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Farmer-Rick

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6. Oh that is fascinating

Reply to intrepidity (Reply #5)

Wed Feb 8, 2023, 10:49 AM

Feb 2023

I never thought about how exactly the fungi manipulates and kills its host(?).

When I was first learning to grow gourmet mushrooms it had just become legal for home growing and we saw the cordyceps as organic pesticides. That it may develop to do the same thing to other insects. Not sure how far the research on that went. But after watching the last of us, I'm glad it didn't go any further.

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Thanks for posting this Farmer-Rick Feb 2023 #1

I am not a scientist, but I thought Last of Us used cordyceps... Cuthbert Allgood Feb 2023 #2

Yeah, Cordyceps are technically not mushrooms Farmer-Rick Feb 2023 #3

You're welcome intrepidity Feb 2023 #4

On the topic of the science intrepidity Feb 2023 #5

Oh that is fascinating Farmer-Rick Feb 2023 #6