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2023.02.21 18:54 GMT+8

Arts imitate life: Tracking the real-life 'zombie fungus'

Updated 2023.02.21 18:54 GMT+8
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The recent TV series "The Last of Us" introduced viewers to a post-apocalyptic world ruled by a fungus called ophiocordyceps unilateralis, or cordyceps. However, as opposed to how destructive the fungus is to the human world in the show, real-life cordyceps are actually beneficial to human health.

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