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  2. List of deadly fungus species - Wikipedia

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    Although many people have a fear of mushroom poisoning by "toadstools", only a small number of the many macroscopic fruiting bodies commonly known as mushrooms and toadstools have proven fatal to humans. This list is not exhaustive and does not contain many fungi that, although not deadly, are still harmful.

  3. Pathogenic fungus - Wikipedia

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    Candida albicans is a kind of diploid yeast that commonly occurs among the human gut microflora. C. albicans is an opportunistic pathogen in humans. Abnormal over-growth of this fungus can occur, particularly in immunocompromised individuals. [7] C. albicans has a parasexual cycle that appears to be stimulated by environmental stress. [8]

  4. List of poisonous fungus species - Wikipedia

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    Honey fungus North America, Europe, Northern Asia and Australia Calocera viscosa: Yellow stagshorn North America, Europe and Asia Chlorophyllum brunneum: Shaggy parasol North America, Europe, Australia and Southern Africa Choiromyces venosus: Europe Clitocybe fragrans: Europe Clitocybe nebularis: Clouded agaric North America and Europe Conocybe ...

  5. Mushroom poisoning - Wikipedia

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    "Insects/animals will avoid toxic mushrooms." – Fungi that are harmless to invertebrates can still be toxic to humans; the death cap, for instance, is often infested by insect larvae. "Poisonous mushrooms blacken silver." – None of the known mushroom toxins react with silver. "Poisonous mushrooms taste bad."

  6. List of fictional diseases - Wikipedia

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    In humans, symptoms include wiggling of the fingers, temporary paralysis of the lower half and hallucinations of bats. In computers, the virus wrecks the hard- and soft-ware. It can be cured in humans by pinching the ear of the infected, causing them to sneeze the virus out, and in computers using a debug script. Hopping cough The Smurfs

  7. Entomopathogenic fungus - Wikipedia

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    Some host specialist entomopathogenic fungi have even evolved mechanisms of behavioral manipulation (e.g. Ophiocordyceps unilateralis - Zombie ant fungus) of their hosts. [7] These fungi hijack the insect nervous systems using various secondary metabolites and manipulate insect behavior to move the infected insect to a place which is ...

  8. Flour Bugs Are a Real Thing—Here’s an Easy Way to ... - AOL

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    A food safety expert weighs in on flour bugs, also known as weevils, that can infest your pantry after one TikToker found her flour infested with the crawlers.

  9. 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 .