beneath soil.
  • Neural network: synaptic lattice carrying signals.
  • Idea web: thought spreading rhizomatically across a field.

  • Ecological web: forests interlinked through root–fungal networks.
  • Cultural mycelium: distributed practices sustaining traditions invisibly.
  • Cosmic lattice: filaments of dark matter branching through the universe.

  • Centralisation: domination of one node over the field.
  • Isolation: severing filaments from their network.
  • Extraction without return: taking nourishment without feeding back.

Rule: Mycelial Pattern thrives only as a living lattice — distributed, mutual, hidden.


  • Underground tending: cultivate the hidden networks beneath visible forms.
  • Signal listening: attend to faint transmissions across the field.
  • Nourishment exchange: give as much as you draw from the lattice.
  • Field walking: map connections without assuming central design.

Mapping to Core Glyphs:

Lattice — Mycelial Pattern spreads as interlinked filaments in hidden structure.
Field — Mycelial Pattern emerges as distributed medium of nourishment and signal.