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

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    Cordyceps are edible; some people consume them in tea, for example. However, for best results, and to make sure you are getting the right amount of Cordyceps, supplements are best.

  3. Zombie fungus from 'The Last of Us' is real — but not as ...

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  4. Ophiocordyceps unilateralis - Wikipedia

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    In the video game series The Last of Us, Ophiocordyceps unilateralis has evolved to infect humans, thus creating zombie-like enemies in the game. Also, in episode two of the 2023 television series The Last of Us on HBO Max, [ 35 ] Ophiocordyceps unilateralis is revealed to be the primary cause of the infected outbreak and subsequent collapse of ...

  5. Ophiocordyceps - Wikipedia

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    Simply referred to as "cordyceps", an unspecified species in this genus is the cause of a worldwide pandemic and the zombie-like "infected" in the 2013 video game The Last of Us, its 2020 sequel, and the 2023 television adaptation.

  6. After 'The Last of Us,' Should I Be Worried About Cordyceps?

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    The cordyceps "zombie fungus" in 'The Last of Us' is indeed inspired by a real fungi found in ants. But here's what that means for those of us not living in a video-game story.

  7. List of fictional diseases - Wikipedia

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    Cordyceps brain infection (CBI) The Last of Us: A mutated form of the Cordyceps fungus known as cordyceps brain infection that infects the United States in 2013, causing humans to transform into cannibalistic monsters known as the infected. The fungus destroys most of civilization over the course of 20 years, leaving 60% of humanity either ...

  8. We Asked a Mycologist About 'The Last of Us' and It Got Weird

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    The scientist explains that under the right conditions, an ordinary fungus can mutate, infect, and kill humans. Cue the apocalypse. “There are no treatments for this,” he says.

  9. 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 ...