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submitted 3 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I will warn you that the images are not pleasant.

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Looks like the last of us fungus.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 months ago

There is a humongous fungus among us.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

The last of us fungus is inspired by the previously discovered one mentioned in the article.

mirroring the behavior of ants infected by fungi of the genus Ophiocordyceps previously reported from the Atlantic rainforest of Brazil