The real-life horror of cordyceps: nature's zombie-making fungi
The fungus then changes to a new phase and consumes the ant's organs, including its brain. The spores fall on healthy ants ...
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Fungi finding: mushroom hunters seek new species and recognition
It would also be chock-full of dead things. "Fungi break down all dead organic material, so they recycle all that carbon and ...
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The Strange ‘Zombie Fungus’ That Controls Its Host—And Eats It Alive
It may not be real enough to give you sleepless nights and ignite apocalypse contingencies, but a fungus controlling ... Entomophthora muscae’s life cycle reflects the morbid underbelly of ...
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Death at sunset: How fungi create zombie flies
Mechanisms of Fruit Fly Behavioral Manipulation by the Killer Fungus Entomophthora muscae" on Feb. 13 as part of the Department of Biology Seminar Series. Elya, an an assistant professor in the ...