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You can keep your ghosts and ghouls – the ‘Cordyceps’ fungus creates real-life zombies

  • Written by Gregory Moore, Senior Research Associate, School of Agriculture, Food and Ecosystem Sciences, The University of Melbourne
You can keep your ghosts and ghouls – the ‘Cordyceps’ fungus creates real-life zombiesannguyen87, Shutterstock

I have never really been interested in ghosts, mummies or zombies, not even at Halloween. But as October 31 approaches each year I am reminded of a biological tale involving all three. It’s the real-life horror story of a flesh-eating, brain-warping fungus from the genus Cordyceps, which inspired the zombie-apocalypse...

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