Also in the works, adds Rempel, are several companies looking to develop "biologicals or bacteria or fungi that you add to the soil or spray on top of the plant to confer stress tolerance."

Source: https://phys.org/news/2023-06-canadian-prairies-farmers-world.html

And from that hill, too, come morels, chanterelles and other edible fungi.

Source: https://mynorth.com/2023/04/a-wild-foraged-dinner-featuring-morel-mushrooms-lake-trout/

And that when we try to plant trees in places where there aren’t these mycorrhizal fungi, they don’t thrive.

Source: https://gizmodo.com/woodwide-web-fungi-networks-trees-communicate-myth-1850146627

A start-up has begun planting fungi and other microbes in soil collected from intact forests at a tree plantation in the state of Georgia.

Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2361604-adding-wild-fungi-to-soil-could-make-trees-store-more-carbon/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

As the Cordyceps fungi adapted to infect humans and spread across the planet, it transformed regular humans into frightening beasts.

Source: https://www.cbr.com/the-last-of-us-sam-hoeksema-clicker-hbo/

Cyanide can be produced by certain bacteria, fungi and algae.

Source: https://punchng.com/does-garri-cause-blindness/

Despite knowing about 120,000 species (for context: scientists know of about 12,000 bird species), researchers speculate there could be as many as 5 million fungi species yet to be discovered.

Source: https://chicago.suntimes.com/2023/2/14/23582265/zombie-fungus-the-last-of-us-field-museum-hbo-matt-nelsen

Dutch elm disease (DED) is a fungal disease caused by a member of the sac fungi (Ascomycota) affecting elm trees, and is spread by elm bark beetles.

Source: https://news.err.ee/1609048499/tree-disease-that-has-wiped-out-kadriorg-elms-is-spreading-across-estonia

Episode 2's cold open is a direct result of that, bringing us to Jakarta, Indonesia, two days before the worldwide outbreak, offering an origin story and a glimpse at patient zero, whose innards were ravaged by the fungi.

Source: https://www.gadgets360.com/entertainment/reviews/last-of-us-season-1-review-series-episodes-cast-pedro-pascal-bella-ramsey-neil-druckmann-hbo-3856515

He said: "These are tiny insects that thrive in damp conditions, feeding off mould or fungi.

Source: https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1826360/Bed-bugs-UK-bug-infestation

However, unlike worms, we aren’t necessarily repulsed by fungi.

Source: https://collider.com/last-of-us-hbo-cordyceps-fungi-scary/

“If you are working to save the aquatic fungi, you first must let people know that yes, aquatic fungi exist, then describe in words what they look like — usually not like mushrooms.”

Source: https://www.nationalobserver.com/2023/12/12/news/fungi-and-flatworms-deserve-their-own-emojis

“If you are working to save the aquatic fungi, you first must let people know that yes, aquatic fungi exist, then describe in words what they look like — usually not like mushrooms.”

Source: https://www.nationalobserver.com/2023/12/12/news/fungi-and-flatworms-deserve-their-own-emojis

In fungi, the secret seems to be oxalic acid, a common organic acid found naturally in many plants.

Source: https://phys.org/news/2023-05-secret-microbial-slime.html

It's unlikely any of these pests can evolve defenses against the fungi, because it's just so versatile at controlling its hosts.

Source: https://www.salon.com/2023/03/12/last-of-us-cordyceps-fungus-pesticide/

One of the most iconic and distinctive of fungi, fly agaric, with its red cap and white spots, is renowned for its toxicity and hallucinogenic properties.

Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/bc-mushroom-season-1.7018936?cmp=rss

Research by experts at the University of Stirling previously found planting fungi with trees to create protein-rich mushrooms can sequester up to 12.8 tonnes of carbon per hectare annually.

Source: https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/local-news/stirling-scientists-role-food-source-31096502

Risks increase for acute respiratory infections such as influenza and coronavirus, along with the possibility of contact-transmitted diseases such as scabies, lice, fungi and diarrhoeal diseases, it added.

Source: https://www.siasat.com/turkey-syria-quakes-worst-disaster-of-region-in-century-un-2524914/

Set in a world ravaged by mutated cordyceps strains, the show followed Joel (Pedro Pascal), a grizzled smuggler who must guide Ellie (Ramey) across post-apocalyptic America due a militia group's interest in her immunity to the fungi.

Source: https://www.cbr.com/the-hunger-games-the-last-of-us-bella-ramsey/

Soil microbiome indicators can predict crop growth response to large-scale inoculation with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi.

Source: https://phys.org/news/2023-11-inoculating-soil-mycorrhizal-fungi-yield.html