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  2. Ophiocordyceps unilateralis - Wikipedia

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    Ophiocordyceps unilateralis, commonly known as zombie-ant fungus, [2] is an insect-pathogenic fungus, discovered by the British naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace in 1859, Zombie ants, infected by the Ophiocordyceps unilateralis fungus, are predominantly found in tropical rainforests.

  3. Ophiocordyceps - Wikipedia

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    The ant clamps it jaws around the plant in a "death grip" and following, mycelia grow from the ant's feet and stitch them to the surface of the plant. [9] The spores released from the ant carcass fall to the ground and infect other ants that come in contact with the spores so that this cycle continues. [10]

  4. Camponotini - Wikipedia

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    Camponotini is a tribe containing 2 extinct ant genera and 8 extant ant genera, including Camponotus (carpenter ants). [1] Ants in the Camponotini tribe are the primary hosts of Ophiocordyceps unilateralis , also called the zombie-ant fungus.

  5. The Fungus From 'The Last of Us' Is Real, But Is It an Actual ...

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    At the root of the pandemic is an evolved form of the cordyceps mushroom, parasitic fungi that include hundreds of different species. Relax, though – IRL, cordyceps may actually be pretty great ...

  6. Ophiocordyceps camponoti-balzani - Wikipedia

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    Ophiocordyceps camponoti-balzani is a species of fungus that parasitizes insect hosts of the order Hymenoptera, primarily ants. [1] It was first isolated from Viçosa, Minas Gerais (Atlantic Forest), on Camponotus balzani. This species was formerly thought to be Ophiocordyceps unilateralis, which has subsequently been divided into four species.

  7. The beneficial role of 'Zombie Mushrooms'

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  8. Cordyceps - Wikipedia

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    In this case, an infected person becomes a "hungry", a zombie thirsting for blood. In the fiction, Dr. Caldwell explains that the human-infecting fungus is a mutated form of Ophiocordyceps unilateralis (a group of species now split off from Cordyceps) which alters the behaviour of infected insects. The children of infected mothers, however ...

  9. 'The Last of Us' zombie fungus is fiction, but fungi are ...

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    “The Last of Us” on HBO imagines outbreak of zombie fungus that controls the brain of the infected. Fungal disease is a major public health threat in real life.