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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 camponoti-rufipedis - Wikipedia

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    Andersen, Sandra B., et al. "Disease dynamics in a specialized parasite of ant societies." PLoS ONE 7.5 (2012): e36352. Andersen, Sandra, and David A. Hughes. "Host specificity of parasite manipulation: Zombie ant death location in Thailand vs. Brazil." Communicative & integrative biology 5.2 (2012): 163–165.

  4. 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 ]

  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. '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.

  7. 10 'zombie' animals that really exist - AOL

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    Here are 10 'zombie' animals: Number 10. Pill bugs. ... South American Fire Ants. The parasitic larvae that occupy these creatures, and eventually eat their brains, do so without giving any ...

  8. Cordyceps - Wikipedia

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    Cordyceps / ˈ k ɔːr d ɪ s ɛ p s / is a genus of ascomycete fungi (sac fungi) that includes over 260 species worldwide, many of which are parasitic. Diverse variants of cordyceps have had more than 1,500 years of use in Chinese medicine. [1]

  9. Voices: From a CDC fungal disease expert, here’s what you ...

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